LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of March 19, 2019 HC GOVERNMENT REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P., as Borrower, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and HCM AGENCY, LLC, as Collateral Agent
Exhibit 6.2
dated
as of March 19, 2019
HC GOVERNMENT REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.,
as
Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
HCM AGENCY, LLC,
as
Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
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1
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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11
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ARTICLE
II THE LOANS
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11
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Section
2.1
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Term Loan
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11
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Section
2.2
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Evidence of Debt
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12
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Section
2.3
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Repayment of Loans
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12
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Section
2.4
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Interest
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12
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Section
2.5
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Use of Proceeds
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13
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Section
2.6
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Obligations Absolute
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13
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ARTICLE
III RESERVED
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14
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ARTICLE
IV Payments
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14
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Section
4.1
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Method of Payment
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14
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Section
4.2
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Voluntary Prepayment
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14
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Section
4.3
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Mandatory Prepayment
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14
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Section
4.4
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Computation of Interest
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15
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Section
4.5
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Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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16
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ARTICLE
V Collateral
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16
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Section
5.1
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Collateral
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16
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Section
5.2
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Setoff
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17
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Section
5.3
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Guaranty Agreements
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18
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Section
5.4
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Deposit Account Control Agreements
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18
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ARTICLE
VI Conditions Precedent
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18
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Section
6.1
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Initial Extension of Credit
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18
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Section
6.2
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Post Closing Deliveries
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19
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ARTICLE
VII Representations and Warranties
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20
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Section
7.1
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Existence
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20
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Section
7.2
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Financial Statements
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20
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Section
7.3
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Requisite Action; No Breach
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20
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Section
7.4
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Operation of Business
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21
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Section
7.5
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Litigation and Judgments
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21
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Section
7.6
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Rights in Properties; Liens
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21
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Section
7.7
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Enforceability
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21
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Section
7.8
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Approvals
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21
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Section
7.9
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Debt
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21
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Section
7.10
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Use of Proceeds; Margin Securities
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21
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Section
7.11
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ERISA
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22
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Section
7.12
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Taxes
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22
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Section
7.13
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Disclosure
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22
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Section
7.14
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Subsidiaries
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22
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Section
7.15
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Compliance with Laws; REIT Status
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22
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Section
7.16
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Compliance with Agreements
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23
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Section
7.17
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Environmental Matters
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23
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Section
7.18
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Solvency
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23
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Section
7.19
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Transactions With Affiliates
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23
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Section
7.20
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Investment Company Act
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23
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Section
7.21
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Sanctions
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23
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Section
7.22
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Anti-Corruption
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24
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ARTICLE
VIII Affirmative Covenants
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24
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Section
8.1
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Reporting Requirements
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24
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Section
8.2
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Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business
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26
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Section
8.3
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Maintenance of Properties
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26
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Section
8.4
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Taxes and Claims
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26
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Section
8.5
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Insurance
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27
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Section
8.6
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Inspection
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27
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Section
8.7
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Keeping Books and Records
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27
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Section
8.8
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Compliance with Laws
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27
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Section
8.9
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Compliance with Agreements
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28
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Section
8.10
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Further Assurances
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28
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Section
8.11
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ERISA
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28
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Section
8.12
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Continuity of Operations
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28
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Section
8.13
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LNR Property Owners
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28
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ARTICLE
IX Negative Covenants
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28
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Section
9.1
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Debt
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28
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Section
9.2
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Limitation on Liens
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29
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Section
9.3
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Mergers, Acquisitions, Dissolutions and Disposition of
Assets
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30
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Section
9.4
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Subsidiaries
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30
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Section
9.5
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Restricted Payments
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31
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Section
9.6
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Investments
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31
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Section
9.7
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Compliance with Environmental Laws
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31
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Section
9.8
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Accounting
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32
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Section
9.9
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Change of Business
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32
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Section
9.10
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Transactions With Affiliates
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32
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Section
9.11
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Compliance with Government Regulations
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32
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Section
9.12
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Management Fees
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32
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Section
9.13
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Sanctions
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32
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Section
9.14
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Anti-Corruption
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33
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ARTICLE
X Financial Covenant
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33
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Section
10.1
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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33
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ARTICLE
XI Default
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33
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Section
11.1
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Events of Default
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Section
11.2
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Remedies Upon Default
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35
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Section
11.3
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Performance by Collateral Agent
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35
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ARTICLE
XII Miscellaneous
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35
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Section
12.1
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Expenses of Agent and Lenders
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35
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Section
12.2
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INDEMNIFICATION
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36
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Section
12.3
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Limitation of Liability
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36
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Section
12.4
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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36
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Section
12.5
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Successors and Assigns
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37
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Section
12.6
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Survival
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37
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Section
12.7
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Recovery of Payments
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37
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Section
12.8
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Amendment
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37
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Section
12.9
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Reserved
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37
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Section
12.10
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Notices
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38
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Section
12.11
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Applicable Law; Venue; Service of Process
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39
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Section
12.12
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Counterparts
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39
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Section
12.13
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Severability
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40
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Section
12.14
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Headings
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40
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Section
12.15
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Consent to Participations
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40
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Section
12.16
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Sale of Obligations and Information Sharing
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40
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Section
12.17
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USA Patriot Act
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41
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Section
12.18
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Anti-Terrorism Law
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41
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Section
12.19
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Time of the Essence
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41
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Section
12.20
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WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
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41
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Section
12.21
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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42
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ARTICLE
XIII COLLATERAL AGENCY PROVISIONS
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42
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Section
13.1
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Appointment
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Section
13.2
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Delegation of Duties
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42
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Section
13.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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43
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Section
13.4
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Reliance by Collateral Agent
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43
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Section
13.5
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Notices of Default
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44
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Section
13.6
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Non-Reliance on the Collateral Agent and Other Lenders
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44
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Section
13.7
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Indemnification
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44
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Section
13.8
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The Collateral Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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45
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Section
13.9
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Resignation of the Collateral Agent; Successor Collateral
Agent
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45
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Section
13.10
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Release of Collateral
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45
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Section
13.11
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Reimbursement by Lenders
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46
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INDEX OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedules
Schedule
1.1
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List of Existing
Indebtedness to be Repaid of Closing
Schedule
7.14
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Subsidiaries
Schedule
9.1
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Existing Permitted
Indebtedness as of Closing
Schedule
9.12
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Property Management
Agreements
Exhibits
Exhibit
A
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Compliance
Certificate
Exhibit
B
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Form of
Note
v
This
LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of March 19, 2019 (this
“Agreement”),
is among HC GOVERNMENT REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“Borrower”), the Lenders
party hereto from time to time (collectively, the
“Lenders” and each
individually, a “Lender”) and HCM AGENCY,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as
collateral agent for such Lenders (acting in such capacity, the
“Collateral
Agent”).
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, Borrower
has requested that Lenders extend credit to Borrower in the form of
(i) a senior secured term loan in the amount of $10,500,000 to be
made on the date hereof and (ii) incremental senior secured term
loans to be made available to Borrower following the Closing Date
in an aggregate amount up to $10,000,000. Lenders are willing to
make such extensions of credit to Borrower upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, provided that, with respect to
such incremental term loans, the Lenders will have no commitment or
obligation to fund, and if the Lenders in their sole discretion
approve such a term loan, such term loan shall be subject to the
terms hereof.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1 Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings:
“Accrual Rate” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Additional Cash Amount”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Additional Interest
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly
or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with such Person, including, (a) any Person which
beneficially owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more of any class
of voting stock of such Person or ten percent (10%) or more of the
Equity Interests in such Person, (b) any Person of which such
Person beneficially owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more of any
class of voting shares or in which such Person beneficially owns or
holds ten percent (10%) or more of the Equity Interests in such
Person, and (c) any officer or director of such Person. For
purposes hereof, “Control” and correlative terms shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management of policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract,
or otherwise.
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“Business Day” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in the state of New York or North Carolina, are authorized or
required by law to close.
“Capital Expenditures”
means for the REIT and its Subsidiaries, all expenditures for
assets which, in accordance with GAAP, are required to be
capitalized and so shown on the consolidated balance sheet of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligations” means, for any Person, the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other
agreement conveying the right to use) real and/or personal
property, which obligations, in accordance with GAAP, are required
to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance
sheet of any such Person.
“Cash Pay Rate” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Cash Taxes” means for the
REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for any period,
the sum of all income taxes paid in cash during such period, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Change of Control” means
the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) The
REIT shall cease to be the sole owner of the Limited
Partner;
(b) The
REIT shall cease to be the sole general partner of the
Borrower;
(c) Borrower
shall fail to own one hundred percent (100%) of the ownership
interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower; or
(d) Borrower
shall fail to have the right to receive the economic interests in
the revenue from the operation of the LNR Properties in
substantially the same manner set forth in the LNR Property
Documents as of the Closing Date.
The
foregoing notwithstanding, transfers of, or issuances of, Equity
Interests in Borrower or the REIT which do not specifically violate
one of the provisions set forth in (a) through (d) above shall not
constitute a Change of Control and shall be permitted
transfers.
“Claims” has the meaning
set forth in Section 12.2.
“Closing Date” means March
19, 2019.
