CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF May 2, 2011 among CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 9, L.P., A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP PAPER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TORREY PINES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WALS (IN) LLC as Borrowers W.P. CAREY & CO. LLC, as Guarantor The...
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
DATED AS OF
May 2, 2011
among
CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 9, L.P., A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PAPER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
XXXXXX XXXXX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
WALS (IN) LLC
as Borrowers
PAPER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
XXXXXX XXXXX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
WALS (IN) LLC
as Borrowers
W.P. XXXXX & CO. LLC,
as Guarantor
as Guarantor
The Lenders Party Hereto,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS |
1 | |
Section 1.1 Defined Terms |
1 | |
Section 1.2 Computations |
24 | |
Section 1.3 Terms Generally |
24 | |
Section 1.4 Accounting Terms; GAAP |
25 | |
Article II THE CREDITS |
25 | |
Section 2.1 Commitments |
25 | |
Section 2.2 Loans and Borrowings |
25 | |
Section 2.3 Requests for Revolving Borrowings |
26 | |
Section 2.4 [Intentionally Omitted] |
27 | |
Section 2.5 [Intentionally Omitted] |
27 | |
Section 2.6 [Intentionally Omitted] |
27 | |
Section 2.7 Funding of Revolving Borrowings |
27 | |
Section 2.8 Interest Elections |
27 | |
Section 2.9 Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
29 | |
Section 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
29 | |
Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans |
30 | |
Section 2.12 Fees |
30 | |
Section 2.13 Interest |
31 | |
Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest |
32 | |
Section 2.15 Increased Costs |
32 | |
Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments |
33 | |
Section 2.17 Taxes |
34 | |
Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
34 | |
Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
36 | |
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
36 | |
Section 3.1 Organization; Powers |
36 | |
Section 3.2 Authorization; Enforceability |
37 | |
Section 3.3 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
37 | |
Section 3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect |
37 | |
Section 3.5 Properties |
38 | |
Section 3.6 Litigation And Environmental Matters |
38 | |
Section 3.7 Compliance With Laws And Agreements |
39 | |
Section 3.8 Investment Company Status |
39 | |
Section 3.9 Taxes |
39 | |
Section 3.10 ERISA |
39 | |
Section 3.11 Disclosure |
39 | |
Section 3.12 SEC Reports |
39 | |
Section 3.13 Collateral; Security Interest |
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Article IV CONDITIONS |
40 | |
Section 4.1 Closing Date |
40 | |
Section 4.2 Each Credit Event |
42 | |
Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
42 | |
Section 5.1 Financial Statements and Other Information |
43 | |
Section 5.2 Notices of Material Events |
44 | |
Section 5.3 Existence; Conduct of Business |
46 | |
Section 5.4 Payment of Obligations |
46 | |
Section 5.5 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
46 | |
Section 5.6 Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
46 | |
Section 5.7 Compliance with Laws |
46 | |
Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds |
47 | |
Section 5.9 Distributions in the Ordinary Course |
47 | |
Section 5.10 ERISA Compliance |
47 | |
Section 5.11 Company Status |
47 | |
Section 5.12 Further Assurances |
47 | |
Section 5.13 Additional Deliveries |
48 | |
Section 5.14 Information Regarding Collateral |
48 | |
Section 5.15 Appraisals |
49 | |
Section 5.16 Post-Closing |
49 | |
Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
50 | |
Section 6.1 Financial Covenants |
50 | |
Section 6.2 Liens |
51 | |
Section 6.3 Fundamental Changes |
51 | |
Section 6.4 Hedging Agreements |
52 | |
Section 6.5 Transactions with Affiliates |
52 | |
Article VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
52 | |
Section 7.1 Events of Default |
52 | |
Section 7.2 Application of Funds |
55 | |
Article VIII THE AGENT |
55 | |
Section 8.1 Appointment |
55 | |
Section 8.2 Administrative Agent’s Right as Lender |
55 | |
Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions |
56 | |
Section 8.4 Reliance by Agents |
56 | |
Section 8.5 Sub-Agents |
57 | |
Section 8.6 Resignation/Successor Administrative Agent |
57 | |
Section 8.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent or Other Lenders |
57 | |
Section 8.8 Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
58 | |
Article IX MISCELLANEOUS |
58 | |
Section 9.1 Notices |
58 | |
Section 9.2 Waivers; Amendments |
60 | |
Section 9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
61 |
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Section 9.4 Successors and Assigns |
62 | |
Section 9.5 Survival |
64 | |
Section 9.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 9.7 Severability |
65 | |
Section 9.8 Right of Setoff |
65 | |
Section 9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
65 | |
Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
66 | |
Section 9.11 Headings |
66 | |
Section 9.12 Confidentiality |
66 | |
Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation |
67 | |
Section 9.14 [Intentionally Omitted] |
67 | |
Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act |
67 | |
Section 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
67 | |
Section 9.17 Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers |
67 | |
Section 9.18 Non Recourse Nature |
70 | |
Article X GUARANTY |
72 | |
Section 10.1 The Guaranty |
72 | |
Section 10.2 Obligations Unconditional |
73 | |
Section 10.3 Reinstatement |
74 | |
Section 10.4 Certain Additional Waivers |
74 | |
Section 10.5 Remedies |
74 | |
Section 10.6 Guaranty of Payment; Continuing Guarantee |
74 | |
Section 10.7 California Specific Provisions |
74 | |
Section 10.8 Guaranty Not Secured |
75 |
Exhibits | ||||
2.3 | Borrowing Request for Revolving Loans |
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2.10 | (f) | Form of Note |
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5.1 | Financial Covenant Compliance Analysis |
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5.1 | (a) | Quarterly Compliance Certificate |
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5.1 | (b) | Annual Compliance Certificate |
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9.4 | (a) | Assignment and Acceptance |
Schedules | ||||
1.1 | (a) | Lenders and Commitments |
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1.1 | (b) | CPA REITs |
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1.1 | (c) | Eligible Ground Leases |
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1.1 | (d) | Mortgaged Properties |
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3.2 | List of Company and Subsidiaries |
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3.5 | (c) | Lease Provisions |
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3.5 | (d) | Rent Roll |
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3.6 | Disclosed Matters |
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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 2, 2011, among W.P.
Xxxxx & Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and permitted
assigns, the “Company”), as guarantor, Corporate Property Associates 9, L.P., a Delaware
Limited Partnership, Paper Limited Liability Company, Xxxxxx Xxxxx Limited Partnership and WALS
(IN) LLC (each individually, a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the
Lenders party hereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide a secured
revolving credit facility for the purposes set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested facility available on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“ABR,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar
Borrowing, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following
formula:
LIBO Rate | ||||||
Adjusted LIBO Rate = | 1.00 — Eurodollar Reserve | |||||
Percentage |
Where,
“LIBO Rate” means for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British
Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative
Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at
such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day
funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Borrowing being made, continued or converted by
Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of
America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
and
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such
day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the
Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or
other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Adjusted LIBO Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Borrowing
shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
“Adjusted Management EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to:
(a) Management EBITDA during such period; minus
(b) revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period in equity
(if any) of managed funds or CPA REITs; minus
(c) structuring revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period
in excess of 35% of management revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries (as
described in clause (a) of the definition of Management EBITDA) during such period; minus
(d) distributions in cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of
equity in managed funds and CPA REITs during such period.
“Adjusted Property EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to:
(a) Property EBITDA during such period; minus
(b) EBITDA during such period in respect of Properties owned by the Company or one of
its Subsidiaries for fewer than four fiscal quarters.
“Adjusted Total EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to:
(a) EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period; plus
(b) Joint Venture EBITDA for such period; minus
(c) revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries in equity (if any) of managed
funds and CPA REITS under management/advisory contracts; minus
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(d) structuring revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period
in excess of 35% of management revenues earned by the Company and its Subsidiaries (as
described in clause (a) of the definition of Management EBITDA) during such period; plus
(e) distributions in cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of
equity in managed funds and CPA REITS during such period.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent
for the Lenders, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate Capped Value” means, as of any time, the sum of the Capped Values for each
Mortgaged Property.
“Alternate Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such
day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the
Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various
factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other
factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or
below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take
effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Eurodollar Rate” means, on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rate, as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source
providing quotations thereof as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time),
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Business Days prior to such date for Dollar
deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day
or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on
the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the ABR Borrowing being
made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London
Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at the date and
time of determination.
“Annual Compliance Certificate” means an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Financial
Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.1(b).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated
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or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most
recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means (a) 2.50% for Eurodollar Loans and (b) 3.50% for ABR Loans.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
9.4), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit 9.4(a) or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
“Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on
the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect (a “Revolving Borrowing”).
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Company on behalf of a Borrower for a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.3, substantially in the form of Exhibit
2.3.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided
that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude
any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease” means any lease by a Person of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, the obligations under which are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person
under GAAP.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any Capital Lease and the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capped Value” means at any time with respect to any Mortgaged Property, an amount
equal to (i) the product of (x) the Net Operating Income from such Mortgaged Property at such time,
multiplied by (y) four, divided by (ii) 8.50%.
“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means unrestricted (i) cash, (ii) marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government (or any other
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sovereign nation with an equivalent rating by S&P or Xxxxx’x) and backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States government or such other nation; and (iii) domestic and Eurodollar
certificates of deposit and time deposits, bankers’ acceptances and floating rate certificates of
deposit issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, any foreign bank, or its branches or agencies (fully protected
against currency fluctuations), which, at the time of acquisition, are rated A-1 (or better) by S&P
or P-1 (or better) by Xxxxx’x provided that the maturities of such Cash and Cash Equivalents shall
not exceed one year.
“Change In Control” means (i) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in
effect on the date hereof) (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any trustee, fiduciary
or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and other than any wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company),
of shares representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company; or (ii) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (A)
nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (B) appointed by directors so nominated; or
(iii) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Company by any Person or group (other
than any wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary).
“Change In Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives
thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives
promulgated by Bank of America for International settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in
each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless
of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4.1
are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.2).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property” or
“Trust Property” or other similar term referred to in any of the Collateral Documents and
all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of any of the Collateral Documents
to be subject to a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
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“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Mortgages and each of the other
agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Combined Equity Value” means Total Value less Total Outstanding Indebtedness.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.9 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.4. The initial amount of each
Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.1(a), or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate
amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $30,000,000.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Compliance Certificate” means either the Annual Compliance Certificate, the Quarterly
Compliance Certificate or both.
“Consolidated Businesses” means the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis (without taking into account any non-wholly owned Person or entity).
