SENIOR SECURED DEBTOR IN POSSESSION CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of , 2009 among THE ENTITIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS, as the Lenders, PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., as the Agent, GENERAL GROWTH...
SENIOR SECURED DEBTOR IN POSSESSION CREDIT,
SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of , 2009
among
THE ENTITIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS,
as the Lenders,
as the Lenders,
PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.,
as the Agent,
as the Agent,
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
and GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as the Borrowers,
and GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as the Borrowers,
and
THE ENTITIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS GUARANTORS,
as the Guarantors
as the Guarantors
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ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT |
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Section 1.1. Definitions |
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Section 1.2. Accounting Terms |
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Section 1.3. Interpretive Provisions |
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ARTICLE 2 TERM LOAN; INTEREST AND FEES |
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Section 2.1. Total Facility |
22 | |||
Section 2.2. Term Loan |
22 | |||
Section 2.3. Interest |
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Section 2.4. Exit Fees |
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Section 2.5. Interest Limitation |
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ARTICLE 3 PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS |
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Section 3.1. Term Loan |
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Section 3.2. Optional Prepayment of the Term Loan |
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Section 3.3. Mandatory Prepayments of the Term Loan |
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Section 3.4. Payments by the Borrowers |
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Section 3.5. Apportionment, Application, and Reversal of Payments |
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Section 3.6. Indemnity for Returned Payments |
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Section 3.7. The Agent’s Books and Records |
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ARTICLE 4 CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNTS |
27 | |||
Section 4.1. Cash Collateral Accounts |
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ARTICLE 5 TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION, AND ILLEGALITY |
27 | |||
Section 5.1. Taxes |
27 | |||
Section 5.2. Increased Costs and Reduction of Return |
29 | |||
Section 5.3. Certificates of Lenders |
29 | |||
Section 5.4. Replacement of Lenders |
29 | |||
Section 5.5. Survival |
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ARTICLE 6 COLLATERAL |
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Section 6.1. Grant of Security Interest |
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Section 6.2. Perfection and Protection of Security Interest |
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Section 6.3. Delivery of Mortgages |
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Section 6.4. Title to, Liens on, and Use of Collateral |
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Section 6.5. Access and Examination; Confidentiality |
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Section 6.6. Documents, Instruments, and Chattel Paper |
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Section 6.7. Right to Cure |
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Section 6.8. Power of Attorney |
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Section 6.9. The Agent’s and Lenders’ Rights, Duties, and Liabilities |
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Section 6.10. Site Visits, Observations, and Testing |
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Section 6.11. Joinder of Subsidiaries |
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Section 6.12. Voting Rights, etc. |
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Section 6.13. Remedies |
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ARTICLE 7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; NOTICES |
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Section 7.1. Books and Records |
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Section 7.2. Financial Information |
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Section 7.3. Notices to the Agent |
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ARTICLE 8 GENERAL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS |
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Section 8.1. Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of this Agreement and the
Loan Documents; No Conflicts |
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Section 8.2. Validity and Priority of Security Interest; Administrative Priority |
42 | |||
Section 8.3. Corporate Name; Prior Transactions |
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Section 8.4. Capitalization; Subsidiaries |
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Section 8.5. Material Agreements |
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Section 8.6. Proprietary Rights |
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Section 8.7. Litigation |
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Section 8.8. Labor Disputes |
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Section 8.9. Environmental Laws |
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Section 8.10. No Violation of Law |
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Section 8.11. ERISA Compliance |
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Section 8.12. Taxes |
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Section 8.13. Regulated Entities |
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Section 8.14. Use of Proceeds |
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Section 8.15. Full Disclosure |
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Section 8.16. Bank Accounts |
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Section 8.17. Governmental Authorization |
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Section 8.18. First Lien Properties |
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Section 8.19. Prior Lien Debt |
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Section 8.20. Leases |
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Section 8.21. Title |
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Section 8.22. Physical Condition |
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Section 8.23. Management |
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Section 8.24. Condemnation |
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Section 8.25. Utilities and Public Access |
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Section 8.26. Separate Lots |
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Section 8.27. Permits; Certificate of Occupancy |
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Section 8.28. Ground Leased Property |
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Section 8.29. Embargoed Person |
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Section 8.30. Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money
Laundering Laws |
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ARTICLE 9 AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 9.1. Existence and Good Standing |
50 | |||
Section 9.2. Compliance with Law and Agreements; Maintenance of Licenses |
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Section 9.3. Insurance |
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Section 9.4. Casualty and Condemnation |
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Section 9.5. Covenants with Respect to REA |
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Section 9.6. Environmental Laws |
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Section 9.7. Compliance with ERISA |
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Section 9.8. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales, Acquisitions |
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Section 9.9. Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 9.10. Business Conducted |
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Section 9.11. Debt; Liens; No Negative Pledge |
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Section 9.12. New Subsidiaries |
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Section 9.13. Use of Proceeds |
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Section 9.14. Warrant Terms |
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Section 9.15. Case Matters |
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Section 9.16. No Amendments or Advances of Prior Lien Debt |
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Section 9.17. Maintenance of Property; Compliance with Legal Requirements; Parking |
67 | |||
Section 9.18. Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 9.19. Leases |
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Section 9.20. Restricted Payments |
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ARTICLE 10 CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
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Section 10.1. Conditions Precedent to Making of Term Loan |
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ARTICLE 11 DEFAULT; REMEDIES |
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Section 11.1. Events of Default |
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Section 11.2. Remedies |
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ARTICLE 12 GUARANTY |
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Section 12.1. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability |
79 | |||
Section 12.2. Guaranty Absolute |
79 | |||
Section 12.3. Waivers and Acknowledgments |
80 | |||
Section 12.4. Subrogation |
81 | |||
Section 12.5. Guaranty Supplements |
82 | |||
Section 12.6. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments |
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ARTICLE 13 AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; PARTICIPATIONS; ASSIGNMENTS; SUCCESSORS |
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Section 13.1. No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 13.2. Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 13.3. Assignments; Participations |
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ARTICLE 14 THE AGENT |
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Section 14.1. Appointment and Authorization |
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Section 14.2. Delegation of Duties |
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Section 14.3. Liability of the Agent |
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Section 14.4. Reliance by the Agent |
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Section 14.5. Notice of Default |
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Section 14.6. Credit Decision |
88 | |||
Section 14.7. Indemnification |
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Section 14.8. The Agent in Individual Capacity |
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Section 14.9. Successor Agent |
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Section 14.10. Withholding Tax |
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Section 14.11. Collateral Matters |
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Section 14.12. Restrictions on Actions by the Lenders; Sharing of Payments |
92 | |||
Section 14.13. Agency for Perfection |
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Section 14.14. Payments by the Agent to the Lenders |
93 | |||
Section 14.15. Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents |
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Section 14.16. Relation Among the Lenders |
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ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 15.1. Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 15.2. Severability |
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Section 15.3. Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver |
94 | |||
Section 15.4. Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 15.5. Survival |
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Section 15.6. Fees and Expenses |
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Section 15.7. Notices |
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Section 15.8. Waiver of Notices |
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Section 15.9. Binding Effect |
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Section 15.10. Indemnity of the Agent and the Lenders by the Obligors |
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Section 15.11. Limitation of Liability |
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Section 15.12. Final Agreement |
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Section 15.13. Counterparts |
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Section 15.14. Captions |
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Section 15.15. Agency of the General Partner for the Other Obligors |
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Section 15.16. Patriot Act |
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Section 15.17. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship; Affiliates; Etc. |
100 | |||
Section 15.18. Incorporation of Financing Order by Reference |
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Section 15.19. Right to Publicize and Advertise |
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Section 15.20. Consent of the Agent and Lenders |
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Section 15.21. Warrants |
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Schedules: |
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Schedule 1.1A
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— | Fee Properties | ||
Schedule 1.1B
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— | Guarantors | ||
Schedule 1.1C
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— | Leased Properties | ||
Schedule 1.1D
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— | Primary Properties | ||
Schedule 3.1
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— | Debt to Equity Conversion Schedule | ||
Schedule 6.1
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— | Commercial Tort Claims | ||
Schedule 6.3
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— | Delivery of Mortgages | ||
Schedule 8.3
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— | Prior Names | ||
Schedule 8.4
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— | Capitalization | ||
Schedule 8.5
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— | Material Agreements – Exceptions | ||
Schedule 8.9
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— | Environmental Matters | ||
Schedule 8.11
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— | ERISA Matters | ||
Schedule 8.16
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— | Bank Accounts | ||
Schedule 8.17
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— | Governmental Authorization – Exceptions | ||
Schedule 8.18
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— | First Lien Properties | ||
Schedule 8.19-1
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— | Prior Lien Debt | ||
Schedule 8.19-2
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— | M&M Liens | ||
Schedule 8.20
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— | Current Rent Roll | ||
Schedule 8.20-1
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— | A/R Report | ||
Schedule 8.21
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— | Title Exception Issues | ||
Schedule 8.22
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— | Physical Condition – Exceptions | ||
Schedule 8.23
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— | Management | ||
Schedule 8.25
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— | Utilities and Public Access – Exceptions | ||
Schedule 8.27
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— | Permits – Exceptions | ||
Schedule 8.28
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— | Unrecorded Ground Leases | ||
Schedule 9.3
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— | Insurance | ||
Schedule 9.8
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— | Property Dispositions | ||
Schedule 9.13
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— | Use of Proceeds – Debt | ||
Exhibits: |
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Exhibit A
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— | Form of Continuation Notice | ||
Exhibit B
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— | Form of Financing Order | ||
Exhibit C
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— | Form of Funding Notice | ||
Exhibit D
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— | Form of Term Note | ||
Exhibit E
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— | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit F
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— | Form of Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement | ||
Exhibit G
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— | Form of Warrant and Registration Rights Agreement | ||
Exhibit H
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— | Form of Guaranty Supplement | ||
Exhibit I-1
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— | Form of Mortgage | ||
Exhibit I-2
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— | Form of Deed of Trust | ||
Exhibit J-1
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— | Form of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Exhibit J-2
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— | Form of Legal Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP | ||
Exhibit K-1
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— | Form of Deed of Trust Subordination Agreement | ||
Exhibit K-2
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— | Form of Mortgage Subordination Agreement |
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Exhibit L — Form of First Day Motions and Orders
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SENIOR SECURED DEBTOR IN POSSESSION
CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
___, 2009, is made and entered into by and among the other lending institutions parties hereto
as Lenders (as defined herein) from time to time, PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., as
administrative agent for the Lenders, GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a
co-Borrower, GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, as a co-Borrower, and the
Subsidiaries of General Growth Properties, Inc. from time to time parties hereto as Guarantors (as
defined herein).
W I T
N E S S E T H
A. On April [___], 2009 (the “Petition Date”), the Borrowers and the Guarantors other
than the Non-Debtor Guarantor (as defined herein) filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) voluntary petitions for relief
under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., and have
continued in the possession of their assets pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 thereof. Each of
the Guarantors is a Subsidiary of the Borrowers.
B. The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders make a post-petition term loan (the “Term
Loan”) to the Borrowers consisting of a debtor-in-possession credit facility in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $375,000,000, subject to this Agreement and, if and when entered,
the Financing Order (as defined herein).
C. The Lenders are severally, and not jointly, willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers
under this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and
the Financing Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in this
Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Lenders, the Agent (as defined herein), the Borrowers and the Guarantors hereby
agree as follows.
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
Section 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms wherever used in this Agreement shall
have the following respective meanings.
“Account” means “accounts,” as defined in the UCC, and any other rights to payment for
the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by
performance, and “Accounts” means all of the foregoing.
“Additional Lender Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 5.2.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person (the “subject Person”), any other Person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the subject Person or which owns, directly or indirectly, 15.0% or more of the outstanding equity
interests of the subject Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the
controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Pershing Square
Capital Management, L.P., Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx or any controlled Affiliate of the foregoing shall be
Affiliates of any Obligor for any purpose of the Loan Documents.
“Agent” means Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., solely in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders, and any successor agent. References herein to “Agent” shall
include each Person (if any) performing the duties of the Agent in accordance with
Section 14.2.
“Agent’s Liens” means the Liens in the Collateral granted to the Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders and the Agent, pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the
officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact of the Agent and its
Affiliates.
“Agreement” means this Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and
Guaranty Agreement.
“A/R Report” has the meaning specified in Section 8.20(b).
“Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3(a).
“Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3(a).
“Automatic Stay” means the automatic stay imposed under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.,
and each successor statute thereto.
“Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning specified in Recital A of this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, applicable to the
Case.
“Borrowers” means the General Partner, as debtor and debtor in possession in the Case
and GGPLP, as debtor and debtor in possession in the Case and the respective successors and assigns
thereof, including, without limitation, any trustee in bankruptcy with respect thereto.
“Borrowing” means the borrowing hereunder consisting of the Term Loan made on the
Funding Date by the Lenders to the Borrowers.
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“Breakage Costs” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(c).
“Breakage Prepayment Account” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3(c).
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banks
in Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York are required or permitted to be closed.
“Capital Adequacy Regulation” means any guideline, request, or directive of any
central bank or other Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule, or regulation, whether or not
having the force of law, in each case, regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any corporation
controlling a bank.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of property which, in
accordance with GAAP, should be reflected as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital Stock” means any and all corporate stock, units, shares, partnership
interests, membership interests, equity interests, rights, securities, or other equivalent
evidences of ownership (however designated) issued by any Person.
“Carve-Out” has the meaning specified in the Financing Order.
“Case” means the jointly administered Chapter 11 case captioned In Re: General Growth
Properties, Inc., et al., Case No. ___arising upon the filing by the Debtors of
voluntary petitions for relief with the Bankruptcy Court on the Petition Date.
“Cash Collateral Account” means, in respect of the Debtors (a) one or more deposit
accounts maintained with U.S. Bank National Association or another Eligible Institution in
accordance with this Agreement and (b) each Main Operating Account, which deposit accounts shall
contain amounts transferred thereto in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and with respect to which the Agent shall have a perfected Agent’s Lien as security for the payment
and performance of the Obligations by virtue of, and having the priority set forth in, the
Financing Order.
“Casualty” means a fire, explosion, flood, hurricane, tsunami, collapse, earthquake or
other casualty affecting all or any portion of any Property.
“Change in Control” means the occupation after the Closing Date of a majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the General Partner by Persons who
were neither (a) nominated by the board of directors of the General Partner nor (b) appointed by
directors so nominated.
“Charges” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
“Commitment” means, at any time with respect to a Lender, the principal amount set
forth beside such Lender’s name under the heading “Commitment” on the signature page of this
Agreement or on the signature page of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender
became a Lender hereunder, or the most recent Assignment and Acceptance to which such Lender is a
party, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.3, as such Commitment may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.3, and
“Commitments” means, collectively, the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
“Commitment Letter” means the Commitment Letter dated as of April [_], 2009, among the
Borrowers, the Initial Lenders and the Agent.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2(d).
“Condemnation” means a taking or voluntary conveyance of all or part of any of the
Properties or any interest in or right accruing to or use of any of the Properties, as the result
of, or in settlement of, any condemnation or other eminent domain proceeding by any Governmental
Authority.
“Contaminant” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated, classified or
otherwise characterized as a pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste,
including petroleum or petroleum derived substance or waste, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls,
in each case to the extent regulated under any applicable Environmental Law.
“Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the
case may be, as set forth in the applicable Continuation Notice.
“Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit A.
“Conversion Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Debt” means, with respect to a Person without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of
such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price
of property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of such
Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the
rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations in respect of Capital Leases
of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under acceptance, letter of credit, surety bond or similar facilities, (g) Guaranties of
such Person with respect to obligations of the type described clauses (a) through
(f) above, (h) all obligations of other Persons of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (g) above secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person,
whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (i)
for the purposes of Section 11.1(d) only, the net
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obligations of such Person in respect of post-petition Hedge Agreements. The Debt of any
Person shall include the Debt of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person
is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as result of such Person’s
ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of
such Debt expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Debtor” means either Borrower or any Guarantor that is a party to the Case.
“Debtors” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors that are party to the Case, collectively.
“Default” means any event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice, the lapse
of time, or both, would (if not cured, waived pursuant to Section 13.2, or otherwise
remedied during such time) constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means a per annum interest rate at all times equal to the sum of (a)
the interest rate otherwise applicable to the Term Loan as set forth in this Agreement or, if no
principal amount of the Term Loan is then outstanding, the one-month LIBOR Rate plus 12.0% per
annum, plus (b) (i) on or before the Outside Date, 2.0% per annum, and (ii) after the Outside Date,
5.0% per annum.
“DOL” means the United States Department of Labor or any successor department or
agency.
“Dollar” and “$” means dollars in the lawful currency of the United States.
“Eligible Assignee” means: (a) a commercial bank, commercial finance company or other
lender in the business of making secured loans having total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (b)
any Lender listed on the signature page of this Agreement; (c) any Affiliate of any Lender; and (d)
any other Person reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
“Eligible Institution” means any depository institution as approved under or
contemplated by the cash management order entered in the Case.
“Embargoed Person” has the meaning specified in Section 8.29.
“Entry Date” means the date on which the Financing Order was entered on the docket of
the Bankruptcy Court (the “original entry date”) and, with respect to a Subsidiary of the
Borrowers or its property becoming subject to the Case after the original entry date, the date on
which such Subsidiary or its property becomes subject to the Case.
“Environmental Compliance Issues” has the meaning specified in Section 9.6(a).
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state, or local laws, statutes,
common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances, and codes, together with all applicable
administrative orders, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and legally binding agreements
with, any Governmental Authority, in each case relating to the protection of the environment and
natural resources or human health and safety with respect to exposure to contaminants.
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“Environmental Lien” means a Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for any
liability under Environmental Laws.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with any Obligor within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) 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 Pension Plan (other than an event for which
the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Pension 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 Pension
Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrowers or any of their ERISA Affiliates of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan or the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal of the Borrowers or any of their ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan or
Multi-employer Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrowers or any of their ERISA Affiliates from the
PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Pension Plan
or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment to a
Pension Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the
Code or Section 307 of ERISA; (g) the receipt by the Borrowers or any of their ERISA Affiliates of
any notice, or the receipt by any Multi-employer Plan from the Borrowers or any of their ERISA
Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability (as defined in Part I
of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) or a determination that a Multi-employer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the
occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to which the Borrowers or any of the
Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with
respect to which the Borrowers or any such Subsidiary could reasonably be expected to have a
material liability; or (i) any other event or condition with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multi-employer Plan that could result in liability of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Exit Fees” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate set forth in the weekly statistical
release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York (including any such successor, “H.15(519)”) on the preceding Business Day opposite
the caption “Federal Funds (Effective),” or, if for any relevant day such rate is not so published
on any such preceding Business Day, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic mean
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as determined by the Agent of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds
arranged prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of
Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the Agent.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
any successor thereto.
“Fee Properties” means the Real Estate properties owned in fee by a Debtor, which
properties owned as of the Petition Date are listed on Schedule 1.1A.
“Financing Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court in the form of Exhibit
B (except as may otherwise be agreed in writing or on the record at the final hearing with
respect to such order in the Case by the Agent) entered in the Case after notice and final hearing
pursuant to the Bankruptcy Rules and applicable local rules which, among other matters, authorizes
the Debtors to obtain credit, incur (or guaranty) the Obligations and grant Liens under the Loan
Documents and provides for the priority of the Agent’s and the Lenders’ claims, as the same may be
modified or supplemented from time to time after the Entry Date with the written consent of the
Agent.
“First Lien Properties” means all Properties set forth in Schedule 8.18.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a period of three calendar months beginning on the first day of
each January, April, July, and October, constituting a Person’s fiscal quarter for financial
accounting purposes, with the first of such measurement periods beginning on the first day of each
Fiscal Year and the last of such measurement periods ending on the last day of such Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s fiscal year for
financial accounting purposes.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of an Obligor (i) that is not incorporated
or organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, or
(ii) that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (A) which is treated for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a division of an entity described in clause (i) above
or (B) substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries
described in clause (i) above.
“Funding Date” means the date on which the Borrowing occurs.
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the
United States accounting profession), as in effect from time to time.
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“General Intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in the UCC, chooses in
action and causes of action, and any other intangible personal property of every kind and nature
(other than Accounts), including, without limitation, all contract rights, payment intangibles,
Proprietary Rights, corporate or other business records, inventions, designs, blueprints, plans,
specifications, patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
secrets, goodwill, copyrights, computer software, customer lists, registrations, licenses,
franchises, tax refund claims, any funds which may become due to a Person in connection with the
termination of any employee benefit plan or any rights thereto and any other amounts payable to a
Person from any employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to
indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, property, casualty or any
similar type of insurance and any proceeds thereof, proceeds of insurance covering the lives of key
employees on which a Person is beneficiary, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash,
instruments, and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged equity interests or
Investment Property, and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest, or other
security held by or granted to a Person.
“General Partner” means General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
the general partner of GGPLP.
“GGPLP” means GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.
“GGMI” means General Growth Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Gift Card and Lotto Accounts” means one or more deposit accounts established by the
General Partner or any Subsidiary that are used exclusively to hold the proceeds of gift cards or
lotto sales, respectively, which accounts shall not be included in the Collateral.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“Ground Lease” means each ground lease pursuant to which a Debtor is leasing Real
Estate from another Person.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1(a).
“Guarantor” means each of the Persons identified on Schedule 1.1B and any
other Person becoming a party to the Case. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, no
Foreign Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor.
“Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person which in
any manner directly or indirectly guarantee or assure, or in effect guarantee or assure, the
payment or performance of any indebtedness, dividend, or other obligations of any other Person (the
“guaranteed obligations”), or assure or in effect assure the holder of the guaranteed
obligations against loss in respect thereof, including any such obligations incurred through an
agreement, contingent, or otherwise: (a) to purchase the guaranteed obligations or any property
constituting security therefor; (b) to advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of the
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guaranteed obligations or to maintain a working capital or other balance sheet condition; or
(c) to lease property or to purchase any debt or equity securities or other property or services.
“Guaranty Supplement” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Hedge Agreements” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate
future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other
hedging agreements.
“Improvements” means all buildings, structures and other improvements located on any
of the Properties and owned by any Debtor from time to time.
“Initial Lender” means each of the Persons listed on the signature pages to this
Agreement as an “Initial Lender.”
“Insurance Requirements” means, collectively, (a) all material terms of any insurance
policy required pursuant to this Agreement and (b) all material regulations and then current
standards applicable to or affecting any of the Properties or any portion thereof or any use or
condition thereof, which may, at any time, be recommended by the board of fire underwriters, if
any, having jurisdiction over any of the Properties, or any other body exercising similar
functions.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means, collectively, that certain (i) Deed of
Trust Subordination Agreement by and among the General Partner, GGPLP, Century Plaza, L.L.C.,
Century Plaza, Inc. and the Agent in the form of Exhibit K-1, and (ii) Mortgage
Subordination Agreement by and among the General Partner, GGPLP, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Properties, Inc.,
TRC and the Agent in the form of Exhibit K-2.
“Interest Determination Date” means, in connection with the determination of the LIBOR
Rate for any Interest Period, the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest
Period; provided that the initial Interest Determination Date under this Agreement shall be
the Funding Date.
“Interest Period” means, a period of (i) one month or such shorter time period as may
be consented to by Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and (ii) with the consent
of the Agent, one, two, three, six or, if acceptable to all Lenders, nine months as selected by
Borrowers in the applicable Funding Notice or Continuation Notice, (A) initially, commencing on the
Funding Date or Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (B) thereafter, commencing on
the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (a) if an
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such
month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day,
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall, subject to clause (c) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month, and (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Outside Date.
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“Investment Property” means “investment property,” as defined in the UCC, and any (a)
securities whether certificated or uncertificated, (b) securities entitlements, (c) securities
accounts, (d) commodity contracts and (e) commodity accounts, together with all other units,
shares, partnership interests, membership interests, equity interests, rights or other equivalent
evidences of ownership (howsoever designated) issued by any Person.
“Investments” has the meaning specified in Section 9.9.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service and any Governmental Authority succeeding to
any of its principal functions under the Code.
“Issuer” has the meaning specified in Section 6.2(c).
“Knowledge” means, with respect to any Obligor, the actual knowledge of the president,
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, vice president and associate
general counsel of development and finance or the equivalent officer performing similar functions
of any of the foregoing, in each case of such Obligor.
“Lease” means any lease, sublease, sub-sublease, license, letting concession,
occupancy agreement or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now or hereafter in
effect) under which any Debtor is a lessor, existing as of the Closing Date or hereafter entered
into by any Debtor, pursuant to which any other Person (including Affiliates of any Debtor) is
granted a possessory interest in, or right to use or occupy all or any portion of any space in any
of the Properties, and every modification, amendment or other agreement relating to such lease,
sublease, sub-sublease, or other agreement entered into, in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents, in connection with such lease, sublease, sub-sublease, or other agreement and all
agreements related thereto, and every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants,
conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto.
“Leased Properties” means the Real Estate leased by a Debtor, as lessee, pursuant to a
Ground Lease which Real Estate leased as of the Petition Date is listed on Schedule 1.1C.
“Legal Requirements” means: (a) all applicable and legally binding governmental
statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances (including, without limitation, zoning and
other similar ordinances), judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities
(including Environmental Laws) affecting either an Obligor or the Property or any portion thereof
or the construction, ownership, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any portion thereof
(whether now or hereafter enacted and in force), and (b) all permits, licenses and authorizations
and regulations relating thereto.
“Lender” means any Person, in its capacity as a lender hereunder and its successors
and permitted assigns in such capacity as a lender, and “Lenders” means two or more of such
Persons, collectively.
“LIBOR Rate” means the greater of (a) 3% per annum and (b) the rate per annum
calculated as set forth below:
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(i) On each Interest Determination Date, the LIBOR Rate for the applicable Interest
Period will be the rate for deposits in United States dollars for which appears as the
London interbank offered rate in the Money Rates Section of The Wall Street Journal
(Southwestern Edition), on such date.
(ii) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which no rate specified in
clause (i) above appears in the Money Rate Section of The Wall Street Journal
(Southwestern Edition), the LIBOR Rate for such applicable period will be determined on the
basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Reference
Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on such date to prime banks in the
London interbank market for the relevant Interest Period (each a “Reference Bank
Rate”). The Agent shall request the principal London office of each of the Reference
Banks to provide a quotation of its Reference Bank Rate. If at least two such quotations
are provided, the LIBOR Rate for such applicable period will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the LIBOR Rate for such period will
be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the
Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in United
States dollars to leading European banks for a one, three, six or nine-month period (or such
shorter period requested by the Borrowers), as applicable.
(iii) If, on any Interest Determination Date, the Agent is required but unable to
determine the LIBOR Rate in the manner provided in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, the LIBOR
Rate for the applicable period shall be the LIBOR Rate as determined on the previous
Interest Determination Date.
All percentages resulting from any calculations or determinations referred to in this definition
will be rounded upwards to the nearest multiple of 1/1,000 of 1% and all United States dollar
amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with
one-half cent or more being rounded upwards).
“Lien” means: (a) any interest in property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim
by, a Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based on the common
law, statute, or contract, and including a security interest, charge, claim, or lien arising from a
mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
agreement, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment, or
bailment for security purposes and (b) to the extent not included under clause (a)
preceding, any reservation, exception, encroachment, easement, right of way, covenant running with
the land, condition, restriction, lease, or other title exception or encumbrance affecting any
Property, in each case excluding any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any
Governmental Authority to contest or regulate the use of any Property.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively (a) the Financing Order, (b) this Agreement, (c)
the Term Note and (d) any other agreements, instruments, and documents heretofore, now or hereafter
evidencing, securing, guaranteeing, or otherwise relating to the Obligations or the Collateral.