“Closing Date Term Loan”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 2.1(a).
“Collateral” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Compliance Certificate”
means a certificate in the form of Exhibit A, fully completed and
executed by Borrower.
2
“Credit Parties” means
Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Debt”
means, without duplication, for any Person (a) all indebtedness,
whether or not represented by bonds, debentures, notes, securities
or other evidences of indebtedness, for the repayment of money
borrowed, including, with respect to Borrower, the indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes and all other indebtedness of Borrower to
Lenders, (b) indebtedness and obligations arising in connection
with Rate Management Transactions, (c) all indebtedness
representing deferred payment of the purchase price of property or
assets (but excluding accrued expenses incurred in accordance with
customary practices in the ordinary course of business and trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business that are not
past due by more than one hundred twenty (120) days unless being
disputed in good faith), (d) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) all
indebtedness under guaranties (other than any non-recourse carve
out guaranties under which recourse has not yet been triggered),
endorsements, assumptions or other contingent obligations, in
respect of, or to purchase or otherwise acquire, indebtedness of
others, (f) all indebtedness secured by a Lien existing on property
owned, subject to such Lien, whether or not the indebtedness
secured thereby shall have been assumed by the owner thereof, and
(g) all Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person; provided,
however, that neither deferred revenue nor taxes, in each case
arising in the ordinary course of business, shall constitute Debt.
Debt shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be calculated on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (unless otherwise
indicated).
“Default Rate” means the
lesser of (a) with respect to the Loans, the sum of the Accrual
Rate plus five percent (5.0%) or (b) the Maximum Rate.
“Disqualified Equity
Interests” means any Equity Interest that (a) by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible
or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any
event, matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional
redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable in
cash, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is
redeemable in cash at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or
in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days
following the Maturity Date (excluding any provisions requiring
redemption upon a “change of control” or similar event
which would constitute an Event of Default), (b) is convertible
into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer
thereof) for (i) debt securities or other Debt or (ii) any Equity
Interest referred to in clause (a) above, in each case at any time
on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days following the
Maturity Date, or (c) contains any repurchase obligation that may
come into effect prior to payment in full of all
Obligations.
“Distribution” means (a)
any distribution, dividend or any other payment or distribution (in
cash, property or obligations) made by Borrower on account of its
Equity Interests, (b) any redemption, purchase, retirement or other
acquisition by Borrower of any of its Equity Interests, or (c) the
establishment and funding of any fund for any such distribution,
dividend, payment or acquisition.
“Dollar” and
“$”
mean currency of the United States of America which is at the time
of payment legal tender for the payment of public and private debts
in the United States of America.
3
“Domestic Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of Borrower, whether presently or hereafter
created or existing, that is organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under
the laws of the District of Columbia; provided that if such
Subsidiary does not exist on the Closing Date, Borrower and such
Subsidiary shall satisfy the provisions of Section 9.4 with respect to
such Subsidiary.
“Environmental Laws” means
any and all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements
issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release
of any Hazardous Substance or to health and safety
matters.
“Equity Interests” means
with respect to any Person, the shares, interests, participations,
or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock,
membership interests or partnership interests (or any other
ownership interests) of such Person.
“Equity Issuance” means
any issuance by any Credit Party to any Person of its Equity
Interests, other than (a) any issuance of its Equity Interests
pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (b) any issuance
of its Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion of any debt
securities to equity or the conversion of any class of equity
securities to any other class of equity securities, (c) any
issuance of options or warrants relating to its Equity Interests,
(d) any issuance by the REIT of its Equity Interests pursuant to
any employee stock ownership plan or dividend or distribution
reinvestment program, (e) the issuance of partnership interests in
the Borrower in connection with a contribution of real property
pursuant to any Property Acquisition, and (f) the issuance of the
Equity Interests in the REIT and/or the Borrower to the Lenders or
their Affiliates.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereof.
“Event of Default” has the
meaning specified in Section 11.1.
“Excluded Subsidiary”
means any SPE (including any LNR Property Owner) which is a party
to SPE Mortgage Debt that contractually restricts the ability of
such SPE to provide a guaranty of the Obligations or the grant of a
security interest of its assets to secure such guaranty or the
Obligations.
“Excluded Taxes” means any
taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated),
franchise taxes, and branch profits taxes or other taxes of a
similar nature.
“Existing Indebtedness”
means, collectively, the Debt of the REIT and its Subsidiaries and
the LNR Property Owners set forth in Schedule 1.1.
“Financial Officer” means
the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or another
officer reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders.
4
“Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio” means, for the REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, for any period (a) (i) Net Operating Income for
the applicable period (as determined in accordance with
Section 10.1) ended
as of such date, minus (ii) the sum of all operating expenses and
other cash charges incurred by the REIT and its Subsidiaries (other
than the SPEs), divided by (b) the sum of (i) Scheduled Principal
Payments Paid for the applicable period (as determined in
accordance with Section
10.1) ended as of such date, plus (ii) cash Interest Expense
for the period (as determined in accordance with Section 10.1) ended as of such
date plus (iii) cash Distributions by the Borrower or REIT for the
period ended as of such date (but only to the extent permitted to
be paid under this Agreement), plus (iv) Cash Taxes for the period
ended as of such date, plus (v) Non-Financed Capital Expenditures
for the period ended as of such date. For purpose of this
calculation, and all other financial covenants contained in this
Agreement, the LNR Property Owners will be treated as Subsidiaries
of the REIT.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America consistently applied; provided that if there occurs
after the date of this Agreement any change in GAAP that affects in
any respect the calculation of any covenant contained in this
Agreement, Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith
amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the
calculation of such covenant with the intent of having the
respective positions of Lenders and Borrower after such change in
GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as
of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have
been agreed upon by Borrower and Xxxx, the applicable covenants
shall be calculated as if no such change in GAAP has
occurred.
“Governmental Authority”
means the government of the United States of America, any other
nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantors” means (i) the
Holding Company Guarantors and (ii) each Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“Xxxx” means Xxxx
Partnership Capital Management, LLC, a North Carolina limited
liability company and its Affiliates, and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
“Hazardous Substance”
means any substance, product, waste, pollutant, material, chemical,
contaminant, constituent or other material which is or becomes
listed, regulated or addressed under any Environmental
Law.
“Holding Company
Guarantors” means (i) the Limited Partner (ii) the
REIT.
“Holding Company Guaranty
Agreement” means the Guaranty Agreement executed by
the Holding Company Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent and
Lenders, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
modified.
“Holmwood” means Holmwood
Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
5
“Income Tax Expense” means
for the REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis for any
period, all state and federal income tax expenses for such period,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Incremental Term Loan”
shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(b).
“Incremental Term Loan
Conditions” means the following
conditions:
(a) The
Lenders shall have approved the funding of such Incremental Term
Loan;
(b) No
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would arise as a result of funding such Incremental
Term Loan; and
(c) The
Collateral Agent and Lenders shall have received the following
items, as applicable:
(i) an
executed Note with respect to such Incremental Term Loan, if
requested by such Lender;
(ii) a
written request from Borrower to advance such Incremental Term
Loan, which shall set forth (A) the requested date of the advance
of such Incremental Term Loan, which shall be a Business Day not
less than (5) Business Days following the date of such notice and
(B) the principal amount of the requested Incremental Term Loan;
and
(iii) such
other documentation or information may be required by Collateral
Agent or the Lenders in their reasonable discretion.
“Intellectual Property Security
Agreement” means an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement executed by a Credit Party in favor of Collateral Agent
in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral
Agent.
“Interest Expense” means
for the REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for any
period, the sum of all interest expense paid or required by its
terms to be paid during such period, as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date”
shall mean the last Business Day of each calendar
month.
“Investment” means any
direct or indirect investment in any Person, including capital
contributions to any Person, investments in or the acquisition of
debt securities or Equity Interests of any Person, or any loans,
advances, guaranties or other extensions of credit to any
Person.
“Lien” means any lien,
mortgage, security interest, tax lien, financing statement, pledge,
charge, hypothecation, assignment, preference, priority or other
encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or title retention agreement),
whether arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise.
6
“Limited Partner” means
Holmwood Portfolio Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“Liquid Investments” means
(a) cash on deposit in a financial institution, (b) readily
marketable direct obligations of the United States of America, (c)
fully insured certificates of deposit with maturities of one (1)
year or less from the date of acquisition of any commercial bank
operating in the United States having capital and surplus in excess
of $100,000,000.00, (d) commercial paper of a domestic issuer if at
the time of purchase such paper is rated in one of the two highest
rating categories of Standard and Poor’s Corporation or
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and (e) other Investments
approved by Xxxx, in its reasonable discretion.
“LNR Properties” shall
mean the real property and improvements located at 000 X.
0xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX, and 000
XX Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxx Xx. Xxxxx, XX.
“LNR Property Owners”
shall mean GOV Lorain, LLC, GOV Jonesboro, LLC and GOV PSL, LLC,
each a Delaware limited liability company, the single member
limited liability companies that own the fee interests in each of
the LNR Properties.