“Contingent Obligation” as to any Person means, without duplication, (i) any
contingent obligation of such Person required to be shown on such Person’s balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP, and (ii) any obligation required to be disclosed in the footnotes to such
Person’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP, guaranteeing partially or in whole any
non-recourse Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation, exclusive of contractual
indemnities (including, without limitation, any indemnity or price-adjustment provision relating to
the purchase or sale of securities or other assets) and guarantees of non-monetary obligations
(other than guarantees of completion) which have not yet been called on or quantified, of such
Person or of any other Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation described in clause (ii)
shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guaranty of interest or interest and principal, or
operating income guaranty, the sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which in the
case of an operating income guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to the debt service for the note
secured thereby), calculated at the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness, through (i) in
the case of an interest or interest and principal guaranty, the stated dated maturity of the
obligation (and commencing on the date interest could first be payable thereunder), or (ii) in the
case of an operating income guaranty, the date through which such guaranty will remain in effect,
and (b) with respect to all guarantees not covered by the preceding clause (a) an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such guaranty is
made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonable anticipated liability in respect
thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as recorded on the balance sheet
and on the footnotes to the most recent financial statements of the Company required to be
delivered pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, guarantees
of completion and of Nonrecourse Carveouts shall not be deemed to be Contingent Obligations unless
and until a claim for payment has been made thereunder, at which
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time any such guaranty of completion or of Nonrecourse Carveouts shall be deemed to be a
Contingent Obligation in an amount equal to any such claim. Subject to the preceding sentence, (i)
in the case of a joint and several guaranty given by such Person and another Person (but only to
the extent such guaranty is recourse, directly or indirectly to the applicable Person), the amount
of the guaranty shall be deemed to be 100% thereof unless and only to the extent that (X) such
other Person has delivered Cash or Cash Equivalents to secure all or any part of such Person’s
guaranteed obligations or (Y) such other Person holds an Investment Grade Credit Rating from either
Xxxxx’x or S&P, and (ii) in the case of a guaranty (whether or not joint and several) of an
obligation otherwise constituting Indebtedness of such Person, the amount of such guaranty shall be
deemed to be only that amount in excess of the amount of the obligation constituting Indebtedness
of such Person. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, “Contingent Obligations”
shall not be deemed to include guarantees of loan commitments or of construction loans to the
extent the same have not been drawn.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative thereto.
“CPA®:14” means Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated, a Maryland corporation.
“CPA Global REIT” means Corporate Property Associates 16 — Global Incorporated, a
Maryland corporation.
“CPA REIT” means a REIT managed or advised by the Company or a Subsidiary and listed
on Schedule 1.1(b) (as updated from time to time by the Company).
“Credit Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by
either S&P or Xxxxx’x (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Company’s senior unsecured
non-credit enhanced long-term Indebtedness for borrowed money.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule 3.6.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“EBITDA” means, for any Person for any period, the Net Income (Loss) of such Person
for such period taken as a single accounting period, plus (a) the sum of the following amounts of
such Person and its subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity
with GAAP to the extent included in the determination of such Net Income (Loss): (i) depreciation
expense, (ii) amortization expense and other non-cash charges, (iii) interest expense, (iv) income
tax expense, (v) extraordinary losses and other non-recurring charges (and other losses on asset
sales not otherwise included in extraordinary losses and other non-recurring charges), and (vi)
adjustments as a result of the straight lining of rents, less (b) extraordinary gains (and in the
case of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, other gains on asset sales not otherwise
included in extraordinary gains) of such Person and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in conformity with GAAP to the extent included in the determination of such Net Income
(Loss).
“Eligible Ground Lease” means a ground lease that (a) has a minimum remaining term of
thirty (30) years, including tenant controlled options, as of any date of determination, (b) has
customary notice rights, default cure rights, bankruptcy new lease rights and other customary
provisions for the benefit of a leasehold mortgagee or has equivalent protection for a leasehold
permanent mortgagee by a subordination to such leasehold permanent mortgagee of the landlord’s fee
interest, and (c) is otherwise acceptable for non-recourse leasehold mortgage financing under
customary prudent lending requirements. The Eligible Ground Leases as of the date of this
Agreement are listed on Schedule 1.1(c).
“Eligible Project” means a Project (i) which is free of all title defects and material
structural defects, as verified by an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, and (ii) which is free of Hazardous Materials except as would not
materially affect the value of such Project, as verified by an Officer’s Certificate in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.
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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which
the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated
funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with
respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to
an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the
incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the
withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or
a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurodollar” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party
hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United
States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or
any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is located and (c) in
the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by such Loan Party under
Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section
2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts
from such Loan Party with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
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“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that
would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no
compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value
shall be determined by an officer of the Company acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by an
Officer’s Certificate, except in the case of the determination of Fair Market Value of Permitted
REIT Investments which are “restricted securities” as defined in the definition of REIT Investment
Value having a Fair Market Value in excess of $5,000,000, in which case the determination of such
Fair Market Value shall be, at the election of the Company, by (i) the board of directors of the
Company acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by a resolution of the board of directors, or
(ii) an appraisal of an independent third-party appraiser which shall be a Person regularly engaged
in the valuation of securities of the same type as such Permitted REIT Investment. The Fair Market
Value of any readily marketable securities shall be the number of such securities multiplied by the
average Market Price per share or per unit of such securities during the five consecutive trading
days immediately preceding the date of determination. The “Market Price” of any security on any
trading day shall mean, with respect to any security which is listed on a national securities
exchange, the last sale price regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices regular way, in either case on the New York Stock
Exchange, or, if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on such exchange, on the
principal national securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading, or,
if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but is
designated as a national market system security by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
the last sale price, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices, in either case as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation/National Market System, or if such security is not so designated as a national
market systems security, the average of the highest reported bid and lowest reported asked prices
as furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers or similar organization if the
National Association of Securities Dealers is no longer reporting such information. With respect
to operating partnership units of any REIT, such operating partnership units shall in no event have
a value greater than the value of the number of shares of the REIT into which such operating
partnership units are then convertible.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum 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 as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Company.
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“Financial Statements” means financial statements presenting the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the date indicated and the results of
their operations and cash flow for the period indicated in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal
adjustments.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any period, the sum of (a) Total Interest
Expense for such period plus (b) the aggregate of all scheduled principal payments on Total
Outstanding Indebtedness according to GAAP made or required to be made during such period by the
Company and its Subsidiaries (with appropriate adjustments for minority interests) or allocable to
the Company and its Subsidiaries on account of Joint Venture Holdings (but excluding balloon
payments of principal due upon the stated maturity of any Indebtedness) plus (c) the aggregate of
all dividends payable on the Company’s or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries’ preferred equity
interests (if any).
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Company is located. For purposes of this definition, the United
States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a
single jurisdiction.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment
thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the
owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the Primary
Obligor so as to enable the Primary Obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as
an account party or applicant in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to
support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guarantor” means the Company in its capacity as guarantor hereunder.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Company under Article X in favor of
the Secured Parties.
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“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange
rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Improvements” means all buildings, fixtures, structures, parking areas, landscaping
and other improvements whether existing now or hereafter constructed, together with all machinery
and mechanical, electrical, HVAC and plumbing systems presently located thereon and used in the
operation thereof, excluding (a) any such items owned by utility service providers, (b) any such
items owned by tenants or other third parties unaffiliated with the Company and (c) any items of
personal property.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of
such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding current Taxes, water and
sewer charges and assessments and current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business in accordance with customary terms), (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (other than
current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary
terms), (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such
Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by
such Person of Indebtedness of others and other Contingent Obligations, (h) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an
account party or applicant in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) all
obligations of such Person to purchase or redeem any shares of equity securities issued by such
Person, including obligations under so-called forward equity purchase contracts to the extent such
obligations are not payable solely in equity interests, (l) all obligations of such Person in
respect of any forward contract, futures contract, swap or other agreement, the value of which is
dependent upon interest rates or currency exchange rates, and (m) all obligations of such Person in
respect of any so-called “synthetic lease” (i.e., a lease of property which is treated as an
operating lease under GAAP and as a loan for U.S. income tax purposes). The Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Company to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.8.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day
of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last
day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each
day prior to the last Business Day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing the period commencing
on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Company on behalf of a Borrower may elect;
provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last
calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially
shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the
most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment Grade Credit Rating” means a Debt Rating of BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3
or higher by Xxxxx’x.
“Joint Venture” means a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture
(including a tenancy-in-common ownership pursuant to a written agreement providing for
substantially the same rights and obligations relating to such property that would be in a joint
venture agreement), or corporation which is not wholly-owned by the Company (or one of its
Subsidiaries).
“Joint Venture EBITDA” means, for any period, EBITDA from a Joint Venture Holding,
calculated as revenue allocated to the Company and its Subsidiaries based on its ownership interest
in such Joint Venture Holding, minus 2% of such revenue.
“Joint Venture Holding” means an interest in a Joint Venture held or owned by the
Company (or one of its Subsidiaries).
“Lease” means a lease, license, concession agreement or other agreement providing for
the use or occupancy of any portion of any Project, including all amendments, supplements,
modifications and assignments thereof and all side letters or side agreements relating thereto.
“Lender Affiliate” means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such
Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by such Lender or an
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Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in
bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a) and any other Person that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person
that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
“LIBO Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset (excluding,
in the case of assets consisting of Real Property owned by the Company, its Subsidiaries or a Joint
Venture, the lien of a mortgage or deed of trust on the Real Property interest not owned by the
Company, its Subsidiaries or the Joint Venture; provided that the ownership or estate interest of
the Company or a Subsidiary in such Real Property is not subordinate to such a lien and such
interest would not be adversely affected by such lien either through foreclosure thereof or
otherwise (e.g., a mortgage on the leasehold interest of a Project owned in fee by a Subsidiary
does not constitute a Lien)), (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially
the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of
securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
“LLC Agreement Event” means any of the following: (a) the occurrence of the “Maturity
Date” under (and as defined in) the LLC Credit Agreement, (b) the LLC Credit Agreement or the
“Commitments” thereunder (and as defined therein) are terminated in their entirety for any reason,
(c) the occurrence of an event or condition described in clause (g) of Section 7.1 with
respect to the Indebtedness under the LLC Credit Agreement, (d) the Indebtedness under the LLC
Credit Agreement is refinanced or (e) the LLC Credit Agreement is amended and restated or amended,
supplemented or modified in any material respect without the written consent of the Required
Lenders.
“LLC Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007, among
certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as borrowers, the Company, as guarantor, the lenders party
thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent, as in effect on the Closing Date or as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified with the written consent of the Required
Lenders.
“Loans” means the Revolving Loans.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Notes and all
other instruments, agreements and written obligations between a Loan Party and any of the Lenders
or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with any of the Transactions.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrowers and the Guarantor.
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“Management Contract” means a management contract or advisory agreement under which
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries provides management and advisory services to a third party,
consisting of management of properties or provision of advisory services on property acquisition
and dispositions, equity and debt placements and related transactional matters.
“Management EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to:
(a) the aggregate sum of revenues for such period earned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries from providing management services under Management Contracts, including asset
management revenue, performance revenue, structuring revenue, advisor’s participation in
cash flow (if any), interest income or any revenue earned as stipulated in a Management
Contract and booked for financial reporting purposes, together with appropriate adjustments
for minority interests and excluding revenue related to reimbursed costs but including
distributions received for such period related to the ownership of shares in managed funds
and CPA REITs; minus
(b) Management G&A expense for such period.
“Management G&A Expense” means, for any period, (a) Total G&A Expense during such
period (net of reimbursed costs) minus (b) Property G&A Expense for such period.