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“Loss Proceeds” means amounts, awards or payments payable to any Debtor or the Agent
in respect of all or any portion of any of the Properties in connection with a Casualty or
Condemnation thereof (after the deduction therefrom and payment to such Debtor and the Agent (or
the holder of any Pre-Petition Lien with respect to such Property, any Tenant of such Property or
holder of any Ground Lease or REA in respect of such Property to the extent required by the terms
of the documents evidencing Pre-Petition Liens, the Lease, the Ground Lease or REA with such
Person, as applicable), respectively, (a) of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by such Debtor, the Agent or such other Person in the recovery thereof, including all reasonable
out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and disbursements, the fees of insurance experts and adjusters and
the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred in any litigation or arbitration with respect to such
Casualty or Condemnation and (b) of any taxes payable with respect to such payments and (c) of any
amounts required to be paid to or for the benefit of the holders of any Pre-Petition Lien).
“M&M Liens” means mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or similar Liens created
under any contract or existing under any applicable law and affecting any Property.
“Main Operating Account” has the meaning specified in the first day motions and orders
delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 10.1.
“Major Entities” means, on any date, the General Partner, GGPLP, TRC, any Debtor that
owns any First Lien Property and any direct or indirect parent holding company of such Debtor.
“Major Lease” means any Lease which covers more than 75,000 square feet of rentable
building area.
“Major REA” means any reciprocal easement agreement with respect to a regional
shopping center entered into by the applicable Debtor and an anchor occupant.
“Majority Lenders” means Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares aggregate more than 50.0% as
such percentage is determined under the definition of Pro Rata Share set forth herein.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X
of the Federal Reserve Board.
“Material Adverse Effect” means: (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of
the Obligors, taken as a whole, or of the Collateral, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse
change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the First Lien Properties, taken as a whole, (c) a
material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the Second Lien Properties, taken as
a whole, or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect, or
enforceability against any Obligor of the Loan Documents, taken as a whole; provided that,
for purposes of determining the existence or occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the
effect of any Casualty or Condemnation shall be excluded, (ii) “Material Adverse Effect” excludes
the foregoing if and to the extent the foregoing arise as a result of the filing of the Petitions
and commencement of the Case and/or the events leading thereto and (iii) when used in this
Agreement with respect to any action, event or circumstance that is subject to the Automatic Stay,
such action, event or circumstance could not have, or be expected to have, a Material
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Adverse Effect for so long as such action, event or circumstance remains subject to the
Automatic Stay.
“Material Agreements” means each contract and agreement (other than Leases and
agreements in respect of Debt) relating to the ownership, management, development, use, operation,
leasing, maintenance, repair or improvement of any Properties (a) under which such Debtor has the
obligation to pay more than $10,000,000 per annum or (b) as to which the breach, nonperformance or
cancellation thereof, or the failure thereof to be renewed could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
“Maturity Date” means the date that is the earliest to occur of (a) the Outside Date,
(b) the Plan Date or (c) the date the Term Loan is accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof,
whether at stated maturity, upon an Event of Default or otherwise.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.
“Maximum Term Loan Amount” means the lesser of (a) $375,000,000 or (b) such amount as
is approved by the Bankruptcy Court to be advanced pursuant to the Financing Order.
“Mortgage” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3.
“Multi-employer Plan” means a multi-employer plan as defined in Section 3(37) or
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is or was at any time during the current year or the immediately
preceding five years contributed to by a Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Municipal Financing” means any tax increment financings, sales or real estate tax
rebates, payment in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), special improvement districts, financings funded by the
issuance of bonds or other negotiable instruments sponsored or issued by a Governmental Authority
or quasi-Governmental Authority, financings related to on-site or off-site infrastructure or public
works or any other financing arrangements for which an Obligor is an obligor and a Governmental
Authority or quasi-Governmental Authority is the obligee.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any sale or disposition contemplated in
Section 3.3(a) all proceeds of such sale or disposition net of the items specified in
Section 3.3(a)(1), (2), (3) and (5).
“New Lending Office” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(d).
“Non-Debtor Guarantor” means GGMI unless it becomes a party to the Case.
“Non-U.S. Lender” means each Lender (or Assignee) that is not a “United States person”
as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Obligations” means all loans, advances, liabilities, obligations, covenants, duties,
and debts owing by the Obligors (or any thereof) to the Agent and/or any Lender, arising under or
pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, whether or not evidenced by any
note, or other instrument or document, whether arising from an extension of credit, acceptance,
loan, guaranty, indemnification, or otherwise, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
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contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary, as principal or guarantor, and
including all principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees, filing fees, and any
other sums chargeable to any Obligor hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents.
“Obligations” includes, without limitation, all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the
Obligors now or hereafter arising from or in connection with the Term Loan and all Exit Fees.
“Obligor” means either Borrower or any Guarantor, and “Obligors” means the
Borrowers and the Guarantors.
“OFAC List” means the list of specially designated nationals and other prohibited
parties maintained by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies (excluding, in the case of each Lender and the
Agent, such taxes (including income taxes or franchise taxes) as are imposed on or measured by such
Lender’s or the Agent’s, as the case may be, net income) which arise from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery, or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents, excluding any and all taxes that are attributable to such
Lender’s or the Agent’s failure to comply with the applicable requirements set forth in
Section 14.10.
“Outside Date” means ___, 2010.1
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3(g).
“Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001; Public Law 107-56).
“Payment Date” means the first Business Day of each month.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principle functions thereof.
“Pension Plan” means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to
Title IV of ERISA which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or to which it
makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions at any time during the current year or the
immediately preceding five plan years, but excluding any Multi-employer Plan.
“Permits” means all licenses, permits, variances and certificates used in connection
with the ownership, operation, use or occupancy by each Obligor and each Debtor in respect of its
Properties (including certificates of occupancy, business licenses, state health department
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licenses, licenses to conduct business and all such other permits, licenses and rights,
obtained from any Governmental Authority or private Person concerning ownership, operation, use or
occupancy of the Property).
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) the Agent’s Liens;
(b) Pre-Petition Liens and Liens resulting from the refinancing of the obligations secured
thereby; provided that (i) such refinancing is on the same or substantially similar terms,
(ii) the obligations secured thereby (A) shall not be increased, (B) shall have a final maturity no
sooner than and a weighted average life no less than the obligations being refinanced and (C) shall
not be the obligation of any Person other than the Person previously obligated thereon, and (iii)
the Liens shall not cover any additional property;
(c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments, or other charges of a Governmental Authority not
overdue by more than 30 days or, if more than 30 days overdue, which are (i) subject to the
Automatic Stay or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued and as to which adequate financial reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP
on the applicable Obligor’s books and records;
(d) Liens (i) consisting of deposits made in the ordinary course of business exclusively in
connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security, and other similar laws, or to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure indemnity, performance,
performance and completion bonds or guarantees, other similar obligations for the performance of
bids, tenders, or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure statutory
obligations (other than Liens arising under ERISA or Environmental Liens) or surety, stay, customs
or appeal or other similar bonds, (ii) consisting of deposits made in the ordinary course of
business exclusively to secure liability for insurance premiums or deductibles or self-retention
amounts, (iii) securing Debt of the type set forth in Section 9.11(a)(ix) secured
exclusively by the policies financed thereby (and the proceeds thereof), and (iv) consisting of
deposits in respect of letters of credit or bank guaranties posted exclusively to support payment
of the items in clauses (i) and (ii) or exclusively to secure letters of credit or
bank guaranties otherwise permitted under Section 9.11(a)(vi) or (xvii);
(e) Liens securing the claims or demands of carriers, warehousemen, landlords, and other like
Persons;
(f) Liens constituting encumbrances in the nature of reservations, exceptions, encroachments,
easements, rights of way, covenants running with the land, and other similar title exceptions or
encumbrances affecting any Real Estate of an Obligor including any REA; provided that such
Liens do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such Real Estate for its
intended purpose or materially interfere with its use in the ordinary conduct of such Obligor’s
business or the business of any material tenant occupying any of such Real Estate;
(g) Liens securing the claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, repairmen and similar
Liens; (i) in respect of work done prior to the Petition Date, and (ii) M&M Liens arising
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after the Petition Date in respect of amounts not overdue by more than 60 days or, if more
than 60 days overdue, the amount or validity of such Lien is being contested by the Obligor whose
Property is affected thereby, by appropriate legal proceedings promptly initiated and conducted in
good faith and with due diligence;
(h) Liens arising from judgments and attachments in connection with court proceedings;
provided the attachment or enforcement of such judgment Liens would not otherwise result in
an Event of Default hereunder;
(i) any “adequate protection liens” expressly contemplated by the Financing Order;
(j) Liens created with the prior written consent of the Agent;
(k) Liens not otherwise referred to in this definition incurred in the ordinary course of
business that do not secure Debt; provided that the granting of such Lien could not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) licenses of Proprietary Rights granted by Obligors in the ordinary course of business and
not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Obligors,
taken as a whole, the granting of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(m) rights of existing and future Tenants (as tenants only) pursuant to written Leases related
to the Property in question to the extent such Leases are entered into in conformity with the
provisions of this Agreement;
(n) any interest or title of a lessor (or its mortgagor) under any Ground Lease (with respect
to a Leased Property) (including a sub-lessor) under any operating lease or Ground Lease;
(o) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to other Persons not interfering in
any material respect with the (i) ordinary course of the business of the Obligors, taken as a
whole, and (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license,
franchise, grant or permit held by any Obligor or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such
lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a
condition to the continuance thereof;
(p) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens on cash and cash equivalents on
deposit in one or more accounts maintained by any Obligor, in each case granted in the ordinary
course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing
amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements,
including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements in respect of such deposit
accounts, and not securing any obligations relating to any extension of credit;
(q) the filing of UCC financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in connection
with operating leases, consignment of goods or sales of Accounts;
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(r) Liens consisting of (i) an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition
permitted under Section 9.8 and (ii) xxxxxxx money deposits of cash or cash equivalents by
any Obligor in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(s) the granting of any purchase option, right of first refusal, right of first offer or
similar right in respect of any portion of any of the Properties or the subjecting of any portion
of any of the Properties to restrictions on transfer, in each case, in the ordinary course of
business and (i) to the extent existing on the Petition Date, (ii) consisting of customary purchase
options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer or similar rights given in respect of
anchor occupant parcels or outparcels, in the case of clause (ii), that do not contain a
restraint on alienation to reasonably similar competitors of the Obligors, taken as a whole, or
(iii) in respect of any Second Lien Property;
(t) Liens securing Debt of the type permitted under Section 9.11(a)(iv);
provided that individual financings of assets of the Obligors provided by one lender or its
Affiliates may be cross-collateralized to other financings of assets provided by such lender or its
Affiliates;
(u) Liens set forth in any UCC search results delivered or made available to the Agent on or
prior to the Petition Date with respect to the Non-Debtor Guarantor; and
(v) Liens evidencing and/or securing any Municipal Financing and, to the extent constituting
Debt, if such Debt is permitted under Section 9.11(a)(xxi).
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, Governmental
Authority, or any other entity.
“Petition Date” has the meaning specified in Recital A of this Agreement (the
“original petition date”) and, with respect to a Subsidiary that becomes a party to the
Case after the original petition date, the date on which such Subsidiary becomes subject to the
Case.
“Petitions” means the voluntary petitions filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy
Court for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Plan Date” means the effective date of a plan of reorganization in respect of the
Debtors in the Case.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(b).
“Pre-Petition Liens” means Liens which (a) were valid, enforceable, properly perfected
(or are permitted to be perfected after the Petition Date pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and are
so perfected) and non-avoidable as of the Petition Date, if any, (b) as a matter of applicable
nonbankruptcy law, would have priority over the Agent’s Liens as of the Petition Date if the
Agent’s Liens were created as of such date (or with respect to Liens permitted to be perfected
after the Petition Date pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and which are so perfected, have priority
over the Agent’s Liens as of such date of perfection) and (c) are allowed in the Case.
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“Primary Properties” means the Properties described on Schedule 1.1D.
“Prior Lien Debt” means the Debt and other obligations existing as of the Petition
Date which are secured by Pre-Petition Liens.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to a Lender, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage), the numerator of which is the sum of the principal amount of the Term Loan owed to
such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan owed to
all Lenders.
“Professional Person” means a Person who is an attorney, accountant, appraiser,
auctioneer, financial advisor, or other professional Person and who is retained with approval of
the Bankruptcy Court, after notice and opportunity for hearing to the Agent and the Lenders, by (a)
any Debtor pursuant to Section 327 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) a committee pursuant to Section
1103(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or (c) the official committee of unsecured creditors.
“Properties” means the Fee Properties and the Leased Properties, including all
Improvements thereon.
“Proprietary Rights” means, with respect to a Person, all of such Person’s now owned
and hereafter arising or acquired: licenses, franchises, permits, patents, patent rights,
copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, trade styles, patent, trademark and service xxxx applications, and all licenses and rights
related to any of the foregoing (including goodwill), and all other rights under any of the
foregoing, all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations in part
of any of the foregoing, and all rights to xxx for past, present, and future infringement of any of
the foregoing.
“REA” means any reciprocal easement or similar agreement affecting any Property.
“Real Estate” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s now or hereafter
owned or leased estates in real property, including, without limitation, all fees, leaseholds, and
future interests, together with all of such Person’s now or hereafter owned or leased interests in
the improvements thereon, the fixtures attached thereto, and the easements appurtenant thereto.
The Real Estate includes, without limitation, the Properties.
“Reference Banks” means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by
the Agent.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3(d).
“REIT” means a real estate investment trust as defined in Section 856 of the Code or
any successor provision.
“Release” means a release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit,
disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration of a Contaminant into the environment
including, without limitation, indoor air.
“Rent Roll” has the meaning specified in Section 8.20(a).
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“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Obligor, the chief executive officer,
the president, the chief financial officer, or any senior vice president, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the Secretary or any assistant secretary of such Obligor (or of the general
partner or manager of such Obligor if it is not a corporation), or any other officer having
substantially the same authority and responsibility.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of any Obligor, or any payment
(whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any
such Capital Stock or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Capital Stock (other
than convertible Debt).
“Second Lien Properties” means all Properties other than First Lien Properties.
“Second Lien Property Retention Amount” means, with respect to any sale or other
disposition of any Second Lien Property (or any Debtor owning any Second Lien Property or its
direct or indirect parent holding company), an amount equal to (a) 50% of all Net Proceeds of all
such sales or other dispositions aggregating up to $100 million of Net Proceeds, (b) 40% of all Net
Proceeds of such sales or other dispositions aggregating more than $100 million and up to $200
million of Net Proceeds, (c) 30% of all Net Proceeds of such sales or dispositions aggregating more
than $200 million and up to $300 million of Net Proceeds and (d) 20% of all Net Proceeds of such
sales or dispositions aggregating more than $300 million of Net Proceeds.
“Subsidiary” as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power
(other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the General Partner.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each
Lender and the Agent, taxes (including income taxes or franchise taxes and branch profits taxes) as
are imposed on or measured by such Lender’s or the Agent’s, as the case may be, net income by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Lender or the
Agent, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a lending office or does business, or by a
jurisdiction to which the Agent or such Lender is or previously was otherwise connected pursuant to
the laws of such jurisdiction, other than by reason of activity arising solely from the Agent or
such Lender having executed this Agreement and having enjoyed its rights and performed its
obligations under this Agreement.
“Tenant” means any Person liable by contract or otherwise to pay monies (including a
percentage of gross income, revenue or profits) pursuant to a Lease.
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“Tenant Allowances” means tenant improvements paid or reimbursed through allowances to
or credit against rent only by a Tenant pursuant to such Tenant’s Lease.
“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Recital B of this Agreement.
“Term Loan Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
“Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers payable to the order of a
Lender evidencing the obligation of the Borrowers to pay the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Term Loan made to the Borrowers by such Lender and/or held by such Lender (and any promissory
note or notes that may be issued from time to time in substitution, renewal, extension,
replacement, or exchange thereof whether payable to such Lender or to a different Lender in
connection with a Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date or otherwise) substantially in
the form of Exhibit D, with all of the blanks properly completed.
“Threshold Amount” means, with respect to any Property, $25,000,000.
“TRC” means The Xxxxx Company LP.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s actuarial value of
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current actuarial value of that
Pension Plan’s assets allocable to such benefit liabilities, determined in accordance with the
assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code
(or corresponding provisions of ERISA) for the applicable plan year.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor statute) of the State of New
York or of any other state the laws of which are required by Section 9-103 thereof to be applied in
connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Lender” means each Lender (or Assignee) that is a “United States person” as
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Warrant Agreement” means any agreement that is substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit G.
“Warrants” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14.
Section 1.2. Accounting Terms. Any accounting term used in this Agreement without
definition shall have, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the meaning customarily given
in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.3. Interpretive Provisions.
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of
the defined terms.
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(b) The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(i) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements,
certificates, indentures, notices, and other writings, however evidenced.
(ii) The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation.”
(iii) 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.”
(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to agreements (including this
Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments,
restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to
the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan
Document, and (ii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or
interpreting the statute or regulation.
(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(e) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among and have
been reviewed by counsel to the Agent, the Lenders, and the Obligors and are the products of all
parties. Accordingly, the Loan Documents shall not be construed against the Agent, any Lender, or
any Obligor merely because of any such Person’s involvement in their preparation.
(f) Terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to such
terms in the UCC.
(g) Whenever the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, agreement or
obligation is stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or performance
shall (except to the extent set forth in the definition of Interest Period) be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as applicable.
(h) All references in any Loan Document to all or any part of the Obligations being paid in
full, payment in full, paid in full in cash, payment in full in cash, paid in cash, repayment in
full, repaid in full, payment and satisfaction in full or indefeasibly paid or any similar phrase
shall refer to such portion of the Obligations either being paid in full in cash or being converted
to equity to the extent permitted by, and in the manner set forth on, Schedule 3.1.
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ARTICLE 2
TERM LOAN; INTEREST AND FEES
Section 2.1. Total Facility. Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Financing Order, the Lenders severally agree to make available a term credit
facility of up to the Maximum Term Loan Amount for use by the Debtors. The term credit facility
described in the preceding sentence is not a revolving line of credit, and the Borrowers may not
reborrow sums previously advanced as part of the Term Loan and prepaid or repaid.
Section 2.2. Term Loan.
(a) The Term Loan Advance. Subject to Section 10.1 hereof, the Lenders agree,
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make a single advance in the amount equal to
its Commitment or such lesser amount as is authorized by the Financing Order (the “Term Loan
Advance”) to the Borrowers on or, at the Lenders’ option, before the date which is two (2)
Business Days following the Entry Date.
(b) No Liability. The Agent shall not incur any liability to any Obligor as a result
of acting reasonably under this Section 2.2, and the crediting of Term Loan to the
Borrowers’ deposit account, or wire transfer to such Person as the Borrowers shall direct, shall
conclusively establish the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Term Loan as provided herein.
(c) Notation. The Agent shall record on its books the principal amount of the Term
Loan owing to each Lender from time to time. In addition, each Lender is authorized, at such
Lender’s option, to note the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of such
Lender’s Term Loan in its books and records, including computer records, such books and records
constituting presumptive evidence, absent manifest error, of the accuracy of the information
contained therein.
(d) Term Notes. The Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Agent, on behalf of
each Lender, effective as of the Closing Date and on the date of the assignment of any portion of
any Lender’s Term Loan, a Term Note, to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan, in the principal amount
equal to the greater of the amount of such Lender’s Commitment with respect to the Term Loan or the
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan owed to such Lender.
(e) Commitment Termination. All Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00
P.M., New York City time, on June 1, 2009, if the conditions to the Funding Date set forth in
Section 10.1 shall not have been satisfied by such time.
Section 2.3. Interest.
(a) Interest Rates. The Term Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid outstanding
principal amount thereof (including, to the extent permitted by law, on accrued interest thereon
not paid when due) from the date made until paid in full in cash at a per annum rate equal to the
lesser of (i) the Maximum Rate or (ii) the LIBOR Rate for the relevant Interest Period applicable
to such Term Loan, plus twelve percent (12.0%). Subject to Section 2.5, all interest
charges on
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the Obligations shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed
(which results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).
(b) The basis for determining the LIBOR Rate and the Interest Period with respect to the Term
Loan or any portion of the Term Loan (as the Borrowers may elect), shall be selected by the
Borrowers and notified to Agent pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Continuation Notice,
as the case may be.
(c) The Borrowers shall deliver a Continuation Notice to Agent no later than 12:00 noon
(Chicago time) at least two Business Days in advance of the expiration of any Interest Period.
(d) In the event the Borrowers fail to specify an Interest Period for determining the LIBOR
Rate in the applicable Funding Notice or Continuation Notice, or if the Borrowers fail to deliver a
Continuation Notice as required pursuant to clause (c) above, the LIBOR Rate for the
related Term Loan will be automatically determined based on one-month LIBOR.
(e) Default Rate. Subject to Section 2.5, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Term Loan or any fees, in each
case, which are overdue, shall thereafter bear interest payable on demand at a rate per annum equal
to the lesser of (i) the Maximum Rate or (ii) the Default Rate.
Section 2.4. Exit Fees. Subject to Section 2.5, the Borrowers agree to pay to
the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, an exit fee (the “Exit Fee”) in the following
amounts and on the following dates: (a) in the case of any partial prepayment of the Term Loan
prior to the Maturity Date, whether by virtue of any voluntary or mandatory prepayment or otherwise
(and including as a result of the application of any Collateral or proceeds thereof to the
principal amount of the Term Loan as permitted by the Loan Documents but excluding any such
application as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default and the acceleration of the
maturity of the Term Loan) an Exit Fee in the amount of three percent (3.0%) of the principal
amount of the Term Loan prepaid, payable on the date of such prepayment and (b) except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.1, on the earlier to occur of the Maturity Date or the date of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Term Loan as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default,
an Exit Fee in the amount equal to the remainder of (i) three percent (3.0%) of the initial
aggregate Commitments minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Exit Fees previously paid by the Borrowers
to the Agent pursuant to clause (a) above. The Exit Fees shall be fully earned when due
and are non-refundable in all cases.
Section 2.5. Interest Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
at any time the interest rate applicable to the Term Loan, together with all fees, charges and
other amounts which are treated as interest on such Term 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 Lenders holding such Term Loan in
accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Term 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
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of such Term Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section
2.5 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of such
Term Loan or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
cumulated amount shall have been received by such Lender if such amount may be paid to such Lender
without violating any Legal Requirement.
ARTICLE 3
PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
Section 3.1. Term Loan. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to repay the
outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon,
together with all other non-contingent Obligations, on the Maturity Date; provided that the
General Partner (on its own behalf and on behalf of GGPLP) shall have the right to elect to convert
the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan and accrued and unpaid interest due and owing
upon the Plan Date (the “Conversion Amount”) to equity to the extent permitted by, and in
the manner set forth on, Schedule 3.1. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan shall
be due and payable on each Payment Date (beginning on June 1, 2009) and on the Maturity Date, and
the Borrowers agree to pay such accrued and unpaid interest on such dates.
Section 3.2. Optional Prepayment of the Term Loan. The Borrowers may prepay the
principal of the Term Loan, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time by (a) providing
to the Agent two (2) days prior written notice of its intention to make such prepayment and (b)
paying to the Agent (i) all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being prepaid and
(ii) the required Exit Fee, in each case concurrently with the making of such prepayment.
Section 3.3. Mandatory Prepayments of the Term Loan. The Borrowers shall prepay the
principal amount of the Term Loan at the following times and in the following amounts:
(a) (i) in the case of a sale or disposition pursuant to Section 9.8(d) within two (2)
Business Days (during which period no Obligor shall be entitled to make any Restricted Payments)
and (ii) in the case of any sale or disposition of condominiums pursuant to Section
9.8(f)(i), on or before the last Business Day of the applicable Fiscal Quarter during which
such sale or disposition was made of (A) any First Lien Property (or any Debtor owning such First
Lien Property or its direct or indirect parent holding company) or (B) any Second Lien Property (or
any Debtor owning such Second Lien Property or its direct or indirect parent holding company), all
proceeds of such sale or other disposition net of (1) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of such sale or disposition paid to Persons that are not Obligors or their
Subsidiaries, (2) the amount applied to all obligations secured by a Pre-Petition Lien on the asset
being sold, (3) the amount of sales and transfer taxes that are payable by a Debtor or any
Affiliate in connection therewith, (4) in the case of a sale or disposition of Second Lien
Property, the Second Lien Property Retention Amount, if applicable, and (5) an amount equal to the
Exit Fee that will be payable in connection with such sale or disposition;
(b) with respect to the Loss Proceeds of any Casualty or Condemnation with respect to any
Property of any Debtor, at the time and in the amount of such prepayment as required by
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Section 9.4(e), net of an amount equal to the Exit Fee that will be payable in
connection with the application of such Loss Proceeds; and
(c) notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 3.3, so long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of the Term Loan is
required to be made, other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrowers may,
in their sole discretion, retain such amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made
hereunder into a Breakage Prepayment Account (or pursuant to other arrangements satisfactory to the
Agent) until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time such prepayment shall be made.
For purposes of this clause (c), the term “Breakage Prepayment Account” means a
deposit account established by a Borrower with a bank designated by the Agent and over which the
Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal for
application in accordance with this clause (c), pursuant to an account control agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. If the maturity of the Term Loan has been
accelerated pursuant to Section 11.2, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, apply all
amounts on deposit in the Breakage Prepayment Accounts (or otherwise held by the Agent) to satisfy
any of the Obligations.
Section 3.4. Payments by the Borrowers.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without set-off, recoupment, or
counterclaim except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers shall be made to the Agent, for the account of the
Lenders (but in any event in one wire transfer), at the Agent’s address set forth in Section
15.7, and shall be made in Dollars and in immediately available funds, no later than 2:00 p.m.
(Chicago, Illinois time) on the date specified herein. Any payment received by the Agent later
than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) may, at the option of the Agent, be deemed to have been
received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) Unless the Agent receives notice from the Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment
is due to the Lenders that the Borrowers will not make such payment in full as and when required,
the Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment in full to the Agent on such date in
immediately available funds and the Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such
Lender. If and to the extent the Borrowers have not made such payment in full to the Agent, each
Lender shall repay to the Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with
interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to
such Lender until the date repaid.
(c) The Borrowers agree to compensate each Lender for any loss, cost or expense (collectively,
“Breakage Costs”) actually incurred by such Lender as a result of the making of a payment
of the Term Loan for any reason (including, without limitation, the acceleration of the maturity of
the Term Loan following an Event of Default) on a day that is not the last day of the applicable
interest period. To avoid doubt “Breakage Costs” shall not include the interest margins applicable
to such prepaid Term Loan. Each Lender will furnish to the Borrowers a certificate setting forth
the basis and amount of each request by such Lender for compensation
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under this Section 3.4(c), which certificate shall provide reasonable detail as to the
calculation of such Breakage Costs. Such certificate shall constitute prima facie evidence of the
amount of such Breakage Costs, which shall be calculated by each Lender on a reasonable basis,
consistent with the basis on which such calculations are then being made by similarly situated
banks or financial institutions generally.
Section 3.5. Apportionment, Application, and Reversal of Payments. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, aggregate principal and interest payments shall be apportioned
ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan to which such
payments relate held by each Lender) and payments of the fees (including, without limitation, the
Exit Fees) shall, as applicable, be apportioned ratably among the Lenders as of the date such fees
are received by the Agent. Except as specifically provided otherwise herein or in the Financing
Order, all payments shall be remitted to the Agent and all such payments not constituting payment
of specific fees, and all proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral received by the Agent, shall be
applied, ratably, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, FIRST, to pay any interest
or fees then due with respect to, or which constitute, Obligations, SECOND, to pay or
prepay principal of the Term Loan under this Agreement, and THIRD, to the payment of any
other Obligation. The Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable
wire transfer instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled
to receive.