“LNR Property Documents”
shall mean the Contribution Agreement dated March 31, 2016, between
Holmwood and Borrower, as amended by that certain First Amendment
to Contribution Agreement dated June 10, 2016 and as further
amended by that certain Second Amendment to Contribution Agreement
dated May 26, 2017, and the Assignment of Profits Interests
effective May 26, 2017 by Holmwood in favor of Borrower pursuant to
which the economic interest in the LNR Properties were assigned to
the Borrower.
“Loan” or
“Loans”
means, collectively, the Closing Date Term Loan and Incremental
Term Loan (or any pro rata advances made by the Lenders to fund the
applicable Loan).
“Loan Documents” means
this Agreement and all promissory notes, security agreements,
pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of
trust, assignments, guaranties, and other instruments, documents
and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement as such instruments, documents and agreements
may be amended, modified, renewed, extended or
supplemented.
“Make Whole Amount” means,
with respect to repayments of the Loan made on or before the
eighteen (18) month anniversary of the applicable Settlement Date
(including as a result of an acceleration of the Loan in accordance
with the terms hereof, including Section 11.1(d) or (e)), an amount equal to the
interest payments and fees that would have been due on the Loan
being repaid on the date of repayment or acceleration, as
applicable, through and including the eighteen (18) month
anniversary of the applicable Settlement Date had such Loan not
been so repaid or accelerated, assuming that all such interest
accrues at the Accrual Rate and that Borrower would pay all future
interest not paid at the Cash Pay Rate by compounding the PIK
Amount to Principal.
“Material Adverse Effect”
means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations,
property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the REIT and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of Borrower to pay
the Obligations or the ability of Borrower to perform its
respective obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or the rights or
remedies of Collateral Agent or Lenders hereunder or
thereunder.
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“Maturity Date” means
March 19, 2022.
“Maximum Rate” means the
maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted from day to day by
applicable law.
“Monroe Property” means
that certain real property and related improvements located at 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx which is under contract for
acquisition by the REIT or its Subsidiaries.
“Net Operating Income”
means for an SPE, for any period, an amount equal to (a) the
aggregate gross revenues from the operations of such SPE during
such period from tenants paying rent minus (b) the sum of all
expenses and other charges incurred in connection with the
operation of such SPE’s property during such period
(including accruals for real estate taxes and insurance and
property management fees, but excluding debt service charges,
income taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
expenses), which expenses and accruals shall be calculated in
accordance with GAAP.
“Non-Financed Capital
Expenditures” means for the REIT and its Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, for any period, Capital Expenditures
incurred during such period in connection with which neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary incurred Debt.
“Notes” means each
promissory note issued to a Lender in accordance with Section 2.2.
“Obligated Party” means
each Guarantor and any other Person who is or becomes a party to
any agreement pursuant to which such Person guarantees or secures
payment and performance of the Obligations or any part
thereof.
“Obligations” means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, fees, commissions,
obligations, covenants and duties of, Borrower arising under any
Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loans, whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after
the commencement by or against Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of
any proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of
general application relating to the enforcement of creditor’s
rights naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in
such proceeding.
“Organizational Documents”
means, for any Person, (a) the articles of incorporation or
certificate of formation and bylaws of such Person if such Person
is a corporation, (b) the articles of organization or certificate
of formation and operating agreement or regulations of such Person
if such Person is a limited liability company, (c) the certificate
of limited partnership or certificate of formation and the limited
partnership agreement of such Person if such Person is a limited
partnership, or (d) the documents under which such Person was
created and is governed if such person is not a corporation,
limited liability company or limited partnership.
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“Paid in Full”,
“Pay in
Full” or “Payment in Full” means,
with respect to the Obligations, the payment in full in cash of all
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and expense
reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim giving rise
thereto has been asserted).
“Permitted Distributions”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.5.
“Permitted Liens” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.2.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, company, trust, business trust, association,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
“PIK Amount” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Principal” means the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans hereunder, including any
interested that has been paid in kind and capitalized or accrued to
principal.
“Property Acquisitions”
means the acquisition of (i) federally leased single tenant
properties identified at least thirty (30) days in advance to the
Lenders and consummated on terms and conditions acceptable to the
Required Lenders, and (ii) the Monroe Property on the terms set
forth in the applicable purchase agreements and financing term
sheets provided to Xxxx prior to the Closing Date.
“Property Management
Agreements” means, collectively, those certain
property management agreements (a) in effect on the Closing Date
and set forth on Schedule
9.12 and (b) entered into by an SPE following the Closing
Date with third party property managers on market terms and
otherwise on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to
Xxxx.
“Rate Management
Transaction” means any transaction (including an
agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered
into by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower which is a rate
swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap,
commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity
index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange
transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction,
cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other
similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of
these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to
one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices,
equity prices or other financial measures.
“REIT” means HC Government
Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“Required Lenders” means,
as of the date of any determination, Lenders holding more than
50.0% of the sum of the aggregate Loans of all
Lenders.
“Sanctions” shall have the
meaning given to such term in Section 7.21.
“Scheduled Principal Payments
Paid” means, for the REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, for any period, that portion of the Debt of the
REIT and its Subsidiaries which was due to be paid during such
period, including, in the case of Debt consisting of Capitalized
Lease Obligations, the amount which was due to be paid during such
period on such Capitalized Lease Obligations. The term
“Scheduled Principal Payments Paid” shall not include
any mandatory or voluntary prepayments of Debt.
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“Security Agreement” means
the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by
the Credit Parties in favor of Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or modified (including by any joinder thereto
pursuant to Section
9.4).
“Settlement Date” means,
with respect to any advance of the Closing Date Term Loan or any
Incremental Term Loan, the date on which funds are advanced by the
Lenders.
“SPE” means (i) a wholly
owned Subsidiary of Borrower which is a special purpose entity
which (a) currently exists or (b) which is hereafter formed or
acquired by the Borrower, in each case for the purpose of
consummating (previously or in the future) a Property Acquisition
and (ii) the LNR Property Owners.
“SPE Mortgage Debt” means
Debt of an SPE (a) in existence on the Closing Date and set forth
on Schedule 9.1 and
(b) incurred after the Closing Date in connection with a Property
Acquisition or the refinancing of Debt described in the foregoing
clause (a), in each case under clause (b) on terms and conditions
acceptable to the Required Lenders in their sole discretion
(provided however, the parties acknowledge and agree that the terms
of the SPE Mortgage Debt for the Property Acquisitions for the
Monroe Property has been approved).
“Subsidiary” means, for
any Person, a Person of which or in which such Person or its other
Subsidiaries own or control, directly or indirectly, fifty percent
(50%) or more of (a) the combined voting power of all classes
having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a
majority of the directors (if it is a corporation), managers or
equivalent body of such Person, (b) the capital interest or profits
interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or similar entity, or (c) the beneficial
interest of such Person, if it is a trust, association or other
unincorporated association or organization. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Borrower shall constitute a Subsidiary of the REIT, and
any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall also constitute a Subsidiary
of the REIT.
“Subsidiary Guarantors”
means each Domestic Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date and all
future Domestic Subsidiaries who become a guarantor of the
Obligations pursuant to Section 9.4, in each case other
than Excluded Subsidiaries.
“Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement” means the Guaranty Agreement executed by
certain of Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries in favor of the
Collateral Agent and Lenders, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or modified (including by any joinder thereto pursuant
to Section
9.4).
“Tax Distribution” means
any Distribution made by Borrower in an aggregate amount which does
not exceed the amounts which are sufficient to permit the partners
of Borrower to pay their federal income taxes which arise solely
and directly as a result of their Equity Interests in
Borrower.
“Three Month Date” means,
with respect to any disposition of assets permitted by Section
9.3(d)(vi), the date which is three (3) months following the date
of such disposition.
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“Unmatured Event of
Default” means the occurrence of an event or the
existence of a condition which, with the giving of notice or the
passage of time would constitute an Event of Default.
Section 1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions. All definitions contained in this Agreement are
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. The words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import referring to
this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified,
all Article and Section references pertain to this Agreement. All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in accordance with GAAP. Terms used herein that are defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by the State of New York, unless
otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings specified in the
Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by the State of New York. In the
event that, at any time, Borrower has no Subsidiaries, all
references to the Subsidiaries of Borrower and the consolidation of
certain financial information shall be deemed to be inapplicable
until such time as Borrower has a Subsidiary. Unless otherwise
specified, all references to Subsidiaries herein refer to
Subsidiaries of Borrower. All times of day are eastern time
(daylight or standard, as applicable). Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the
Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed
to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions,
supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and
other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and
(b) references to any law shall include all statutory and
regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
supplementing or interpreting such law. When the payment of any
obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation
is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a
Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend
to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS
Section 2.1 Term Loans
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(a) Closing
Date Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each Lender severally, and not jointly, agrees to make a
Loan to Borrower on the Closing Date in the aggregate principal
amount of $10,500,000 (the “Closing Date Term Loan”)
and in the respective amounts set forth on Annex A.
(b) Incremental
Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, if all Incremental Term Loan Conditions have been
satisfied, from time to time after the Closing Date, each Lender
severally, and not jointly, agrees to make term loans available to
Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of up to $10,000,000
(collectively, the “Incremental Term Loan”).