“Marketable Securities” means short-term marketable securities, issued by any entity
(other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, with a long-term unsecured indebtedness rating, at the time when any
investment therein is made, with Moody’s or S&P of Baa2/BBB or better, respectively.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(b) the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or (c) the validity, enforceability,
perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens in the Collateral.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Nonrecourse
Indebtedness), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of
the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, including,
in any event, Indebtedness under the LLC Credit Agreement. For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect
of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any
netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging
Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Subsidiary” means at any time (a) any borrower under the LLC Credit
Agreement or (b) any other Subsidiary which contributes at least $20,000,000 to Total Value.
“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) June 29, 2012 and (ii) the occurrence of an
LLC Agreement Event.
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“Merger” means the merger of CPA®:14 with and into CPA 16 Merger Sub Inc., a Maryland
corporation, with CPA 16 Merger Sub Inc. as the surviving corporation.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a)(iii).
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a)(iii)(B).
“Mortgaged Properties” means the Real Properties listed on Schedule 1.1(d).
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Asset Value” means the value of a security determined on a net asset value basis
by an officer of the Company in good faith and evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, which
determination shall be based on an appraisal of an independent third-party appraiser regularly
engaged in the valuation of securities of the same type as the securities being valued.
“Net Income (Loss)” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of net income
(or loss) of such Person and its subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis
in conformity with GAAP.
“Net Offering Proceeds” means all cash or other assets received by the Company as a
result of the sale of common shares, preferred shares, partnership interests, limited liability
company interests, convertible securities or other ownership or equity interests in the Company,
less customary costs and discounts of issuance paid by the Company.
“Net Operating Income” means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property at any time, an
amount equal to (a) the aggregate gross revenues from the operation of such Mortgaged Property from
tenants in occupancy and paying rent during the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of the
Company for which Financial Statements have been provided to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, minus (b) the sum of (i) all expenses and other proper charges incurred by the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter in connection with the operation of such
Mortgaged Property (including accruals for real estate taxes and insurance, but excluding debt
service charges, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses), which
expenses and accruals shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP and (ii) a management, advisory
or similar fee in an amount equal to the greater of (x) three percent (3.00%) of the rent payable
in respect of such Mortgaged Property during such fiscal quarter and (y) actual management,
advisory or similar fees paid in cash during such fiscal quarter.
“Nonrecourse Carveouts” means the personal liability of an obligor under Indebtedness
for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or misappropriation of cash, waste, environmental
liability, bankruptcy filing or any other circumstances customarily excluded from non-recourse
provisions and non-recourse financing of real estate.
“Nonrecourse Indebtedness” of any Person means all Indebtedness of such Person with
respect to which recourse for payment is limited to specific assets encumbered by a Lien
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securing such Indebtedness (other than Nonrecourse Carveouts); provided, that if in connection
therewith a personal recourse claim is established by judgment decree or award by any court of
competent jurisdiction or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction and execution or enforcement thereof
shall not be effectively stayed for 30 consecutive days and such Indebtedness shall not be paid or
otherwise satisfied within such 30-day period, then such Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
personal recourse claim established by judgment or award shall not constitute Nonrecourse
Indebtedness for purposes of this Agreement.
“Note” means a promissory note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.10(f) payable
to a Lender, evidencing certain of the Obligations of the Borrowers to such Lender and executed by
the Borrowers as set forth in Section 2.10(f), as the same may be amended, supplemented,
modified or restated from time to time. “Notes” means, collectively, all of such Notes outstanding
at any given time.
“Obligations” means, collectively, the obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of
principal, interest, fees, indemnities, and all other amounts under or in connection with this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, in each case whether such obligation arose before or
after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding and
whether or not the obligation is undersecured or oversecured or deemed allowable, provable or
accruing against any Loan Party in any such proceeding, including interest calculated from the
commencement of any such proceeding at the rate provided in Section 2.13(c).
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the President or any Vice
President of the Company or by any Financial Officer or by such other officer as may be specified
herein, and delivered to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies that
are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.4 and for which
a stay of enforcement is in effect;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like
Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations
that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with
Section 5.4;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
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security laws or regulations or to secure the performance of bids, purchases, contracts
(other than for the payment of borrowed money) and surety, appeal and performance bonds;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any
monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property
or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(f) statutory and common law landlord Liens; and
(g) such Liens as identified on Schedule B to the Mortgage Policy applicable to such
Mortgaged Property;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted REIT Investments” means investments by the Company or any Subsidiary in
publicly traded warrants, publicly traded equity securities and operating partnership units of
publicly traded REITS (and excluding in any event investments in the securities of the CPA REITS).
For purposes hereof, “publicly traded” shall mean that such investments are traded on a
nationally-recognized market with widely distributed standard price quotations.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section
302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Project” means any office, industrial/manufacturing facility, educational facility,
retail facility, distribution/warehouse facility, assembly or production facility, hotel, day care
center, storage facility, health care/hospital facility, restaurant, radio or TV station,
broadcasting/communication facility (including any transmission facility), any combination of any
of the foregoing, or any land to be developed into any one or more of the foregoing pursuant to a
written agreement with respect to such land for a transaction involving a Lease, in each case
owned, directly or indirectly, by any of the Consolidated Businesses.
“Property” means any Real Property or personal property, plant, building, facility,
structure, equipment, general intangible, receivable, or other asset owned or leased by any
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Consolidated Business or any Joint Venture in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has a
Joint Venture Holding.
“Property EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to:
(a) Adjusted Total EBITDA for such period; minus
(b) Adjusted Management EBITDA for such period; minus
(c) distributions in cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of
equity in managed funds and CPA REITS for such period.
“Property G&A Expense” means, for any period, 8% of the total lease revenues of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, as set forth on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements for such period.
“Quarterly Compliance Certificate” means an Officer’s Certificate signed by a
Financial Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.1(a).
“Real Property” means any present and future right, title and interest (including,
without limitation, any leasehold estate) in (i) any plots, pieces or parcels of land, (ii) any
Improvements of every nature whatsoever (the rights and interests described in clauses (i) and (ii)
above being the “Premises”), (iii) all easements, rights of way, gores of land or any lands
occupied by streets, ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water courses, water rights and powers,
and public places adjoining such land, and any other interests in property constituting
appurtenances to any Premises, or which hereafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant
thereto, (iv) all hereditaments, gas, oil, minerals (with the right to extract, sever and remove
such gas, oil and minerals), and easements, of every nature whatsoever, located in, on or
benefiting any Premises and (v) all other rights and privileges thereunto belonging or appertaining
and all extensions, additions, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutions and replacements
to or of any of the rights and interests described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
“REIT” means a domestic trust or corporation that qualifies as a real estate
investment trust under the provisions of Sections 856, et seq. of the Code.
“REIT Investment Value” means, as of any date, the sum of (i) 80% of the Fair Market
Value as of the date of determination of Permitted REIT Investments consisting of warrants, REIT
shares and operating partnership units that are unrestricted securities, plus (ii) 65% of the Fair
Market Value as of the date of determination of Permitted REIT Investments consisting of warrants,
REIT shares and operating partnership units that are restricted securities; provided that the Fair
Market Value of Permitted REIT Investments in excess of 15% of the outstanding equity securities of
any REIT and its related operating partnership shall be excluded in determining REIT Investment
Value. For purposes of this definition and the definition of Fair Market Value, the term
“restricted securities” shall mean securities which constitute “restricted securities” or are held
by an “affiliate” of the issuer of such securities, in each case in accordance with Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or are otherwise subject to
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any agreement, arrangement or other understanding in any way limiting or affecting the right of
the holder of such securities to dispose of such securities. For purposes of this definition, the
term “unrestricted securities” shall mean securities which are not “restricted securities.”
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and
Unused Commitments representing at least 51% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and
Unused Commitments at such time; provided that, in the event any of the Lenders shall have failed
to fund its Applicable Percentage of any Borrowing which such Lender is obligated to fund under the
terms of this Agreement and any such failure has not been cured as provided in Section 2.7,
then for so long as such failure continues, “Required Lenders” means Lenders (excluding all Lenders
whose failure to fund their respective Applicable Percentages of such Borrowings have not been so
cured) having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments representing at least 51% of the
sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments of such Lenders at such time.
“Restricted Payment” is defined in Section 6.1(e).
“Revolving Borrowing” has the meaning specified in the definition of Borrowing.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Loan” means a loan made pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each
sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 8.5,
and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by any of
the Collateral under the terms of any of the Collateral Documents.
“Solvent”, when used with respect to any Person, means that at the time of
determination:
(a) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of the total amount of its
liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent liabilities); and
(b) the present fair saleable value of its assets is greater than its probable
liability on its existing debts as such debts become absolute and matured; and
(c) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts (including, without
limitation, contingent debts and other commitments) as they mature; and
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(d) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to
be conducted.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as
of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by
the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, any reference
to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” hereunder shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Total G&A Expense” means, for any period, the total general and administrative
expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Total Interest Expense” means, for any period, an amount equal to (a) interest
expense (including capitalized interest expense) of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such
period, plus (b) the portion of the interest expense of Joint Ventures allocable to the Company and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on account of ownership of Joint Venture Holdings during
such period (with appropriate adjustments for minority interests) minus (c) extraordinary interest
expense related to debt prepayments or defeasance of loans minus (d) amortization of deferred costs
associated with new financings or refinancings of existing Indebtedness minus (e) capitalized
interest expense related to Real Property under construction.
“Total Outstanding Indebtedness” means, as of any date, the sum, without duplication,
of (a) the amount of Indebtedness (secured and unsecured and recourse or non-recourse) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, mortgage loans, outstanding balances
on lines of credit and notes payable, as set forth in the then most recent quarterly Financial
Statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, prepared in accordance with GAAP plus (b) the
outstanding amount of Indebtedness of Joint Ventures allocable in accordance with GAAP on account
of ownership of Joint Venture Holdings to the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the time of
determination (with appropriate adjustments for minority interests) plus (c) the Contingent
Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the extent allocable to the Company and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on account of ownership of Joint Venture Holdings, of the
Joint Ventures (with appropriate adjustments for minority interests).
“Total Secured Outstanding Indebtedness” means, as of any date, the portion of Total
Outstanding Indebtedness that is Secured Indebtedness.