Section 3.6. Indemnity for Returned Payments. If, after receipt of any payment which
is applied to the payment of all or any part of the Obligations, the Agent or any Lender is for any
reason compelled to surrender such payment or proceeds to any Person because such payment or
application of proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined to be void or
voidable as a preference, impermissible set-off, or a diversion of trust funds, or for any other
reason, then the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and
continued and this Agreement shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not
been received by the Agent or such Lender and the Borrowers shall be liable to pay to the Agent and
the Lenders, and hereby do indemnify the Agent and the Lenders and hold the Agent and the Lenders
harmless for, the amount of such payment or proceeds surrendered. The provisions of this
Section 3.6 shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may
have been taken by the Agent or any Lender in reliance upon such payment or application of
proceeds, and any such contrary action so taken shall be without prejudice to the Agent’s and the
Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been conditioned upon such payment
or application of proceeds having become final and irrevocable. The provisions of this Section
3.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 3.7. The Agent’s Books and Records. The Obligors agree that the Agent’s books
and records showing the Obligations and the transactions pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be admissible in any action or proceeding arising therefrom, and shall
constitute rebuttably presumptive proof thereof, irrespective of whether any Obligation is also
evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument. Such books and records shall be deemed
correct, accurate, and binding on the Borrowers and an account stated (except for corrections of
errors discovered by the Agent) in the absence of evidence to the contrary. In the event a timely
written notice of objections is given by the Borrowers, only the items to which exception is
expressly made will be considered to be disputed by the Borrowers.
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ARTICLE 4
CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNTS
Section 4.1. Cash Collateral Accounts.
(a) All cash of the Debtors shall be deposited by the Debtors in one or more accounts subject
to the perfected Agent’s Lien by virtue of, and having the priority set forth in, the Financing
Order and, if at any time required by the Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, under its exclusive dominion and control upon written notice to the General
Partner and the applicable financial institution. Such funds shall be held in a Cash Collateral
Account until such time as the amounts held therein are applied by the relevant Debtors to pay
expenses or otherwise used in accordance with this Agreement. So long as no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, amounts held in a Cash Collateral Account shall be available to
the relevant Debtor for use in a manner or for a purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. During
the existence of an Event of Default all amounts held in any Cash Collateral Account, at the
election of the Agent, shall be applied as required by Section 11.2(e); provided
that during the existence of an Event of Default and prior to such election of the Agent, the
Debtors shall (x) until otherwise directed by the Agent, transfer funds out of the Main Operating
Account only for ordinary course expenditures to protect and preserve the Collateral (including all
documented payroll expenses (including benefits), operating expenses of the Properties, taxes,
insurance premiums, ground rents with respect to the Properties and cash management, in each case,
in the ordinary course of business, and the adequate protection payments) or (y) utilize the funds
contained in the Main Operating Account only as directed by the Agent.
(b) If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Debtors may invest the funds in
any Cash Collateral Account as permitted by the Bankruptcy Court.
(c) The Non-Debtor Guarantor shall maintain one or more accounts for the collection of the
revenues and income of the Non-Debtor Guarantor and its Subsidiaries. The Non-Debtor Guarantor
shall pay its expenses and the expenses of its Subsidiaries from such account consistent with its
past practices. From time to time, and not less than once per calendar month, the Non-Debtor
Guarantor shall cause any funds in excess of those needed to pay the actual and reasonably
forecasted expenses of the Non-Debtor Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the remainder of such
month and the following month to be transferred into a Main Operating Account either directly or
indirectly through one or more Cash Collateral Accounts.
ARTICLE 5
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION, AND ILLEGALITY
Section 5.1. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by any Obligor to a Lender or the Agent under this Agreement and any
other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction
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or withholding for any Taxes, except as provided below. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay
all Other Taxes.
(b) The Borrowers shall indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and the Agent for the full
amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
amounts payable under this Section 5.1) paid by such Lender or the Agent and any liability
(including penalties, interest, additions to tax, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Payment
under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days after the date such Lender or the Agent
makes written demand therefor accompanied by a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
amount and calculation of any indemnification payment so requested by such Lender or the Agent.
However, no Lender shall be entitled to any amounts under this Section 5.1 to the extent
that the event giving rise to such Taxes or Other Taxes occurred more than one hundred and twenty
(120) days prior to the date notice and demand therefor was given to the Borrowers.
(c) If any Obligor shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any Taxes or Other Taxes
from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, then:
(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required
deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 5.1) such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be,
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or
withholdings been made;
(ii) such Obligor shall make such deductions and withholdings; and
(iii) such Obligor shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant
Governmental Authority or other authority in accordance with any Legal Requirements.
(d) No Obligor shall be required to increase any amounts payable to a Lender (including an
Assignee) or the Agent with respect to any Taxes under this Section 5.1 where (i) such
Taxes are attributable to the failure of the Agent or such Lender to comply with the requirements
of Section 14.10 or (ii) the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to Taxes existed
on the date (A) the Agent or such Lender became a party to this Agreement or (B) with respect to
payments to a Lender which changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending
office (a “New Lending Office”), the date such Lender designated such New Lending Office
with respect to the Term Loan.
(e) If the Agent or a Lender determines in its sole discretion that it has received a refund
or credit that is attributable to any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which the Agent or such Lender has
been indemnified by an Obligor, or with respect to which the Obligor has paid an additional amount
hereunder, the Agent or such Lender shall within 30 days after the date of such receipt pay over
the amount of such refund or credit (to the extent so attributable) to such Obligor. If a
Governmental Authority later determines that the Agent or such Lender is not
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entitled to such refund or credit, such Obligor shall return the amount of such refund or
credit to the Agent or Lender upon written demand.
(f) Within a reasonable period after the date of any payment by any Obligor of Taxes or Other
Taxes pursuant to this Article 5, such Obligor shall furnish the Agent the original or a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or other evidence of payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, if a Lender is classified for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a partnership and is composed of partners, which if such partners
were themselves Non-U.S. Lenders would be required to provide the documentation described in
Section 14.10, then Section 5.1 hereof shall be applied to payments to such Lender
as if such payments were made directly to the partners of such Lender provided such Lender obtains
from such partners the documents described in Section 14.10 and provides such documentation
to the Agent and Borrowers.
Section 5.2. Increased Costs and Reduction of Return. If any Lender shall have
determined that (a) the introduction after the Closing Date of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (b)
any change after the Closing Date in any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (c) any change after the
Closing Date in the interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy Regulation by any
central bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or (d) compliance by such Lender or any corporation or other entity controlling such
Lender with any Capital Adequacy Regulation issued after the Closing Date, affects or would affect
the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation or
other entity controlling such Lender and (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s or other entity’s policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired
return on capital) determines that the amount of such capital is increased as a consequence of its
Commitment, Term Loan, credits, or obligations under this Agreement, then, within thirty (30) days
following receipt by the Borrowers of written demand for such payment (accompanied by a certificate
referred to in Section 5.3) by such Lender through the Agent, the Borrowers shall pay to
such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts (the “Additional
Lender Amounts”) sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increase; provided that
such Lender shall not be entitled to any such amounts to the extent that the event giving rise to
such additional cost or reduced amount receivable occurred prior to the date such notice and demand
was given to the Borrowers.
Section 5.3. Certificates of Lenders. Any Lender claiming reimbursement or
compensation under this Article 5 shall deliver to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent)
a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount and calculation of the funds payable to
such Lender hereunder and such certificate shall be presumed to be correct and binding on the
Borrowers. To the extent any Lender receives a refund of all or a portion of the Additional Lender
Amounts, such Lender shall promptly remit the same to the Borrowers.
Section 5.4. Replacement of Lenders. If (i) Lender requests reimbursement or
compensation under this Article 5, (ii) if any Lender refuses to consent to an amendment,
modification, supplement or waiver required pursuant to Section 13.2 with respect to any
Loan Document which has otherwise been approved by Majority Lenders or (iii) any Lender becomes
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insolvent or has its assets become subject to a receiver, liquidator, trustee, custodian or
other officer having similar powers, then Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon
notice to such Lender and Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate at par (in accordance
with Section 13.3), all of its interests, rights and obligations in connection with the
Term Loan under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment).
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrowers to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Each Lender hereby grants to the Agent an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is
coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Lender as assignor, any
Assignment and Acceptance necessary to effectuate any assignment of such Lender’s interests
hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by, and in accordance with, this Section 5.4.
Section 5.5. Survival. The agreements and obligations of the Obligors in this
Article 5 shall survive the payment of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE 6
COLLATERAL
Section 6.1. Grant of Security Interest.
(a) As security for all Obligations, each Obligor hereby collaterally assigns and grants to
the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, a continuing security interest in, Lien
on, assignment of, all of the following property and assets of such Obligor, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising, regardless of where located:
(i) all Accounts, including all credit enhancements therefor;
(ii) all contract rights, including, without limitation, all rights of such Obligor as
either lessor or lessee under any lease or rental agreement of real or personal property,
including, without limitation, each Lease;
(iii) all chattel paper;
(iv) all documents;
(v) all instruments;
(vi) all supporting obligations and letter-of-credit rights;
(vii) all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, payment intangibles,
intercompany accounts, and software);
(viii) all inventory and other goods;
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(ix) all equipment and fixtures;
(x) all Investment Property (except as provided in the last sentence of this
Section 6.1(a) below),
(xi) all money, cash, cash equivalents, securities, and other property of any kind;
(xii) the Cash Collateral Accounts, the Breakage Prepayment Account and all other
deposit accounts and all other credits and balances with and other claims against any
financial institution;
(xiii) all notes, and all documents of title;
(xiv) all books, records, and other property related to or referring to any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, books, records, account ledgers, data processing
records, computer software and other property, and General Intangibles at any time
evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing;
(xv) all commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 6.1 and disclosed from time
to time to the Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
(xvi) if such Obligor is a Debtor, all Real Estate owned or leased by such Debtor;
(xvii) all other personal property of such Obligor, excluding any avoidance actions
under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code and recoveries therefrom; and
(xviii) all accessions to, substitutions for, and replacements, products, and proceeds
of any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, proceeds of any insurance policies,
claims against third parties, and condemnation or requisition payments with respect to all
or any of the foregoing.
All of the foregoing and all other property of such Obligor in which the Agent or any Lender
may at any time be granted a Lien, is herein collectively referred to as the “Collateral.”
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral (or any component
term thereof) include or be deemed to include (i) the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary,
other than 65% in total voting power of such Capital Stock and 100% of non-voting Capital Stock, in
each case, of a first tier Foreign Subsidiary of any Obligor, (ii) any contracts, instruments,
licenses, license agreements or other documents (or any rights thereunder), to the extent (and only
to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (A) constitute a violation of a
restriction in favor of a third party on such grant, (B) give any other party to such contract,
instrument, license, license agreement or other document the right to terminate its obligations
thereunder, or (C) violate any law; provided that the limitation set forth in this clause
(ii) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by an Obligor of a security
interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable
prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including
the UCC or the Bankruptcy Code, (iii) any direct or indirect interest in any Capital Stock of any
joint venture,
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partnership or other entity if and for so long as the grant of such security interest or Lien
shall constitute a default under or termination pursuant to the terms of the joint venture
agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of, or contract or other
agreement of (or covering or purporting to cover the assets of) such joint venture, partnership or
entity or its direct or indirect parent, or require the payment of a fee, penalty or similar
increased costs or result in the loss of economic benefit or the abandonment or invalidation of
such Obligor’s or any Subsidiary’s interest in such Capital Stock or shall otherwise adversely
impact such joint venture, partnership or other entity, (iv) any Ground Lease of a Debtor which has
been assumed pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code if the granting of a Lien hereunder
would cause a default under or allow the termination of such Ground Lease (it being agreed that, to
the extent the Lien granted pursuant to this Section 6.1 attaches to any such Ground Lease
prior to a Debtor’s assumption thereof, and the granting of a Lien hereunder would cause a default
under or allow the termination of such Ground Lease, such Lien shall automatically be released upon
such assumption and any Mortgage evidencing such Lien shall automatically terminate with respect to
such Ground Lease), (v) the Gift Card and Lotto Accounts and (vi) any Real Estate of the Non-Debtor
Guarantor; provided, further, that any such security interest and Lien shall attach
immediately and automatically after any such disqualifying condition specified in clause
(ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall cease to exist.
(b) All of the Obligations shall be secured by all of the Collateral.
Section 6.2. Perfection and Protection of Security Interest.
(a) Each Obligor shall, as applicable, at such Obligor’s expense, perform all steps reasonably
requested by the Agent at any time to perfect, maintain, protect, and enforce the Agent’s Liens,
including: upon an Event of Default, delivering to the Agent (1) the originals of all instruments,
documents, and chattel paper, and all other Collateral of which the Agent reasonably determines it
should have physical possession in order to perfect and protect the Agent’s security interest
therein, duly pledged, endorsed, or assigned to the Agent without restriction, (2) warehouse
receipts covering any portion of the Collateral located in warehouses and for which warehouse
receipts are issued, (3) certificates of title (excluding deeds for Real Estate) covering any
portion of the Collateral for which certificates of title have been issued and (4) all letters of
credit on which such Obligor is named beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, no Obligor shall be required to obtain, maintain or provide any (x) mortgage or
deed of trust (except as set forth in Section 6.3 below), title insurance commitment or
policy or survey, in each case, in respect of any Property or (y) lockbox agreement, deposit
account control agreement (or similar agreement), or securities account control agreement (or
similar agreement), in each case, in respect of any Collateral.
(b) To the extent permitted by any Legal Requirement, the Agent may file, without any
Obligor’s signature, one or more financing statements disclosing the Agent’s Liens on the
Collateral; provided that the Agent will not file any financing statement against any
Debtor if such filing would require the payment of any documentary, intangibles or similar fees or
taxes (other than customary filing charges per page and nominal fees and taxes).
(c) To the extent any Obligor is or becomes the issuer of any Investment Property that is
Collateral (in such capacity, an “Issuer”), each Obligor agrees as follows with respect to
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such Investment Property, but subject to the terms of any documents or agreements entered into
prior to the Closing Date creating or evidencing any Pre-Petition Lien with respect to such
Investment Property:
(i) All such Investment Property issued by such Issuer, all warrants, and all non-cash
dividends and other non-cash distributions in respect thereof at any time registered in the
name of, or otherwise deliverable to, any Obligor, shall be delivered directly to the Agent,
for the account of such Obligor, at the Agent’s address for notices set forth in Section
15.7.
(ii) All cash dividends, cash distributions, and other cash or cash equivalents in
respect of such Investment Property at any time payable or deliverable to any Obligor shall
be deposited into the Cash Collateral Account.
(iii) Such Issuer will not acknowledge any transfer or encumbrance in respect of such
Investment Property to or in favor of any Person other than the Agent or a Person designated
by the Agent in writing.
Section 6.3. Delivery of Mortgages. Within sixty (60) days of the Funding Date, the
applicable Debtor shall deliver mortgages with respect to each of the Primary Properties
substantially in the relevant form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 or I-2
appropriately completed, with such state specific changes as are necessary to create a Lien on the
applicable Real Estate in such state and otherwise in a form described in Schedule 6.3
(each, a “Mortgage” and, collectively, the “Mortgages”).
Section 6.4. Title to, Liens on, and Use of Collateral. Each Obligor represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Lenders and agrees with the Agent and the Lenders that: (a) all of
the Collateral owned by such Obligor is and will (subject to dispositions permitted hereunder)
continue to be owned by such Obligor free and clear of all Liens whatsoever, except for Permitted
Liens, (b) the Agent’s Liens in the Collateral will not be junior in priority to any prior Lien
other than the Carve-Out, the Pre-Petition Liens and Liens described in clauses
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) (to the
extent, and only to the extent, set forth in the Financing Order), (j) (to the extent, and
only to the extent, so agreed by the Agent), (m), (n), (o), (p),
(s), (t), (u) and (v) (to the extent existing on the Entry Date) of
the definition of “Permitted Liens” and (c) such Obligor will use, store, and maintain the
Collateral owned by such Obligor with all reasonable care. The inclusion of proceeds in the
Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute the Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to any sale or
other disposition of the Collateral except as expressly permitted herein.
Section 6.5. Access and Examination; Confidentiality.
(a) The Agent may at reasonable times during regular business hours as may be requested by the
Agent upon reasonable advance notice, and at any time when an Event of Default exists, upon
reasonable notice to the Borrowers have access to, examine, audit, make extracts from or copies of,
and inspect any or all of the Obligors’ records, files, and books of account and the Collateral,
and discuss the Obligors’ affairs with executive officers of any Obligor.
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(b) The Agent and each Lender severally agree to take normal and reasonable precautions and
exercise due care to maintain the confidentiality of all financial information and other
information relating to the Borrowers and each Obligor, except to the extent that such information
(i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the
Agent or such Lender or (ii) was or becomes available on a nonconfidential basis from a source
other than an Obligor (so long as such source is not known to Agent, such Lender or any of their
respective Affiliates to be bound by confidentiality obligations to any Obligor). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Agent and any Lender may disclose any such information (1) pursuant to any
requirement of any Governmental Authority to which the Agent or such Lender is subject or in
connection with an examination of the Agent or such Lender by any such Governmental Authority, (2)
pursuant to subpoena or other court process, (3) when appropriate to do so in accordance with the
provisions of any applicable Legal Requirement, (4) to the extent reasonably necessary in
connection with any litigation or proceeding between or among any Obligor and the Agent, any
Lender, or their respective Affiliates or any other litigation or proceeding to which the Agent,
any Lender, or their respective Affiliates may be party arising out of or related to this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any transaction contemplated herein, (5) to the extent
reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, (6) to the Agent’s or such Lender’s independent auditors, accountants,
attorneys, and other professional advisors, (7) to any prospective Participant or Assignee, actual
or potential and (8) to its Affiliates; provided that the receiving parties pursuant to
subsections (6), (7) and (8) above, agree to keep such information confidential to the same extent
required of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder. The obligations of each party contained in this
Section 6.5(b) shall continue for a period of 3 years after such party ceases to be a party
to this Agreement.
Section 6.6. Documents, Instruments, and Chattel Paper. Each Obligor represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that (a) to its Knowledge all documents, instruments, and
chattel paper describing, evidencing, or constituting Collateral owned by such Obligor, and all
signatures and endorsements thereon of any Obligor, are and will be complete, valid, and genuine in
all material respects, and (b) all goods evidenced by such documents, instruments, and chattel
paper are and will be owned by such Obligor, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
Section 6.7. Right to Cure. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, and shall, at the direction of the
Majority Lenders and upon ten (10) days notice to the applicable Obligor, pay any amount or do any
act required of any Obligor hereunder or under any other Loan Document in order to preserve,
protect, maintain, or enforce the Obligations, the Collateral, or the Agent’s Liens therein, and
which any Obligor fails to pay or do, including payment of any judgment against any Obligor, any
insurance premium, any warehouse charge, any finishing or processing charge, any landlord’s or
bailee’s claim, and any other obligation secured by a Lien upon or with respect to the Collateral;
provided that neither the Agent nor the Lenders shall pay any amount (i) being diligently
contested by appropriate proceedings or (ii) in respect of any Pre-Petition Lien. All payments
that the Agent makes under this Section 6.7 and all out-of-pocket costs and reasonable
expenses that the Agent pays or incurs in connection with any reasonable action taken by it
hereunder shall be considered part of the Obligations and shall bear interest until repaid at the
Default Rate. Any payment made or other action taken by the Agent under this Section 6.7
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be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default hereunder and to proceed
thereafter as herein provided.
Section 6.8. Power of Attorney. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, each Obligor hereby appoints the Agent and the Agent’s designee(s) as such
Obligor’s attorney to sign such Obligor’s name on any invoice, xxxx of lading, warehouse receipt,
or other document of title relating to any Collateral, on drafts against customers, on assignments
of Accounts, on notices of assignment, financing statements, and other public records and to file
any such financing statements permitted under this Agreement by electronic means with or without a
signature as authorized or required by applicable law or filing procedure. Each Obligor ratifies
and approves all acts of such attorney. This power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable
until this Agreement has been terminated and the non-contingent Obligations have been fully
satisfied.
Section 6.9. The Agent’s and Lenders’ Rights, Duties, and Liabilities. The Obligors
assume all responsibility and liability arising from or relating to the use, sale, or other
disposition of the Collateral. The Obligations shall not be affected by any failure of the Agent
or any Lender to take any steps to perfect the Agent’s Liens or to collect or realize upon the
Collateral, nor shall loss of or damage to the Collateral release any Obligor from any of the
Obligations.
Section 6.10. Site Visits, Observations, and Testing. The Agent and its
representatives will have the right at any commercially reasonable time, and upon reasonable
advance notice to the applicable Debtor and subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable
Ground Lease or other Lease, to enter and visit the Real Estate of any Debtor constituting
Collateral for the purposes of observing such Real Estate taking and removing soil or groundwater
samples on any part of such Real Estate (a) upon prior consultation with such Debtor where the
Agent reasonably believes there exists the presence of a Contaminant at concentrations exceeding
those allowed by Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the value of such Real Estate or (b) at any time during the existence of an Event of
Default; provided that in the event such Real Estate is leased by a Debtor, such observing
and testing shall be conducted in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease with respect to
such Real Estate and in observation of the rights of any Tenant. The Agent is under no duty,
however, to visit or observe such Real Estate or to conduct tests, and any such acts by the Agent
will be solely for the purposes of protecting the Agent’s Liens and preserving the Agent and the
Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement. No site visit, observation, or testing by the
Agent and the Lenders will result in a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or impose any
liability on the Agent or the Lenders other than for damages incurred as a result of the gross
negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or breach of the Loan Documents by the Agent or any
Lender. In each instance, the Agent will give such Debtor reasonable notice before entering such
Real Estate or any other place the Agent is permitted to enter under this Section 6.10.
The Agent will make reasonable efforts to avoid interfering with any use of such Real Estate or any
other property in exercising any rights provided hereunder. The Agent agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless such Debtor from any loss or liability arising from damages caused to Real Estate
or any personal property by Agent’s representatives’ actions taken under the authority granted by
this Section 6.10. The Agent agrees that any environmental professional retained to
perform the taking and removing soil or groundwater samples under this Section 6.10 shall
be reasonably qualified and possess reasonable levels of insurance naming Borrowers and any other
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relevant Debtor as an additional insured for the environmental sampling the environmental
professional has been retained to conduct.
Section 6.11. Joinder of Subsidiaries. Promptly upon any Subsidiary (other than a
Foreign Subsidiary) of the Borrowers or its property becoming subject to the Case, the Borrowers
shall cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Agent a joinder agreement and a Guarantee
Supplement pursuant to which such Subsidiary will become a party hereto for the purposes of
guaranteeing the Obligations and granting the Agent Liens on the Collateral of such new Subsidiary
of a type described in the definition of Collateral and such Subsidiary shall (a) obtain such
orders from the Bankruptcy Court in the Case as the Agent may reasonably request to effect such
joinder and such guarantee and (b) execute and deliver such other instruments, certificates,
supplements to the Schedules and agreements in connection herewith and therewith as the Agent may
reasonably request subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.2.
Section 6.12. Voting Rights, etc. in Respect of Investment Property.
(a) So long as no Event of Default shall be in existence and the relevant Obligor has not
received a written notice pursuant to Section 6.12(b) (i) each Obligor shall be entitled to
exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights (including, without limitation, the right
to give consents, waivers, and notifications in respect of any securities) pertaining to its
Investment Property or any part thereof; provided that without the prior written consent of
the Majority Lenders, no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver, or ratification given or action
taken which would (A) be inconsistent with or violate any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document in any material respect or (B) amend, modify, or waive any material term, provision,
or condition of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, or other
charter document or other agreement relating to, evidencing, providing for the issuance of, or
securing any such Investment Property, in any manner that would materially impair such Investment
Property or the Agent’s Liens therein and (ii) each Obligor shall be entitled to receive, and each
Debtor must, promptly following its receipt, deposit into the Cash Collateral Accounts, any and all
dividends and interest paid in respect of any of such Investment Property (unless otherwise
required, or permitted to be used, by this Agreement, including uses permitted under
Section 9.20).
Section 9.20).
(b) During the existence of an Event of Default, (i) the Agent may, upon written notice to the
relevant Obligor, transfer or register in the name of the Agent or any of its nominees, for the
benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, any or all of the Collateral consisting of Investment
Property, the proceeds thereof (in cash or otherwise), and all liens, security, rights, remedies,
and claims of any Obligor with respect thereto (as used in this Section 6.12 collectively,
the “Pledged Collateral”) held by the Agent hereunder, and the Agent or its nominee may
thereafter, after written notice to the applicable Obligor, exercise all voting and corporate
rights at any meeting of any corporation, partnership, or other business entity issuing any of the
Pledged Collateral and any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription, or any other
rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any of the Pledged Collateral as if it were the
absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any
and all of the Pledged Collateral upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization,
or other readjustment of any corporation, partnership, or other business entity issuing any of such
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Pledged Collateral or upon the exercise by any such issuer or the Agent of any right,
privilege, or option pertaining to any of the Pledged Collateral, and in connection therewith, to
deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer
agent, registrar, or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine,
all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Agent shall
have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights, privileges, or options, and the Agent shall
not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing, (ii) to the extent permitted
under Legal Requirements, after the Agent’s giving of the notice specified in clause (i) of
this Section 6.12(b), all rights of any Obligor to exercise the voting and other consensual
rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 6.12(a)(i) and
to receive the dividends, interest, and other distributions which it would otherwise be authorized
to receive and retain thereunder shall be suspended until such Event of Default shall no longer
exist, and all such rights shall, until such Event of Default shall no longer exist, thereupon
become vested in the Agent which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and
other consensual rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such dividends, interest, and
other distributions, (iii) all dividends, interest, and other distributions which are received by
any Obligor contrary to the provisions of this Section 6.12(b) shall be received in trust
for the benefit of the Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Obligor and, in the case
of the Debtors, shall be forthwith deposited into the Cash Collateral Accounts as Collateral in the
same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement), and (iv) each Obligor shall execute and
deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Agent all such proxies and other instruments
as the Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise the voting
and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this Section 6.12(b) and to
receive the dividends, interest, and other distributions which it is entitled to receive and retain
pursuant to this Section 6.12(b).
Section 6.13. Remedies. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall take any action under
this Article 6 (or similar provisions of any Loan Document) except after the five Business
Day waiting period in accordance with the Financing Order.
ARTICLE 7
BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; NOTICES
Section 7.1. Books and Records. The Borrowers shall maintain, at all times, correct
and complete books, records, and accounts to enable the preparation of its financial statements, on
a consolidated basis, in accordance with GAAP.
Section 7.2. Financial Information. The Borrowers will furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Agent, the following:
(a) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 90 days after the close of each
Fiscal Year, an audited consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of income and cash
flow for the General Partner and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, and with
respect to such audited financial statements, setting forth in comparative form figures for the
previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting, in all material respects, the
financial position and the results of operations of the General Partner and its consolidated
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Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for the Fiscal Year then ended in accordance with
GAAP. Such financial statements shall be examined in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards by, and accompanied by a report thereon (without any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit, other than any such qualification or exception arising as a result of the
commencement of the Case or the events leading thereto) of Deloitte & Touche LLP, other independent
certified public accountants of national standing selected by the General Partner or another firm
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The General Partner authorizes the Agent to communicate
directly with the General Partner’s certified public accountants, upon reasonable advance notice to
the Borrowers, and by this provision, authorizes those accountants to disclose to the Agent any and
all financial statements and other supporting financial documents and schedules relating to the
General Partner and its consolidated Subsidiaries and to discuss directly with the Agent the
finances and affairs of the General Partner and its consolidated Subsidiaries; provided
that the Borrowers shall have a reasonable opportunity to participate in such communications.