This Section 2.1(b)
shall not be construed to create any obligation on the Lenders to
extend or to commit to extend any Incremental Term Loan to
Borrower, and any Incremental Term Loan will only be funded upon
the approval of the Lenders, which such approval may be given or
withheld in such Lender’s sole discretion.
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Section 2.2 Evidence of
Debt. The Loans shall be evidenced by one or more accounts
or records maintained by each Lender in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by each Lender shall
be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made
by the Lenders to Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.
Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not,
however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower
hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
Upon the reasonable written request of any Lender, Borrower shall
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note, which shall
evidence such Loans made by such Lender in addition to such
accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B. Each Lender may
attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount
and maturity of its Note and payments with respect
thereto.
Section 2.3 Repayment of
Loans. Borrower shall repay the unpaid Principal amount of
the Loans on the Maturity Date, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and any other outstanding Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement
obligations for which no claim has been asserted).
Section 2.4 Interest.
(a) Interest
Payments. The Principal shall accrue interest on the unpaid
balance thereof from the applicable Settlement Date until the Loans
have been Paid in Full at a rate per annum equal to 14.0% (the
“Accrual
Rate”). From the applicable Settlement Date and
thereafter until the Loans have been Paid in Full, interest shall
be paid currently in cash on a monthly basis in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date at the fixed rate of 12.0% per annum
(the “Cash Pay
Rate”). On each Interest Payment Date, the Borrower
shall: (A) make an additional cash
payment to the Lenders of interest accruing on the Loans since the
last Interest Payment Date at a rate equal to 2.0% per annum of the
Principal outstanding under the Loans (the
“Additional Cash
Amount”); (B) increase
the then outstanding Principal of the Loans by an amount
(the “PIK
Amount”) equal to the difference between
(i) interest accruing at the applicable Accrual Rate during
the preceding month and
(ii) interest accruing at
the applicable Cash Pay Rate during the preceding month; or (C) pay
a portion of the Additional Cash Amount to the Lenders and compound
to the Principal a portion of the PIK Amount such that the combined
amount of such portion of the Additional Cash Amount and such
portion of the PIK Amount is equal to interest accruing since the last Interest Payment
Date at a rate of 2.0% per annum of the Principal
outstanding under the Loans (collectively, the Additional Cash
Amount, the PIK Amount or any combination thereof, the
“Additional Interest
Amount”);
provided
that, if the Borrower shall make an
election to satisfy a portion of its interest payment obligations
under this Section 2.4(a)
on an Interest Payment Date by
compounding any of the Additional Interest Amount to Principal, it
shall do so by compounding any such amount of the Additional
Interest Amount to all Lenders on an equal and ratable
basis. Accrued and unpaid interest shall also be due and
payable on the date on which any Principal is due, including on the
Maturity Date.
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(b) Default
Rate; Payment of Default Interest. After the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default (it being understood
and agreed that, with respect to an Event of Default related to
non-compliance with any of the financial covenants contained
herein, the date of occurrence shall be the applicable test date),
the Principal, as well as any overdue Obligations, shall bear
interest at a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate, beginning
on the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, except to
the extent the Required Lenders have otherwise agreed in writing
not to charge such Default Rate. All such interest shall be paid as
an increase to the Cash Pay Rate in a manner consistent with
Section 2.4(a)
hereof on a monthly basis (or, at the option of the Required
Lenders, on demand) until the Payment in Full of the Obligations
hereunder or such Event of Default has ceased to be continuing
(whether as a result of a written waiver by the Required Lenders or
otherwise).
(c) Savings
Clause. No provision of this Agreement or of any other Loan
Documents shall require the payment or the collection of interest
in excess of the Maximum Rate. If any excess of interest in such
respect is hereby provided for, or shall be adjudicated to be so
provided, in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or
otherwise in connection with this loan transaction, the provisions
of this Section shall govern and prevail and neither Borrower nor
the sureties, guarantors, successors or assigns of Borrower shall
be obligated to pay the excess amount of such interest or any other
excess sum paid for the use, forbearance or detention of sums
loaned pursuant hereto. In the event any Lender ever receives,
collects or applies as interest any such sum, such amount which
would be in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable
law shall be applied as a payment and reduction of the Principal of
the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes; and, if the principal of
the Notes has been paid in full, any remaining excess shall
forthwith be paid to Borrower. In determining whether or not the
interest paid or payable exceeds the Maximum Rate, Borrower and
Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a)
characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or
premium rather than as interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments
and the effects thereof and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and
spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest
throughout the entire contemplated term of the indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes so that interest for the entire term does
not exceed the Maximum Rate.
Section 2.5 Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of Loans shall be used to (i) finance
a portion of the consideration payable in connection with Property
Acquisitions, (ii) refinance in full the Existing Indebtedness,
(iii) general working capital requirements of Borrower and for
other legitimate corporate purposes approved by Xxxx in its
reasonable discretion, and (iv) in each case, to pay fees and
expenses incurred in connection therewith or herewith.
Section 2.6 Obligations
Absolute. The obligations of Borrower under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents under all
circumstances, including (a) any lack of validity or enforceability
of any Loan Document, (b) the existence of any claim, set-off,
counterclaim, defense or other rights which Borrower, any Obligated
Party or any other Person may have at any time against any Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or any unrelated transaction, (c) any
amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, any Loan
Document or (d) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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ARTICLE III
RESERVED
ARTICLE IV
Payments
Section 4.1 Method of
Payment. All payments of Principal, interest and other
amounts due from Borrower hereunder shall be made, without any
presentment thereof, directly to each Lender, at such address as a
Lender may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower or,
if a bank account(s) with a United States bank is designated for
such Lender in any written notice to Borrower from such Lender,
Borrower will make such payments in immediately available funds to
such bank account, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date due,
marked for attention as indicated, or in such other manner or to
such other account in any United States bank as such Lender may
from time to time direct in writing. All payments of interest may
be paid by auto-debit initiated by a Lender.
Section 4.2 Voluntary
Prepayment. Borrower shall have the right at any time and
from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, upon notice, to
optionally prepay the Loans and other Obligations in whole or in
part (provided, that any such partial prepayment shall be in a
minimum amount of $250,000 or, if less, the entire outstanding
amount of the Loan). In the event of an optional prepayment made
under this Section
4.2, Borrower shall give the Lenders written notice of such
prepayment at least ten (10) days (but not more than sixty (60)
days) prior to the prepayment date, specifying (i) such
prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the
Principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid on such date,
(iii) the accrued interest and Make Whole Amount, if any,
applicable to the Loans to be prepaid and (iv) that such prepayment
is to be made pursuant to this Section 4.2. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, all payments of
Principal and interest due from Borrower hereunder shall be made to
the Lenders on an equal and ratable basis. All Loans which have
been prepaid may not be reborrowed. Any prepayment of the Loan in
accordance with Section
4.2 shall be accompanied by accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, together with the Make Whole Amount. Any voluntary
prepayments shall be allocated first to the Incremental Term Loans,
if any, in inverse order of funding thereof, and last to the
Closing Date Term Loan. Subject to the preceding sentence, any
prepayments shall be allocated ratably to each of the Lenders in
accordance with their pro rata share of the Loans.
Section 4.3 Mandatory
Prepayment.
(a) If
Borrower or any other Credit Party shall consummate an initial
public offering of the Equity Interests in such Person, the
Borrower shall repay the outstanding Loans and other Obligations in
full immediately upon consummation of such initial public
offering.
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(b) Immediately
upon receipt by any Credit Party of the net cash proceeds of any
incurrence of Debt (other than Debt permitted hereunder), the
Borrower shall prepay the Loans as hereafter provided in an
aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (i) the balance of the
Obligations and (ii) 100% of such net cash proceeds (and upon any
such prepayment any violation or breach of the terms hereof with
respect to the Debt shall be deemed cured).
(c) Immediately
upon receipt by any Credit Party of the net cash proceeds of any
Equity Issuance, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as hereafter
provided in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (i) the
balance of the Obligations and (ii)100% of such net cash
proceeds.
(d) Subject
to the rights of any lender under the SPE Mortgage Debt, the
Borrower shall prepay the Loans as hereafter provided in an
aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (i) the balance of the
Obligations and (ii)100% of the net cash proceeds of all voluntary
and involuntary dispositions of assets (including by means of
casualty and condemnation events) in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate during any fiscal year, to the extent such net cash
proceeds are not reinvested in similar property within 90 days of
the date of such voluntary or involuntary disposition. This clause
(d) shall not apply to dispositions involving (a) the sale, lease,
license, transfer or other disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business; (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other
disposition in the ordinary course of business of surplus, obsolete
or worn out property no longer used or useful in the conduct of
business of any Credit Party; (c) any sale, lease, license,
transfer or other disposition of property to any Credit Party; (d)
the sale or discount of accounts in the ordinary course of business
and (e) termination of a lease of real or personal property that is
not necessary in the ordinary course of business and that could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Together
with any mandatory Principal payment made pursuant to this
Section 4.3,
Borrower shall pay accrued interest and the Make Whole Amount on
the Principal amount so prepaid and such payments shall be applied
first to all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts then
due and payable hereunder, then to payment of interest at the
Default Rate, if any, then to accrued interest and the Make Whole
Amount and thereafter to payment of Principal. The making of any
mandatory prepayment under this Section 4.3 shall not excuse
any action that would otherwise constitute an Event of Default
hereunder. Any mandatory prepayments shall be allocated first to
the Incremental Term Loans, if any, in inverse order of funding
thereof, and last to the Closing Date Term Loan.