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“Total Value” means, as of any date, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents which would be included on the Consolidated
Businesses’ consolidated balance sheet as of such date; plus
(b) Fair Market Value of Marketable Securities; plus
(c) in respect of Projects owned or ground-leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries
for at least four (4) fiscal quarters, the Adjusted Property EBITDA for such Projects as of
the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such date occurs for the previous four
consecutive fiscal quarters divided by 8.25%; plus
(d) the investment (at cost without depreciation) in Projects owned or ground-leased by
the Company and its Subsidiaries for fewer than four fiscal quarters (with appropriate
adjustments for minority interests); plus
(e) the investment (at cost without depreciation) in Joint Venture Holdings for fewer
than four fiscal quarters which is allocable to the Company and its Subsidiaries based on
their ownership interests in the related Joint Ventures in accordance with GAAP (with
appropriate adjustments for minority interests); plus
(f) the investment in Joint Ventures, to the extent controlled by the Company or its
Affiliates, valued according to the methodologies under clauses (c) or (d) above which is
allocable to the Company and its Subsidiaries based on their ownership interests in the
related Joint Ventures in accordance with GAAP; provided that the amount under this clause
(f) shall be limited to 30% of Total Value; plus
(g) investments in notes secured by mortgages on the Real Property of any Person at
cost, less an amount equal to accrued amortization payments in respect thereof; provided
that the amount under this clause (g) shall be limited to 15% of Total Value; plus
(h) the REIT Investment Value; provided that the amount under this clause (h) shall be
limited to 10% of Total Value; plus
(i) the product of seven (7) multiplied by the lesser of (i) the Adjusted Management
EBITDA for the previous four fiscal quarters or (ii) the product of two (2) multiplied by
the Adjusted Management EBITDA for the previous two fiscal quarters; provided that the
amount under this clause (i) shall be limited to 50% of Total Value; plus
(j) the book value of all loans made by the Company and its Subsidiaries to CPA REITs;
provided that the amount under this clause (j) shall be limited to 10% of Total Value;
(k) the Net Asset Value of all investments in the securities of the CPA REITs reported
under the treatment of equity investments as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter
for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1;
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provided that the amount under this clause (k) shall be limited to 10% of Total Value;
plus
(l) investments in Real Property under construction which is proceeding to completion
in the ordinary course (valued at the aggregate costs incurred and paid to date); provided
that the amount under this clause (l) shall be limited to 15% of Total Value; plus
(m) investments (at the lower of cost or market value) in Real Property consisting of
undeveloped land; provided that the amount under this clause (m) shall be limited to 5% of
Total Value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and solely for the purposes of this definition:
(A) the aggregate amount of investments by the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries in assets based outside the United States shall not exceed 25% of Total Value;
(B) the sum of the aggregate investments by the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries pursuant to clauses (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) above shall not exceed 50% of
Total Value; and
(C) the aggregate investments by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in
Properties which are not office, self-storage or industrial/manufacturing, retail, or
distribution/warehouse in nature shall not exceed 10% of Total Value.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of
the Loan Documents to which they are a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York;
provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“Unconsolidated Entity” means, with respect to any Person, at any date, any other
Person in whom such Person holds an investment, which investment is accounted for in the financial
statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be
consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial
statements of such Person if such statements were prepared as of such date.
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“Unencumbered Eligible Project” means an Eligible Project (a) which is located in the
United States, (b) with respect to which either (i) one or more of the Loan Parties has an
ownership interest of 100% or a ground leasehold interest under an Eligible Ground Lease, or
(ii)(A) one or more of the Loan Parties has an ownership interest (whether directly or through an
interest in a Joint Venture) of more than 50%, (B) one or more Affiliates of the Loan Parties has
all of the remaining ownership interests (whether directly or through an interest in a Joint
Venture) not owned by the Loan Parties and (C) the Loan Parties control the management of such
Project, and (c) which is not subject (nor are any equity interests therein owned by the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries subject) to any Liens or preferred equity interests, except for
Permitted Encumbrances and buy-sell rights with respect to Joint Ventures on customary terms and
conditions. As used in this definition only, the term “control” shall mean the authority, with
sole discretion, to make major management decisions with respect to the applicable Project,
including with respect to sale, financing, refinancing, capital improvements, leasing and the grant
of Liens on such Project and to manage the day-to-day operations of such Project.
“Unused Commitment” means, as of any date, with respect to each Lender, its Commitment
less its Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Unused Commitment Fee Rate” means 0.50% per annum.
“Wholly-Owned REIT Subsidiary” means any REIT in which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the voting equity thereof.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part 1 of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.2 Computations.
(a) [Intentionally omitted].
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the
word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until”
each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and
including.”
Section 1.3 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context
requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”,
“hereof’ and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
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construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and
(e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
Section 1.4 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an
accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests
an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date
hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after
such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the
basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective
until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
Section 2.1 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans. No
Loans may be borrowed or reborrowed after the end of the Availability Period.
Section 2.2 Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans
made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any
Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall
be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
ABR Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans as the Company on behalf of a Borrower may request in
accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of a Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less
than $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is
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made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000
and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate
amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more
than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be
more than a total of eight Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company, on behalf of a
Borrower, shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurodollar
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date,
or if prohibited by Section 2.8(e).
Section 2.3 Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Company on behalf
of a Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of
a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business
Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing.
Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit 2.3 and signed by the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower.
Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.2 and shall constitute a representation that the conditions in
Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 have been satisfied on such date and will be satisfied
on the date of such Borrowing:
(i) the Borrower on behalf of which the Revolving Borrowing is being requested;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”; and
(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.7.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to
any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Company shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing.
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Section 2.4 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 2.5 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 2.6 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 2.7 Funding of Revolving Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the
account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the applicable
Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of such
Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated in the applicable
Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender prior to
the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of
this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable
Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made
available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i)
in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in
the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such
amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan
included in such Borrowing as of the date of such Borrowing. If any interest is paid by such
Borrower as described above for any period with respect to any amount funded by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this paragraph, such Borrower shall not be required to pay interest on such
amount pursuant to Section 2.13 in respect of such period.
Section 2.8 Interest Elections.
(a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable
Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Company, on behalf of a
Borrower, may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such
Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods
therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Company, on behalf of a Borrower, may elect
different options with respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Borrowing, in which
case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
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holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall
be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Company, on behalf of the applicable
Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.3 if a request were being made of a
Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of
such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be
confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest
Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Company on behalf
of the applicable Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.2:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof
to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, the Interest
Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a
period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing but
does not specify an Interest Period, then the Company shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Company fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then,
unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof,
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request
of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is
continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar
Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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Section 2.9 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral
multiple of $500,000 and not less than $5,000,000, (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce
the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance
with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total
Commitments and (iii) the Company shall not reduce the total Commitments to an amount less than
$10,000,000 unless the Commitments are terminated.
(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce
the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the
effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section
2.9 shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by
the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of
the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
Section 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The applicable Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan not later
than the Maturity Date.
(b) [Intentionally omitted].
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the
amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from any Borrower
to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(e) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations
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recorded therein, provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to
maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the
Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the
Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to the order of such
Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns). Thereafter,
the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.4) be represented by one or more Notes in such form
payable to the order of the payee named therein.
Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
Section 2.11.
(b) The Company, on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent
by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
before the date of prepayment and (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not
later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of
each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given
in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by
Section 2.9, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.9. Promptly following receipt of any such notice
relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the
contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that
would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided
in Section 2.2. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the
Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to
the extent required by Section 2.13.
(c) The Borrowers shall prepay Loans to the extent required by Section 5.2(b).
Section 2.12 Fees.
(a) During the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which
the Commitments terminate, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Lender an unused commitment fee equal to the Unused Commitment Fee Rate on the daily amount
of the Unused Commitment of such Lender (the “Unused Commitment Fee Amount”). Accrued
Unused Commitment Fee Amounts shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June,
September and December of each year commencing on the first such date after the Closing Date, and
on the date on which the Commitments terminate. All fees shall be computed on the basis of a year
of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number
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of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of a fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(b) The Company agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, to each Lender an upfront fee equal to
0.25% of its Commitment, payable in full on the Closing Date.
(c) The Company agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, for its own
account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company
and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds,
to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of fees pursuant to paragraph (a) above,
to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.13 Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee
or other amount payable by the Borrowers hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as
before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2%
plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this
Section or (B) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as
provided in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) for so long as an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the principal balance of all Loans and other Obligations shall bear interest at
a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans and other Obligations
(which for any amounts other than principal of and interest on Loans shall be the rate applicable
to ABR Loans).
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant
to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the
Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable
on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any
Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued
interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All computations of interest for ABR Loans (including ABR Loans determined by reference to
clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of
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interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results
in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any
portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that
is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.18(a), bear
interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or
the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in
such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by
telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent
notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing
to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and
(ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be
made as an ABR Borrowing.
Section 2.15 Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender; and the result of any of the
foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any
Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the applicable Borrowers will pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the
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capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the
Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company
could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies
and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time
to time the applicable Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
applicable Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section 2.15 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to
this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date
that such Lender notifies the Company on behalf of the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise
to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation
therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include
the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar
Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of
an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan other than on the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or
prepay any Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless
of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11 (b) and is revoked in accordance
therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto as a result of a request pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any
such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense
attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any
Lender shall include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not
occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period
from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in
the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the
Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such
principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid,
at the commencement of such period, for Dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from
other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or
amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the
Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Borrower shall pay such
Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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Section 2.17 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided
that if the Borrowers shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section)
the Administrative Agent and each Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum
it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrowers shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days
after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by
or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17)
and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Company on behalf of the Borrowers by a Lender, or by the Administrative
Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrowers to a Governmental Authority, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such
payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) As a condition to becoming a Lender hereunder, any Foreign Lender (including any
assignee), that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of
the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a
party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company on behalf of the
Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Company on behalf of a Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The Borrowers shall make each payment required to be made by them hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or
otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately
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available funds, without defense, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such
time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been
received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All
such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices as set forth in Section
9.1 and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.3 shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such
payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly
following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business
Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case
of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
except pursuant to Section 2.19, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest
on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of
the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans than the proportion received by any other Lender, then
the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations
in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such
payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any
such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of
such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed
to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms
of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or
sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall
apply). The Loan Parties consent to the foregoing and agree, to the extent they may effectively do
so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against a Loan Party rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Company on behalf of a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower
has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
(d) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Sections 2.7(b) or 2.18(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding
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any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until
all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if a Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to
designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its
rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the
judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would
not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
disadvantageous to such Lender. The applicable Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if a Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund
Loans hereunder, then the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and
delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 9.4), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided that (i) such Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have
received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the
extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or such Borrower (in the case
of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section
2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender
shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of
a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such
assignment and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:
Section 3.1 Organization; Powers. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
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organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good
standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.2 Authorization; Enforceability.
(a) The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s powers and have been duly authorized by all
necessary limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate action of such Loan Party.
Each of the Loan Parties has the requisite power and authority to perform this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each Loan Party party hereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
(b) As of the date of delivery of the Company’s last compliance certificate delivered prior to
the Closing Date pursuant to the LLC Credit Agreement and as of the date of each delivery of an
Annual Compliance Certificate, Schedule 3.2 is a complete and accurate list of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, showing the correct name of each Subsidiary. The outstanding equity interests of the
Company and all of the Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are owned
by such entity free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens permitted by this Agreement.
(c) The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are and, after consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, will be Solvent.
Section 3.3 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or
approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority,
except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and filings and
recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (b) will not
violate, and will not require any consent or approval under, any applicable law or regulation or
the certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, certificate of limited
partnership, limited partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a
default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be
made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Liens
created pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
Section 3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the audited consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended
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December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
(b) Since December 31, 2010, there has been no event that has caused or could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.5 Properties.
(a) Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its Property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do
not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such
properties for their intended purposes.