(b) As soon as available but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the General Partner and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and unaudited consolidated
statements of income for the General Partner and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal
Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter,
all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and
results of operations of the General Partner and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the date
thereof and for such periods, in accordance with GAAP (other than presentation of footnotes and
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). The General Partner shall certify by a certificate
signed by its chief financial officer that all such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, subject to normal year-end
adjustments and the absence of footnotes, the General Partner’s consolidated financial position as
at the dates thereof and its results of operations for the periods then ended.
(c) As soon as available but in any event not later than 90 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year and 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters, the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Obligor or Obligors owning each Primary Property and any Second
Lien Property to the extent prepared for the holder of the Prior Lien Debt as at the end of such
Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter, as the case may be, and unaudited consolidated statements of income
for the Obligor or Obligors owning each Primary Property and any Second Lien Property to the extent
prepared for the holder of the Prior Lien Debt for such period and, with respect to each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, for the period from the beginning of the Fiscal
Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter.
(d) With each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(a) and
Section 7.2(b), the General Partner shall provide to the Agent a certificate of its chief
financial officer or other principal financial officer in the form of Exhibit E (the
“Compliance Certificate”) stating that, except as explained in reasonable detail in such
certificate, no Default or Event of Default then exists. If such certificate discloses that a
Default or Event of Default then exists, such certificate shall set forth what action the Obligors
have taken or propose to take with respect thereto.
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(e) Within ten (10) days after the filing thereof or the date the same are sent, as
applicable, the Obligors shall provide to the Agent copies of all reports, if any, to or other
documents filed by the General Partner with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Exchange Act, and all reports, notices, or statements sent (other than routine non-material
correspondence) by the General Partner to all holders of any equity interests of the General
Partner or of any Debt of any Obligor registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or to the trustee
under any indenture under which the same is issued, in each case, unless such statement, report or
certificate is made publicly available by such Obligor.
(f) Promptly and in any event no later than the last Business Day of each month, the Obligors
shall provide to the Agent an updated 13-week cash flow forecast of receipts and disbursements on a
consolidated basis.
(g) Promptly, and in any event no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois time), on the last
Business Day of each week, the Obligors shall provide to the Agent the cash balance of the main
concentration account of GGPLP as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business
Day (which notice may be provided by electronic mail).
(h) Promptly after receipt thereof, the General Partner shall provide to the Agent a copy of
the final management letter prepared for the General Partner by its independent certified public
accountants in connection with its annual audit.
(i) Promptly after any filing thereof, the Debtors shall deliver to the Agent copies of all
written pleadings, motions, applications, financial information, petitions, schedules, reports, and
other papers and documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court by or on behalf of any Debtor in the
Case.
(j) Promptly after any delivery thereof, the Debtors shall deliver to the Agent copies of all
material written reports and presentations (other than information which is privileged or
confidential in respect of the recipient) delivered by or on behalf of any Debtor to any official
creditors’ committee in the Case.
(k) The Obligors shall provide to the Agent such additional information as the Agent (and/or
any Lender, acting through the Agent) may from time to time reasonably request regarding the
financial and business affairs of any Obligor.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be deemed to have
been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such
information, shall have been posted by the Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the
Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the Securities and
Exchange Commission at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx or on the website of the General Partner. Information
required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7.2 may also be delivered by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in clauses (e) through (j) of this Section 7.2, the
failure to deliver any notice or provide any information in accordance therewith shall not
constitute a Default or Event of Default so long as such notice or information is delivered to the
Agent
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concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) or
(b) above for the period in which such relevant notice or information were to have been
given to the Agent.
Section 7.3. Notices to the Agent. The Obligors shall notify the Agent in writing of
the following matters at the following times (which notice shall set forth, in reasonable detail,
the action that the Obligors or any ERISA Affiliate, as applicable, has taken or proposes to take
with respect thereto):
(a) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any event or development which could reasonably be
expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any pending (or written threat of any) action, suit,
proceeding, or counterclaim by any Person, or any pending or threatened (in writing) investigation
by a Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a
Material Adverse Effect;
(d) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any pending (or written threat of any) strike, work
stoppage, unfair labor practice claim, or other labor dispute affecting any Obligor, in each case
in a manner which could reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any violation of any law, statute, regulation, or
ordinance of a Governmental Authority affecting any Obligor which could reasonably be expected to
have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) promptly after receipt of any notice of any violation by any Obligor of any Environmental
Law which could reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect or
that any Governmental Authority has asserted that any Obligor is not in compliance with any
Environmental Law or is investigating any Obligor’s compliance therewith, in each case, which could
reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) promptly after receipt of any written notice that any Obligor is or may be liable to any
Person as a result of the Release or threatened Release of any Contaminant or that any Obligor (or
Obligor’s Property) is subject to an Environmental Lien which has priority over the Agent’s Liens
or any investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating whether any remedial action is needed
to respond to the Release or threatened Release of any Contaminant which, in each case, could
reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) promptly (and in any event within 30 days) after any change in any Obligor’s legal name,
state of organization, or form of organization;
(i) upon request, each annual report (form 5500 series), including Schedule B thereto, filed
with the PBGC, the DOL, or the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan;
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(j) upon request, copies of each actuarial report for any Pension Plan and annual report for
any Multi-employer Plan, and promptly after receipt thereof by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate,
copies of the following: (i) any notices of the PBGC’s intention to terminate a Pension Plan or to
have a trustee appointed to administer such Pension Plan, (ii) any unfavorable determination letter
from the IRS regarding the qualification of a Pension Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code or
(iii) any notice from a Multi-employer Plan regarding the imposition of withdrawal liability;
(k) promptly after any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate has Knowledge that any of the following
events, which could reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect,
has or will occur: (i) a Multi-employer Plan has been or will be terminated, (ii) the
administrator or plan sponsor of a Multi-employer Plan intends to terminate a Multi-employer Plan,
or (iii) the PBGC has instituted or will institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to
terminate a Multi-employer Plan;
(l) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any (i) default, breach or failure to perform alleged
in writing on the part of any Debtor under or in regard to any Major Lease, (ii) default, breach or
failure to perform on the part of any Tenant under any Major Lease or any assertion, in writing, by
any such Tenant or any guarantor of any such Tenant’s obligations under such Major Lease that such
Tenant or guarantor intends to seek to terminate such Major Lease or the guarantee of the Tenant’s
obligations thereunder or (iii) bankruptcy or similar action relating to any such Tenant or
guarantor, in each case, which could reasonably be expected to have, or has resulted in, a Material
Adverse Effect;
(m) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge of any Casualty that is expected to result in damages in
excess of the Threshold Amount or any Condemnation that could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the value of the relevant Property affected thereby, information
regarding such Casualty or Condemnation (as applicable) in such detail as the Agent may reasonably
request;
(n) each Debtor shall deliver to the Agent copies of any written notices of material default
or material event of default relating to any Major REA served to or by such Debtor which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(o) promptly upon obtaining Knowledge that the aggregate amount of any Tenant Allowances made
in respect of Primary Properties has exceeded $7,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (for purposes of the
Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2009, for the period from the Closing Date through December 31,
2009).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (g), (h),
(j), (k), (l), (m), (n) or (o) of this Section
7.3, the failure to deliver any notice or provide any information in accordance therewith shall
not constitute a Default or Event of Default so long as such notice or information is delivered to
the Agent concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to clauses
(a) or (b) or Section 7.2 for the period in which such relevant notice or
information were to have been given to the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice shall be
deemed to have been properly given in respect of the events, facts or circumstances set forth in
this Article 7 if such events, facts or circumstances are described in any pleading,
motion, application, financial
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information, petition, schedule, report and other papers or documents delivered to the Agent
pursuant to Section 7.2(i) or (j).
ARTICLE 8
GENERAL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
Each of the Obligors warrants and represents to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:
Section 8.1. Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of this Agreement and the Loan
Documents; No Conflicts. Subject to entry of the Financing Order with respect to each Debtor,
each Obligor has the power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to incur the Obligations, and to grant to the Agent
the Liens upon the Collateral. Subject to entry of the Financing Order with respect to each
Debtor, each Obligor has taken all necessary action (including, without limitation, obtaining
approval of its stockholders, general partners, limited partners, members, or other applicable
equity owners, if necessary) to authorize its execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and, subject to entry of the
Financing Order with respect to each Debtor, constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligations
of each Obligor, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally, and the Cases in particular. Each Obligor’s execution, delivery,
and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do not
conflict with, or constitute a violation or breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in
the creation or imposition of any Lien upon the property of any Obligor by reason of the terms of
(a) any post-petition contract, agreement, indenture, or instrument to which such Obligor is a
party or which is binding upon it, in each case which, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) any Legal Requirement applicable to
such Obligor which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) the
certificate of limited partnership, agreement of limited partnership, certificate of incorporation,
bylaws, or other organizational or constituent documents, as the case may be, of the Borrowers.
Section 8.2. Validity and Priority of Security Interest; Administrative Priority.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create Liens upon the
Collateral in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, which shall be
deemed valid and perfected by entry of the Financing Order with respect to each Debtor and which
shall constitute continuing Liens on the Collateral having priority over all other Liens on the
Collateral (except the Carve-Out and as provided in Section 6.4), securing all the
Obligations. The Agent shall not be required to file or record any financing statements,
mortgages, notices of Lien or similar instruments in any jurisdiction or filing office or to take
any other action in order to validate or perfect the Liens and security interest granted by or
pursuant to this Agreement, the Financing Order or any other Loan Document, except the financing
statement naming GGMI as debtor to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
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Delaware. As of the Funding Date, GGMI has not incurred any Debt for borrowed money that is
secured by one or more Liens, except for the Liens created by this Agreement.
(b) Pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Obligations of the Debtors shall
at all times constitute allowed administrative expenses in the Case, having priority over all
administrative expenses of and unsecured claims against the applicable Debtor now existing or
hereafter arising, of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all
administrative expenses of the kind specified in, or arising or ordered under, Sections 105, 326,
503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c), 726, 1113 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, subject, as to
priority, only to the Carve-Out, and shall at all times be senior to the rights of any Debtor, any
Debtor’s estate, and any successor trustee or estate representative in the Case or any subsequent
proceeding or case under the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Guarantors set forth on Schedule
1.1B (other than the Non-Debtor Guarantor), together with the Borrowers, collectively
constitute all of the Persons that are subject to the Case as of the Funding Date, and all Major
Entities set forth on Schedule 1.1B have been subject to the Case for no less than 15 days
prior to the Entry Date.
Section 8.3. Corporate Name; Prior Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule
8.3, during the past four months, no Obligor has been known by or used any other corporate
name, or been a party to any merger or consolidation with any Person (other than Affiliates of the
Borrower).
Section 8.4. Capitalization; Subsidiaries. Each Obligor is (a) duly incorporated,
formed, or organized, as the case may be, and validly existing in good standing under the laws of
its state of incorporation, formation, or organization, and (b) qualified to do business as a
foreign business entity and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect, and (c) subject to the entry of the Financing Order with respect to each Debtor,
has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and own its property as presently
conducted or owned. As of the Petition Date, the Capital Stock of each Obligor (other than the
General Partner) and each Subsidiary of an Obligor directly owned by either Borrower or any
Subsidiary is owned beneficially and of record in the amounts and by the Persons set forth on
Schedule 8.4 (other than minor typographical errors and shortening of legal names). Each
of the Guarantors (other than the Borrowers) is a Subsidiary of GGPLP.
Section 8.5. Material Agreements. The Borrowers have granted the Agent access to true
and complete copies of all Material Agreements. Except as indicated in Schedule 8.5 or as
may occur as a result of the commencement of the Case, (a) each of the Material Agreements is in
full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, there are no material defaults
thereunder on the part of any other party thereto which are not subject to the Automatic Stay or
which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) no Debtor is in
default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of its
obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement evidencing or creating any
Permitted Lien which is not subject to the Automatic Stay or any other Material Agreement to which
it is a party or by which it or its Property is bound which are not subject to the Automatic Stay
or which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 8.6. Proprietary Rights. To the Obligors’ Knowledge, as of the Closing Date,
none of their Proprietary Rights infringe on or conflict with any other Person’s property and no
other Person’s property infringes on or conflicts with such Proprietary Rights, in each case, in a
manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.7. Litigation. As of the Closing Date, there is no pending or (to any
Obligor’s Knowledge) written threat of, any action, suit, proceeding, or counterclaim by any
Person, or investigation by any Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.8. Labor Disputes. There is no pending or (to any Obligor’s Knowledge)
threatened, strike, work stoppage, material unfair labor practice claim, or other material labor
dispute against or affecting any Obligor or its respective employees which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.9. Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule
8.9, as of the Petition Date:
(a) Each Obligor has complied in all material respects with all Environmental Laws except
where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Obligor has obtained all Permits necessary for its current operations under
Environmental Laws if the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and all such Permits are in good standing and each Obligor is in compliance with all terms
and conditions of such Permits except for non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Obligor has received any summons, complaint, order, or similar written notice
indicating that it is not currently in compliance with, or that any Governmental Authority is
investigating its compliance with, any Environmental Laws or that it is or may be liable to any
other Person as a result of a Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To each Obligor’s Knowledge, none of the present operations of any Obligor is the subject
of any current investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating whether any remedial action
is needed to respond to a Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To each Obligor’s Knowledge, there has been no Release of a Contaminant at any Obligor’s
Property that requires, or would reasonably be expected to require, investigation, removal,
remediation, or other response action under Environmental Laws which, in each case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The representations and warranties contained in this Section 8.9 are the sole and exclusive
representation being made by the Obligors with respect to any environmental matter related in any
way to this Agreement or subject matter.
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Section 8.10. No Violation of Law. No Obligor is in violation of any law, statute,
regulation, ordinance, judgment, order, or decree applicable to it which violation could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.11. ERISA Compliance. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule
8.11, as of the Closing Date:
(a) Except for those failures that could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Pension Plan is in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, and other Legal Requirements and (ii)
each Obligor and each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to any Pension Plan
subject to Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code (or corresponding provisions of ERISA), and no
application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412
or Section 430 of the Code (or corresponding provisions of ERISA) has been made with respect to any
Pension Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of any Obligor, threatened claims, actions, or
lawsuits, or actions by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Pension Plan which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no
prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any
Pension Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Except for instances, if any, which together do not give rise to liability which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (ii) neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate
has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to
any Pension Plan (other than contributions and premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007
of ERISA) or a Multi-employer Plan (other than contributions in the normal course), (iii) neither
any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
(and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would
result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multi-employer
Plan, and (iv) neither any Obligor nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could
be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
Section 8.12. Taxes. Each Obligor has filed all material federal and other tax
returns and reports required to be filed (or appropriate extensions have been timely filed), and
has paid all post-petition federal and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or its properties, income, or assets or which
otherwise are due and payable (other than any such returns or reports or material taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges, as applicable (a) being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, (b) which consist of interest or penalties on pre-petition taxes or (c)
which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).
Section 8.13. Regulated Entities. No Obligor is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
No Obligor is a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” or
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an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or a “public utility” within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the
Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities code or law, or any other federal or state
statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur indebtedness.
Section 8.14. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loan are to be used solely
for the purposes specified in Section 9.13. No Obligor is engaged in the business of
purchasing or selling Margin Stock or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
Margin Stock.
Section 8.15. Full Disclosure. None of the representations or warranties made by any
Obligor in the Loan Documents as of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed
made, and none of the statements or information contained in any exhibit, report (including the
2008 schedule of net operating income for the Properties delivered to the Agent immediately prior
to the Petition Date2), statement, or certificate furnished by or on behalf of any
Obligor for use in connection with the Loan Documents (other than projections, forecasts or other
forward-looking information or information of any industry-specific or general economic nature),
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, when taken as a whole and in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not materially misleading as of the time when made or
delivered. The rolling 24-month forecast and the 13-week cash flow forecast delivered to the Agent
immediately prior to the Petition Date are the most recent rolling 24-month forecast and the most
recent 13-week cash flow forecast of receipts and disbursements on a consolidated basis, in each
case prepared prior to the Petition Date (it being understood that the Obligors make no
representation or warranty as to such forecasts other than that they have been
delivered).3
Section 8.16. Bank Accounts. Schedule 8.16 contains a complete and accurate
list, as of the Petition Date, of all material bank accounts, deposit accounts, commodity accounts,
investment accounts and security accounts maintained by each Obligor with any bank or other
financial institution; provided that such schedule may, at the option of the Obligors, omit
accounts which contain, on average, money with an average individual monthly balance less than
$100,000.
Section 8.17. Governmental Authorization. Except (i) as set forth on Schedule
8.17, (ii) for the entry of or pursuant to the terms of the Financing Order, (iii) for such
approvals or similar actions which have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and remain in full
force and effect, and (iv) for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral required to be
made under applicable law (if any), no approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action
by, or notice to, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, or other Person is
necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery, or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Obligor of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
2 | To be delivered immediately prior to the Petition Date. | |
3 | To be delivered immediately prior to the Petition Date. |
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Section 8.18. First Lien Properties. As of the Funding Date, there has been no
material diminution in the fair market value (taking into account any applicable insurance
proceeds) of the First Lien Properties since the date of the Commitment Letter, other than arising
out of or resulting from (a) the commencement of the Cases, (b) general market conditions beyond
the control of the Obligors, (c) acts of war or sabotage or terrorism or (d) earthquakes,
hurricanes or other natural disasters. Schedule 8.18 accurately sets forth all First Lien
Properties as of the Petition Date (after giving effect to the use of proceeds of the Term Loan)
and each owner or lessee under a Ground Lease of First Lien Properties.
Section 8.19. Prior Lien Debt. Schedule 8.19-1 accurately sets forth, in all
material respects, the outstanding principal amount of all Debt for borrowed money due and
outstanding in regard to the Prior Lien Debt as of the date set forth in Schedule 8.19-1.
Schedule 8.19-2 sets forth, in all material respects, the M&M Liens affecting each
Property, the name of each party asserting the claims, the amount claimed as being owed and the
Property which is the subject of such claim by any Person who alleges it has supplied any labor
and/or materials relating to any such Property and which remain unpaid as of the Closing Date,
which information is segregated by each Property affected thereby, except to the extent any M&M
Liens not listed in such Schedule 8.19-2 secure valid claims in an amount less than or
equal to (i) $25,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to the First Lien Properties and (ii)
$50,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to all Properties; provided that it will not be a
breach of this representation so long as an amount equal to any amounts in excess of such
$25,000,000 and $50,000,000 amounts referred to above are applied either (A) to the payment of M&M
Lien claims or (B) to prepay the Term Loan, in either case within 30 days after the date such M&M
Liens exceed such amounts. No Debtor has the right to request or receive any further advances of
proceeds of any Prior Lien Debt and the only amounts that may hereafter be advanced as part of the
Prior Lien Debt are amounts the holders of the Prior Lien Debt may advance as protective advances
to pay taxes and insurance premiums relating to, and costs to protect or repair, collateral which
secures such Prior Lien Debt. There is no collateral security for any of the Prior Lien Debt that
is not part of the Collateral. The Debtors have provided or made available to the Agent, true,
correct and complete copies of all material documents which evidence, secure and/or relate to the
Prior Lien Debt set forth on Schedule 8.19-1.
Section 8.20. Leases.
(a) Schedule 8.20 sets forth in all material respects on a Property by Property basis
(to the extent applicable) a rent roll, effective as of March 9, 2009, relating to all Leases (the
“Rent Roll”). As of the date of the Rent Roll, to the Borrowers’ Knowledge, each of the
Major Leases is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.20-1 (the “A/R Report”), as of the date
of such A/R Report, no rent (exclusive of any security deposits and de minimis payments
constituting rent) under any Major Lease with respect to any of the First Lien Properties is more
than 60 days past due.
Section 8.21. Title. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.21, each Obligor owns
good and indefeasible fee and/or leasehold title to its Property and good title to its personal
property, in each case free and clear of all Liens whatsoever except the Permitted Liens;
provided that after
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giving effect to the funding of the Term Loan and the use of the proceeds thereof on the
Funding Date, none of the First Lien Properties are encumbered by any valid Liens securing
outstanding Debt for borrowed money (except to the extent subordinated pursuant to an Intercompany
Subordination Agreement and other than any such borrowed money incurred pursuant to a Municipal
Financing if such Debt is permitted under Section 9.11(a)(xxi)).
Section 8.22. Physical Condition.
(a) Except for matters set forth in Schedule 8.22, as of the Closing Date, no Debtor
has Knowledge of any material structural or other material defect or damages in any Property or any
Improvements thereon, whether latent or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Debtor has received, and no Debtor has Knowledge of any other party’s receipt of,
written notice from any insurance company or bonding company of any defects or inadequacies in any
Property not covered by insurance policies which would, alone or in the aggregate, adversely affect
in any material respect the insurability of the same or of any termination of any policy of
insurance or bond which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.23. Management. Except as described on Schedule 8.23 or pursuant to
contracts with Affiliates of the Obligors, no property management agreements are in effect with
respect to any Property as of the Closing Date.
Section 8.24. Condemnation. No Condemnation that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect has been commenced or, to each Debtor’s Knowledge, is contemplated as of
the Closing Date with respect to all or any material portion of any Property.
Section 8.25. Utilities and Public Access. With respect to all Properties that are
operating shopping centers, except as set forth in Schedule 8.25 or to the extent that the
failure to have the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each
Property has adequate rights of access to dedicated public ways and is served by water, electric,
sewer, sanitary sewer and storm drain facilities necessary to the continued use and enjoyment of
each Property as presently used and enjoyed.
Section 8.26. Separate Lots. To the Obligors’ Knowledge, no portion of any Primary
Property is part of a tax lot that also includes any real property that is not Collateral unless
there exists an equitable and enforceable mechanism for the allocation of taxes thereon.
Section 8.27. Permits; Certificate of Occupancy. Except as disclosed in Schedule
8.27, each Debtor has to its Knowledge obtained all Permits necessary for the present use and
operation of its Property except to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The uses being made of each Property are in conformity
in all material respects with the Permits for such Property, all applicable Legal Requirements and
any other restrictions, covenants or conditions affecting such Property except to the extent the
failure to so conform would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 8.28. Ground Leased Property. A true and complete copy of all material Ground
Leases has been made available to the Agent, and except as set forth on Schedule 8.28, each
material Ground Lease in respect of Primary Property or a memorandum thereof has been duly recorded
(or the relevant Debtor will promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to be
duly recorded upon acquiring Knowledge that it has not been duly recorded). Each Ground Lease is
in full force and effect and no post-petition default has occurred thereunder and, to each Debtor’s
Knowledge, there is not any post-petition existing condition (other than the granting of the
security interests hereunder) which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice or both,
would result in a default under the terms of such Ground Lease, in each case which would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.29. Embargoed Person.
(a) None of the funds or other assets of any Obligor, or any direct or indirect equityholder
in any Obligor, constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by, any
Person subject to trade restrictions under federal law, including, without limitation, the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy
Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any executive orders or regulations promulgated thereunder, with
the result that (i) the investment in any Obligor or any direct or indirect equityholder in any
Obligor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or (ii) the Term Loan
is in violation of law (any such Person, an “Embargoed Person”).
(b) No Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature whatsoever in any Obligor or any direct
or indirect equityholder in any Obligor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), with the
result that (i) the investment in any Obligor or any direct or indirect equityholder in any
Obligor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or (ii) the Term Loan
is in violation of law and (c) none of the funds of any Obligor or any direct or indirect
equityholder in any Obligor, as applicable, have been derived from any unlawful activity with the
result that (i) the investment in any Obligor or any direct or indirect equityholder in any
Obligor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or (ii) the Term Loan
is in violation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no part of this Section 8.29 shall
apply, or be construed as applying, to any Person that owns or purchases publicly traded shares in
the General Partner.
Section 8.30. Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering
Laws.
(a) Each Obligor, and to each Obligor’s Knowledge, each Person owning an interest in any
Obligor or any direct or indirect equityholder in any Obligor: (A) is not currently identified on
the OFAC List and (B) is not a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to
engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of any Legal
Requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no part of this Section 8.30 shall apply, or
be construed as applying, to any Person that owns or purchases publicly traded shares in the
General Partner.
(b) Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies
each Obligor that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain,
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verify and record information that identifies each Obligor, which information includes the
name and address of each Obligor and other information that will allow each Lender or the Agent, as
applicable, to identify such Obligor in accordance with the Patriot Act.
ARTICLE 9
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor covenants to the Agent and each Lender that so long as any of the non-contingent
Obligations remain outstanding or any Commitment or this Agreement is in effect:
Section 9.1. Existence and Good Standing. Each Obligor shall (a) maintain its
existence in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, formation or organization, as the case may be
(subject only to any mergers, consolidations, dissolutions or liquidations permitted by Section
9.8) and (b) maintain its qualification and good standing in all jurisdictions in which the
failure to maintain such existence and qualification or good standing could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.2. Compliance with Law and Agreements; Maintenance of Licenses. Each
Obligor shall comply with all Legal Requirements of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over it or its business (including the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act) unless failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor shall obtain and
maintain all Permits necessary to own its property and to conduct its business in substantially the
same manner as conducted on the Closing Date unless failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor shall modify, amend, or alter its
certificate of limited partnership, certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, bylaws, or
other similar documents in a manner which materially and adversely affects the rights of the
Lenders or the Agent.
Section 9.3. Insurance. Each Obligor will comply with all terms and provisions of
Schedule 9.3, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9.4. Casualty and Condemnation.
(a) The Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may, with respect to the First Lien Properties and
subject to the rights of any other Person pursuant to any Lease, Ground Lease or REA, (i) jointly
with the applicable Debtor settle and adjust any claims in respect of any Casualty or Condemnation,
(ii) during the continuance of an Event of Default, settle and adjust any such claims without the
consent or cooperation of any Debtor, or (iii) allow the applicable Debtor to settle and adjust any
such claims; provided that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Debtors may settle and adjust such claims without regard to clause (i) above aggregating
not in excess of the Threshold Amount. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent
in the adjustment and collection of Loss Proceeds shall become part of the Obligations, and shall
be reimbursed by the Borrowers to the Agent within 30 days after receipt of written demand therefor
itemizing such expenses.
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(b) Subject to the terms of any Lease, any Ground Lease, any REA or any agreement governing
any Pre-Petition Lien, as applicable, all Loss Proceeds from any Casualty or Condemnation, shall be
forthwith deposited into a Cash Collateral Account.
(c) If any Condemnation or Casualty occurs and:
(i) no monetary Event of Default exists at the time of the Condemnation or Casualty or
the receipt of the Loss Proceeds: and
(ii) either:
(A) in the case of a Casualty, the Casualty will not render untenantable, or
result in the cancellation of Leases (provided that a Lease shall not be
deemed cancelled if the relevant Debtor shall enter into a new Lease with an
existing or new Tenant on market terms) covering, more than 15% of the gross
rentable area of such Property and the General Partner delivers to the Agent
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the insurer under each applicable
insurance policy has not denied liability thereunder; or
(B) in the case of a Condemnation, the Condemnation did not render
untenantable, or result in the cancellation of Leases (provided that a Lease
shall not be deemed cancelled if the relevant Debtor shall enter into a new Lease
with an existing or new Tenant on market terms) covering, more than 15% of the gross
rentable area of the applicable Property, and the General Partner delivers to the
Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that such Property can be
restored to an economically and architecturally viable unit.
then the Loss Proceeds (after reimbursement of any reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by
the Agent in connection therewith) shall be applied to the cost of restoring, repairing, replacing
or rebuilding such Property or part thereof subject to the Casualty or Condemnation, in the manner
set forth below. The Debtors hereby covenant and agree to commence or cause to be commenced as
promptly and diligently as practicable and to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted such restoring,
repairing, replacing or rebuilding of such Property in a workmanlike fashion and in accordance with
applicable law to a status at least equivalent to the quality and character of such Property
immediately prior to the Condemnation or Casualty. If there shall remain excess Loss Proceeds
after the proposed restoration has been substantially completed in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 9.4, such excess shall be maintained in a Cash Collateral Account and
disbursed in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this clause (c), if the terms of any Lease, any Ground Lease, any REA or any agreement governing
any Prior Lien Debt require restoration, repair, replacement, rebuilding or other application then
the Loss Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with the terms of such Lease, Ground Lease, REA or
agreement governing such Prior Lien Debt, as the case may be.