Section 4.4 Computation of
Interest. Interest on the Loans shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed.
Each determination by a Lender of an interest rate or fee hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
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Section
4.5 Sharing of Payments by
Lenders
If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or
otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations due and
payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to
such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the
Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the
Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at
such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of the Loans owing
(but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations
owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii)
the aggregate amount of the Obligations owing (but not due and
payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under Borrower at such time)
of payment on account of the Obligations owing (but not due and
payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time
then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (x) notify
other the Lenders of such fact, and (y) purchase (for cash at face
value) participations in the Loans of the other Lenders, or make
such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit
of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations then due and
payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the
Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:
(i) if
any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall
be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the
provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A)
any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a
participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or
participant.
Borrower consents
to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation
pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may, following written
notice to Borrower of the existence of such participation, exercise
against Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct
creditor of Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
ARTICLE V
Collateral
Section 5.1 Collateral.
To secure full and complete payment and performance of the
Obligations, Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) to, execute and
deliver or cause to be executed and delivered the documents
described below covering the property and collateral described
therein and in this Section 5.1 (which, together with any other
property and collateral which may now or hereafter secure the
Obligations or any part thereof, is sometimes herein called the
“Collateral”):
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(a) Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other
than Excluded Subsidiaries) to, grant to Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of itself and the Lenders, a security interest in all of
its accounts, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, machinery,
fixtures, chattel paper, documents, instruments, deposit accounts,
investment property, letter of credit rights, intellectual
property, general intangibles and all its other personal property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all products and
proceeds thereof, pursuant to the Security Agreement, which
security interest shall be perfected to the extent required therein
and shall be prior to all other Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
(b) Each
Credit Party shall grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
itself and the Lenders, a security interest in all its ownership
interests of, among other Persons, its Subsidiaries, pursuant to
the Security Agreement, which security interest shall be perfected
to the extent required therein and shall be prior to all other
Liens.
(c) In
the event Borrower or any other Credit Party acquires any
registered intellectual property at any time after the Closing
Date, such Person shall (i) promptly notify the Collateral Agent
and (ii) execute, or cause to be executed, such documents and
instruments as Collateral Agent, in its reasonable discretion,
deems necessary to evidence and perfect its Liens on security
interests in such assets (including, without limitation,
Intellectual Property Security Agreements).
(d) Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other
than Excluded Subsidiaries) to, execute and cause to be executed
such further documents and instruments as Collateral Agent, in its
reasonable discretion, deems necessary to evidence and perfect its
liens and security interests in the Collateral. Borrower
authorizes, directs and permits Collateral Agent to file Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements with respect to the Collateral
as are required under any relevant Uniform Commercial
Code, including financing statements
that indicate the Collateral as “all assets” of
Borrower or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any
particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope
of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the jurisdiction
wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed or as being
of an equal or lesser scope or with greater
detail.
Section 5.2 Setoff. Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
each Lender shall have the right to set off and apply against the
Obligations in such a manner as a Lender may determine, at any time
and without notice to Borrower or any Obligated Party but with
notice to the other Lenders and Collateral Agent, any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
or other sums at any time credited by or owing from such Lender to
Borrower whether or not the Obligations are then due. The rights
and remedies of Lender hereunder are in addition to other rights
and remedies (including, without limitation, to the rights of
setoff) which Lender may have.
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Section 5.3 Guaranty
Agreements. Each Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary) shall unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee payment
and performance of the Obligations.
Section 5.4 Deposit Account
Control Agreements. Borrower shall, and shall cause each
other Credit Party to, deliver to Collateral Agent deposit account
control agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent for each of their deposit accounts; provided
that such requirement shall not apply to deposit accounts with
aggregate balances not to exceed $100,000.
ARTICLE VI
Conditions Precedent
Section 6.1 Initial Extension
of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to make the Closing
Date Term Loans on the Closing Date is subject to the condition
precedent that prior thereto the Collateral Agent and Lenders shall
have received all of the documents set forth below in form and
substance satisfactory to them.
(a) Notes.
A Note executed by Borrower in favor of each Lender so
requesting.
(b) Security
Agreement. A duly executed copy of the Security
Agreement.
(c) Guaranty
Agreement. The Holding Company Guaranty Agreement, duly
executed by the Holding Company Guarantors.
(d) Certificates.
A certificate of a responsible officer of each Credit Party,
attaching certified copies of (i) resolutions of the board of
directors or other governing body of such Credit Party, which
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents to which it is to be a party, (ii) the Organizational
Documents of such Credit Party, and (iii) the names of the officers
of such Credit Party authorized to sign the Loan
Documents.
(e) Governmental
Certificates. Certificates issued by the appropriate
government officials of the state of organization of each Credit
Party as to the existence and good standing of such Credit
Party.
(f) Financing
Statements. Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
showing each Credit Party as debtor and Collateral Agent as the
secured party.
(g) Diligence
Searches. Uniform Commercial Code, litigation, bankruptcy
and similar lien searches showing all financing statements and
other documents or instruments on file against each Credit Party in
their state of formation and such other locations as deemed
reasonably necessary by the Collateral Agent.
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(h) Intellectual
Property Search. A search on the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office database
showing all registrations of or applications filed for intellectual
property of the Credit Parties.
(i) Opinion
of Counsel. An opinion or opinions of Xxxxxx Voekler
Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx, PLC, legal counsel to the Credit Parties, as
to the Loan Documents.
(j) Payment
of Existing Indebtedness. Evidence that all existing
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties (except those permitted pursuant
to Section 9.1)
have been paid in full and cancelled (or will be paid from the
proceeds of the Loans) and all Liens related thereto have been
terminated or released (or will be terminated and released upon the
payment in full thereof).
(k) Consents.
Evidence that all necessary consents to the transactions
contemplated hereby have been obtained, including those required
under the SPE Mortgage Debt.
(l) Property
Management Agreements. Duly executed copies of the Property
Management Agreements.
(m) Attorneys’
Fees and Expenses. Evidence that the costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) referred to in
Section 12.1, to
the extent incurred, have been paid in full by
Borrower.
(n) Intellectual
Property Security Agreement. An Intellectual Property
Security Agreement executed by the REIT.
(o) Additional
Documentation. Such additional approvals, opinions or
documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request.
Section 6.2 Post Closing
Deliveries.
(a) Insurance
Certificates. As soon as practical after the Closing Date,
but in any event within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or
such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole
discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the
certificates of insurance, and related endorsements or declarations
pages, required by Section
8.5 hereof.
To the
extent any representation and warranty would not be true or any
provision of any covenant would be breached in this Agreement or
any other Loan Document because the action required by this
Section 6.2 was not
taken on or prior to Closing Date, the respective representation
and warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all
material respects and the respective covenant complied with at the
time the action is taken (or was required to be taken) in
accordance with this Section 6.2.
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ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties
To
induce Collateral Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement,
Borrower, as of the Closing Date and each Settlement Date, hereby
represents and warrants to Collateral Agent and Lenders
that:
Section 7.1 Existence.
The REIT and each of its Subsidiaries, including Borrower (a) are
duly organized, validly existing and in active standing under the
laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, (b) have
all requisite power and authority to own their assets and carry on
their business as now being or as proposed to be conducted and (c)
are qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where necessary
(except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect). The REIT and
each of its Subsidiaries has the power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which it is or may become a
party.
Section 7.2 Financial
Statements. Borrower has delivered to Lenders audited
financial statements of the REIT as at and for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2017, and unaudited financial statements for the
fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018. Such financial statements,
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence
of footnotes and year-end adjustments in the case of unaudited
financial statements), and fairly and accurately present in all
material respects, on a consolidated basis, the financial condition
of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, as of the respective dates
indicated therein and the results of operations for the respective
periods indicated therein. As of the date of such financial
statements, the REIT and its Subsidiaries do not have any material
contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, material forward or
long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any
unfavorable commitments not reflected in such financial
statements.
Section 7.3 Requisite Action;
No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance by
Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
Borrower is or may become a party have been duly authorized by all
requisite action on the part of Borrower and do not and will not
violate or conflict with the Organizational Documents of Borrower
or any law, rule or regulation or any order, writ, injunction or
decree of any court, Governmental Authority or arbitrator, and,
except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, do not and will not conflict with, result in a
breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
imposition of any Lien (other than the Liens established under the
Loan Documents) upon any of the revenues or assets of Borrower or
any Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, franchise, permit,
license or other instrument or agreement by which Borrower or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is
bound.
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Section 7.4 Operation of
Business. The REIT and each of its Subsidiaries possess or
have a valid right to use all licenses, permits, franchises,
patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto,
to conduct their respective businesses substantially as now
conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.
Section 7.5 Litigation and
Judgments. There is no action, suit, investigation or
proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority pending, or to
the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or affecting the REIT
or any Subsidiary, that could, if adversely determined, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no
outstanding judgments against the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries
for the payment of money in excess of $50,000.00.