(b) Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its
business, and the use thereof by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the
rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) A true and correct copy of each lease affecting any part of the Mortgaged Properties has
been delivered to the Administrative Agent and, except as shown on Schedule 3.5(c), no lease
contains (i) any option to purchase all or any portion of any Mortgaged Property or any interest
therein (ii) any right of first refusal relating to any sale of any Mortgaged Property or any
portion thereof or interest therein or (iii) any termination right.
(d) The rent roll for each Mortgaged Property attached hereto as Schedule 3.5(d) is true,
accurate and complete.
Section 3.6 Litigation And Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of a Loan Party, threatened against or affecting a
Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an
adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or
(ii) that involve this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, neither a Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval
required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any
basis for any Environmental Liability.
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Section 3.7 Compliance With Laws And Agreements. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or
its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.8 Investment Company Status. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of
1940.
Section 3.9 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be
filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all
Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set
aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto and (b) only to the extent that the
failure to do so (x) could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and
(y) will not result in the imposition of a Lien on any of the Collateral other than a Permitted
Encumbrance.
Section 3.10 ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.11 Disclosure. The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and
corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other
matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the SEC Reports (as defined in Section 3.12) and
none of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on
behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material
fact necessary, in the aggregate, to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
Section 3.12 SEC Reports. As of the Closing Date, the Company has filed all forms, reports, statements
(including proxy statements) and other documents (such filings by the Company are collectively
referred to as the “SEC Reports”), required to be filed by it with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The SEC Reports, including all SEC Reports filed after the Closing Date and
on or prior to the date of this Agreement, (i) were or will be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder applicable to such SEC Reports at the time of filing
thereof and (ii) did not at the time they were filed, or will not at the time they are filed,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
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required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 3.13 Collateral; Security Interest. Each Collateral Document is effective to create in favor of
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable
security interest in the Collateral subject thereto and such security interest will, upon filing or
recording of the necessary documentation in the applicable jurisdiction in accordance with such
Collateral Document, be perfected to the extent required by (and with the priority required by)
such Collateral Document and this Agreement, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
Section 4.1 Closing Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied in form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (or waived in accordance with
Section 9.2):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto a
counterpart signed on behalf of such party, or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (which may include telecopy transmission or by means of other electronic imaging of a signed
signature page of each such Loan Document) that such party has signed a counterpart, of this
Agreement and all such other Loan Documents to which it is a party required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent, including:
(i) deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages
and leasehold deeds of trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and covering the Mortgaged Properties (together with the fixture
filings and Assignments of Leases and Rents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and each other mortgage delivered in connection with this
Agreement, in each case as amended, the “Mortgages”), duly executed by the
appropriate Loan Party, together with:
(A) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages and Assignments of Leases and
Rents have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable
for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative
Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid first and
subsisting Lien on the property described therein in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing, documentary,
stamp, intangible and recording taxes and other fees in connection therewith have
been paid
(B) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title
insurance policies (the “Mortgage Policies”), with endorsements and in
amounts acceptable to the Administrative Agent, issued, coinsured and
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reinsured by title insurers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring
the Mortgages to be valid first and subsisting Liens on the property described
therein, free and clear of all defects (including, but not limited to, mechanics’
and materialmen’s Liens) and encumbrances, excepting only Permitted Encumbrances
(other than as described in subparagraph (b) of such definition) and such Liens as
are identified on the Mortgage Policy applicable to such property and acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, and providing for such other affirmative insurance and
such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may deem
necessary or desirable,
(C) evidence of the insurance required by the terms of Section 3.3(a) of the
Mortgages,
(D) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard
Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a
notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly
executed by the Company and each Borrower relating thereto),
(E) copies of all tenant leases affecting the improvements located on each of
the Mortgaged Properties, and
(F) a rent roll showing the tenant, the square footage demised, the rent and
additional rent payable under the lease, the expiration date and any extension
options not yet exercised.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable opinions of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP
and Xxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request. The Company hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence
and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal
matters relating to the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and Subsidiaries, this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel. If requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall
provide to such Lender a copy of the documents and certificates received by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Section 4.1(c).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and
signed by the President or a Vice President of the Company or by a Financial Officer, confirming
compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.2.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on
or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business
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Day prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder.
(f) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received copies of UCC, tax and
judgment lien searches, or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all
effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents (together with copies of such
financing statements and documents) that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those
state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal
place of business and such other searches that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or
appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the
Collateral Documents.
(g) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received evidence that all other
actions, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in
order to create and perfect valid first and subsisting Liens, subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances, on the property described in the Mortgages have been taken.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 8.3, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.1, each Lender that
has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder of which it has received or has
access to a copy or notice thereof and which is to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or
satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such
Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and
such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Section 4.2 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any
Borrowing (such Borrowing referred to herein as a “Credit Event”), is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit
Event.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Credit Event, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Company
on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
4.2.
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ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Loan Parties covenant
and agree with the Lenders that:
Section 5.1 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender:
(a) Quarterly Reports.
(i) Company Quarterly Financial Reports. As soon as practicable, and in any
event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter in each fiscal year
(other than the last fiscal quarter in each fiscal year), the Financial Statements on Form
10-Q as of the end of such period and a report setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the corresponding date or period of the previous fiscal year,
certified by a Financial Officer as fairly presenting the consolidated financial position of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the date indicated and the results of their
operations and cash flow for the period indicated in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal
quarterly adjustments.
(ii) Quarterly Compliance Certificates. Together with each delivery of any
quarterly report pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 5.1, a Quarterly
Compliance Certificate, representing and certifying (1) that the Financial Officer signatory
thereto has reviewed the terms of this Agreement, and has made, or caused to be made, under
his/her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the Transactions and consolidated
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the fiscal quarter covered by
such reports, that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such
fiscal quarter, and that such officer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the
date of such Officer’s Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default,
or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof and what action the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has taken, is
taking and proposes to take with respect thereto, (2) a schedule of the Loan Parties and
their Subsidiaries’ outstanding Indebtedness, including the amount, maturity and interest
rate, as well as such other information regarding such Indebtedness as may be reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, (3) a schedule of Adjusted Total EBITDA, (4)
calculations, in the form of Exhibit 5.1 evidencing compliance with each of the financial
covenants set forth in Article VI, (5) that each Mortgaged Property is being
actively utilized by the tenant for its business purposes and, to the extent any Mortgaged
Property is not, describing in reasonable detail the circumstances around that property and
its failure to be actively utilized and (6) calculations of (x) the aggregate Net Operating
Income of all Mortgaged Properties and (y) the Aggregate Capped Value.
(b) Annual Reports.
(i) Company Financial Statements. As soon as practicable, and in any event
within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, (i) the Financial Statements on
Form 10-K as of the end of such fiscal year and a report setting forth in comparative form
the corresponding figures from the consolidated Financial Statements for the prior fiscal
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year; (ii) a report with respect thereto of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going
concern” or like qualification or exception, and without any qualification or exception as
to the scope of such audit), which report shall state that such financial statements fairly
present the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flow for the periods indicated
in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except for changes
with which PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any such other independent certified public
accountants, if applicable, shall concur and which shall have been disclosed in the notes to
such financial statements) (which report shall be subject to the confidentiality limitations
set forth herein); and (iii) in the event that the report referred to in clause (ii) above
is qualified, a copy of the management letter or any similar report delivered to the Company
or to any officer or employee thereof by such independent certified public accountants in
connection with such financial statements.
(ii) Annual Compliance Certificates. Together with each delivery of any annual
report pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 5.1(b), an Annual Compliance
Certificate, representing and certifying (1) that the officer signatory thereto has reviewed
the terms of this Agreement, and has made, or caused to be made under his/her supervision, a
review in reasonable detail of the Transactions and consolidated financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, during the accounting period covered by such reports, that
such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period,
and that such officer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such
Officer’s Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default, or, if any
such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto, (2) a schedule of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries’ outstanding Indebtedness including the amount, maturity and interest rate, as
well as such other information regarding such Indebtedness as may be reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent, (3) a schedule of Adjusted Total EBITDA, (4) calculations, in the
form of Exhibit 5.1, evidencing compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in
Article VI, (5) an update of Schedule 3.2, if applicable, (6) that each Mortgaged
Property is being actively utilized by the tenant for its business purposes and, to the
extent any Mortgaged Property is not, describing in reasonable detail the circumstances
around that property and its failure to be actively utilized and (7) calculations of (x) the
aggregate Net Operating Income of all Mortgaged Properties and (y) the Aggregate Capped
Value.
(c) Promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs, financial condition and Collateral of the Loan Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request including without limitation, tax returns, title
reports, insurance certificates and environmental site assessments.
Section 5.2 Notices of Material Events.
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(a) The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice
of the following:
(i) the occurrence of any Default;
(ii) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting a Loan Party or any Affiliate
thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result to a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000;
(iv) the receipt of any notice or the occurrence of any event that could reasonably be
expected to result in an Environmental Liability of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000;
(v) any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or claim made or asserted against any
of the Collateral;
(vi) any material loss, damage or destruction to any of the Collateral, whether or not
covered by insurance; and
(vii) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result
in, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice of
each of the following events affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not less than five
(5) Business Days prior to the occurrence thereof: (i) a sale, transfer or other disposition of any
Unencumbered Eligible Project (or a Subsidiary that owns any Unencumbered Eligible Project) for
consideration in excess of $30,000,000, and (ii) the grant of a Lien securing obligations greater
than $30,000,000 with respect to any Unencumbered Eligible Project. In addition, simultaneously
with delivery of any such notice, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a
certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that the Company is in compliance with this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents both on a historical basis and on a pro forma basis, exclusive of the
property sold, transferred or encumbered and inclusive of the indebtedness to be incurred. To the
extent such proposed transaction would result in a failure to comply with the financial covenants
set forth herein, an amount equal to that which would be required to reduce the Obligations so that
the Company will be in compliance with the covenants set forth herein upon the consummation of the
contemplated transaction shall be paid by the Borrowers and applied to prepay the Obligations.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial
Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or
development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect
thereto.
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Section 5.3 Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises
material to the conduct of its business; provided that the forgoing shall not prohibit any merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.3.
Section 5.4 Payment of Obligations. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
pay its obligations, including Taxes, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except
where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (b) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves
with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such
contest (x) could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (y) will
not result in the imposition of a Lien on any of the Collateral other than a Permitted Encumbrance.
Section 5.5 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.
(a) Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain (or
cause to be kept and maintained) all property material to the conduct of its business in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(b) Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, or will cause
tenants of Projects to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with
respect to its properties and its business against general liability, property casualty and such
casualties and contingencies as shall be commercially reasonable and in accordance with the
customary and general practices of businesses having similar operations and real estate portfolios
in similar geographic areas and in amounts, containing such terms, in such forms and for such
periods as may be reasonable and prudent for such businesses, including without limitation,
insurance policies and programs sufficient to cover (i) the replacement value of the improvements
at Projects owned by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (less commercially reasonable
deductible amounts) and (ii) liability risks associated with such ownership (less commercially
reasonable deductible amounts).
(c) Each Loan Party will comply with the insurance requirements set forth in the Mortgages to
which it is a party.