(d) Each Debtor shall cooperate with the Agent in obtaining for the Lenders the benefits of
any Loss Proceeds lawfully or equitably payable to the Lenders. The Agent shall be reimbursed for
any out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith (including all costs and
expenses set forth in Section 15.6) out of such Loss Proceeds.
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(e) If a Debtor is not entitled to apply Loss Proceeds toward the restoration of its Property
pursuant to Section 9.4(c), such Loss Proceeds shall either be applied within two (2)
Business Days (during which period no Obligor shall be entitled to make any Restricted Payment) of
receipt of such Loss Proceeds as a prepayment on the Term Loan or deposited into a Cash Collateral
Account, as the Agent may so elect.
Section 9.5. Covenants with Respect to REA.
(a) The Debtors covenant and agree as follows:
(i) each Debtor shall comply with all material terms, conditions and covenants of any
Major REA except for such non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(ii) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Debtor shall have the right
to waive or negotiate settlement of defaults (or threatened defaults) under any REA, so long
as such waiver or settlement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Each Debtor shall pay all post-petition fees, assessments, charges or other amounts
assessed to such Debtor pursuant to any Major REA when the same become due and payable (subject to
good faith disputes) to the extent the failure to pay such fees, assessments, charges or other
amounts could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Subject to the terms of the applicable REA, in the event proceeds of a Casualty or
Condemnation with respect to the Property owned or leased by a Debtor under a Ground Lease are
required to be deposited into a segregated account pursuant to any REA, the Borrowers shall cause
such amounts to be deposited into a segregated account of the type specified in the REA or
established with an Eligible Institution. Any amounts released from such segregated account to any
Debtor shall be deposited into the Cash Collateral Accounts in accordance herewith.
(d) At the Borrowers’ written request, the Agent, for and on behalf of the Lenders, shall
enter into a subordination agreement with respect to any (i) new REA or (ii) amendment,
restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification of an existing REA, in
each case, to the extent permitted by this Agreement and otherwise upon reasonable and customary
terms. For avoidance of doubt, the costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the review
of any such subordination agreement shall be paid or reimbursable by the Borrowers in accordance
with Section 15.6; provided that such fees and expenses shall not exceed $3,000 per
agreement.
Section 9.6. Environmental Laws.
(a) Each Obligor shall conduct its business in compliance with all Environmental Laws
applicable to it, including those relating to the generation, handling, use, storage, and disposal
of any Contaminant except for such non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor shall take prompt and appropriate action to respond to any
non-compliance with Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect of which any Obligor at any time has Knowledge
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(“Environmental Compliance Issues”) and shall upon written request from the Agent
report to the Agent from time to time on such response to any unresolved Environmental Compliance
Issue.
(b) The Agent may reasonably request, in which case the Obligors will promptly furnish or
cause to be promptly furnished to the Agent, an update of the status of each unresolved
Environmental Compliance Issue (whether past or present), if any, and copies of non-privileged
technical reports prepared by any Obligor and its communications with any Governmental Authority to
determine whether such Obligor is proceeding reasonably to correct, cure, or contest in good faith
any Environmental Compliance Issue. At any time any Environmental Compliance Issue that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or Event of Default exists, the Obligors
shall at the Agent’s or the Majority Lenders’ request and at the Obligors’ expense, (i) retain an
independent environmental professional reasonably acceptable to the Agent to evaluate the site,
including tests if appropriate, to which the Environmental Compliance Issue relates and prepare and
deliver to the Agent (with a copy to the relevant Obligor), for distribution by the Agent to the
Lenders, a report setting forth the results of such evaluation, a proposed plan for responding to
any environmental problems described therein, and an estimate of the costs thereof and (ii) provide
to the Agent for distribution by the Agent to the Lenders a supplemental report of such
environmental professional whenever the scope of the environmental problems (if any), or the
response thereto or the estimated costs thereof, shall change in any material respect.
Section 9.7. Compliance with ERISA. Except to the extent the same could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Obligor shall and shall cause
each ERISA Affiliate to: (a) maintain each Pension Plan in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, and other federal or state law; (b) make all
required contributions to any Pension Plan subject to Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code (or
corresponding provisions of ERISA or any Multi-employer Plan); and (c) not engage in a transaction
that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, in each case unless enforcement action
is stayed pursuant to Legal Requirements.
Section 9.8. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales, Acquisitions. No Obligor shall
consummate any transaction of merger, reorganization, or consolidation, or sell, assign, lease (or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property (including any sale or other disposition of
Capital Stock of an Obligor)) (for purposes of this Section 9.8, each such transaction, a
“disposition”), or wind up, liquidate or dissolve, except for:
(a) dispositions of obsolete, worn out or surplus personal property or personal property no
longer useful in the business of the Obligors;
(b) consolidations, mergers and dispositions of assets between or among Obligors
(provided that any such consolidation or merger involving a Borrower shall result in a
Borrower being the surviving entity in such consolidation or merger);
(c) dissolutions and liquidations if all of the property of the dissolving Obligor is
transferred to a Debtor;
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(d) dispositions of any Property (or any Debtor owning a Property or its direct or indirect
parent holding company); provided that the net proceeds thereof are applied in accordance
with Section 3.3(a);
(e) dispositions of real property to an anchor occupant;
(f) (i) dispositions of inventory (including gift cards, sales transfers and/or dedications
from the Debtors’ master planned communities and condominium sales) in the ordinary course of
business; provided that, in the case of condominium sales, the net proceeds thereof are
applied in accordance with Section 3.3(a); and (ii) sales of Property pursuant to any
purchase option, right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right in respect of any of
the Properties, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and (A) to the extent existing on
the Petition Date, (B) consisting of customary purchase options, rights of first refusal, rights of
first offer or similar rights given in respect of anchor occupant parcels or outparcels or (C) in
respect of any Second Lien Property;
(g) dispositions of personal property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for
credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such
dispositions are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(h) the disposition of cash and cash equivalents for a purpose that is otherwise permitted
under this Agreement;
(i) dispositions made pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(j) dispositions of accounts in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(k) Leases permitted under Section 9.19 and licenses or sublicenses of property in the
ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of any Obligor;
(l) transfers of property subject to any Casualty or Condemnation proceeding (including in
lieu thereof) upon receipt of the net proceeds therefor;
(m) dispositions in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment of
intellectual property rights which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the General
Partner, are not material to the conduct of the business of any Obligor;
(n) the expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property;
(o) Permitted Liens to the extent constituting a disposition of property;
(p) dispositions of personal property (other than Capital Stock) among the Obligors and by an
Obligor to any non-debtor Affiliate in the ordinary course of business;
(q) in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business (in which event
the Obligors may discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face value thereof) the
disposition of notes or accounts receivable;
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(r) a disposition in order to qualify members of the board of directors (or similar governing
body) if required by applicable law;
(s) Restricted Payments in accordance with Section 9.20 and, to the extent
constituting a disposition, Permitted Liens;
(t) any involuntary or voluntary terminations of Hedge Agreements;
(u) dispositions of investments in non-wholly owned Persons to the extent required by, or made
pursuant to, buy/sale arrangements among the owners of the Capital Stock of such entity set forth
in binding agreements pertaining to the ownership of such Capital Stock entered into before the
Closing Date;
(v) dispositions of Property secured by Pre-Petition Liens to the holders of such Pre-Petition
Liens when the Borrowers reasonably believe that doing so is in the best interests of the Debtors
and that the relevant Debtor’s equity interest in such assets is negative; and
(w) the disposition of the Property described on Schedule 9.8;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of clause (d) and sales of
condominiums pursuant to clause (f)(i), (w) no Debtor shall consummate the disposition of
any of the Properties collectively known to the parties as “Xxxxxxxx Xxxx” without the prior
written consent of the Agent, (x) no Property (or any Debtor owning a Property or its direct or
indirect parent holding company) shall be disposed of for less than fair market value, as
determined by the applicable Debtor in good faith, (y) no First Lien Property (or any Debtor owning
a First Lien Property or its direct or indirect parent holding company) with a fair market value in
excess of $30,000,000 shall be disposed of without the prior written consent of the Agent and (z)
if any Real Estate of any Person is being disposed together with any First Lien Property (or any
Debtor owning a First Lien Property or its direct or indirect parent holding company) in a single
transaction or in a series or related transaction, none of such dispositions shall be consummated
unless the Agent shall be satisfied with the allocation of consideration among such First Lien
Property and other Real Estate.
Section 9.9. Transactions with Affiliates. No Obligor shall (i) sell, transfer,
distribute, or pay any money or property, including, but not limited to, any fees or expenses of
any nature (including, but not limited to management or service fees), to any Affiliate (other than
the other Obligors), (ii) lend or advance money or property to, invest in (by capital contribution
or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase any stock, indebtedness or any property of, any Affiliate
or (iii) become liable on any Guaranty of the indebtedness, dividends, or other obligations of any
Affiliate (any of the foregoing, “Investments”); provided that the foregoing shall
not prohibit any of the following:
(a) transactions upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Obligor than it
would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;
(b) Investments among the Obligors;
(c) Investments existing as of the Closing Date;
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(d) Investments (i) by any Affiliate of the Obligors that is not an Obligor in any Obligor,
(ii) by any Obligor in any Affiliate of an Obligor that is not an Obligor consisting of required
capital contributions pursuant to agreements or instruments existing as of the Closing Date, (iii)
by the Non-Debtor Guarantor in its Subsidiaries or (iv) otherwise, in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $25,000,000 after the Closing Date; provided that if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, no Investments under clause (ii) or (iv) in an amount
of $1,000,000 or more shall be made without the prior written consent of the Agent
(e) transactions in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the General Partner’s
and its Subsidiaries’ cash management system;
(f) loans and advances to directors, officers, employees and members of management of the
Obligors in the ordinary course of business consisting of advances of payroll, travel expenses,
xxxxx cash and similar items;
(g) Investments reasonably necessary for such Obligor to remain qualified as a real estate
investment trust, qualified REIT subsidiary or taxable REIT subsidiary under the provisions of the
Code;
(h) dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 9.8, Debt permitted by Section
9.11(a) and Liens permitted pursuant to Section 9.11(b);
(i) Restricted Payments permitted in accordance with Section 9.20 and loans and
advances made in lieu of such permitted Restricted Payments;
(j) acquisitions of the property and assumptions of obligations of Affiliates resulting from
mergers, consolidations, liquidations or dissolutions of any Affiliate permitted by Section
9.8;
(k) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses
and severance) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit
plans) and indemnification arrangements in the ordinary course of business or to the extent
approved in good faith by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Obligor;
(l) the payment of management fees by the Obligor which owns Willowbrook Mall to GGMI in
accordance with the Amended and Restated Willowbrook Mall Property Management Agreement dated
December 19, 1995;
(m) equity issuances not prohibited by this Agreement; and
(n) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or other
governing body) of any Obligor (or its direct or indirect parent) and reimbursement of reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Persons.
Section 9.10. Business Conducted. No Obligor shall engage directly or indirectly, in
any line of business other than the businesses in which such Person is engaged on the Closing Date
and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
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Section 9.11. Debt; Liens; No Negative Pledge.
(a) No Obligor shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt except:
(i) Debt under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Debt in existence on the Petition Date (and refinancings thereof in accordance
with clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”);
(iii) Capital Leases in existence on the Petition Date;
(iv) purchase money Debt and Debt in respect of Capital Leases, in each case incurred
after the Petition Date in the ordinary course of business of the Obligors as modified
pursuant to the Case;
(v) endorsement of items for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) indebtedness with respect to letters of credit or guaranties entered into in the
ordinary course of business and any amendment, modification, extension, renewal or
replacement thereof; provided that any letters of credit or guaranties under this
clause (vi) shall be included in the limitation under clause (xiv);
(vii) Debt among Obligors; provided that no such Debt shall be incurred by GGMI
other than in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) Debt which may be deemed to exist in connection with customary agreements
providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments, earnouts and similar obligations
in connection with dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 9.8;
(ix) Debt consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of
business, so long as the aggregate amount payable pursuant to such Debt does not materially
exceed the amount of the premium for such insurance;
(x) cash management obligations and Debt in respect of netting services, overdraft
protection and similar arrangements in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;
(xi) Debt representing deferred compensation to directors, officers, members of
management, employees or consultants of the Obligors in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) contingent obligations in respect of indemnities or similar agreements to hold
others harmless arising in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) Debt in respect of indemnity, performance, surety, stay, customs, bid, appeal
bonds, completion guarantees or other similar obligations provided in the ordinary course of
business, including guarantees or obligations of the Obligors with respect to
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(and deposits of cash to secure) letters of credit supporting such indemnity,
performance, surety, stay, customs, bid, appeal bonds, completion guarantees or other
similar obligations, but excluding Debt incurred through the borrowing of money, Capital
Leases and purchase money obligations;
(xiv) other Debt of the Obligors in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed, together with the aggregate amount of all letters of credit and
guaranties under clause (vi) above, $100,000,000 (in all cases without double
counting); provided that (x) before any Obligor incurs any Debt for borrowed money
pursuant to this clause (xiv) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$10,000,000, such Obligor shall provide to the Agent a reasonably detailed summary of the
economic and other terms of such Debt and (y) no Debt for borrowed money incurred pursuant
to this clause (xiv) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 shall
have a final maturity sooner than, or a weighted average life less than, that of the Term
Loan;
(xv) Guaranties of the Obligors with respect to Debt of the Obligors permitted
hereunder;
(xvi) Debt consisting of take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in
each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Debt constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to (and deposits of
cash to secure) letters of credit issued in the ordinary course in respect of workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or other similar laws, to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, trade
contracts and other similar obligations, securing insurance premiums or deductibles,
coinsurance, reinsurance, self-retention or reimbursement obligations, indemnity,
performance, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, performance and
completion guarantees and other obligations of a similar nature; provided that upon
the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Debt, such obligations are
reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
(xviii) Debt of the Obligors to any Affiliate of the Obligors in the ordinary course of
business in connection with cash management and otherwise consistent with the cash
management order in all material respects;
(xix) additional Prior Lien Debt advanced as protective advances to pay taxes and
insurance premiums relating to, and costs to protect or repair, collateral secured by
Pre-Petition Liens, to the extent permitted under the definitive documents for such Prior
Lien Debt as in effect on the Closing Date (as refinanced in accordance with clause
(b) of the definition of Permitted Liens);
(xx) to the extent constituting Debt by virtue of clause (h) of the definition
thereof, Debt (other than in respect of borrowed money, purchase money and Capital Leases)
secured by Permitted Liens;
(xxi) Debt constituting a Municipal Financing incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with a new development or redevelopment of the Property;
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provided that the prior written consent of the Agent shall be required with
respect to any Municipal Financing that qualifies as Debt incurred after the Petition Date
with respect to any First Lien Property; and
(xxii) all premiums (if any), interest, fees, expenses, charges and additional or
contingent interest on obligations described above in this Section 9.11(a).
(b) No Obligor shall create, incur, assume, or permit to exist any Lien on any property now
owned or hereafter acquired by any of them, except Permitted Liens.
(c) Other than as set forth in this Agreement, no Obligor will enter into or become subject
after the Closing Date to any agreement, contract, or other arrangement whereby any Obligor is
prohibited from, or would otherwise be in default as a result of, creating, assuming, incurring, or
suffering to exist, directly or indirectly, any Agent’s Lien, except for the following:
(i) any agreement governing any post-petition Debt permitted by (A) clauses
(iv), (ix) and (xvi) of Section 9.11(a) as to the assets
financed with the proceeds of such Debt or (B) clauses (vi), (xiii) and
(xvii) of Section 9.11(a) in respect of cash collateral;
(ii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a
leasehold interest of an Obligor;
(iii) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by an
Obligor in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) agreements of any holder of any Permitted Lien set forth in clause (b),
(f), (m), (n), (o)(ii), (r), (s) or
(v) of the definition thereof restricting the transfer of any property subject
thereto;
(v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the
disposition of any Property permitted under Section 9.8 pending the consummation of
such disposition or in leases, subleases, licenses or sub-licenses relating to the assets
covered thereby;
(vi) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company
organizational governance documents, asset sale and stock sale agreements and other similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that restrict the transfer of
ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company or similar Person;
(vii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by suppliers or
landlords under contracts entered into the ordinary course of business; or
(viii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and similar agreements
applicable to joint venture relating solely to such joint venture.
Section 9.12. New Subsidiaries. No Obligor shall, directly or indirectly, organize,
create or acquire any direct Subsidiary other than as follows:
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(a) in connection with a tax driven strategy in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Subsidiaries (i) existing on the Closing Date, and/or (ii) acquired or formed by a
Subsidiary that was not a Debtor at the time of such acquisition or formation;
(c) new Subsidiaries of the Obligors approved in writing by the Agent; and
(d) as approved by the Bankruptcy Court and reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
Section 9.13. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used (a) first,
to repay the Debt set forth in Schedule 9.13 and (b) after such Debt has been repaid in
full and the Pre-Petition Liens with respect thereto have been released, for general working
capital purposes (not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) in the ordinary course of business,
(i) to fund expenses incident to the Obligors’ efforts to operate, maintain, reorganize, or dispose
of their business and assets, (ii) to fund payment of fees and expenses owing to Professional
Persons incurred during the Case, (iii) to pay all fees and expenses provided under this Agreement
(whether incurred before or after the Petition Date) and, in any event, only to the extent
authorized by the Financing Order, and (iv) as otherwise authorized by the Financing Order,
including, without limitation, permitted capital expenditures, priority employee wage claims, and
expenses associated with the assumption of executory contracts and unexpired leases. The Borrowers
shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the Term Loan, directly or indirectly, (A) to purchase
or carry any Margin Stock, (B) to repay or otherwise refinance indebtedness of the Borrowers or
others incurred to purchase or carry any Margin Stock, (C) to extend credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, (D) to acquire any security in any transaction that is
subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act, or (E) as prohibited pursuant to Section
9.15.
Section 9.14. Warrant Terms.
(a) Issuance of Warrants. On the Issue Date, each Grantor shall issue to XX Xxxxx
Holdings, LLC (“PSG”) or other Persons designated by PSG (PSG and such other Persons, as
applicable, “Warrantholders”) warrants (the warrants issued pursuant to this Section
9.14, “Warrants”) to acquire, upon exercise (i) with respect to the General Partner,
4.9% of each class or series of Equity Securities of the General Partner (on a Fully Diluted Basis)
determined as of the Plan Date and (ii) with respect to any Grantor other than the General Partner,
4.9% of any class of Equity Securities of such Grantor (on a Fully Diluted Basis) issued, issuable,
or Transferred in respect, exchange, conversion, or settlement of any Claim in each case in respect
of Eligible Obligations (other than any Equity Securities that are Transferred to, and continue to
be retained by, the General Partner or a Person that is a Qualified Subsidiary as of the Plan Date
and remains a Qualified Subsidiary pursuant to the POR) in connection with the Case, in each case
in accordance with this Section 9.14. The aggregate exercise price of all of the Warrants
issuable by any Grantor shall be $100. The Grantor shall cause the aggregate par value of the
Equity Securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrants to be $100 or less. The Borrowers and
Guarantors shall cause any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries that are not parties
to this Agreement to take the actions contemplated to be taken by any such Person as a Grantor
under this Section 9.14. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Warrants shall not be
required to be issued hereunder in respect of Equity Securities issued under any employee benefit
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plan approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the General Partner or pursuant to a
POR providing for the issuance of Excluded Employee Securities (in either case, an “Approved
Equity Plan”); provided, however, that the Equity Securities issuable by the relevant
Grantor in respect of any award made or contemplated to be made at the time that Warrants are
issuable hereunder pursuant to any such plan shall be included in the calculation of the number of
Equity Securities issued or outstanding on a Fully Diluted Basis.
(b) Warrant Agreement. On the applicable Issue Date, the applicable Grantor shall
enter into a Warrant Agreement with a bank or trust company mutually agreed to by PSG and the
General Partner to act as the warrant agent in respect of each series of warrants herein
contemplated. Prior thereto, the applicable Grantor shall furnish such information as PSG may
reasonably request relating to its capitalization. PSG and the General Partner shall cooperate
promptly and reasonably to insert in the form of Warrant Agreement information as to the name of
the Grantor, description of Equity Securities, warrant exercise price, and number of Equity
Securities purchasable and such other information as may be necessary, in each case consistent with
the provisions of this Section 9.14, and furnish a copy thereof to the Grantor and exchange
agent so designated for execution. Absent manifest error (in which event PSG, the General Partner
and the Grantor shall cooperate in good faith to resolve the matter), the form of Warrant Agreement
so prepared shall be duly executed by the applicable Grantor as promptly as practicable thereof.
Each Warrant Agreement shall provide that the registration rights provided thereunder shall also
apply to (i) any of the Securities of the Grantor that are held on the date hereof by investment
funds controlled by PSG and that are reinstated or converted in a POR and (ii) other Securities as
necessary to implement clause (g) hereof.
(c) General. All calculations of the amounts of Securities initially issuable upon
exercise of Warrants shall be made on a Fully Diluted Basis as of the Plan Date. Any fractional
share otherwise issuable pursuant to a Warrant shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
share, with 0.50 being rounded up. Subject to the receipt by the applicable Grantor of customary
representations, warranties, and covenants from the Warrantholders, Lenders, and their applicable
Affiliates intended to (x) protect the REIT status, if applicable, of any such Grantor and (y)
ensure that any such Grantor can properly fulfill its federal income tax reporting obligations, the
Borrowers and Guarantors shall, and shall cause any Grantor that is not a party to this Agreement
to, amend or grant waivers of applicable provisions of their relevant certificates of
incorporation, bylaws, and other comparable governing documents as necessary so as to permit the
ownership of the Warrants and any and all Equity Securities that may be received upon exercise of
the Warrants and to provide that such ownership, taken together with (i) the ownership of any
Equity Securities acquired pursuant to the conversion of the Term Loan as contemplated by
Schedule 3.1 and (ii) the reinstatement or conversion of Securities of the General Partner
and its Subsidiaries owned by the Lenders and their Affiliates as of the date hereof, will not have
any adverse consequences under any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement.
(d) Allocation. Within 10 Business Days following the Petition Date, the General
Partner shall select a financial expert reasonably acceptable to PSG, and PSG and the General
Partner shall jointly engage such financial expert to determine (i) the fair market value, as of
the date of this Agreement, of the potential right to receive Warrants as set forth in this
Section 9.14 and (ii) the fair market value, as of the date of this Agreement, of the Term
Loan, without giving
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effect to the Warrants, as set forth in this Agreement. The determination by the financial
expert shall be final, conclusive, and binding on the parties and their respective Affiliates and
the parties shall not take, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to take, any position
inconsistent with such determination in any income Tax filings made by them or on their behalf with
any Governmental Authorities. The fees and expenses of the financial expert, payable in connection
with the limited purposes engaged herein, shall be paid by the General Partner.
(e) Transfer Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, PSG
shall not, on or prior to the Plan Date, directly or indirectly, Transfer all or any portion of
its rights hereunder to receive, or rights otherwise related to, the Warrants (the
“Rights”) to any Person other than a Controlled Affiliate of PSG (and any such Transfer to
a Controlled Affiliate of PSG shall be deemed void ab initio if such transferee or any subsequent
transferee of such Rights ceases to be a Controlled Affiliate of PSG), except that such Transfer
restrictions shall not apply at any time that an Event of Default exists and the Obligations have
been declared due and payable under Section 11.2. Any transferee under this clause (e)
will be bound by the same restrictions as its transferor. For avoidance of doubt, any attempted
Transfer of all or any portion of the Rights in violation of this clause (e) shall be void
ab initio.
(f) Participation Right. In the event that, in connection with a POR, the General
Partner, GGP Limited Partnership, or The Xxxxx Company LP offers to sell any newly issued Equity
Securities, the General Partner or such other Grantor will offer to sell to the Warrantholders up
to an aggregate of 4.9% of such number of Equity Securities; provided, however,
that such participation right shall not apply to any Equity Securities issued, issuable, or
Transferred in connection with any transaction or related transactions the aggregate effect of
which is to cause a Change in Control, unless the investor purchasing the largest amount in value
of such offering agrees to such participation. The Warrantholders shall be entitled to purchase
all or part of such Equity Securities at the same price and on the same terms (including timing) as
such Equity Securities are sold by the General Partner in such sale transaction. In the event that
a sale of Equity Securities giving rise to the participation right in this clause (f) is to
take place, the General Partner or other selling Person, as applicable, shall give PSG a written
notice setting forth the terms and conditions upon which PSG may purchase up to 4.9% in the
aggregate of the Equity Securities in accordance with this clause (f) (the
“Participation Notice”). After receiving a Participation Notice, the Warrantholders may
agree to purchase the Equity Securities offered pursuant to this clause (f), in whole or in
part, on the same terms and conditions (including timing) offered to other potential purchasers.
(g) Cooperation with PSG’s Structuring Activities. The General Partner and PSG agree
to, and the General Partner agrees to cause any Grantor that is not a party to this Agreement to,
cooperate in good faith to assist PSG and its controlled Affiliates in conjunction with structuring
activities relating to the ownership of Securities of the General Partner and its direct and
indirect Subsidiaries (including any pre-petition debt and Equity Securities held on the date
hereof, the Warrants (and any Securities into which such Warrants are exercisable) and any
Securities to be issued in connection with the conversion of the Term Loan as contemplated by
Schedule 3.1).
(h) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this Section 9.14:
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(i) “Claim” means any “claim” (within the meaning given to such term under
section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or “equity security” (within the meaning
given to such term under section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in, any Debtor or direct or
indirect Subsidiary of a Debtor in the Case, and a “Claimholder” means a holder of a
Claim.
(ii) “Controlled Affiliate” means, as to any Person (the “subject
Person”), any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the subject Person. A Person shall be
deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the
other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(iii) “Eligible Obligation” means, without duplication, any Liabilities under
or in respect of: (i) the indenture dated May 5, 2006, as amended, among The Xxxxx Company
LP, TRC Co-Issuer, Inc., and LaSalle Bank, National Association, specifically the 6.75%
notes due 2013; (ii) the indenture dated February 24, 1995, as amended, among The Xxxxx
Company LP and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, specifically the 3.625% notes due
2009, the 8% notes due 2009, the 7.2% notes due 2012, and the 5.375% notes due 2013; (iii)
trust preferred securities due 2036 issued by GGP Capital Trust I, a subsidiary of GGP
Limited Partnership; (iv) 3.98% exchangeable senior notes due 2027 issued by GGP Limited
Partnership; (v) the second amended and restated credit agreement dated February 24, 2006,
among the General Partner and the other parties thereto; and (vi) any unsecured Liabilities
of the General Partner, The Xxxxx Company LP, or GGP Limited Partnership.