Section 7.6 Rights in
Properties; Liens. The REIT and each of its Subsidiaries
have good and marketable title to or valid leasehold interests in
their respective properties and assets, real and personal,
including the properties, assets and leasehold interests reflected
in the financial statements described in Section 7.2, and none of the
properties, assets or leasehold interests of the REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any Lien, except for the Permitted Liens
and any other Liens hereafter approved by the Collateral
Agent.
Section 7.7 Enforceability.
This Agreement constitutes, and the other Loan Documents to which
Borrower is a party, when delivered, shall constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable against
Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other laws of general application relating to the enforcement of
creditor’s rights.
Section 7.8 Approvals. o
authorization, approval or consent of, and no filing or
registration with, any Governmental Authority or third party is or
will be necessary for the execution, delivery or performance by
Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
Borrower is or may become a party or the validity or enforceability
thereof, except for the filing and recording of financing
statements and other documents necessary in order to perfect the
Liens created by the Security Agreement entered into in connection
herewith.
Section 7.9 Debt. The
REIT and its Subsidiaries have no Debt except Debt permitted
pursuant to Section
9.1 or Debt being satisfied from the proceeds of the
Loans.
Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds;
Margin Securities. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of
the Borrower is engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any extension of
credit under this Agreement will be used to purchase or carry any
such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock.
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Section 7.11 ERISA. The
REIT and each Subsidiary of the REIT have complied in all material
respects with all applicable minimum funding requirements and all
other applicable requirements of ERISA, and there are no existing
conditions that would give rise to material liability thereunder.
No Reportable Event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has
occurred in connection with any employee benefit plan that might
constitute grounds for the termination thereof by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or for the appointment by the
appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer
such plan.
Section 7.12 Taxes. The
REIT and each Subsidiary of the REIT have filed all tax returns
(federal, state and local) required to be filed on or before the
date of this representation (including any future dates on which
this representation is deemed to be made), including all income,
franchise, employment, property and sales taxes, and have paid all
of their liabilities for taxes, assessments, governmental charges
and other levies that are due and payable, other than those not yet
delinquent and except any such taxes, assessments, governmental
charges and levies which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate
reserves in accordance with GAAP have been
established.
Section 7.13 Disclosure.
No event has occurred since the date of the most recently delivered
audited financial statements, and no fact or condition exists,
which has had a Material Adverse Effect or which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.14 Subsidiaries.
The REIT has no Subsidiaries other than those listed on
Schedule 7.14. The
REIT owns, directly or indirectly, the amount of ownership
interests of each Subsidiary as set forth on Schedule 7.14.
Section 7.15 Compliance with
Laws; REIT Status.
(a) Neither
the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation in any
material respect of any material law, rule, regulation, order, or
decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
(b) The
REIT is qualified as a “real estate investment trust”
under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) The
REIT is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the qualification of the
REIT as a “real estate investment trust”.
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Section 7.16 Compliance with
Agreements. Neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is
in violation in any material respect of any material document,
agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or its properties are bound.
Section 7.17 Environmental
Matters. The REIT and each of its Subsidiaries, and their
respective properties, are in material compliance with all material
applicable Environmental Laws and neither the REIT nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any material liability or obligation for
remedial action thereunder. There is no pending or, to
Borrower’s knowledge, threatened investigation or inquiry by
any Governmental Authority with respect to the REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties pertaining to
any Hazardous Substance. Except in the ordinary course of business
and in compliance with all Environmental Laws, or as otherwise set
forth in any environmental assessments or related reports (each, an
“Environmental Report”) obtained in connection with a
Property Acquisition, to Borrower’s knowledge, there are no
Hazardous Substances located on or under any of the properties of
the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries. Except in the ordinary course
of business and in compliance with all Environmental Laws, or as
set forth in any Environmental Report, to Borrower’s
knowledge neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries has caused
or permitted any Hazardous Substance to be disposed of on or under
or released from any of its properties. Borrower and each
Subsidiary (or any applicable tenant at a property) have obtained
all material permits, licenses and authorizations which are
required under and by all material Environmental Laws and necessary
for the conduct of their business.
Section 7.18 Solvency. As
of each Settlement Date and after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, including all Loans made or to be made hereunder, no
Credit Party is insolvent on a balance sheet basis such that the
sum of such Person’s assets exceeds the sum of such
Person’s liabilities, each Credit Party is able to pay its
debts as they become due, and each Credit Party has sufficient
capital to carry on its business.
Section 7.19 Transactions With
Affiliates. Neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a party to any transaction, arrangement or contract (including any
lease or other rental agreement) with any of its Affiliates other
than as permitted by Section 9.10
hereof.
Section 7.20 Investment Company
Act. Neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 7.21 Sanctions.
Neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of Borrower, any director, officer, employee, agent, or Affiliate
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is
owned or controlled by Persons that are: (a) the subject of any
sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“OFAC”), the U.S.
Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the
European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant
sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (b)
located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is,
or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions.
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Section 7.22 Anti-Corruption.
Neither the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge
of Borrower, any director, officer, employee, agent, or Affiliate
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has (a) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other
unlawful expense relating to political activity, (b) made any
direct or indirect unlawful payment to any government official or
employee from corporate funds, (c) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or
the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom or similar law of the
European Union or any European Union Member State or similar law of
a jurisdiction in which Borrower or any Subsidiary conduct their
business and to which they are lawfully subject or (d) made any
unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other unlawful payment.
ARTICLE VIII
Affirmative Covenants
Borrower covenants
and agrees that, until Payment in Full, Borrower will perform and
observe the covenants set forth below, unless Required Lenders
shall otherwise consent in writing.
Section 8.1 Reporting
Requirements. Borrower will deliver to each
Lender:
(a) Annual
Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal
year of the REIT, beginning with the fiscal year ending December
31, 2019, a copy of the annual audited financial statements of the
REIT and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year containing, on a
consolidated basis, balance sheets, statements of income,
statements of members’ capital and statements of cash flows
as at the end of such fiscal year and for the 12-month period then
ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures
for the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared
in accordance with GAAP, and audited and certified without
qualification by independent certified public accountants of
recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Xxxx (and for
purposes hereof Xxxx has approved Cherry Bekaert, LLP, the current
independent certified public accountants for the
REIT).
(b) Quarterly
Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event
within forty five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of
the REIT (including the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of
the REIT), a copy of the unaudited financial statements of the REIT
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and for
the portion of the fiscal year then ended, containing, on a
consolidated basis, balance sheets, statements of income,
statements of members’ capital and statements of cash flows
in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, comparisons to
budget, and a management discussion and analysis, all in reasonable
detail and certified by a Financial Officer to have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP and to fairly and accurately present in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at the
date and for the periods indicated therein, subject to changes
resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of
footnote disclosures.
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(c) Monthly
Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event
within forty five (45) days after the end of each calendar month
(other than months which are also fiscal quarter ends), beginning
with the month ending March 31, 2019, a copy of the unaudited
financial statements of the REIT and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of such calendar month and for the portion of the fiscal year then
ended, containing, on a consolidated basis, balance sheets,
statements of income, statements of members’ capital and
statements of cash flows in each case setting forth in comparative
form the figures for the corresponding period of the preceding
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Financial
Officer to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and to fairly
and accurately present in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the REIT and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at the date and for the
periods indicated therein.
(d) Compliance
Certificate. (i) Concurrently with the delivery of the
financial statements required by Section 8.1(b), a Compliance
Certificate as of the last day of such fiscal quarter and (ii)
together with the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 8.1(a), a
Compliance Certificate as of the last day of the fiscal year
covered by such financial statements, in each case executed by a
Financial Officer and containing detailed calculations of the
covenants contained in Sections 9.1 and 9.3(d) and Article
X.
(e) Tax
Returns. Within ten (10) days following the filing thereof,
copies of each federal income tax return filed by a Credit
Party.
(f) Annual
Projection Reports. As soon as available, and in any event
at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year of
the REIT, a copy of the annual business plan for the ensuing year,
including financial projections and a Capital Expenditure
budget.
(g) Notice
of Tax Investigations or Prior Period Unassessed
Liabilities. As soon as possible, and in any event within
five (5) Business Days after Borrower becomes aware thereof, notice
of any pending investigations of the REIT or any Subsidiary of the
REIT by any taxing authority or of any pending but unassessed tax
liability incurred during a prior period of the REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(h) Certificate
of Insurance. Upon request of Collateral Agent or any
Lender, a certificate or certificates evidencing that the insurance
required by Section
8.5 is in full force and effect and that such policies have
been extended.
(i) Notice
of Litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof,
notice of all actions, suits and proceedings before any
Governmental Authority against Borrower or any Guarantor which
could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Notice
of Judgments. Within five (5) Business Days of the rendering
thereof, notice of any judgment against Borrower or any Guarantor
in an amount which is greater than $100,000.00.
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(k) Notice
of Default. As soon as possible and in any event within five
(5) Business Days after Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence of
each Event of Default and any Unmatured Event of Default that will
not, in the Borrower’s reasonable estimation be resolved
prior to becoming an Event of Default, a written notice setting
forth the details of such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default and the action which Borrower has taken and proposes to
take with respect thereto.