Section 5.6 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries
are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Loan
Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs,
finances, condition and properties with its officers and independent accountants, all at such
reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
Section 5.7 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental
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Authority applicable to it or its property, including all Environmental Laws, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used solely to finance in part the
acquisition of CPA®:14 by the CPA Global REIT by funding the cash elections made by CPA®:14
shareholders pursuant to the Merger, to repay certain property level indebtedness and for general
corporate purposes, in each case not in contravention of any applicable laws or of any Loan
Document. No Borrower is engaged nor will any Borrower engage, principally or as one of its
important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the Board), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock.
Section 5.9 Distributions in the Ordinary Course. In the ordinary course of business the Company
causes all of its Subsidiaries to make transfers of net cash and cash equivalents upstream to the
Company, and the Company shall continue to follow such ordinary course of business. The Company
shall not make net transfers of cash and cash equivalents downstream to its Subsidiaries except in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Section 5.10 ERISA Compliance. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries and
ERISA Affiliates to, establish, maintain and operate all Plans to comply in all material respects
with the provisions of ERISA, the Code, all other applicable laws, and the regulations and
interpretations thereunder and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such
Plans.
Section 5.11 Company Status. The Company shall at all times (a) remain publicly traded with securities
listed on the New York Stock Exchange and (b) except in the case of W. P. Xxxxx International LLC
or as the result of a disposition otherwise permitted under this Agreement, retain 100% ownership
of all Borrowers and all borrowers under the LLC Credit Agreement.
Section 5.12 Further Assurances. The Loan Parties shall, promptly upon request by the Administrative
Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, (a) correct any material defect or error
that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or
recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other
instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the
Loan Documents, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any Loan Party’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter
intended to be covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect and maintain the validity,
effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be
created thereunder and (iv) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm
more effectively unto the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or
hereafter intended to be granted to them under any Loan Document or under any other instrument
executed in connection with any Loan
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Document to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to do so.
Section 5.13 Additional Deliveries. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Loan Parties,
upon request by the Administrative Agent (or a Lender through the Administrative Agent), shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent (or as otherwise directed by the Administrative Agent) within
45 days after such request (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree):
(a) American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping form surveys,
for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid, and dated no more than 30 days
before the date of the Administrative Agent’s request, certified to the Administrative Agent and
the issuer of the Mortgage Policies in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent by a land
surveyor duly registered and licensed in the States in which the property described in such surveys
is located and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, showing all buildings and other
improvements, any off-site improvements, the location of any easements, parking spaces, rights of
way, building set-back lines and other dimensional regulations and the absence of encroachments,
either by such improvements or on to such property, and other defects, other than encroachments and
other defects acceptable to the Administrative Agent and in form and substance so as to allow the
Mortgage Policies to be issued with so-called survey dependent endorsements and excluding standard
exceptions;
(b) estoppels from each of the tenants under leases affecting the improvements located on each
of the Mortgaged Properties, in form and substance and reciting facts reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent;
(c) Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements from each of the tenants under
leases affecting the improvements located on each of the Mortgaged Properties, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that a
Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement shall not be required from any tenant under
a lease which by its terms is subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage, as confirmed by the
respective Mortgage Policy;
(d) property zoning reports issued by a company reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent,
detailing the zoning classification of each of the Mortgaged Properties and confirming the current
use of each such Mortgaged Properties as being in compliance with all applicable zoning laws, rules
and regulations;
(e) copies of unconditional, permanent Certificates of Occupancy for each of the improvements
located on each of the Mortgaged Properties (and, if applicable for each tenant space within such
improvements) issued by the governmental entity having jurisdiction; and
(f) such other information regarding the Mortgaged Properties as the Administrative Agent or
any Lender may reasonably request.
Section 5.14 Information Regarding Collateral. Each Loan Party agrees that it will not effect any
change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, (iii) in its
identity or organizational structure, (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (or
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equivalent thereof) or organizational identification number, if any, or (v) in its jurisdiction of
organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing,
dissolving, liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until (A) it shall
have given the Administrative Agent not less than ten Business Days’ prior written notice (in an
Officer’s Certificate), or such lesser notice period agreed to by the Administrative Agent, of its
intention so to do, clearly describing such change and providing such other information in
connection therewith as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken
all action reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to maintain the perfection and
priority of the security interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly provide the
Administrative Agent with certified organization documents reflecting any of the changes described
in the preceding sentence.
Section 5.15 Appraisals.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Loan Parties will order an appraisal on the Mortgaged
Property located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Titan Property”), and the
Loan Parties agree that if the appraised value of such Mortgaged Property as set forth in such
appraisal is less than $33,400,000, at the request of the Administrative Agent, additional Real
Properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be identified and approved by the
Administrative Agent to be subject to Liens in favor of the Secured Parties such that the aggregate
appraised value of the Titan Property and such additional Real Properties is at least $33,400,000.
(b) If the Administrative Agent is required by law or regulation to have appraisals on any of
the Mortgaged Properties, and otherwise only following the occurrence of a Default, the Loan
Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, as soon as possible following a request by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (utilizing commercially reasonable efforts in doing
so), an appraisal for any or all of the Mortgaged Properties, which appraisal shall, if requested
by the Administrative Agent, comply with the requirements of the Federal Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and otherwise be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Section 5.16 Post-Closing. Promptly following the Closing Date, the Loan Parties will request an
estoppel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from the
tenants on the leases with respect to the Mortgaged Properties located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 and 00000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 confirming that the cap on
Indebtedness set forth in such leases is no longer in effect. In the event any such estoppels are
received, the Loan Parties agree that the Mortgage with respect to the related Mortgaged Property
shall be amended to remove the cap on Indebtedness set forth in such Mortgage.
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ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Loan Parties covenant and agree
with the Lenders that:
Section 6.1 Financial Covenants.
(a) Maximum Leverage. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company, Total
Outstanding Indebtedness shall not exceed 60% of Total Value.
(b) Maximum Secured Debt. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company,
the sum of (i) Total Secured Outstanding Indebtedness plus (ii) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that
is permitted under clause (D) of Section 6.1(f)(ii) shall not exceed 50% of Total Value.
(c) Minimum Combined Equity Value. The Combined Equity Value as of the last day of
each fiscal quarter of the Company shall not be less than the sum of (i) $550,000,000 plus (ii) an
amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of all Net Offering Proceeds received by the Company
after June 29, 2007.
(d) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of
the Company, the ratio of (i) Adjusted Total EBITDA for such fiscal quarter to (ii) Fixed Charges
for such fiscal quarter shall not be less than 1.75 to 1.0.
(e) Maximum Dividend Payout. The Company shall not make any Restricted Payment during
any fiscal quarter, which, when added to all Restricted Payments made during such fiscal quarter
and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters, exceeds ninety (90%) of Adjusted Total EBITDA
for the four preceding fiscal quarters; provided that the Company shall not make any Restricted
Payments during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default. For purposes of this
provision, “Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution on any equity
securities of the Company (except dividends payable solely in equity securities of the Company or
in rights to subscribe for or purchase equity securities of the Company) and (ii) payments in
excess of $10,000,000 a year on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of
(A) any equity securities of the Company or (B) any option, warrant or other right to acquire
equity securities of the Company.
(f) Recourse Indebtedness.
(i) The Company will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Secured
Indebtedness other than (A) Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (B) Indebtedness that is recourse
to the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of
Total Value outstanding at any time.
(ii) The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to, and no Subsidiary shall, create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness other than (A) Indebtedness
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under the Loan Documents, (B) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company, (C)
Nonrecourse Indebtedness, (D) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (other than a Borrower or a
borrower under the LLC Credit Agreement) to a Subsidiary (other than a Borrower or a
borrower under the LLC Credit Agreement), (E) Indebtedness that is recourse to such
Subsidiary, but only if such Subsidiary is not a Borrower or a borrower under the LLC Credit
Agreement, was formed solely to own or make a loan in respect of a particular Project, and
does not engage in any business other than the ownership or financing of such Project and
(F) Indebtedness under the LLC Credit Agreement.
Section 6.2 Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,
assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it,
or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of
any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) Liens with respect to Capital Leases of equipment entered into in the ordinary course of
business of the Loan Parties;
(c) Liens securing Secured Indebtedness, the incurrence of which is not prohibited by this
Article VI; and
(d) Liens permitted by the terms of the Collateral Documents.
Section 6.3 Fundamental Changes.
(a) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it,
or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) any of the Collateral or all or substantially all of its assets, or all or
substantially all of the stock or other equity interests of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except (i) if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Person may merge into a Loan Party or a Subsidiary in a transaction in which such
Loan Party or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets to another Loan Party or another
Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section 5.2(b), (iii) any Subsidiary (other than
a Borrower) may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation
or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the
Lenders, and (iv) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing the sale of stock of a Subsidiary (other than a Borrower),
subject to the requirements of Section 5.2(b); provided that at all times the
Mortgaged Properties shall remain subject to Mortgages for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For
purposes of clarification, nothing in this Section 6.3 shall prevent the issuance,
transfer, conversion or repurchase of limited liability interests in the Company.
(b) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, engage to any
material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Loan
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Parties and their Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses
reasonably related thereto.
(c) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, at any time cause or
permit its certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other charter documents,
as the case may be, to be modified, amended or supplemented in any respect whatsoever, without, in
each case, the express prior written consent or approval of the Administrative Agent, if such
changes would materially adversely affect the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents; provided that if such prior consent or approval
is not required, such Loan Party shall nonetheless notify the Administrative Agent in writing
promptly after such event.
Section 6.4 Hedging Agreements. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, other than Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary is exposed in
the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities.
Section 6.5 Transactions with Affiliates. Neither the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries shall
directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service)
with any holder or holders of more than 5% of any class of equity securities of the Company, or
with any Affiliate of the Company which is not its Subsidiary, on terms that are less favorable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, than those that might be obtained in an
arm’s length transaction at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate. Nothing
contained in this Section 6.5 shall prohibit (a) increases in compensation and benefits for
officers and employees of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries which are customary in the
industry or consistent with the past business practice of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary,
provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) payment of customary partners’
indemnities; (c) performance of any obligations arising under the Loan Documents; and (d) any
Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.1(e).
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 7.1 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) a Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or
otherwise;
(b) a Loan Party shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
(other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when
and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period of five Business Days;
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(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or
modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or
thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) a Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Sections 5.2, 5.3 (with respect to the Company or any Borrower’s existence),
5.5(b), 5.8, 5.11(a) or 5.13 or in Article VI or any of the Loan Parties shall fail
to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in or any Collateral Document;
(e) a Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a),
(b) or (d) of this Section 7.1), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (which notice will be
given at the request of any Lender);
(f) a Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or
interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same
shall become due and payable;
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the
lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent
on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the
prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided
that this clause (g) shall not apply to Secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the
voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed
seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Loan Party or any Material
Subsidiary or any of their debts, or of a substantial part of any of their assets, under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for a Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of any of
their assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) a Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii)
consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a
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Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an
answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding,
(v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) a Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$10,000,000 (excluding judgments entered in respect of Nonrecourse Indebtedness and judgments
entered in respect of Indebtedness permitted under clause (E) of Section 6.1(f)(ii)) shall
be rendered against a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall
remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy
upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events
that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000;
(m) a Change in Control shall occur;
(n) any provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for
any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all
the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person
contests in writing in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan
Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation
under any provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision
of any Loan Document; or
(o) any Collateral Document, after delivery thereof, shall for any reason (other than pursuant
to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to
Permitted Encumbrances) on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Loan Party described in
clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.1), and at any time thereafter during the continuance
of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by
notice to the Company, take one or more of the following actions, at the same or different times:
(i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable),
and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder, shall
become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties, and (iii) enforce any rights and exercise
any rights and remedies available under any Loan Document or otherwise; and in the case of any
event with respect to any Loan Party described in
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clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.1, the Commitments shall automatically terminate
and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all
fees and other obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Loan Parties.