(iv) “Equity Security” means any common stock, preferred stock, operating unit,
partnership interest, membership interest, equity interest, or other capital stock of any
Person, or any Security or contractual right (regardless of whether or not such Security is
characterized as “debt” or “equity”) that does not provide by its terms for (A) regular
periodic payments of interest or original issue discount in lieu thereof and (B) payment of
a stated principal amount upon maturity. In addition to the preceding, the term “Equity
Security” shall include any Security the terms of which provide for all of the following (A)
regular periodic payments of interest or original issue discount in lieu thereof, (B)
payment of a stated principal amount upon maturity and (C) the stated right to more than de
minimis profits participation or other financial interest that by its terms is based upon or
derived from a measure of financial performance of the issuer. “Equity Security” shall be
deemed to include (x) any phantom stock right, stock appreciation right, or stock-based
performance unit issued by the Grantor that expressly derives its value from the value of a
related Equity Security of such Grantor, (y) any Security or other contractual right that is
convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable into, or that represents any call, right, or other
option to acquire, any Equity Security, and (z) any synthetic, derivative, swap or other
contractual right for which the Grantor is liable that has an exercise or conversion
privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a value determined with reference to the
market price or value of any Equity Security of such Grantor, whether or not such right is
subject to settlement in whole or in part in any Equity Security of such Grantor. If a
Grantor issues Securities where the fair market
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value of the Securities (as calculated in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), as would be required to be reflected on
the balance sheet of such Grantor or in the notes thereto as of the date of issuance,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, including SFAS 157) exceeds the face value of such
Securities as of such issuance, then the Grantor shall be deemed to have issued Equity
Securities in the form of Common Stock of the General Partner valued in accordance with the
POR, equal in amount to such excess of fair market value over the face value. The
determination, if any, of the fair value over the face value of such Securities shall be
prepared by management, reviewed by the General Partner’s independent public accountants and
financial advisors, and derived from the pro forma balance sheet included in the disclosure
statement approved by the Bankruptcy Court and prepared and disseminated in connection with
the POR. Such pro forma balance sheet shall be prepared by management in accordance with
SOP 90-7, and shall utilize “fresh start” accounting if appropriate thereunder, and shall be
reviewed by the General Partner’s independent public accountants.
(v) “Excluded Employee Securities” means (A) rights, options, phantom stock,
stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, or similar rights issued in the ordinary
course of business by a Grantor to purchase, or the value of which is determined by
reference to, the common stock, operating units, partnership interests, membership
interests, equity interests or other capital stock of the Grantor under an Approved Employee
Plan and (B) as applicable, common stock, operating units, partnership interests, membership
interests, equity interests or other capital stock issued after the date hereof in
settlement of any rights or instruments described in clause (A) above.
(vi) “Fully-Diluted Basis” means, with respect to any calculation of the amount
of any class of Equity Securities, a calculation in which the reference number utilized is
equal to the number of such Equity Securities that would be outstanding after giving effect
to, without duplication, the number of such Equity Securities outstanding, plus the number
of such Equity Securities issuable, as of the Plan Date, upon (A) the conversion, exchange
or exercise of all of the Warrants issued in respect of such Equity Security, (B) the
issuance and/or reinstatement of any such Equity Securities in connection with the POR or
sold in a related rights offering (which shall be deemed not to include any such Equity
Securities issued or sold to unrelated third party purchasers for cash in a bona fide
non-rights offering sale of such Equity Securities for fair value in connection with the
consummation of such POR and the emergence of such Grantor from bankruptcy), and (C) the
conversion or exchange of all other outstanding Securities of the Grantor that are
convertible or exchangeable into such Equity Securities, and the exercise of all other
options, warrants, or other rights issued by the Grantor (whether presently exercisable or
not) to purchase such Equity Securities or securities of the Grantor that are convertible or
exchangeable (whether presently convertible or exchangeable or not) into or exercisable
(whether presently exercisable or not) for such Equity Securities (including any such
Securities, options, warrants, and rights issued in connection with any plan in respect of
such Grantor in the Case); provided, however, that clause (C) shall not be deemed to include
rights issued under a stockholder rights plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill” unless
such rights are exercisable.
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(vii) “Grantor” means (i) the General Partner and any successor thereto (and
any references to “Grantor” in this Section 9.14 shall be deemed to include any
direct or indirect holding company of the General Partner created, or caused to be created,
by the General Partner prior to consummation of the Case) and (ii) any other Person
controlled directly or indirectly by the General Partner that issues Equity Securities that
are distributed on, in respect of, or in conversion or exchange for, any Claim related to an
Eligible Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Grantor” will not include a
successor to the General Partner in any merger, consolidation, or other business acquisition
or combination transaction in which all or a portion of the business and assets of the
General Partner or its successor is acquired by or combined with another entity (whether
pursuant to an asset or stock purchase, merger, consolidation, or other form of
transaction), it being the intention of the parties that in any such transaction the Warrant
would be exercisable only for 4.9% of the consideration received or to be received in any
such transaction by Claimholders of Eligible Obligations.
(viii) “Issue Date” means, with respect to any Equity Securities in respect of
which Warrants are to be issued, the date on which Equity Securities are reinstated, issued,
or otherwise Transferred to a Claimholder in connection with the consummation of the Case.
(ix) “Liability” means any liability, debt, obligation, claim, loss, damage,
deficiency, fine, cost, or expense of any kind, whether relating to payment, performance, or
otherwise, known or unknown, fixed, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or
unmatured, disputed or undisputed, due or to become due, vested or unvested, whether or not
required to be reflected or reserved against on financial statements of the obligor under
GAAP.
(x) “POR” has the meaning given to such term in Schedule 3.1.
(xi) “Qualified Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
General Partner that is, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by the General Partner (except
for any equity interests of such Subsidiary held by third parties not controlled directly or
indirectly by the General Partner as of the Petition Date).
(xii) “Security” has the meaning given to such term under Section 2 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and includes any option, warrant or other right to
acquire a Security, whether upon exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise and whether or
not exercisable with the passage of a period of time or occurrence of an event.
(xiii) “Transfer” means to sell, pledge, assign, convey, or otherwise transfer.
Section 9.15. Case Matters.
(a) All fees or expenses of Professional Persons at any time paid by the Debtors, or any of
them, shall be paid by the Debtors pursuant to procedures established by an order of the Bankruptcy
Court.
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(b) No Debtor shall assert, file or seek, or consent to the filing or the assertion of or
joinder in, or use any portion of the proceeds of the Term Loan to compensate services rendered or
expenses incurred in connection with, any claim, counterclaim, action, proceeding, order,
application, pleading, motion, objection, any other papers or documents, defense (including,
without limitation, offsets and counterclaims of any nature or kind), or other contested matter
(including, without limitation, any of the foregoing the purpose of which is to seek or the result
of which would be to obtain any order, judgment, determination, declaration, or similar relief):
(i) invalidating, setting aside, avoiding, subordinating, or otherwise challenging the
validity, perfection, enforceability, or nonavoidability (under Sections 105, 506(c), 542,
543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552(b), or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise),
in each case, in whole or in part, of the Obligations or the Agent’s Liens;
(ii) reversing, modifying, amending, staying or vacating the Financing Order, except
for modifications and amendments consented to by the Agent in writing;
(iii) granting priority for any administrative expense, secured claim or unsecured
claim against the Borrowers or any of the Guarantors other than the Non-Debtor Guarantor
(now existing or hereafter arising of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without
limitation any administrative expenses of the kind specified in, or arising or ordered
under, Sections 105, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c), 726
and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code) equal or superior to the priority of the Agent and the
Lenders in respect of the Obligations, except as provided under the Carve-Out and
Pre-Petition Liens;
(iv) granting or imposing under Sections 364(c) or 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise, any Lien equal or superior to the priority of the Agent’s Liens (other than under
clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Liens (to the extent, and only to the
extent, set forth in the Financing Order) or as permitted to have priority under Section
6.4);
(v) permitting the use of cash collateral as defined in Section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code, except as expressly permitted by the Financing Order or this Agreement; or
(vi) modifying, altering, or impairing in any manner any Warrant Agreement, any Warrant
or any of the Agent’s Liens pursuant to the Financing Order, this Agreement, or any of the
Loan Documents or any documents related thereto (including, without limitation, the right to
demand payment of all Obligations and to enforce its liens and security interests in the
Collateral), whether by plan of reorganization or liquidation, order of confirmation, or any
financings of, extensions of credit to, or incurring of debt by any Debtor, whether pursuant
to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.
(c) No Debtor shall seek or consent to any order (i) dismissing any part of the Case under
Sections 105, 305 or 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or (ii) converting any part of the
Case under Sections 105 or 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, in each case in
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respect of any Major Entity, unless such Debtor would cease to be a Major Entity upon giving
effect to transactions permitted under Section 9.8; provided that any mandatory
prepayments required under Section 3.3 shall occur substantially contemporaneously with or
prior to such dismissal or conversion.
(d) The Debtors will not make any payments or transfer any property on account of claims
asserted by any vendors of any Debtor for reclamation in accordance with Section 2-702 of any
applicable UCC and Section 546(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise ordered by the
Bankruptcy Court upon prior notice to the Agent or unless otherwise consented to by the Agent.
(e) The Debtors will not return any inventory or other property to any vendor pursuant to
Section 546(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court in
accordance with Section 546(g) of the Bankruptcy Code upon prior notice to the Agent or unless
otherwise consented to by the Agent.
Section 9.16. No Amendments or Advances of Prior Lien Debt. No amendment or
modification of the terms of the Prior Lien Debt constituting debt for borrowed money or any
document or instrument which evidences, secures or otherwise relates to any Prior Lien Debt
constituting debt for borrowed money will be effected, other than in connection with any
refinancing permitted hereby, without the prior written consent of the Agent. No Debtor will
request or accept any advance of proceeds of any Prior Lien Debt after the Closing Date other than
protective advances to pay taxes and insurance premiums relating to, and costs to protect or
repair, collateral which secures such Prior Lien Debt.
Section 9.17. Maintenance of Property; Compliance with Legal Requirements; Parking.
(a) Each Debtor will keep its Property and Improvements that are operating as shopping malls
or occupied buildings in good working order and repair, reasonable wear and tear, Casualty and
Condemnation excepted. Each Debtor shall from time to time make, or cause to be made, all
reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto. Each
Debtor shall comply with, and shall cause its Property and Improvements to be operated, maintained,
repaired and improved in compliance with, all Legal Requirements, Insurance Requirements and the
requirements of any Major Lease or Ground Lease, in each case except to the extent that the failure
to comply, operate, maintain, repair or improve the relevant Property or Improvements (i) could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) is occasioned by Casualty or
Condemnation and (A) the Agent or other insured party has not made available the proceeds thereof
to the relevant Debtor to restore, repair, replace or rebuild the relevant Property or
Improvements, or (B) the relevant Debtor is in the process of restoring, repairing, replacing or
rebuilding the relevant Property or Improvements.
(b) As applicable, each Debtor shall provide, maintain and light parking areas of its
Properties that are operating as shopping malls, including any sidewalks, aisles, streets,
driveways, sidewalk cuts and rights-of-way to and from the adjacent public streets, in a manner
consistent with properties of a similar class as the relevant Property in the locale where such
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Property is located, in each case except to the extent such failure could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.18. Taxes and Other Claims. Each Obligor shall pay and discharge all
material post-petition federal and other material post-petition taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied upon it, its income and its assets, subject to any orders of the Bankruptcy Court,
and all lawful post-petition claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise, in each case
subject to any rights to contest contained in the definition of Permitted Liens. Each Obligor
shall file all post-petition federal and all post-petition material state and local tax returns and
other reports that it is required by law to file within the timeframes permitted (including any
extensions thereof). All references in this Section to post-petition taxes, assessments and
governmental charges shall, in the case of the Non-Debtor Guarantor only, include a reference to
pre-petition taxes, assessments and governmental charges of the Non-Debtor Guarantor.
Section 9.19. Leases.
(a) Upon the reasonable request of the Agent, the Borrowers shall furnish the Agent with
executed copies of any Major Leases entered into after the Closing Date. The Debtors hereby
covenant and agree that, with respect to First Lien Properties and subject to clause (b)
below, all new Major Leases and renewals or amendments of Major Leases shall be entered into with
Tenants whose identity and creditworthiness are appropriate for tenancy at the applicable Property,
shall provide for rental rates and other economic terms which, taken as a whole, are not materially
less favorable than then-existing market rates, based on the applicable market, except as otherwise
agreed to by the Agent.
(b) With respect to First Lien Properties, all new Major Leases that do not comply with
Section 9.19(a) shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Agent (it being
understood that all other Leases or terminations, renewals and amendments of Leases shall not
require the Agent’s prior written consent), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed. Each Debtor shall have the right to waive or negotiate settlement of
defaults (or threatened defaults) under Leases, so long as such waiver or settlement could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Each Debtor shall (i) observe and perform all material post-petition obligations imposed
upon the lessor under the Major Leases (other than Major Leases that are rejected pursuant to the
Case), (ii) with respect to First Lien Properties, enforce all material terms, covenants and
conditions contained in the Major Leases on the part of the lessee thereunder to be observed or
performed, short of termination thereof (including enforcing the provisions, if any, requiring
Tenants to perform all acts necessary to satisfy the requirements of Governmental Authorities and,
if applicable, to do such acts as are necessary to maintain their respective certificates of
occupancy in full force and effect); provided that a Debtor may terminate any Lease,
subject to Section 9.19(b) above, following a default thereunder by the respective Tenant,
(iii) not collect any of the rents under any Major Lease (exclusive of security deposits) more than
one month in advance of the due date thereof, other than in connection with the satisfaction or
compromise of Tenant improvements costs, (iv) not execute any assignment of lessor’s interest in
the Leases or associated rents other than the assignment of rents and leases contained in the
Financing Order and, as applicable, in the documents that create or evidence the Pre-Petition
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Liens (or any refinancing or extension thereof permitted under this Agreement) and (v) not
cancel or terminate any guarantee (except in accordance with the terms thereof) of any of the Major
Leases without the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) unless such cancellation or termination could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) At the Borrowers’ written request, the Agent, for and on behalf of the Lenders, shall
enter into a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement, in the form (i) in the case
of Leases with respect to First Lien Properties, attached hereto as Exhibit F or (ii) in
the case of Leases with respect to Second Lien Properties, in the form approved by the lender that
holds the prior Lien on such Second Lien Property, and, in each case with respect to any national
Tenant, as such Tenant and the Agent shall reasonably agree. The Agent shall not be required to
provide any such subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement with respect to First Lien
Properties unless it shall receive in exchange an estoppel certificate from the Tenant under the
applicable Lease that the Tenant is not aware of any material default by the landlord under the
Lease. For avoidance of doubt, the costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the review
of any such subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement shall be paid or reimbursable
by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 15.6; provided that such fees and
expenses shall not exceed $100 per such agreement in the case of agreements set forth in clause
(i) which are not negotiated and otherwise $1,000 per agreement.
(e) With respect to any approval by the Agent of a Major Lease pursuant to Section
9.19(a) or any consent of the Agent regarding any Major Lease referred to in Section
9.19(b), if no response thereto is received by the General Partner from the Agent within five
(5) Business Days of a request for such approval or consent is delivered in writing to the Agent,
then such approval or consent (as applicable) shall be deemed to have been given by the Agent.
Section 9.20. Restricted Payments. No Obligor shall make any Restricted Payment
except, subject to Section 3.3(a) and Section 9.4(e):
(a) the Obligors may make Restricted Payments to any other Obligor (and, in the case of
Obligors (other than the General Partner) that are not wholly-owned Subsidiaries, to other equity
holders in accordance with and to the extent provided for in their governing organizational
documents as in effect on the Closing Date or by applicable law);
(b) Restricted Payments to any other Obligor and to the General Partner and to its
equityholders in order to maintain its REIT status under the Code; provided that, in the
case of Restricted Payments to the equityholders of the General Partner, the cash portion of any
such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the minimum cash portion necessary to maintain such REIT
status, taking into account IRS Revenue Procedure 2009-15 and any comparable guidance;
(c) Restricted Payments by an Obligor to a Subsidiary of the Borrowers that is not an Obligor
to enable such Subsidiary or another Subsidiary to satisfy any tax liabilities (after taking into
account any off-setting deductions) that are attributable to the business or activities of any
Obligor and are not payable directly by any Obligor, in each case to the extent used to pay such
tax liabilities; and
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(d) Restricted Payments by any Obligor to enable the recipient or its direct or indirect
parent to make preferred dividends in the amount not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
provided that any such preferred dividend is made by an entity that qualifies as a REIT.
ARTICLE 10
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 10.1. Conditions Precedent to Making of Term Loan. The obligation of each
Lender to make the Term Loan on the Funding Date is subject to the following conditions precedent
having been satisfied (except if and to the extent that any such condition has been expressly
waived in writing by the Agent and the Lenders):
(a) Financing Order. At the time of the making of the Term Loan, the Agent shall have
received a certified copy of the Financing Order, which Financing Order (i) shall have been entered
on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court on or before the Funding Date and (ii) shall be in full force
and effect and shall not have been vacated, stayed, reversed, modified or amended in any respect
without the written consent of the Agent; and, if the Financing Order is the subject of a pending
appeal in any respect, neither the making of the Term Loan, nor the performance by the Debtors of
any of their respective obligations hereunder, under the other Loan Documents or under any other
instrument or agreement referred to herein shall be the subject of a presently effective stay
pending appeal.
(b) First Day Orders. All of the “first day motions” filed by the Debtors and all of
the “first day orders” entered on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court in the Case shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and the Lenders; it being understood and
agreed that the “first day motions and orders” delivered to the Agent prior to the Petition Date
and set forth on Exhibit L are satisfactory.
(c) Delivery of Documents. The Agent shall have received each of the following
documents, which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, executed and delivered by a Responsible
Officer of each Borrower and each other Obligor listed on Schedule 1.1B, the Agent,
and the Lenders;
(ii) a Term Note payable to the order of each Lender, duly executed and delivered by
the Borrowers, complying with the requirements of Section 2.2(d);
(iii) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors (or similar governing body)
of each Obligor authorizing and approving (as applicable) the commencement of the Case and
the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents;
(iv) written opinions (addressed to the Agent and the Lenders and dated the Funding
Date), issued by counsel to the Obligors in the forms set forth as Exhibits J-1 and
J-2, respectively;
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(v) all other documents and instruments required by law or reasonably requested by the
Agent in proper form to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the Liens
intended to be created under the Loan Documents; it being understood that no Mortgages, UCC
financing statements or similar documents will be filed on the Funding Date except a UCC
financing statement naming the Non-Debtor Guarantor as debtor to be filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware;
(vi) all governmental and regulatory approvals necessary in connection with the closing
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and such approvals shall have
been received and be in full force and effect; and
(vii) all certificates of insurance with proper loss payee and additional insured
endorsements for the insurance policies required by Section 9.3.
(d) The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all material respects on and as of the Funding Date as if made on and as of such date (except to
the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to another specified date, in which
case the same shall be true and correct as of such other specified date), which shall be amended by
the “Exception Report” (as defined in the Commitment Letter).
(e) No material adverse change shall have occurred with respect to the assets, liabilities,
business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Obligors, taken as a whole, in
comparison to those that existed on the date of the Commitment Letter, in each case other than as a
result of the filing of the Petitions and the commencement of the Case.
(f) The Obligors shall have paid all costs and expenses of the Agent set forth in Section
15.6 invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Funding Date, due and payable to the
Agent for the benefit of the Agent or the Lenders.
(g) All Major Entities set forth on Schedule 1.1B have been subject to the Case for no
less than 15 days prior to the Entry Date.
(h) No event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur as a result of such
extension of credit, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
The acceptance by the Borrowers of any proceeds of the Term Loan shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty (other than with respect to conditions qualified as satisfactory to, to
the satisfaction of or similar approval or consent of the Agent or any Lender, as to which the
Borrowers make no representations or warranty) made by the Obligors to the effect that all of the
conditions precedent to the making of the Term Loan have been satisfied or to the knowledge of the
Borrower waived, with the same effect as delivery to the Agent and the Lenders of a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Obligors as of the Funding Date to such effect.
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ARTICLE 11
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section 11.1. Events of Default. It shall constitute an event of default (“Event
of Default”) if, on or after the Closing Date, any one or more of the following shall occur for
any reason:
(a) any failure by any Borrowers or any other Obligor obligated therefor to pay (i) any
principal amount owing hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due (provided
that no grace period shall be available for principal payments due on the Maturity Date) or (ii)
any interest or premium on any of the Obligations or any fee or other amount owing hereunder within
two Business Days of when due, whether upon demand or otherwise;
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Obligor in this Agreement or in
any of the other Loan Documents or any certificate furnished by any Obligor at any time to the
Agent or any Lender hereunder or thereunder shall prove to be untrue in any material respect as of
the date on which made, deemed made, or furnished;
(c) any default shall occur in
(i) the observance or performance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in
paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of Schedule 3.1, Section
4.1, Section 7.3(a), Section 9.1 (but only insofar as it requires the
preservation of the existence of the Borrowers), Section 9.8, Section 9.9,
Section 9.11, Section 9.12, Section 9.13, Section 9.14 and
Section 9.15 or in any Warrant Agreement or in any Warrant;
(ii) the observance or performance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement, other than as referenced in Section 11.1(a) or Section
11.1(c)(i), or any other Loan Documents, and such default shall continue for a period of
thirty (30) days after receipt by the General Partner of written notice from the Agent;
provided that if such breach is not capable of cure within such thirty (30) day
period, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period of time to permit such cure so
long as the relevant Person has promptly commenced and is diligently pursuing such cure;
provided that, other than in the case of cures involving maintenance and repair of
Real Estate and Improvements, such extended period shall not exceed an additional sixty (60)
days; or
(iii) the observance or performance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in
paragraph (3) of Schedule 3.1 and such default shall continue for a period
of five (5) Business Days after the payment date (as such term is used in such paragraph
(3));
(d) any default shall occur with respect to any post-petition Debt of any Debtor or any Debt
of the Non-Debtor Guarantor (in each case, other than the Obligations) in an outstanding principal
amount which exceeds $50,000,000, or under any agreement or instrument under or pursuant to which
any such Debt may have been issued, created, assumed, or guaranteed by any Obligor, and such
default shall continue for more than the period of any grace, waiver, cure or
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forbearance, if any, if the effect thereof (after taking into account the giving of notice or
after the lapse of any required time period or both) is to accelerate, or to permit the holders of
any such post-petition Debt to accelerate, the maturity of any such post-petition Debt, or any such
post-petition Debt shall be declared due and payable or be required to be prepaid (other than by a
regularly scheduled required prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;
(e) any Loan Document, including any guaranty of the Obligations, shall be (i) terminated
other than in accordance with its terms, (ii) revoked by an Obligor, (iii) declared void, invalid,
or unenforceable (it being understood that, to the extent the Financing Order contains provisions
to allow the realization on the Collateral, no such declaration, invalidity or unenforceability
shall constitute an Event of Default so long as the Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to the
Financing Order remain valid and enforceable), or (iv) challenged in writing by any Obligor;
(f) one or more judgments, orders, decrees, or arbitration awards (other than any claim
against any Property that is not stayed pending appeal granting relief from the Automatic Stay with
respect to the Debtors’ Properties) is entered against any Obligor involving liability in the
aggregate (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance) as to any single or
related or unrelated series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of $37,500,000 or more, and
the same shall remain unsatisfied, unvacated, and unstayed pending appeal or not subject to the
Automatic Stay for a period of 60 days after the entry thereof;
(g) (i) an ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Pension Plan or Multi-employer Plan which
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the
aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all Pension Plans at any time which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) any
Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable
grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201
of ERISA under a Multi-employer Plan in an aggregate amount which has resulted or could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) any Loan Document, any Warrant or any Warrant Agreement ceases to be in full force and
effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or any Lien with respect to any material portion
of the Collateral intended to be secured thereby ceases to be, or is not, valid, perfected, and
prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens which are expressly permitted to have priority
over the Agent’s Lien) or is terminated, revoked, or declared void (other than in accordance with
its terms) it being understood that to the extent the Financing Order contains provisions to allow
the realization on any Collateral, no such termination, revocation, declaration, invalidity or
unenforceability with respect to any Loan Document shall constitute an Event of Default;
(i) an order shall be entered confirming any plan of reorganization in the Case in respect of
any Major Entity (unless the applicable Debtor would cease to be a Major Entity upon giving effect
to a transaction permitted under Section 9.8 and any mandatory prepayments required under
Section 3.3 occurring substantially contemporaneously with or prior to such plan of
reorganization), which does not, upon entry thereof (i) contain a provision for the payment in full
in cash of all non-contingent Obligations as of and no later than the effective date of such
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plan (ii) provide for the continuation of the Liens and security interests granted to the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the required priorities of such Liens until the
Obligations have been paid in full in cash and (iii) provide for the issuance of warrants in
accordance with the terms of the Financing Order, each Warrant, each Warrant Agreement and
Section 9.14;
(j) an order with respect to the Case shall be entered appointing, or any Obligor shall file
an application for an order with respect to the Case seeking the appointment of, in either case
without the prior written consent of the Agent (i) a trustee under Section 1104 of the Bankruptcy
Code, or (ii) an examiner or any other Person with enlarged powers relating to the operation of the
business (i.e., powers beyond those set forth in Sections 1104(d) and 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the
Bankruptcy Code) under Section 1106(b) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(k) an order shall be entered dismissing the Case or converting the Case to a case under
Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case in respect of a Major Entity, unless the applicable
Debtor would cease to be a Major Entity upon giving effect to a transaction permitted under
Section 9.8 and any mandatory prepayments required under Section 3.3 occurring
substantially contemporaneously with or prior to such dismissal or conversion;
(l) any Debtor or any Person with the support of any Debtor shall file any pleading, or any
order is entered with respect to the Case, without the prior written consent of the Agent (i) to
revoke, reverse, stay, modify, supplement, or amend the Financing Order, (ii) to permit any
administrative expense or any claim (now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind or nature
whatsoever) to have administrative priority equal or superior to the priority of the Agent and the
Lenders in respect of the Obligations other than the Carve-Out, (iii) to grant or permit the grant
of a Lien on any of the Collateral other than Permitted Liens (other than with respect to any
pleading that (A) has been filed inadvertently, (B) has not resulted in the granting of or
permission to grant such Lien and (C) has been withdrawn as soon as practicable but in no event
later than the earlier to occur of (1) 15 days from the filing of such pleading or (2) 3 days prior
to the hearing on the motion), (iv) to permit any Debtor to use proceeds of Collateral other than
in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, (v) to invalidate or otherwise challenge any of
the Agent’s Liens, or otherwise object to, or raise defenses to, the extent, amount (other than
bona fide disputes as to the amount of Obligations owed), validity, perfection, priority or
enforceability of any of the Obligations or the Agent’s Liens, (vi) to surcharge under Section
506(c) or 552 of the Bankruptcy Code any Collateral, or (vii) permit the use of cash collateral
except as permitted by this Agreement and the Financing Order;
(m) an order shall be entered that is not stayed pending appeal granting relief from the
Automatic Stay to any creditor of a Debtor with respect to any claim against any Property that,
when taken together with all other orders entered on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court that are
not stayed pending appeal granting relief from the Automatic Stay with respect to the Debtors’
Properties, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that
it shall not be an Event of Default if relief from the Automatic Stay is granted (i) solely for the
purpose of allowing such creditor to determine the liquidated amount of its claim against a Debtor,
(ii) to permit the commencement of or prosecution of a proceeding to collect proceeds in respect of
a Condemnation or Casualty, (iii) to make protective advances in respect of taxes, insurance
premiums or costs to protect or repair any Collateral secured by a Prior Lien Debt or (iv) in
connection with a transaction permitted by Section 9.8(v);
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(n) the violation by any Debtor of any of the provisions of the Financing Order if such
violation is adverse to the Agent or the Lenders;
(o) absent the prior written consent of the Agent, any change or alteration that is adverse in
any material respect to the Lenders to (i) the consolidated cash management system of the Obligors,
as such system existed on the Petition Date (other than changes in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices), or (ii) any order entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Debtors’
chapter 11 cases approving such cash management system; or
(p) a Change in Control.