(l) Notice
of Material Adverse Effect. As soon as possible, and in any
event within five (5) Business Days after Borrower becomes aware
thereof, notice of the occurrence of any event or the existence of
any fact or condition which could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) General
Information. Promptly after receipt of any such request,
such other information concerning Borrower, any Guarantor or the
real property of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries as
Collateral Agent or a Lender may from time to time reasonably
request.
Section 8.2 Maintenance of
Existence; Conduct of Business. Borrower will preserve and
maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary to preserve and maintain,
its corporate existence and all of its material leases, privileges,
licenses, permits, franchises, qualifications and rights that are
necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business; provided that
upon the sale of any property held by any SPE, such SPE may be
liquidated and dissolved in the ordinary course of
business.
Section 8.3 Maintenance of
Properties. Borrower will maintain, and will cause each
Subsidiary of Borrower to maintain, its assets and properties in
good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear and casualty
events excepted.
Section 8.4 Taxes and
Claims. Borrower will pay or discharge, and will cause each
Subsidiary of Borrower to pay or discharge, at or before maturity
or before becoming delinquent (a) all taxes, levies, assessments
and governmental charges imposed on it or its income or profits or
any of its property and (b) all lawful claims for labor, material
and supplies, which, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon any of its
property; provided, however, that neither Borrower nor any such
Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge any claim, tax,
levy, assessment or governmental charge (a “Tax or Claim
Charge”), which is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, if (i) no Lien has been
filed of record with respect to such Tax or Claim Charge, (ii) no
Collateral or any portion thereof or interest therein would be in
any danger of sale, forfeiture or loss by reason of the contest for
such Tax or Claim Charge, and (iii) Borrower or such Subsidiary has
established adequate reserves against such Tax or Claim Charge in
accordance with GAAP.
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Section 8.5 Insurance.
Borrower will maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary of Borrower
to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, worker’s compensation insurance, liability
insurance and insurance on its property, assets and business, all
at least in such amounts and against such risks as are usually
insured against by Persons engaged in similar businesses and as are
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; provided that with
respect to any insurance for a property encumbered by SPE Mortgage
Debt, satisfaction of the insurance requirements under such Debt
shall constitute acceptable insurance. Each casualty insurance policy and each
insurance policy covering Collateral shall by endorsement name
Collateral Agent as lender loss payee (or “mortgagee loss
payee”, if applicable) and each policy of liability insurance
shall by endorsement or the terms thereof name Collateral Agent as
an additional insured. All such policies shall provide that they
will not be cancelled without thirty (30) days prior written notice
to Collateral Agent or ten (10) days in case of non-payment of a
premium. Subject in all events to the rights of the lenders under
the SPE Mortgage Debt, in case of loss due to casualty, Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to receive and retain the proceeds of the
insurance policies in excess of $500,000.00, and to, in Collateral
Agent’s reasonable discretion, either apply the same against
the Obligations or release such proceeds to Borrower; provided if
any such insurance proceeds are necessary for the repair or
replacement of any Collateral as long as there is no Event of
Default hereunder, such proceeds shall be released to Borrower to
be used for such repairs or replacements. All proceeds of insurance
policies in an aggregate amount equal to or less than $500,000.00
shall be paid to Borrower, and such proceeds shall be used to
repair and restore the Collateral in substantially the same
condition of such Collateral immediately prior to such loss. If any
loss shall occur at any time when Borrower or any Subsidiary of
Borrower shall be in default as to the performance of this
covenant, Collateral Agent shall, subject to the terms of the SPE
Mortgage Debt, nonetheless be entitled to the benefit of all
insurance held by or for such Person, to the same extent as if it
had been made payable to Collateral Agent.
Section 8.6 Inspection .
At any reasonable time and in reasonable intervals, Borrower will
permit, and will cause each Subsidiary of Borrower to permit,
representatives of the Collateral Agent or Lenders to examine and
make copies of the books and records of, and, subject to the rights
of tenants, visit and inspect the properties or assets of Borrower
and any such Subsidiary and to discuss the business, operations and
financial condition of any such Persons with their respective
officers and employees and with their independent certified public
accountants.
Section 8.7 Keeping Books and
Records. Borrower will maintain, and will cause each
Subsidiary of Borrower to maintain, proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
GAAP in all material respects shall be made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and
activities.
Section 8.8 Compliance with
Laws. Borrower will comply, and will cause each Subsidiary
of Borrower to comply, in all material respects, with all material
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any court,
Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
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Section 8.9 Compliance with
Agreements. Borrower will comply, and will cause each
Subsidiary of Borrower to comply, in all material respects, with
all material agreements, contracts and instruments binding on it or
affecting its properties or business.
Section 8.10 Further
Assurances. Borrower will execute and deliver, and will
cause each Subsidiary of Borrower to execute and deliver, such
further instruments as may be reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to preserve and perfect
the Liens of Collateral Agent in the Collateral.
Section 8.11 ERISA.
Borrower will comply, and will cause each Subsidiary of Borrower to
comply, with all minimum funding requirements, and all other
material requirements, of ERISA, if applicable, so as not to give
rise to any liability thereunder.
Section 8.12 Continuity of
Operations. Borrower will continue to conduct, and will
cause each Subsidiary of Borrower to continue to conduct, its
primary businesses (and any other business reasonably related or
complementary thereto) as conducted or contemplated to be conducted
as of the Closing Date.
Section 8.13 LNR Property
Owners. Borrower will use its reasonable efforts, under the
LNR Property Documents and otherwise, to cause the LNR Property
Owners to comply with the covenants applicable to the
Borrower’s Subsidiaries, under this Article VIII and Article
IX below.
ARTICLE IX
Negative Covenants
Borrower covenants
and agrees that, until Payment in Full, Borrower will perform and
observe the covenants set forth below, unless Required Lenders
shall otherwise consent in writing.
Section 9.1 Debt.
Borrower will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to incur, create, assume or permit
to exist, any Debt, except (a) the Obligations, (b) purchase money
Debt and Capitalized Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal
amount which does not exceed $250,000 outstanding (or, in the case
of the SPEs, such amounts as may be set forth in the applicable SPE
Mortgage Debt documents) at any time, (c) Debt arising from the
endorsement of instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business, (d) Debt owed by (i) one Credit Party to another Credit
Party or (ii) any Subsidiary to Borrower, (e) obligations of any
Credit Party for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
which are (i) not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable
without penalty or (ii) being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and, in each case, for which such Credit
Party maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, (f) the
SPE Mortgage Debt, (g) Debt arising from one or more judgments
which do not, in themselves, give rise to an Event of Default,
provided such judgments are satisfied or stayed within thirty (30)
days of their rendering, (h) Debt set forth on Schedule 9.1, (i) Debt arising
under Rate Management Transactions so long as entered into for bona
fide hedging of liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and not for speculative purposes, and (j) unsecured Debt of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent not permitted by
any of the foregoing clauses, provided that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all such Debt pursuant to this
clause (j) does not exceed $250,000 at any time (or, in the case of
the SPEs, such amounts as may be set forth in the applicable SPE
Mortgage Debt documents).
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Section 9.2 Limitation on
Liens. Borrower will not incur, create, assume or permit to
exist, and will not permit any Subsidiary to incur, create, assume
or permit to exist, any Lien upon any of its property, assets or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except the
following (“Permitted Liens”): (a)
Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, (b) purchase money Liens and
Liens evidencing Capitalized Lease Obligations securing Debt
permitted by Section
9.1(b), which Liens cover only the assets financed with the
Debt permitted by Section
9.1(b), (c)
any current encumbrances existing on any of the properties of the
SPE’s (including, but not limited to any exceptions reflected
in any title insurance policy with respect to any such assets) and
any future encumbrances consisting of easements, zoning
restrictions or other restrictions on the use of real property that
do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially affect the
value of the assets encumbered thereby (or such affect was
reflected in any purchase price paid in connection with the
acquisition of any such asset) or materially impair the ability of
Borrower or any Subsidiary to use such assets in its business, and
none of which is violated in any material aspect by existing or
proposed structures or land use, (d) Liens for taxes, assessments
or other governmental charges (a “Tax or Government
Charge”) which (i) are not delinquent, or (ii) for which (A)
no Lien has been filed of record with respect to such Tax or
Government Charge, (B) no Collateral or any portion thereof or
interest therein would be in any danger of sale, forfeiture or loss
by reason of the contest for such Tax or Government Charge, and (C)
Borrower or such Subsidiary has established adequate reserves
against such Tax or Government Charge in accordance with GAAP, (e)
Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers or other
similar statutory Liens securing obligations that are not yet due
and are incurred in the ordinary course of business, (f) Liens
(other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) incurred or deposits made in
the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security, (g) leases or
subleases granted in the ordinary course of business to others not
interfering in any material respect with the business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any interest or title of a
lessor under any lease not in violation of this Agreement, (h)
Liens arising from precautionary uniform commercial code financing
statements filed under any lease permitted by this Agreement and
with respect to which no grant of security interest has been made,
(i) Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank or
other depositary institution arising as a matter of law or in the
ordinary course of business encumbering deposits, (j) Investments
of cash permitted by Section 9.6(a), (k) Liens
solely on xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase
agreement in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in
an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 9.6 to be applied
against the purchase price for such Investment, solely to the
extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease
would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien
and (l) other Liens securing other Debt or other obligations
permitted herein or other obligations, provided that all Liens
permitted under this clause (l) shall not exceed $500,000.00 in the
aggregate at any time and shall not encumber any portion of Credit
Parties’ accounts, chattel paper, instruments, promissory
notes, inventory, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, machinery,
equipment, or rolling stock.