Section 7.2 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 7.1
(or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth above), any
amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article II) payable to
the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders
(including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and amounts
payable under Article II), ratably among them in proportion to the respective
amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and
unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion
to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly
paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required by law.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
Section 8.1 Appointment. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as
its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to
exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the
other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Section 8.2 Administrative Agent’s Right as Lender. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and
may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and such bank and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally
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engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if
it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations
except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents to which the Administrative
Agent is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent
shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a
party that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 9.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan
Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not
be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 9.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default
(other than a Default existing as a result of a failure to pay principal, interest or fees
hereunder when due) unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by
the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or
other document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms
or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created
by any of the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Section 8.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent
by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally
or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel,
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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Section 8.5 Sub-Agents. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its
rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs
shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any
such sub-agent of such Related Parties, and shall apply to their respective activities in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as Administrative Agent.
Section 8.6 Resignation/Successor Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor Administrative Agent, as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign
at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required
Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company (so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed
by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank; provided that such successor
Administrative Agent shall have total assets of not less than $10,000,000,000; and provided further
that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that no qualifying Person
has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in
accordance with such notice and thereafter (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii)
all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the
Required Lenders appoint and the Company consents to a successor Administrative Agent as provided
for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall 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 hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor.
After the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article and Section
9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them, while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Section 8.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent or Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges 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 credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges 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 from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions
in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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Section 8.8 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative
Agent at its option and in its discretion, to transfer or release any Lien on any Collateral (i)
upon the payment and satisfaction in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted
hereunder and under the Collateral Documents, (iii) subject to Section 9.2, if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) after foreclosure or other
acquisition of title if approved by the Required Lenders.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or
items of Property pursuant to this Section 8.8.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Notices.
(a) Notices. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall
be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to the Company or any other Loan Party: W.P. Xxxxx & Co. LLC, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxx XxXxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
(Telecopy No. 212-492-8922);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent:
(A) for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions:
Bank of America, N.A., Large Corporate Loan Services, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
XX0-000-00-00, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000, Attention of Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
(Telephone, 000-000-0000, Fax, 000-000-0000, Email,
Xxxxxxxx.x.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx);
(B) for other notices as Administrative Agent:
Bank of America, N.A. 000 X. XxXxxxx Xx., XX0-000-00-00, Xxxxxxx, XX
00000, Attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, (Telephone, 000-000-0000, Fax,
000-000-0000, Email, xxxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx); and
(iii) if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire or as otherwise communicated in writing to the Company and the
Administrative Agent.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
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(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet
or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article
II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving
notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Company or
any Loan Party may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as
described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Communication through Internet. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any
of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan
Party, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any
kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative
Agent’s transmission of information through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have
any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent may
change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder
by notice to the other parties hereto. Each Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Company and the
Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time
to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact
name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other
communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Borrowing
Requests) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company even if (i) such notices were not made
in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of
notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient,
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varied from any confirmation thereof. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
Section 9.2 Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or
power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or
any other Loan Documents or consent to any departure by a Loan Party therefrom shall in any event
be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 9.2, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose
for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not
be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement or any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may
be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by the Company and the Required Lenders or by the Loan Parties party thereto and the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement
shall (i) change the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (other
than pursuant to an assignment under Section 9.4 or a reduction of Commitments under
Section 2.9), (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest
thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected
thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any
interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) in a manner that would
alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each
Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or
any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend
or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without
the written consent of each Lender or (vi) release the Guarantor from its obligations under
Article X or release any or all of the Collateral, except, in each case, as set forth in
Section 8.8; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise
affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document
without, in addition, the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; provided, further,
Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended by the Administrative Agent without the consent of the Required
Lenders or any Loan Party solely to update the information contained therein; provided, even,
further that any Loan Document may be amended from time to time by the Administrative Agent alone
to add a Subsidiary of the Guarantor as a borrower or grantor of Liens under a Loan Document.
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Section 9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the
credit facility provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including reasonable expenses incurred in connection with due diligence and
initial and ongoing Collateral examination) or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in
connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during
any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related
Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or
as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of
their respective obligations hereunder, the performance of the relevant parties of their respective
obligations under any of the other Loan Documents, or the consummation of any of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or any request therefor, or the use of
the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on
or from any property owned, leased or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Environmental Liability related in any way to the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or
(iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay, or cause to be paid, any amount required to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined
as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such
unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability
or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative
Agent in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, a Loan Party shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
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consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds
thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand
therefor.
Section 9.4 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Loan
Parties may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by a Loan Party
without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the
Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender
Affiliate, each of the Company (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and
the Administrative Agent must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a
Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Company
(so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and the Administrative Agent
otherwise consent, (iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iv) the parties to
each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,000 and (v) the assignee, if it shall not be a
Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. Subject to
acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement arising from and after the date of such assignment (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.3). Any assignment or transfer
by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph
shall be treated for
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purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section. If the consent of the Company is
required pursuant to this Section 9.4, and the Company does not respond to the
Administrative Agent’s request for consent within five Business Days of such request, the consent
shall be deemed given.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to
the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Loan Parties, 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 Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any Loan Party and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section 9.4 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section 9.4, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be
effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in
this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Loan Parties or the Administrative
Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to
the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement
or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the
first proviso to Section 9.2(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of
this Section 9.4, the Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.8 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(b)
as though it were a Lender.
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(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15
or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is
made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it
were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Company is
notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit
of the Company, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign or grant a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any
pledge or assignment or grant of a security interest to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment or grant of a security
interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment or grant of a security interest shall release
a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee or
grantee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.5 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any of the
Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its
behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or
knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued
interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and
unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.3 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full
force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the resignation of the
Administrative Agent or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
provision hereof or thereof.
Section 9.6 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject
matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have
been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns in accordance with Section 9.4. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging
means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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Section 9.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.8 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender
and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any or all of the Loan Parties against
any of and all the obligations of any of the Loan Parties now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made
any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations may be
unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
Section 9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State
of New York.
(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself
and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New
York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any
judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any party hereto may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document against any other party or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.9. Each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of
any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS
AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.10.
Section 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction
of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)
to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal
counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made
will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the
extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)
to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder
or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to
(i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivatives transaction relating to the Company and its obligations, (g)
with the consent of the Company, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, or (i) to the
extent provided in Section 9.16. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all
information received from any Loan Party relating to the Loan Parties or their business, other than
any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a
non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by a Loan Party. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.
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Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time
the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which
are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”),
shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for,
charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable
law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges
payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the
interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a
result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to
such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate
therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate to
the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 9.14 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each of the Loan Parties that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such
Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Act.
Section 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
Each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of
the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, including, without limitation, providing debt
financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other
companies, and neither the Administrative Agent nor its Affiliates has any obligation to disclose
any of such interests to the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates. Furthermore, each of the
Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees that in connection with all aspects of each transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates, on the other hand, have arms-length business relationships that create no fiduciary
duty on the part of any party hereto, and each Loan Party expressly disclaims any fiduciary
relationship.
Section 9.17 Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers.
(a) Each of the Borrowers is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and
indirectly, of each of the Borrowers and in consideration of the undertakings of the other
Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
(b) Each of the Borrowers, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability
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with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the
Obligations, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the
joint and several obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
(c) If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any
of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the
terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to,
or perform, such Obligation.
(d) The Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this Section 9.17
constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower enforceable
against each such Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the
validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby waives
notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any Loans made pursuant to this
Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, or of any demand for any payment under this
Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders, or any of them, under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of
diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all
demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement). To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower
hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment
of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance
of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, at any time or times in respect of any default
by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of
this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders, or any of them, in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition,
substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of the
Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or
delay in acting or failure to act on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of
them, with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations,
including, without limitation, any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue
any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for
the provisions of this Section 9.17 afford grounds for terminating, discharging or
relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this Section
9.17, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder
remain unsatisfied, the Obligations of such Borrower under this Section 9.17 shall not be
discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The Obligations
of each Borrower under this Section 9.17 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable
by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding
with respect to any Borrower or the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them. The joint
and several liability of each Borrower hereunder shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding any absorption,
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merger, amalgamation or any other change whatsoever in the name, constitution or place of
formation of any of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them.
(f) The provisions of this Section 9.17 are made for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them
from time to time against any or all Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without
requirement on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, successor or assign first to
marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower
or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other
source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other
remedy. The provisions of this Section 9.17 shall remain in effect until all of the
Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied. If, at any
time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this
Section 9.17 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been
made.
(g) Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or
subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender with respect to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor until such time
as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash. Any claim which any Borrower may have
against the other Borrowers with respect to any payments to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder or under any other Loan Documents is hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in
right of payment, including without limitation, as to any increases in the Obligations arising
hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event
of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
proceeding under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets,
whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any
payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be
made to the other Borrowers therefor.
(h) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan
Documents, to the extent the obligations of any Borrower 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 such Borrower
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 of the United States).
(i) Each Borrower hereby appoints the Company to act as its agent for all purposes under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to all matters related to the borrowing and
repayment of Loans) and agrees that (i) the Company may execute such documents on behalf of the
Borrowers as the Company deems appropriate in its sole discretion and the Borrowers shall be
obligated by all of the terms of any such document executed on their behalf, (ii) any notice or
communication delivered by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company shall be deemed
delivered to each Borrower and (iii) the Administrative Agent or
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the Lenders may accept, and be permitted to rely on, any document, instrument or agreement
executed by the Company on behalf of the Borrowers.
