SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of October
11, 2002, by and among Ventas Healthcare Properties, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Guaranteeing Subsidiary"), Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership,
a Delaware limited partnership, and Ventas Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, as Issuers under the Indenture referred to herein, Ventas, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and Ventas LP Realty, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, as Guarantors under the Indenture referred to herein, and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to herein (the
"Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee
an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of April 17, 2002 providing for the
issuance of 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Issuers' Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as
follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and
severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or
the obligations of the Issuers hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of, and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any,
and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if
any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuers to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid
in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly
paid in full
when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any
performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture,
the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any
Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the
recovery of any judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the
same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor, other than payment in full
of all Obligations under the Notes.
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of
payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Issuers, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture,
and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor
under the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Issuers, the Guarantors, or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the
Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such
Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations
guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed
hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and
the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the
Indenture for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of
the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this
Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to
any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities that are
relevant under any
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applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving
effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 10 of the Indenture, this
new Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such
that the obligations of such Guarantor under this Note Guarantee will not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the
Note Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not sell or otherwise dispose of
all substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with
or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another
Person, other than the Issuers or another Guarantor unless:
(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(ii) either (A) subject to Sections 10.04 and 10.05 of the
Indenture, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of
that Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, the
Indenture and the Note Guarantee on the terms set forth herein or
therein; or (B) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are
applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture,
including without limitation, Section 4.11 thereof.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the
Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and
punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the
Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if
it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon
may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed
upon all of the Notes issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall
not have been signed by the Issuers and delivered to the Trustee. All the
Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank
and benefit under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though
all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 10.05 of
Article 10 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above,
nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
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with or into the Issuers or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety to the Issuers or another Guarantor.
5. RELEASES.
(a) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the
capital stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of
Ventas, Inc., then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other
disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the
capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property
(in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any
obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of
such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation
Section 4.11 of the Indenture. Upon delivery by the Issuers to the Trustee
of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such sale or other disposition was made by the Issuers in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.11
of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its
obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and
interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under
the Indenture as provided in Article 10 of the Indenture.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL
GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
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9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein,
all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the
Issuers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: October 11, 2002
VENTAS HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
VENTAS REALTY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: VENTAS INC., its general partner
By: /s/ T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
VENTAS, INC.
By: /s/ T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
VENTAS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
VENTAS LP REALTY, L.L.C.
By: VENTAS, INC., its sole member
By: /s/ T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Trust Officer
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