Section 11.2. Remedies.
(a) If an Event of Default exists, the Agent may, in its discretion, and shall, at the
direction of the Majority Lenders, at any time or times and in any order, without notice to or
demand on any Obligor, restrict the amount of or refuse to permit any Lender to make the Term Loan.
If an Event of Default exists, the Agent shall, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, do one
or more of the following, in addition to the action described in the preceding sentence, at any
time or times and in any order, without notice to or demand on any Obligor except as required by
Section 11.2(e): (A) terminate the Commitments and the other obligations of the Agent and
the Lenders under this Agreement; (B) declare any or all Obligations to be immediately due and
payable; and (C) pursue its other rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, the Financing Order
and/or applicable law. Except as otherwise provided in the Financing Order, the Agent and the
Lenders may exercise any of the foregoing remedies without demand and without further application
to or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
(b) Each Obligor recognizes that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all
of the Collateral that constitutes securities to be sold by reason of certain prohibitions
contained in the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or in applicable federal or
state securities laws but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a
restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such
Collateral to be sold for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution
or resale thereof. Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in
prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Unless required
by a Legal Requirement, the Agent shall not be under any obligation to delay a sale of any of such
Collateral to be sold for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such securities to
register such securities under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or under any
applicable federal or state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so. Each
Obligor further agrees to do or cause to be done, to the extent that such Obligor may do so under
Legal Requirements, all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make such sales or
resales of any portion or all of such Collateral or other property to be sold valid and binding and
in compliance with any and all Legal Requirements at the Obligors’ expense. Each Obligor further
agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 11.2(b) will cause
irreparable injury to the Agent and the Lenders for which there is no adequate remedy at law and,
as a consequence, agrees that each covenant contained in this Section 11.2(b) shall be
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specifically enforceable against such Obligor, and each Obligor hereby waives and agrees, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, not to assert as a defense against an action for specific
performance of such covenants that (i) such Obligor’s failure to perform such covenants will not
cause irreparable injury to the Agent and the Lenders or (ii) the Agent or the Lenders have an
adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach. Each Obligor further acknowledges the
impossibility of ascertaining the amount of damages which would be suffered by the Agent and the
Lenders by reason of a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 11.2(b)
and, consequently, agrees that, if such Obligor shall breach any of such covenants and the Agent or
the Lenders shall xxx for damages for such breach, such Obligor shall pay to the Agent, for the
benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an aggregate
amount equal to the value of the Collateral or other property to be sold on the date the Agent
shall demand compliance with this Section 11.2(b).
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing: (i) the Agent shall have for the
benefit of the Lenders, in addition to all other rights of the Agent and the Lenders, the rights
and remedies of a secured party under the UCC; (ii) the Agent may, at any time, take possession of,
foreclose on and/or request a receiver of the Collateral and keep it on any Obligor’s premises, at
no cost to the Agent or any Lender, or remove any part of it to such other place or places as the
Agent may desire, or the Obligors shall, upon the Agent’s demand, at the Obligors’ cost, assemble
the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at a place reasonably convenient to the Agent;
(iii) the Agent may sell and deliver any Collateral at public or private sales, for cash, upon
credit, or otherwise, at such prices and upon such terms as the Agent deems advisable, in its sole
discretion, and may, if the Agent deems it reasonable, postpone or adjourn any sale of the
Collateral by an announcement at the time and place of sale or of such postponed or adjourned sale;
(iv) the Agent may hold, lease, develop, manage, operate, control and otherwise use the First Lien
Properties upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem reasonable under the circumstances
(making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time
to time, as the Agent deems reasonably necessary or desirable), exercise all such rights and powers
of each Obligor with respect to the First Lien Properties, whether in the name of Obligor or
otherwise, including without limitation the right to make, cancel, enforce or modify leases, obtain
and evict tenants, and demand, xxx for, collect and receive all rents, in each case, in accordance
with the standards applicable to the Agent under the Loan Documents, (v) the Agent may employ
consultants to inspect the First Lien Properties and to assure compliance by each Obligor of the
terms and conditions of the Loan Documents and to take any other reasonable actions, as the Agent
deems reasonably necessary or desirable, in connection with the First Lien Properties (including
preparing for the disposition thereof), and all actual, reasonable, out-of-pocket fees and expenses
incurred in connection therewith shall be borne by the Obligors and (vi) upon demand from the
Agent, the applicable Obligor shall direct the grantor or licensor of, or the contracting party to,
any property agreement with respect to any First Lien Property to recognize and accept the Agent,
for the benefit of and on behalf of the Lenders, as the party to such agreement for any and all
purposes as fully as it would recognize and accept such Obligor and the performance of such Obligor
thereunder and, in such event, without further notice or demand and at such Obligor’s sole cost and
expense, the Agent, for the benefit of and on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise all rights of
such Obligor arising under such agreements. Without in any way requiring notice to be given in the
following manner, each Obligor agrees that any notice by the Agent of sale, disposition, or other
intended action hereunder or in connection herewith, whether required by the UCC or otherwise,
shall constitute
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reasonable notice to such Obligor if such notice is mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or is delivered personally against receipt, at least ten
(10) Business Days prior to such action to the Obligors’ address specified in or pursuant to
Section 15.7. If any Collateral is sold on terms other than payment in full at the time of
sale, no credit shall be given against the Obligations until the Agent or the Lenders receive
payment, and if the buyer defaults in payment, the Agent may resell the Collateral. In the event
the Agent seeks to take possession of all or any portion of the Collateral by judicial process,
each Obligor irrevocably waives: (A) the posting of any bond, surety, or security with respect
thereto which might otherwise be required; (B) any demand for possession prior to the commencement
of any suit or action to recover the Collateral; and (C) any requirement that the Agent retain
possession and not dispose of any Collateral until after trial or final judgment. Each Obligor
agrees that the Agent has no obligation to preserve rights to the Collateral or marshal any
Collateral for the benefit of any Person. The Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to
use, without charge, each Obligor’s labels, patents, copyrights, name, trade secrets, trade names,
trademarks, and advertising matter, or any similar property, in completing production of,
advertising, or selling any Collateral, and each such Obligor’s rights under all licenses and all
franchise agreements shall inure to the Agent’s benefit for such purpose. The proceeds of sale
shall be applied first to all expenses of sale, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and then to
the Obligations. The Agent will return any excess to the applicable Obligor and the Obligors shall
remain liable for any deficiency.
(d) The Obligors acknowledge and agree that the Lenders would not provide the Term Loan if,
among other things, they were not assured that if an Event of Default specifically occurs, the
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may obtain all amounts in the Cash Collateral Accounts and apply
them immediately to the Obligations, and otherwise exercise the other rights and remedies available
to the Agent.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) neither the Agent nor any Lender
shall take any action under this Section 11.2 (or similar provisions of any Loan Document)
except after compliance with any applicable notice requirements applicable thereto set forth in
accordance with the Financing Order, and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, all amounts received by the Agent on account of the Obligations, from the
Obligors and/or all amounts with respect to the proceeds of any Collateral (including, after the
Agent has given the General Partner notice of the exercise of control, all amounts in the Cash
Collateral Accounts) shall be (subject to the proviso below) promptly disbursed by the Agent as
follows, unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Majority Lenders: (A) first, to the payment
of expenses incurred by the Agent in the performance of its duties and the enforcement of the
rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, including, without
limitation, all costs and expenses of collection, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other
amounts required to be paid or reimbursed by the Obligors to the Agent or the Lenders as provided
by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (B) second to the Lenders, pro rata in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, until interest accrued on the Term Loan has been
paid in full; (C) third, to the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares, until principal of the Term Loan then due and payable (if any) has been paid in full; (D)
fourth, to the Agent, any remaining amount owed to the Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; (E) fifth, to each Lender, any remaining amount owed to such
Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
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any other Loan Document hereof multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is all
remaining amounts owed to such Lender hereunder and thereunder and the denominator of which is the
aggregate of all remaining amounts due all Lenders hereunder and thereunder, until all such
remaining amounts have been paid in full and (F) lastly, to the extent the non-contingent
Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrowers; provided that (1) payments in respect
of “adequate protection” claims shall be made unless the Term Loan has been accelerated, (2) at the
Agent’s sole discretion and with the consent of the Majority Lenders, any such amounts may instead
be applied toward the payment of property taxes, rent payments with respect to Ground Leases,
operating expenses, property capital expenditures, Debt secured by Liens or other items affecting
the Properties and/or the Collateral and (3) all proceeds received by the Agent and the Lenders in
respect of sales of Collateral subject to a Pre-Petition Lien shall first be paid to the holder of
such Pre-Petition Lien to the extent of its priority interest in such proceeds. The order of
priority set forth in this Section 11.2(e) and the related provisions of this Agreement are
set forth solely to determine the rights and priorities of the Agent and the Lenders as among
themselves. The order of priority set forth in this Section 11.2(e) may at any time and
from time to time be changed by the Agent and the Lenders without necessity of notice to or consent
of or approval by any Obligor or any other Person.
(f) An Event of Default shall occur as set forth in this Agreement even if an act or
circumstance which gives rise, directly or indirectly, to such Event of Default has been authorized
by the Bankruptcy Court or another court or tribunal with jurisdiction over the Case. Neither the
Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to object to any relief requested by any
Debtor from the Bankruptcy Court or another court or tribunal with jurisdiction over the Case if
and because such relief would or may constitute, or would or may lead to, an Event of Default, or
the Agent’s or any Lender’s failure to object to such relief shall not limit the Events of Default
under this Agreement, constitute a waiver or release of rights and remedies under this Agreement,
estop or preclude the Agent or any Lender from fully enforcing the same, or have any res judicata
effect on whether an Event of Default has occurred under this Agreement. Each Debtor shall be
fully responsible for determining whether any relief it seeks from the Bankruptcy Court or another
court or tribunal with jurisdiction over the Case would or may constitute, or would or may lead to,
an Event of Default under this Agreement, and authorization for such relief shall not limit in any
manner whatsoever such Debtor’s obligation to fully comply with all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
(g) Without limiting the remedies of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder, each Obligor further
agrees that a breach of any of the covenants and agreements of the Obligors contained in
Section 9.14 or paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of Schedule 3.1
will cause irreparable injury to the Agent and the Lenders for which there is no adequate remedy at
law and, as a consequence, agrees that each such covenant and agreement contained in Section
9.14 or paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of Schedule 3.1 shall be
specifically enforceable against such Obligor, and the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to
obtain injunctive relief with respect thereto without any bond or other security being required,
and each Obligor hereby waives and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not to assert as
a defense against an action for specific performance of such covenants that (i) such Obligor’s
failure to perform such covenants will not cause irreparable injury to the Agent and the Lenders or
(ii) the Agent or the Lenders have an adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach.
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ARTICLE 12
GUARANTY
Section 12.1. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.
(a) Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a
required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations of each other
Obligor now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities,
contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed
Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including,
without limitation, reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel but excluding allocated
costs of in-house counsel) incurred by the Agent or any Lender in enforcing any rights under this
Guaranty or any other Loan Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed
Obligations and would be owed by any other Obligor to the Agent or any Lender under or in respect
of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the
existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Obligor.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment
shall be required to be made to the Agent or any Lender under this Guaranty, such Guarantor will
contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor so as to
maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of the Loan
Documents.
Section 12.2. Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed
Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless of
any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such
terms or the rights of the Agent or any Lender with respect thereto. The Obligations of each
Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
other Obligations of any other Obligor under or in respect of the Loan Documents, and a separate
action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Borrower or any other Obligor or whether
any Borrower or any other Obligor is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of each
Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and
each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any
way relating to, any or all of the following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Obligor under or in respect of
the Loan Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
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departure from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the
Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Obligor or
otherwise;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any taking, release
or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) any manner of application of Collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any Collateral for all or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Obligor under the Loan Documents or
any other assets of any Obligor;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any
Obligor or;
(f) any failure of the Agent or any Lender to disclose to any Obligor any information relating
to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or
prospects of any other Obligor now or hereafter known to such Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Agent and the Lenders to disclose such
information);
(g) the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Guaranty or the release or
reduction of liability of any Guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any
existence of or reliance on any representation by the Agent or any Lender that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Obligor or any other guarantor or surety,
in its capacity as a guarantor or surety.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by
the Agent or any Lender or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
any Borrower or any other Obligor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Section 12.3. Waivers and Acknowledgments.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this
Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed
Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by
reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Agent or any Lender that
in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other
rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Obligors, any
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other guarantor or any other Person or any Collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right
of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
(c) Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Agent may, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
without notice to or demand upon such Guarantor and without affecting the liability of such
Guarantor under this Guaranty, foreclose under any Loan Document by nonjudicial sale, and each
Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Agent and the Lenders against such
Guarantor of any deficiency after such nonjudicial sale and any defense or benefits that may be
afforded by applicable law.
(d) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the
Agent or any Lender to disclose to such Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of
any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Agent or such Lender, as
the case may be.
(e) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth
in Section 12.2 and this Section 12.3 are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
Section 12.4. Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against any Borrower or
any other Obligor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such
Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, including,
without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or
indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Agent or any Lender
against any Borrower or any other Obligor, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in
equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take
or receive from any Borrower or any other Obligor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other
property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy
or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under
this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding
sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the Maturity Date, such
amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, shall be
segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered
to the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be
credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this
Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, or to
be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty
thereafter arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Agent of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under
this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Maturity Date shall have occurred,
the Agent and the Lenders will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to
such Guarantor appropriate documents,
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without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by
subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such
payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
Section 12.5. Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Subsidiary
of a guaranty supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto (each, a
“Guaranty Supplement”), (a) such Subsidiary shall be referred to as an “Additional
Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Guaranty or
any other provision of this Agreement to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such
Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Loan Document to a “Guarantor” shall also
mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and (b) each reference herein to “this
Guaranty,” “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to this
Guaranty and/or this Agreement, as the case may be, and each reference in any other Loan Document
to the “Guaranty,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty,
shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty and this Agreement as supplemented by such Guaranty
Supplement; provided that in no event shall a Foreign Subsidiary be obligated to become a
Guarantor.
Section 12.6. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments. This Guaranty is a continuing
guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the payment in full in cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and the termination or
expiration of all Commitments, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and
(c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Agent and the Lenders and their respective
successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the
immediately preceding sentence, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion
of its Commitments, any Term Loan held by it and its rights and remedies with respect to Collateral
and the Obligations) to any Eligible Assignee, and such Eligible Assignee shall thereupon become
vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, in each
case as and to the extent provided in Section 13.3. No Guarantor shall have the right to
assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein or delegate any of its duties, liabilities or
obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the
Majority Lenders.
ARTICLE 13
AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; PARTICIPATIONS; ASSIGNMENTS; SUCCESSORS
Section 13.1. No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by the Agent or any Lender
to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement, or in any other agreement between or
among any Obligor and the Agent and/or any Lender, or delay by the Agent or any Lender in
exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by the Agent or the Lenders on
any occasion shall affect or diminish the Agent’s and each Lender’s rights thereafter to require
strict performance by any Obligor of any provision of this Agreement. The Agent’s and each
Lender’s rights will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy.
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Section 13.2. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any departure by any Obligor
therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority
Lenders (or by the Agent at the written consent of the Majority Lenders) and the Obligors and then
any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by all the affected Lenders, do any of the following:
(a) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender;
(b) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment of principal, interest or fees;
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, the Term Loan or
reduce any fees payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(d) amend this Section;
(e) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the
value of the Guarantees under Article 12; or
(f) change the definition of Majority Lenders;
provided that (i) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
the Agent, affect the rights or remedies or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section
13.2, the Financing Order may be amended in accordance with the definition thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
Schedule 3.1 and Section 9.14 may be amended with the written consent of Pershing
Square Capital Management, L.P. and the General Partner, without the joinder of or consent from any
other Person.
Section 13.3. Assignments; Participations.
(a) Any Lender may, with the written consent of the General Partner (which may be withheld in
its sole and absolute discretion) and the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (provided that no consent of the
Agent or the General Partner shall be required in connection with any assignment and delegation by
a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender) (each an “Assignee”) all, or any part of all, of
the Term Loan, the Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder
(other than in connection with any rights hereunder to receive and/or related to any Warrant and
any Warrant Agreement, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 9.14);
provided that the Obligors and the Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (x) written notice of such
assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to
the Assignee, shall have been given to the General Partner and the Agent by such Lender and the
Assignee; and (y) such Lender and its Assignee shall have delivered to the Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent (“Assignment and
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Acceptance”) together with any Term Note or Term Notes subject to such assignment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of any Borrower or the General Partner to a proposed
assignment shall be required at any time that an Event of Default exists and the Obligations have
been declared due and payable under Section 11.2.
(b) From and after the date that the Agent notifies the assignor Lender that it has received
an executed Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to
the extent that rights and obligations have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents (including
the obligations pursuant to Schedule 3.1), and (ii) the assignor Lender shall, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned
by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or
the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties, or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency, or value of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto or the attachment, perfection, or priority of any
Lien granted by any Obligor to the Agent or any Lender in the Collateral; (ii) such assigning
Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the
financial condition of any Obligor or the performance or observance by any Obligor of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such
Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance
upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes the
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement
as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers, including the
discretionary rights and incidental power, as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such
Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by
the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at
its address referred to in Section 15.7 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered
to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Term Loan and any stated interest owing
to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence
of manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name
is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Term Loan and any Term
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Notes evidencing such Term Loan recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. Any
assignment of any Term Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Term Note, shall be effective only upon
appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register (and each Term Note shall
expressly so provide). Any assignment of all or part of a Term Loan evidenced by a Term Note shall
be registered on the Register only upon surrender for registration of assignment of the Term Note
evidencing such Term Loan, accompanied by a duly executed Assignment and Acceptance; thereupon one
or more new Term Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the assigning
Lender and/or the designated Eligible Assignee (as applicable), and the old Term Notes shall be
returned by the Agent to the Borrowers marked “canceled.” The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Term
Loan) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Register
shall be treated, solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c) (which relates to
whether an obligation is in registered form for purposes of claiming exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio
interest” received by a Non-U.S. Lender), as being maintained by the Agent as agent for the
Borrowers; provided that the Agent shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to or for
the benefit of the Borrowers in connection with such matter.
(e) Immediately upon satisfaction of the requirements of Sections 13.3(a) and
(d), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent,
necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments
arising therefrom. The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitments of the
assigning Lender pro tanto.
(f) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions,
or other Persons (a “Participant”) participating interests in any Term Loan, the Commitment
of that Lender, and the other interests of that Lender (the “originating Lender”) hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents (other than in connection with any rights hereunder to receive
and/or related to any Warrant and any Warrant Agreement, which shall be governed exclusively by
Section 9.14); provided that (i) the originating Lender’s obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged (including the obligations pursuant to Schedule 3.1 and
Section 9.14), (ii) the originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of such obligations, (iii) the Obligors and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and
directly with the originating Lender in connection with the originating Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iv) no Lender shall transfer or
grant any participating interest under which the Participant has rights to approve any amendment
to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (v)
all amounts payable by the Obligors hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold
such participation; except that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement shall have been
declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each
Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its participating interest
in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same limitation as if
the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this
Agreement.
(g) In the event that any Lender sells participations in a Term Loan, such Lender shall,
acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain, or cause to be
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maintained, a register, on which it enters the name of all Participants in the Term Loan held
by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Term Loan that
is the subject of the participation (the “Participant Register”). A Term Loan (and the
note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of
such participation on the Participant Register (and each note shall expressly so provide). Any
participation of such Term Loan (and the note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by
the registration of such participation on the Participant Register. The Participant Register shall
be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice. The Participant Register shall be treated, solely for purposes
of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c) (which relates to whether an obligation is in registered
form for purposes of claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or
881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest” received by a Non-U.S. Lender),
as being maintained by the applicable Lender as agent for the Borrowers; provided that such
Lender shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to or for the benefit of the Borrowers in
connection with such matter.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a
security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this
Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank, in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal
Reserve Board or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.14, or any Federal Home Loan Bank, and such
Federal Reserve Bank and/or Federal Home Loan Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in
any manner permitted under applicable law.
ARTICLE 14
THE AGENT
Section 14.1. Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender hereby designates and
appoints the Agent as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of
this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as
are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together
with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent agrees to act as such on the
express conditions contained in this Article 14. The provisions of this Article 14
are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and no Obligor shall have rights as a third
party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than with respect to Section
14.9, Section 14.10 and Section 14.11. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, the Agent shall not
have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Agent
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations, or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Agent. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the
Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising
under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of
market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in
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this Agreement, the Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to
exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from
taking any actions which the Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, including the exercise of rights and remedies pursuant to Section
11.2, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Lenders.
Section 14.2. Delegation of Duties. The Agent may execute any of its duties under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such duties. The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent,
sub-agent, employee, or attorney-in-fact that it selects as long as such selection was made without
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 14.3. Liability of the Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders
for any recital, statement, representation, or warranty made by any Obligor or any Affiliate of any
Obligor, or any officer thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in
any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or for any failure of any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to
inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books, or records of
any Obligor or any Affiliate of any Obligor.
Section 14.4. Reliance by the Agent.
(a) The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex,
or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and
statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Obligors), independent
accountants, and other experts selected by the Agent. The Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it
shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Lenders as it deems appropriate and,
if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and
all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any
such action. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of
the Majority Lenders (or all Lenders if so required by the terms of this Agreement) and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the
Lenders.
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(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section
10.1, each Lender that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved, or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter either sent by the
Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance, or satisfaction, or required thereunder to
be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
Section 14.5. Notice of Default. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Agent shall have received
written notice from a Lender or an Obligor referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Agent will notify the
Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Agent shall take such action with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Majority Lenders in accordance with
Article 11; provided that unless and until the Agent has received any such request,
the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action,
with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
Section 14.6. Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the
Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Agent
hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Obligors and their Affiliates, shall
be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent Related Person to any Lender.
Each Lender represents to the Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent
Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition, and creditworthiness of the Obligors and their Affiliates, and all applicable
bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to
enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Obligors. Each Lender also represents that
it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Related Person and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
analysis, appraisals, and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to
the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition, and creditworthiness
of the Obligors. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Agent, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition, or creditworthiness of the Obligors which may
come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons.
Section 14.7. Indemnification. WHETHER OR NOT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
ARE CONSUMMATED, THE LENDERS SHALL INDEMNIFY UPON DEMAND THE AGENT-RELATED PERSONS (TO THE EXTENT
NOT REIMBURSED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE OBLIGORS AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE OBLIGATION OF THE OBLIGORS
TO DO SO), PRO RATA, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED
IN SECTION 15.10; PROVIDED THAT NO LENDER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE PAYMENT TO THE
AGENT-RELATED PERSONS OF ANY PORTION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES RESULTING SOLELY FROM SUCH
PERSON’S GROSS
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NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, EACH LENDER SHALL REIMBURSE THE AGENT UPON
DEMAND FOR ITS RATABLE SHARE OF ANY COSTS OR OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (INCLUDING COSTS AND EXPENSES
SET FORTH IN SECTION 15.6) INCURRED BY THE AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION,
EXECUTION, DELIVERY, ADMINISTRATION, MODIFICATION, AMENDMENT, OR ENFORCEMENT (WHETHER THROUGH
NEGOTIATIONS, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, OR OTHERWISE) OF, OR LEGAL ADVICE IN RESPECT OF RIGHTS OR
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER, THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY OR
REFERRED TO HEREIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE AGENT IS NOT REIMBURSED FOR SUCH EXPENSES BY OR ON
BEHALF OF THE OBLIGORS. THE UNDERTAKING IN THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE THE PAYMENT OF ALL
OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER AND THE RESIGNATION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE AGENT.
Section 14.8. The Agent in Individual Capacity. The Agent and its Affiliates may make
loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity
interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting,
or other business with the Obligors and their Affiliates as though the it were not the Agent
hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant
to such activities, the Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Obligors or
their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor
of the Obligors or such Affiliates) and acknowledge that the Agent shall be under no obligation to
provide such information to them. With respect to its Term Loan, the Agent as a Lender shall have
the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not the Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include the Agent in its
individual capacity as a Lender hereunder.
Section 14.9. Successor Agent. The Agent may resign as the Agent upon 30 days notice
to the Lenders and the Borrowers, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a
successor agent to its appointment as Agent. If the Agent resigns under this Agreement, the
Majority Lenders shall, with the consent of the General Partner if the Term Loan has not been
accelerated (which consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion), appoint from among
the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
agent hereunder, such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the
retiring Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent and the retiring Agent’s
appointment, powers, and duties as the Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 14.9 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Agent under this
Agreement.
Section 14.10. Withholding Tax.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Agent shall provide in favor of the Obligors and the Agent the
following forms:
(i) Each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent either (i) two
copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (claiming
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exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty),
Form W-8ECI (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax because the income is effectively
connected with a U.S. trade or business) or Form W-8IMY including any required statements
and Forms W-8BEN and W-8ECI, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, as
applicable, or (ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender entitled to an exemption from U.S.
federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments
of “portfolio interest,” two copies of Form W-8BEN (certifying that such Non-U.S. Lender is
a beneficial owner of the Term Loan), Form W-8IMY including any required statements and
Forms W-8BEN and W-8ECI or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, and a
certificate satisfactory to the Agent and the General Partner that such Non-U.S. Lender
Party is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10
percent shareholder” of the General Partner within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of
the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code. Each Form W-8BEN, Form W-8IMY or Form W-8ECI delivered under this Section
14.10(a) shall be properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming
complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments
by the Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be
delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender prior to the date of the first payment by the Borrower
hereunder made to such Non-U.S. Lender and on or before the date, if any, that such Non-U.S.
Lender designates a New Lending Office. In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver
such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by
such Non-U.S. Lender or as reasonably requested from time to time by the General Partner or
the Agent. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the General Partner and the Agent at
any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously
delivered form, statement, or certificate to the Borrowers or the Agent (or any other form,
statement, or form of certification adopted by the IRS for such purpose). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver
any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to
deliver.
(ii) Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent two copies of U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto,
properly completed and duly executed by such U.S. Lender certifying that such U.S. Lender is
entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax on all payments by the
Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered
by each U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement. In
addition, each U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or
invalidity of any form previously delivered by such U.S. Lender or as reasonably requested
from time to time by the General Partner or the Agent. Each U.S. Lender shall promptly
notify the General Partner and the Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a
position to provide any previously delivered form, statement, or certificate to the General
Partner or the Agent (or any other form, statement, or form of certification adopted by the
U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Solely for purposes of this Section
14.10(a)(ii), a U.S. Lender shall not include a Lender (or Assignee) that is treated as
an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii).
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(iii) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S.
withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers is located, or any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement
shall deliver to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed
by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers, such properly completed and
executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to
complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s reasonable judgment
such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position
of such Lender.
(b) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction
asserts a claim that the Agent or the Borrowers did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to
or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly
executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Agent or the Borrowers of a change in
circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or
for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify the Agent and the Borrowers fully for all amounts
paid, directly or indirectly, by the Agent or the Borrowers as Taxes or otherwise, including
penalties and interest, and including any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable
to the Agent under this Section 14.10(b), together with all costs and expenses (including
attorney and accountant costs related thereto). The obligation of the Lenders under this
Section 14.10(b) shall survive the payment of the Obligations and the resignation or
replacement of the Agent and termination of this Agreement.