Section 9.18 Non Recourse Nature. Subject to the qualifications below, the Administrative Agent shall
not enforce the liability and obligation of any Borrower hereunder to perform and observe any or
all of the Obligations by any action or proceeding wherein a money judgment shall be sought against
such Borrower, except that the Administrative Agent may bring a foreclosure action, an action for
specific performance or any other appropriate action or proceeding to enable the Administrative
Agent to enforce and realize upon its interest under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or
in any Collateral given or granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any of the Loan
Documents; provided, however, that, except as specifically provided herein, any judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be enforceable against such Borrower only to the extent of such
Borrower’s interest in any Collateral, and the Administrative Agent shall not xxx for, seek or
demand any deficiency judgment against such Borrower in any such action or proceeding under or by
reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The provisions of this Section 9.18 shall
not, however, (i) constitute a waiver, release or impairment of any obligation evidenced, governed
or secured by any of the Loan Documents; (ii) impair the right of the Administrative Agent to name
any Borrower as a party defendant in any action or suit for foreclosure or sale under any Mortgage
or other Collateral Document; (iii) affect the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents or any guaranty made in connection with this Agreement or any of the Loans or any of the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder; (iv) impair
the right of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to obtain the appointment of a
receiver; (v) impair the enforcement of any Mortgage or other Collateral Document; (vi) constitute
a prohibition against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to seek a deficiency
judgment against the Guarantor in order to fully realize the security granted by the Mortgages and
other Collateral Documents or to commence any other appropriate action or proceeding in order for
the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise its remedies against any of the
Collateral (but not for the purpose of enforcing such deficiency judgment against any Borrower); or
(vii) constitute a waiver of the right of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to
enforce the liability and obligation of any Borrower, by money judgment or otherwise, to the extent
of any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability, claim or other obligation actually incurred by the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party (including attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably
incurred) arising out of or in connection with any of the following:
(a) fraud, willful misconduct, misrepresentation or failure to disclose a material fact by or
on behalf of any Borrower, the Guarantor, any Affiliate of any Borrower or any Guarantor or any of
their respective agents or representatives in connection with any of the Loan Documents or any of
the Loans, including by reason of any claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act;
(b) the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnification provision in any
Mortgage or other Loan Document concerning environmental laws, hazardous substances, asbestos
and/or any other Hazardous Materials or any indemnification of the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party with respect thereto;
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(c) wrongful removal or destruction of any portion of any Collateral or damage to any
Collateral caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence;
(d) any intentional physical waste of any Collateral by any Borrower, the Guarantor or any of
their respective Affiliates;
(e) the forfeiture by any Borrower or the Guarantor of any Collateral because of the conduct
or purported conduct of criminal activity by any Borrower or the Guarantor or any of their
respective agents or representatives;
(f) the misappropriation or conversion by or on behalf of any Borrower or the Guarantor of (A)
any insurance proceeds paid by reason of any loss, damage or destruction to any of the Collateral,
(B) any awards or other amounts received in connection with the condemnation of all or a portion of
any of the Collateral, or (C) any gross revenues (including rents, insurance proceeds, security
deposits, advance deposits or any other deposits and lease termination payments) with respect to
any of the Collateral or (D) any other funds due under any of the Loan Documents;
(g) the failure to pay charges for labor or materials or other charges that can create Liens
on any portion of the Collateral (other than Permitted Encumbrances), but only if adequate gross
revenue from the Collateral exists from time to time to pay the same;
(h) any security deposits, advance deposits or any other deposits collected with respect to
any of the Collateral which are not delivered to the Administrative Agent to the extent required
under any of the Loan Documents;
(i) the failure to pay Taxes, but only if adequate gross revenue from the Collateral exists
from time to time to pay the same; and/or
(j) the failure to obtain and maintain the fully paid for insurance policies in accordance
with the Credit Agreement or any Collateral Document.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
(A) the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have waived any right which the Administrative
Agent may have under Section 506(a), 506(b), 1111(b) or any other provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
to file a claim for the full amount of the Obligations or to require that all Collateral shall
continue to secure all of the Obligations in accordance with the Loan Documents, and (B) the
Obligations shall be fully recourse to the Borrowers in the event that any of the following occur:
(i) any Borrower or the Guarantor is substantively consolidated with any other Person, unless such
consolidation was involuntary and not consented to by such Borrower or the Guarantor, as
applicable, and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days following the occurrence
of such consolidation; (ii) any Borrower or the Guarantor fails to obtain the Required Lenders’
prior written consent to any subordinate financing secured by any Collateral or any other voluntary
Lien encumbering any Collateral other than a Permitted Encumbrance; (iii) any Borrower or the
Guarantor fails to obtain the Required Lenders’ prior written consent to any Transfer (as defined
below) of any Collateral or any interest therein or any Transfer of any direct or indirect interest
in any Borrower, in either case, other than a Transfer expressly permitted under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document; (iv) any Borrower or the
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Guarantor files a voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency law; (v) the filing of an involuntary petition against any Borrower or the
Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law by
any other Person; (vi) any Borrower or the Guarantor files an answer consenting to, or otherwise
acquiescing in, or joining in, any involuntary petition filed against it by any other Person under
the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law; (vii) any Borrower,
the Guarantor or any Affiliate, officer, director or representative which controls any Borrower or
the Guarantor consents to, or acquiesces in, or joins in, an application for the appointment of a
custodian, receiver, trustee or examiner for any Borrower, the Guarantor or any portion of any
Collateral; (viii) any Borrower or the Guarantor makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or admits, in writing or in any legal proceeding, its insolvency or inability to pay its debts as
they become due; or (ix) any Borrower or the Guarantor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, in
connection with any enforcement action or exercise or assertion of any right or remedy by or on
behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, seeks a defense, judicial intervention or injunctive or other
equitable relief of any kind, or asserts in a pleading filed in connection with a judicial
proceeding any defense against the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party or any right in
connection with any security for any of the Loans or other Obligations and such defense, judicial
intervention, injunctive or other relief or assertion is finally adjudicated to be without merit.
For purposes of this Section 9.18, a “Transfer” means, with respect to any asset or
property (including an equity interest), a voluntary or involuntary sale, conveyance, mortgage,
grant, bargain, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, grant of an option or any other transfer or
disposition, by operation of law or otherwise, of or with respect to such asset or property, other
than, in the case of real property, the lease of such real property in the ordinary course of
business.
ARTICLE X
GUARANTY
Section 10.1 The Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby guarantees to each Lender, as primary obligor and not
as surety, the prompt payment of the 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. The Guarantor hereby further agrees that if any of the
Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment,
by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantor will 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 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.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan
Documents, the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such
obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any
applicable state law.
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Section 10.2 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor under Section 10.1 are
absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of any of the Obligations, any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement or
instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other
guarantee of or security for any of the 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 10.2 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances. The Guarantor agrees that it shall have no right of subrogation,
indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against any Borrower for amounts paid under this Article X
until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full, the Commitments have expired or
terminated. 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 the Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as
described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantor, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or
compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents between
any Loan Party and any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in the Loan Documents shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations
shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan
Documents between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to
in the Loan Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any
security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt
with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as
security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without
limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of the Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the
claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of the Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever (other than notices to the
Guarantor which are specifically required under a Loan Document to which the Guarantor is a party),
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 Loan Documents between any Loan Party and any
Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan
Documents or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the
Obligations.
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Section 10.3 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Article X 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 Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder
of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization
or otherwise, and the Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements 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.
Section 10.4 Certain Additional Waivers. The Guarantor further agrees that it shall have no right of
recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation
pursuant to Section 10.2 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section
10.6.
Section 10.5 Remedies. The Guarantor agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between
the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand,
the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 7.1 (and
shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in
Section 7.1) for purposes of Section 10.1 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and
payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations
being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and
payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for purposes
of Section 10.1.
Section 10.6 Guaranty of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article X is a
guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guaranty, and shall apply to all
Obligations whenever arising.
Section 10.7 California Specific Provisions.
(a) The Guarantor waives any rights and defenses that are or may become available to such
Guarantor by reason of §§ 2787 to 2855, inclusive, and §§ 2899 and 3433 of the California Civil
Code. As provided herein, this Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the internal laws of the State of New York. The foregoing waivers and provisions hereinafter set
forth in this Guaranty which pertain to California law are included solely out of an abundance of
caution, and shall not be construed to mean that any of the above-referenced provisions of
California law are in any way applicable to this Guaranty or any of the Obligations.
(b) The Guarantor understands and acknowledges that if the Secured Parties or any of them
foreclose judicially or nonjudicially against any real property security for any of the
Obligations, that foreclosure could impair or destroy any ability that the Guarantor may have to
seek reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification from any of the Borrowers or others based
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on any right the Guarantor may have of subrogation, reimbursement, contribution, or
indemnification for any amounts paid by the Guarantor under this Guaranty. The Guarantor further
understands and acknowledges that in the absence of this paragraph, such potential impairment or
destruction of its rights, if any, may entitle the Guarantor to assert a defense to this Guaranty
based on Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure as interpreted in Union Bank x.
Xxxxxxx, 265 Cal. App. 2d 40 (1968). By executing this Guaranty, the Guarantor freely,
irrevocably, and unconditionally: (i) waives and relinquishes that defense and agrees that it will
be fully liable under this Guaranty even though the Secured Parties or any of them may foreclose,
either by judicial foreclosure or by exercise of power of sale, any deed of trust securing any of
the Obligations; (ii) agrees that it will not assert that defense in any action or proceeding which
the Secured Parties or any of them may commence to enforce this Guaranty; (iii) acknowledges and
agrees that the rights and defenses waived by it in this Guaranty include any right or defense that
it may have or be entitled to assert based upon or arising out of any one or more of §§ 580a, 580b,
580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or § 2848 of the California Civil Code; and
(iv) acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties are relying on this waiver in creating the
Obligations, and that this waiver is a material part of the consideration which the Secured Parties
are receiving for creating the Obligations.
(c) The Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that it may have because any of the
Obligations is secured by real property. This means, among other things: (i) the Secured Parties
or any of them may collect from the Guarantor without first foreclosing on any real or personal
property collateral pledged by any of the other Loan Parties; and (ii) if the Secured Parties or
any of them foreclose on any real property collateral pledged by any of the other Loan Parties:
(A) the amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is
sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (B) the
Secured Parties or any of them may collect from the Guarantor even if the Secured Parties or any of
them, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, have destroyed any right the Guarantor may
have to collect from any of the Borrowers. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any
rights and defenses the Guarantor may have because any of the Obligations is secured by real
property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based
upon § 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
(d) The Guarantor waives any right or defense it may have at law or equity, including
California Code of Civil Procedure § 580a, to a fair market value hearing or action to determine a
deficiency judgment after a foreclosure.
Section 10.8 Guaranty Not Secured. Anything to the contrary herein or in any of the other Loan
Documents notwithstanding, this Guaranty and the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are not and
shall not be secured by the Agreement, any of the Mortgages, or any of the other Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANY:
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W.P. XXXXX & CO. LLC, a Delaware limited | |
liability company |
By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
BORROWERS:
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XXXXXX XXXXX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, | |
a California limited partnership |
By: XXXXXX XXXXX, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
a Delaware limited liability company
By: XXXXX XXXX XX, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
a Maryland corporation
By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 9, L.P., A DELAWARE | ||
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware Limited Partnership |
By: XXXXX MANAGEMENT LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
a Delaware limited liability company
By: XXXXX XXXX XX, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
a Maryland corporation
By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
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PAPER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, | ||
a Delaware limited liability company |
By: CPA PAPER, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
a Delaware corporation
By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
WALS (IN) LLC, | ||
a Delaware limited liability company |
By: XXXXX XXXX XX, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
a Maryland corporation
By: | ||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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LENDERS:
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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