Section 14.11. Collateral Matters.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, without the further consent of the
Lenders, to release any Agent’s Lien upon any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the
Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full of all Term Loan and all other Obligations (other
than indemnities to which a claim has not been made and obligations pursuant to Schedule
3.1, Section 9.14 or pursuant to the provisions of the last sentence of Section
15.5); (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of in accordance with this Agreement
and with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court (to the extent required); (iii) constituting property
leased to an Obligor under a lease which has expired or been terminated, or (iv) as required
pursuant to any order of the Bankruptcy Court or as provided in Section 6.1(a). Except as
provided above, the Agent will not release any of the Agent’s Liens without the prior written
authorization of the Majority Lenders. Upon request by the Agent or the General Partner at any
time, the Majority Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release any Agent’s
Liens upon particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 14.11. The
Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the request of the General Partner, to
subordinate any Agent’s Lien to the holder of any Lien described in clauses (b),
(d), (f), (j) (if and to the extent applicable), (m), (o),
(p), (s), (t) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens; in each
case to the extent the underlying transaction is not prohibited hereby.
(b) Upon receipt by the Agent of any authorization required pursuant to Section
14.11(a) to release any Agent’s Liens upon particular types or items of Collateral, and upon at
least two Business Days prior written request (or such shorter time period as the Agent
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agree) by the General Partner, the Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the
Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Agent’s Liens
upon such Collateral; provided that (i) the Agent shall not be required to execute any such
document on terms which, in the Agent’s good-faith opinion, would expose the Agent to liability or
create any material obligation or entail any material adverse consequence other than the release of
such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge,
affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or
obligations of the Obligors in respect of) all interests retained by any Obligor, including the
proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
(c) The Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders to assure that the
Collateral exists or is owned by any Obligor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been
encumbered, or that the Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created,
perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all
or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue
exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Agent pursuant
to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or
any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Agent may act in any manner it may deem
appropriate, in its sole discretion given the Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its
capacity as one of the Lenders and that the Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever
to any Lender as to any of the foregoing.
Section 14.12. Restrictions on Actions by the Lenders; Sharing of Payments.
(a) Each Lender hereby waives any and all rights to set-off against the Obligations, any
amounts owing by such Lender to any Obligor or any accounts unrelated to the Term Loan of any
Obligor now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it
shall not take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Agreement or
against any Obligor, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose
any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(b) If at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or
otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations owing to such
Lender arising under, or relating to, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for any
such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from the Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or (ii) payments from the Agent in excess of such Lender’s ratable portion of all such
distributions by the Agent, such Lender shall promptly (A) turn the same over to the Agent, in
kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Agent, or in same
day funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the
Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to
the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided that if all or part of such
excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of
participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of
the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party,
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but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay
interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
Section 14.13. Agency for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender
as agent for the purpose of perfecting the Lenders’ security interest in assets which, in
accordance with Article 9 of the UCC can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other
than the Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Agent
thereof, and, promptly upon the Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent
or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.
Section 14.14. Payments by the Agent to the Lenders. All payments to be made by the
Agent to the Lenders shall be made by bank wire transfer or internal transfer of immediately
available funds to each Lender pursuant to wire transfer instructions delivered in writing to the
Agent on or prior to the Closing Date (or if such Lender is an Assignee, on the applicable
Assignment and Acceptance), or pursuant to such other wire transfer instructions as each party may
designate for itself by written notice to the Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, the
Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium,
or interest on the Term Loan or otherwise.
Section 14.15. Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents. Each Lender
authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating
to the Collateral, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that any
action taken by the Agent or the Majority Lenders, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral, and the exercise by the
Agent or the Majority Lenders, as applicable, of their respective powers set forth therein or
herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding
upon all of the Lenders.
Section 14.16. Relation Among the Lenders. The Lenders are not partners or
co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise
set forth herein in case of the Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.
ARTICLE 15
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 15.1. Cumulative Remedies. The enumeration herein of the Agent’s and each
Lender’s rights and remedies is not intended to be exclusive, and such rights and remedies are in
addition to and not by way of limitation of any other rights or remedies that the Agent and the
Lenders may have under the UCC or other applicable law. The Agent (at the direction of the
Majority Lenders when the same is required pursuant to the terms hereof) and the Majority Lenders
shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to determine which rights and remedies within their
authorities are to be exercised and in which order. The exercise of one right or remedy shall not
preclude the exercise of any others, all of which shall be cumulative. The Agent may, and shall
with the consent or at the direction of the Majority Lenders, without limitation, proceed directly
against any Person liable therefor to collect the Obligations without any prior recourse to the
Collateral. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part
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of the Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder, shall operate as
a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, remedy, power, or privilege.
Section 15.2. Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or
impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or any
instrument or agreement required hereunder.
Section 15.3. Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver.
(a) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT GOVERNED BY THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS; PROVIDED
THAT PERFECTION ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE 9 OF THE UCC MAY GIVE EFFECT TO APPLICABLE CHOICE OR
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 9 OF THE UCC) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING
UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) IN THE EVENT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT DOES NOT HAVE OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION WITH
RESPECT THERETO, ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE AGENT,
EACH LENDER, AND EACH OBLIGOR, CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE AGENT, EACH LENDER, AND EACH OBLIGOR
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE
GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO.
(c) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON IT AND
CONSENTS THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL (RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED)
DIRECTED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 15.7 AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL
BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED THREE (3) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SO DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED
STATES MAILS. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL
PROCESS BY ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
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Section 15.4. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE AGENT, EACH LENDER, AND EACH OBLIGOR
WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT
BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AGENT RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT, OR
ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE AGENT,
EACH LENDER, AND EACH OBLIGOR AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A
COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION,
COUNTERCLAIM, OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF.
THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
Section 15.5. Survival. All of the representations and warranties of the Obligors
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall survive the execution, delivery, and
acceptance thereof by the parties, notwithstanding any investigation by the Agent or the Lenders or
their respective agents, and shall terminate upon the repayment in full of the Obligations (other
than indemnities to which a claim has not been made and obligations pursuant to Schedule
3.1 and Section 9.14). Solely to the extent related to the obligations of the parties
under Schedule 3.1 and Section 9.14, the only terms of this Agreement that will
remain in full force and effect and will survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment
and satisfaction in full of all Term Loans and all other Obligations (other than indemnities to
which a claim has not been made) are as follows: Schedule 3.1, Section 3.6,
Section 9.14, clauses (c)(i), (c)(iii) and (h) (solely as it
relates to the provisions of this Agreement set forth in this sentence, the Warrant Agreements and
the Warrants being in full force and effect in accordance with their terms) of Section
11.1, Section 13.1, the last sentence of Section 13.2 and Sections
15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.6, 15.7, 15.9, 15.10,
15.12, 15.13, 15.14, 15.17, 15.18 and 15.21.
Section 15.6. Fees and Expenses.
(a) Each Obligor agrees to pay to the Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders,
on demand, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses that the Agent (or upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, any Lender) pays or incurs in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, consummation, administration, and termination of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as follows: (i) all reasonable and documented fees,
expenses, and disbursements of any law firm or other counsel engaged by the Agent in connection
with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents, including any such fees,
expenses and disbursements of such law firm or other counsel in connection with the Case;
provided that without the Borrowers’ prior written consent, the law firm or other counsel
shall be limited to Xxxxx Day, as special counsel; (ii) costs and expenses (including attorneys’
and paralegals’ fees and disbursements for one counsel to the
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Agent and Lenders, taken as a whole, but excluding allocated costs of in-house counsel) for
any amendment, supplement, waiver, consent, or subsequent closing in connection with the Loan
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) taxes, fees and other charges for
recording mortgages with respect to the Primary Properties, filing financing statements (to the
extent permitted by this Agreement) and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and
continue the Agent’s Liens (including costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Agent in
connection with the consummation of this Agreement); (iv) actual, out-of-pocket sums paid or
incurred during the existence of an Event of Default to pay any amount or take any action required
of any Obligor under the Loan Documents that such Obligor fails to pay or take, but only to the
extent that the Agent is otherwise permitted to take such action under any Loan Document or the
Financing Order; (v) costs and expenses of any reasonably necessary actions taken during the
existence of an Event of Default aimed at preserving and protecting the Collateral; and (vi) costs
and expenses (including the cost of appraisals, inspections and verifications of the Collateral and
disbursements for one counsel to the Agent and Lenders, taken as a whole, and, in the case of a
conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders, taken as a whole, and, to the
extent reasonably necessary, one counsel in each relevant material jurisdiction (not to exceed one
per state), but in each case excluding allocated costs of in-house counsel) of the Agent and the
Lenders paid or incurred to obtain payment of the Obligations, enforce the Agent’s Liens, sell or
otherwise realize upon the Collateral, and otherwise enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents,
or to defend any claims made or threatened against the Agent or any Lender arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including preparation for and consultations concerning any such
matters). All of the foregoing costs and expenses shall be part of the Obligations, shall bear
interest until paid at the Default Rate and shall be payable on demand. No Obligor shall be
responsible for the fees of any financial, restructuring or similar advisor pursuant to the Loan
Documents except as set forth in Section 15.6(b).
(b) On the Funding Date, the Obligors shall deposit in an account of the Agent the amount of
$750,000 as reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred on or before the Funding
Date by the Agent to its financial advisors. On (i) the first Business Day of each calendar month
following the Funding Date to and prior to the Maturity Date and (ii) the Maturity Date, each
Obligor agrees to pay to the Agent within fifteen (15) days of demand an amount (not to exceed
$150,000 per calendar month (such amount to be pro rated for any partial month)) as reimbursement
of the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent during the immediately preceding calendar month
(or, in the case of any payment on the Maturity Date, during the period commencing from the first
Business Day of the applicable calendar month) to its financial advisors, as determined by the
Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided that no such amount shall include any “success
fee” or similar fee payable to such financial advisors upon the Maturity Date.
Section 15.7. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, demands, and
requests that any party is required or elects to give to any other shall be in writing, or by a
telecommunications device capable of creating a written record, and any such notice shall become
effective (a) upon personal delivery thereof, including, but not limited to, delivery by overnight
mail and courier service, (b) five (5) days after it shall have been mailed by United States mail,
first class, certified or registered, with postage prepaid, or (c) in the case of notice by
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such a telecommunications device, when properly transmitted (with written confirmation of
delivery), in each case addressed to the party to be notified as follows:
if to the Agent or to any Initial Lender:
x/x Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
Attn: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, General Counsel
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
Attn: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, General Counsel
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Day
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Telecopy No.: 212-755-7306
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Telecopy No.: 212-755-7306
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
if to any Obligor:
General Growth Properties, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice, subject to the
provisions of Section 15.15.
Section 15.8. Waiver of Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each
Obligor waives presentment, protest and notice of demand or dishonor and protest as to any
instrument, notice of intent to accelerate the Obligations, and notice of acceleration of the
Obligations, as well as any and all other notices to which it might otherwise be entitled. No
notice to or demand on any Obligor which the Agent or any Lender may elect to give shall entitle
any Obligor to any or further notice or demand in the same, similar, or other circumstances.
Section 15.9. Binding Effect. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the respective representatives, successors, and assigns of the parties
hereto; provided that no interest herein may be assigned by any Obligor without prior
written
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consent of the Agent and each Lender and no interest of the Agent or the Lenders in respect of
any Warrant or any Warrant Agreement may be assigned except as provided in Section 9.14 or
the applicable Warrant Agreement. The rights and benefits of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder
shall, if such Persons so agree, inure to any party acquiring any interest in the Obligations or
any part thereof.
Section 15.10. Indemnity of the Agent and the Lenders by the Obligors.
(a) THE OBLIGORS AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD THE AGENT RELATED PERSONS, AND EACH
LENDER AND EACH OF ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, COUNSEL, AGENTS, AND
ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT (EACH, AN “INDEMNIFIED PERSON”) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL
LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, CHARGES,
EXPENSES, AND DISBURSEMENTS (INCLUDING REASONABLE OUT-OF-POCKET ATTORNEY COSTS FOR ALL INDEMNIFIED
PERSONS, TAKEN AS A WHOLE BUT EXCLUDING ALLOCATED COSTS OF IN-HOUSE COUNSEL) OF ANY KIND OR NATURE
WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME (INCLUDING AT ANY TIME FOLLOWING REPAYMENT OF THE TERM LOAN AND
THE TERMINATION, RESIGNATION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE AGENT OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY LENDER) BE IMPOSED
ON, INCURRED BY, OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON IN ANY WAY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR ANY ACTION TAKEN OR
OMITTED BY ANY SUCH PERSON UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT
TO ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR PROCEEDING (INCLUDING ANY INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING OR APPELLATE
PROCEEDING) RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TERM LOAN
OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF AND INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING ARISING FROM THE ORDINARY,
SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON IS
A PARTY THERETO (ALL THE FOREGOING, COLLECTIVELY, THE “INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES”);
PROVIDED THAT THE OBLIGORS SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION HEREUNDER TO ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON
WITH RESPECT TO (I) INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES RESULTING SOLELY FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR (II) LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES,
ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, CHARGES, EXPENSES, AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE
WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY, OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON
AFTER THE DATE OF PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE NON-CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS. THE AGREEMENTS IN THIS
SECTION SHALL SURVIVE PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
(b) THE OBLIGORS AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS FROM
ANY LOSS OR LIABILITY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THE USE, GENERATION, MANUFACTURE,
PRODUCTION, STORAGE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE,
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DISCHARGE, DISPOSAL, OR PRESENCE OF A CONTAMINANT OR ARISING OUT OF A VIOLATION OF OR
LIABILITY UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, IN EACH CASE RELATING TO ANY OBLIGOR’S OPERATIONS, BUSINESS, OR
PROPERTY. THIS INDEMNITY WILL APPLY WHETHER THE CONTAMINANT IS ON, UNDER, OR ABOUT ANY OBLIGOR’S
PROPERTY OR OPERATIONS OR PROPERTY LEASED TO ANY OBLIGOR. THIS INDEMNITY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO, REASONABLE, OUT-OF-POCKET ATTORNEYS’ FEES (EXCLUDING THE ALLOCATED COST OF IN-HOUSE
COUNSEL). THIS INDEMNITY EXTENDS TO THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES,
SUBSIDIARIES, AND ALL OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ATTORNEYS, AND
ASSIGNS. THIS INDEMNITY WILL SURVIVE REPAYMENT OF ALL OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Section 15.11. Limitation of Liability. No claim may be made by any Obligor, any
Lender, or other Person against the Agent, any Lender, or the Affiliates, directors, officers,
officers, employees, or agents of the Agent or any Lender for any special, indirect, consequential,
or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability
arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any act, omission, or event occurring in connection therewith, and each of the
Obligors and the Lenders hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to xxx upon any claim for such
damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
Section 15.12. Final Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Warrant
Agreements and any Warrants are intended by the Obligors, the Agent, and the Lenders to be the
final, complete, and exclusive expression of the agreement between them. This Agreement supersedes
any and all prior oral or written agreements relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, no modification, rescission, waiver, release, or amendment of
any provision of this Agreement and any Schedules or Exhibits hereto that are amended or
supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof or any other Loan Document shall be made, except by a
written agreement signed by the Obligors and a duly authorized officer of each of the Agent and the
requisite Lenders. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND
MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
Section 15.13. Counterparts. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be
executed in any number of counterparts, and by the Agent, each Lender, and the Obligors in separate
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one
and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and
attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same
document.
Section 15.14. Captions. The captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only, are without substantive meaning and should not be construed to modify, enlarge,
or restrict any provision.
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Section 15.15. Agency of the General Partner for the Other Obligors. Each of the
Obligors (other than the General Partner) irrevocably appoints the General Partner as its
representative for all purposes relevant to this Agreement, including the giving and receipt of
notices and execution and delivery of all documents, instruments, and certificates contemplated
herein and all modifications hereto. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification, or
other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all or any of
the Obligors or acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by the General
Partner whether or not any of the other Obligors joins therein, and the Agent and the Lenders shall
have no duty or obligation to make further inquiry with respect to the authority of the General
Partner under this Section 15.15; provided that nothing in this Section
15.15 shall limit the effectiveness of, or the right of the Agent and the Lenders to rely upon,
any notice, document, instrument, certificate, acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or
other action delivered by any Obligor pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 15.16. Patriot Act. Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf
of any Lender) hereby notifies each Obligor that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act,
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Obligor, which
information includes the name and address of such Obligor and other information that will allow
such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify such Obligor in accordance with the Patriot
Act.
Section 15.17. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship; Affiliates; Etc. The Obligors
acknowledge that the Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may have economic interests
that conflict with those of the Obligors and their Affiliates. The Obligors agree that each of the
Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates will act in their respective capacities under
the Loan Documents as independent contractors and that nothing in the Loan Documents will be deemed
to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between
the Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Obligor, its
owners or its Affiliates, on the other hand. The Obligors acknowledge and agree that (a) the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents are arm’s-length commercial transactions between
the Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Obligors, on the
other, (b) in connection with such transactions each of the Agent, the Lenders and their respective
Affiliates is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of any Obligor, its
management, stockholders, creditors, affiliates or any other Person, (c) none of the Agent, the
Lenders or any of their respective Affiliates has assumed an advisory or a fiduciary responsibility
in favor of any Obligor or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby or any other obligation to any Obligor or any of Affiliates of any Obligor, except the
obligations expressly set forth in this Commitment Letter, and (d) each Obligor has consulted its
own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each Obligor further
acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect
to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Obligor agrees that it will not claim
that any of the Agent, the Lenders or their respective Affiliates has rendered advisory services of
any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty, to any Obligor or any Affiliates of an
Obligor in connection with such transactions. In addition, each of the Agent, the Lenders and
their respective Affiliates may employ the services of its Affiliates in providing certain services
hereunder and, subject to the agreement of such Affiliate to be bound by Section 6.5, may
exchange with such Affiliates information concerning
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the Obligors, the Affiliates of the Obligors and other Persons that may be the subject of this
arrangement, and such Affiliates shall be entitled to the benefits afforded to the Agent, the
Lenders and their respective Affiliates hereunder. In addition, the Obligors acknowledge that none
of the Agent, the Initial Lenders or their respective Affiliates provides accounting, tax or legal
advice.
Section 15.18. Incorporation of Financing Order by Reference. Each of the Obligors,
the Agent, and the Lenders agrees that any reference contained herein to the Financing Order shall
include all terms, conditions, and provisions of such Financing Order and that the Financing Order
is incorporated herein for all purposes. To the extent there is any inconsistency between the
terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Financing Order, the terms of the Financing Order
shall govern.
Section 15.19. Right to Publicize and Advertise. Subject to Section 6.5(b)
hereof, the Agent and each Lender may, without consent of any Obligor, publicly disclose and/or
advertise its lending relationship with the Obligors, the identity of the Obligors, the
Commitments, and such other information as is publicly disclosed by any Obligor through any filing
with the Bankruptcy Court or the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 15.20. Consent of the Agent and Lenders. Whenever the consent of the Agent
or any Lender is required by this Agreement, such consent may be granted or withheld in the sole
discretion of the Agent or such Lender.
Section 15.21. Warrants. Each Obligor, each Lender, and the Agent agrees that the
Warrants, together with the Term Loan, are being issued as part of an “investment unit” under
Section 1273(c) of the Code. The parties hereto agree that until the Warrants are issued, neither
the Warrants nor the rights thereto shall be treated by any of the parties as either equity in any
Grantor for federal income tax purposes or an “option” for purposes of Section 544 of the Code.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Agreement on the date first above
written.
AGENT: PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., as Agent By: PS Management GP, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Member |
INITIAL LENDER: XX XXXXX HOLDINGS, LLC By: Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., its Non-Member Manager BY: PS Management GP, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Member | |||
Commitment: $134,058,000 |
INITIAL LENDER: XX XXXXX INC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
Commitment: $240,942,000 |
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BORROWERS: GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Schedule 3.1
Loan Conversion Terms
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings attributed to them
in the Loan Agreement. As used in this Schedule 3.1, “Agent” shall mean Pershing
Square Capital Management, L.P.
1. | The General Partner (on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers) shall have the right, by delivering written notice to the Lenders no less than 30 days prior to the Maturity Date, to elect to pay on the Plan Date all or a portion of the sum of (i) outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest due and owing on the Plan Date by issuing to the Lenders the Conversion Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall such conversion result in the Lender’s receipt of Common Stock in connection herewith equaling more than 5.0% of the Common Stock on a Fully-Diluted Basis (herein, the “Maximum Conversion Shares”). | ||
2. | The right of the General Partner to make the election in paragraph 1 above is subject to all of the following conditions precedent having been satisfied on the Plan Date (except if and to the extent that any such condition has been expressly waived in writing by the Agent): |
a. | Either (i) there is no continuing Event of Default, or (ii) if there is a continuing Event of Default, then the Lenders have not exercised their rights under clauses (A) (if applicable), (B) and (C) in the second sentence of Section 11.2(a) of this Agreement; | ||
b. | Either Xxxx Xxxx continues to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner or Xxxxxx Xxxxx continues to serve as the President and/or Chief Operating Officer of the General Partner, unless the Agent has consented in writing to a qualified replacement executive, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; | ||
c. | The Common Stock is, or is expected to be within five Business Days after the Plan Date, regularly quoted for purchase or sale on the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market; | ||
d. | The Plan Date occurs within 18 months of the date hereof; and |
e. The General Partner and its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries
(“Consolidated GGP”) shall not have divested assets (after giving effect to
transactions contemplated to be made in the POR, and including foreclosures after the
commencement of the Case) that generated more than 20% of the net operating income of
Consolidated GGP in its fiscal year 2008.
3. | If and to the extent there is a Value Differential, the General Partner shall be obligated to pay an amount in cash, or, at the option of the General Partner, in Common Stock (valued based on the volume-weighted average price of the closing prices of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the twentieth Trading Day following confirmation of the POR and ending on the fortieth Trading Day following confirmation of the POR), to the Agent equal to such Value Differential not later than five Business Days following the Trading Valuation Date. If such payment is not made in full on the fifth Business Day following the Trading Valuation Date, any amount not paid on such date shall be overdue and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from such payment date to the date payment is made. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no payment shall be made in respect of a Value Differential if a Qualified Rights Offering has been made. | ||
4. | In the event of a rights offering to prepetition stakeholders of the General Partner and/or its Affiliates in connection with the POR (whether or not such rights offering meets the definition of Qualified Rights Offering), the Conversion Amount shall be automatically converted into Conversion Shares upon completion of such rights offering; provided, however, (i) that in no event shall such conversion result in the Lender’s receipt of more than the Maximum Conversion Shares and (ii) the conditions precedent in paragraph 2 above must have been met or waived in writing by the Agent or such Conversion shall not be made. Further, in the event that, prior to the consummation of the POR, all or any portion of the sum of (i) principal amount of the Term Loan and (ii) interest thereon shall have been repaid (herein, the “Retired Debt”), the General Partner shall have the right, to be exercised upon written notice at least 10 Business Days in advance of such rights offering and to cause the Lenders to purchase up to the lesser of (i) $375.0 million and (ii) the Retired Debt in aggregate amount of securities offered in such rights offering in cash and otherwise on the same terms and conditions (including timing) of such rights offering, provided that the conditions precedent in paragraph 2 above have been satisfied. The right of the General Partner set forth in the preceding sentence shall expire on the Maturity Date. | ||
5. | Subject to the receipt by the General Partner of customary representations, warranties and covenants from the Warrantholders, Lenders and their applicable Affiliates and transferees intended to (x) protect the REIT status of the General Partner and (y) ensure that the General Partner can properly fulfill its federal income tax reporting obligations, the General Partner shall amend or grant waivers of provisions of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other comparable governing documents as necessary so as to permit the Agent and/or the Lenders to acquire and own the Conversion Shares and to provide that such ownership, taken together with (i) the ownership of other shares of the General Partner pursuant to the issuance, exchange or conversion of the Warrants and (ii) |
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the reinstatement of Securities of the General Partner and its Subsidiaries owned by the Lenders and their Affiliates as of the date hereof, shall not have any adverse consequences under any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement. | |||
6. | If and to the extent the Agent determines in good faith that the Conversion Shares (and any shares to be issued on the Plan Date in connection with the Value Differential) will not be freely tradable upon issuance to the Agent pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, the Agent shall notify the General Partner of such determination no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Plan Date. If the Agent delivers such notice to the General Partner, the General Partner shall prepare and deliver to the Agent on the Plan Date a registration rights agreement with respect to such shares containing provisions substantially equivalent to those contained in Article IV of the Warrant Agreement. |
Defined Terms:
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the General Partner.
“Conversion Amount” means the sum of (i) outstanding principal of the Term Loan and (ii)
accrued and unpaid interest due and owing on the Plan Date that is repaid by the issuance of shares
of Common Stock on the Maturity Date in accordance with this Schedule 3.1.
“Conversion Shares” means that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the
Conversion Amount, stated in U.S. dollars, by the lowest of (i) the value of one share of Common
Stock based on the value attributable to one such share in the POR, (ii) if a rights offering to
the prepetition stakeholders of the General Partner (other than a Qualified Rights Offering) has
been made in connection with the POR, the rights offering price per share, and (iii) the net
proceeds to the General Partner of any issuance of Common Stock to any unaffiliated third party for
cash or in exchange for assets (other than Claims) (such lowest price, the “Initial Conversion
Price”). If there is a Qualified Rights Offering, “Conversion Shares” means that number of
shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Conversion Amount, stated in U.S. dollars, by the
Qualified Rights Offering Price Per Share. Any fractional share resulting from such calculation
shall be paid in cash.
“Fully-Diluted Basis” means, with respect to any class of Common Stock of the kind or class
having power generally to vote in the election of directors, the Common Stock that would be
outstanding after giving effect to the conversion, exchange or exercise of all the Warrants and all
other outstanding securities of the General Partner that are convertible or exchangeable into
Common Stock, and the exercise of all outstanding Rights to Purchase Voting Securities, in each
case, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
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“POR” means the plan of reorganization with respect to the Debtors as confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court.
“Qualified Rights Offering” means a rights offering to prepetition stakeholders of the
General Partner and/or its Affiliates in connection with the POR that meets the following
qualifications: (i) subscribed to be sold to at least 50 ultimate purchasers; (ii) the offered
shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market within five
Business Days of completion of the rights offering; (iii) the issue size is at least three times
the Conversion Amount; (iv) the rights offering is conducted by a nationally known financial
advisor and (v) if and to the extent applicable, the offered shares are priced with reference to
the trading market for the Common Stock prior to the commencement of the rights offering.
“Qualified Rights Offering Price Per Share” means that price per share of Common Stock
obtained by the General Partner and/or its Affiliates in a Qualified Rights Offering.
“Rights to Purchase Voting Securities” means options, warrants, and rights issued by the
General Partner (whether presently exercisable or not) to purchase Common Stock of the kind or
class having power generally to vote in the election of directors or securities of the General
Partner that are convertible or exchangeable (whether presently convertible or exchangeable or not)
into or exercisable (whether presently exercisable or not) for such Common Stock but, for the
avoidance of doubt, not including a stockholders rights plan.
“Trading Day” means a day upon which the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act
and traded on the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market.
“Trading Valuation Date” means the fortieth Trading Day following confirmation of the POR.
“Value Differential” means the amount derived (if a positive number) by subtracting (i) the
product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock issued as Conversion Shares multiplied by (B)
the volume-weighted average price of the closing prices of the Common Stock for the period
beginning on the twentieth Trading Day following confirmation of the POR and ending on the fortieth
Trading Day following confirmation of the POR from (ii) the product of (A) the number of shares of
Common Stock issued as Conversion Shares multiplied by (B) the Initial Conversion Price.
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