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Section 9.3 Mergers,
Acquisitions, Dissolutions and Disposition of Assets.
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of Borrower
to, (a) become a party to a merger, consolidation, partnership,
joint venture or other business combination or purchase or
otherwise acquire all or a substantial part of the assets of any
Person or any shares or other evidence of beneficial ownership of
any Person, provided Credit Parties may enter into any Property
Acquisition, (b) dissolve or liquidate, (c) amend its
Organizational Documents in any manner adverse to Collateral Agent
or Lenders, the payment and/or performance of the Obligations or
the Liens created under the Loan Documents, or (d) sell, lease,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets, except, (i) in
the ordinary course of business, dispose of or lease inventory,
(ii) in the ordinary course of business, dispose of any used,
obsolete, worn out or surplus property (including, without
limitation, used vehicles) that is, in the reasonable good faith
judgment of such Credit Party, no longer economically or
commercially practicable or necessary to maintain or useful in the
conduct of the business of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole,
provided that the aggregate amount of fair market value of all
dispositions pursuant to this Section 9.3(d)(ii) shall not
exceed $100,000.00 during any fiscal year, (iii) transactions among
Credit Parties not resulting in a Change of Control, (iv) any
involuntary disposition constituting a casualty event or
condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or taking, (v)
give discounts or compromises for less than the face value of
accounts receivable in order to resolve disputes that occur in the
ordinary course of business, and (vi) other asset dispositions not
otherwise permitted hereunder; provided, however, that in the case
of this clause (vi), all of the following conditions are met: (w)
the market value of all assets disposed of pursuant to this clause
(vi) does not exceed $50,000.00 individually and $100,000.00 in the
aggregate during any fiscal year of Borrower with respect to all
such transactions; (x) the consideration received is at least equal
to the fair market value of such assets; (y) not later than the
Three Month Date, the net proceeds of such disposition shall have
been either (A) reinvested in assets used in the business of Credit
Parties on which Collateral Agent has a perfected Lien subject only
to Permitted Liens or (B) applied as required by Section 4.3, as applicable; and
(z) no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall then
exist or result from such disposition.
Section 9.4 Subsidiaries.
Borrower will not create or acquire any Subsidiary of Borrower,
unless (a) such new Subsidiary is an SPE, (b) the Borrower has (i)
specifically pledged its Equity Interests in such new Subsidiary to
Collateral Agent, and (ii) delivered to Collateral Agent evidence
of its authority to enter into such pledge and (c) if such
Subsidiary is not an Excluded Subsidiary, (i) such new Subsidiary
has executed and delivered to Collateral Agent the Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement and Security Agreement (or joinders thereto in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent), (ii) such new Subsidiary has delivered to Collateral Agent
a certified copy of its Organizational Documents and evidence of
its authority to enter into the documents referred to in clause
(b)(ii) above, and (iii) to the extent requested by Collateral
Agent, Borrower has delivered a legal opinion in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to them with respect to such new Subsidiary
and the foregoing documents. Any joinder agreement executed
pursuant to this Section shall constitute a Loan
Document.
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Section 9.5 Restricted
Payments. Borrower will not declare or pay any Distribution
except for the following (the “Permitted
Distributions”): (a) Distributions to enable the REIT
to distribute the minimum amount of dividends necessary for the
REIT to maintain its status as a “real estate investment
trust” for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes, (b)
Distributions that are payable solely in additional shares of its
Equity Interests (or warrants, options or other rights to acquire
additional shares of its Equity Interests but excluding
Disqualified Equity Interests), (c) Distributions by the REIT
necessary for it to avoid the payment of federal or state income or
excise taxes for undistributed income, (d) Tax Distributions and
(e) provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing or would result from the making of such Distribution on
a pro forma basis, other Distributions by the Borrower to its
partners, or the REIT to its shareholders in accordance with the
Organizational Documents as in effect on the Closing Date or as
modified with the consent of Xxxx.
Section 9.6 Investments.
Borrower will not make, and will not permit any Subsidiary to make,
any Investment in any Person other than:
(a) Liquid
Investments;
(b) Property
Acquisitions;
(c) any
endorsement of a check or other medium of payment for deposit or
collection, or any similar transaction in the normal course of
business;
(d) Investments
consisting of loans and advances to employees of the Borrower in
the ordinary course of business not to exceed $10,000.00 in the
aggregate at any time outstanding;
(e) deposits
required to be made in the ordinary course of business in an amount
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent made to a landlord in
the ordinary course of business to secure or support obligations of
Borrower under a lease of real property; and
(f) other
Investments approved by the Collateral Agent in
writing.
Section 9.7 Compliance with
Environmental Laws. Borrower will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary of Borrower to, (a) use (or permit any tenant to
use) any of their respective properties or assets for the handling,
processing, storage, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous
Substance, except in the ordinary course of business and in
material compliance with all material Environmental Laws, (b)
generate any Hazardous Substance, (c) conduct any activity which is
likely to cause a release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Substance, or (d) otherwise conduct any activity or use any of
their respective properties or assets in any manner that is likely
to violate any material Environmental Law.
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Section 9.8 Accounting.
Borrower will not make, and will not permit any Subsidiary of
Borrower to make, any change in accounting treatment or reporting
practices (including any change to its fiscal year from December
31), except as required by GAAP.
Section 9.9 Change of
Business. Borrower will not enter into, or permit any
Subsidiary of Borrower to enter into, any type of business which is
materially different from the business in which Borrower or such
Subsidiary is engaged or contemplated to be engaged as of the
Closing Date.
Section 9.10 Transactions With
Affiliates. Borrower will not enter into, or permit to
exist, and will not permit any Subsidiary of Borrower to enter into
or permit to exist, any transaction, arrangement or contract
(including any lease or other rental agreement) with any of its
Affiliates which is on terms which are materially less favorable
than are obtainable from any Person who is not an Affiliate of
Borrower or such Subsidiary, other than (a) distributions permitted
by Section 9.5,
Investments permitted by clause (f) of Section 9.6, management fees
permitted by Section
9.12, and fees paid pursuant to the Property Management
Agreements, (b) the LNR Property Documents and (c) transactions among the Credit
Parties permitted by this Agreement.
Section 9.11 Compliance with
Government Regulations. Borrower will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary of Borrower to, (a) be or become subject at
any time to any law, regulation or list of any governmental agency
(including, without limitation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset
Control list) that prohibits or limits any Lender from making any
advance or extension of credit to Borrower or from otherwise
conducting business with Borrower, or (b) fail to provide
documentary and other evidence of Borrower’s identity as may
be requested by any Lender at any time to enable such Lender to
verify Borrower’s identity or to comply with any applicable
law or regulation, including, without limitation Section 326 of the
USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.
Section 9.12 Management
Fees. Borrower will not pay any management fees to any
Person; provided, however, that Borrower may pay fees to the
applicable managers pursuant to the Property Management Agreements
(i) as in effect on the date hereof or as amended with the consent
of Xxxx or (ii) as hereafter entered into in connection with a
Property Acquisition in accordance with clause (b) of the
definition thereof.
Section 9.13 Sanctions.
Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the
Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person,
(a) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in
any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or
whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (b) in any other
manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person
(including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as
underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
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Section 9.14 Anti-Corruption.
No part of the proceeds of the Loans shall be used, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
ARTICLE X
Financial Covenant
Borrower covenants
and agrees that, until Payment in Full, Borrower will perform and
observe the financial covenants set forth below.
Section 10.1 Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio. Borrower covenants and agrees that, until
Payment in Full, the Credit Parties will at all times maintain a
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated and tested quarterly
as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the REIT, commencing
with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, for the period of
four quarters ended as of such date (a “rolling or trailing
four quarters” basis).
ARTICLE XI
Default
Section 11.1 Events of
Default. Each of the following shall be deemed an
“Event of Default”:
(a) Borrower
shall fail to pay (i) principal of or interest on any Note when due
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise) or (ii) any other Obligations or any part
thereof when due, and, with respect to this clause (ii), such
failure shall have continued for a period of ten (10) Business
Days.
(b) Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by Borrower or any
Obligated Party (or any of their respective officers) in any Loan
Document or in any certificate, report, notice or financial
statement furnished at any time in connection with this Agreement
shall be false, misleading or erroneous in any material respect
when made or deemed to have been made.
(c) Borrower
or any Obligated Party shall fail to perform, observe or comply
with (i) any covenant, agreement or term contained in Section 8.1, Section 8.2 (with respect to
Borrower’s existence), Article IX or Article X of this
Agreement or (ii) any covenant, agreement or term contained in any
other Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and,
with respect to this clause (ii), such failure shall have continued
for a period of ten (10) Business Days after the earlier of (y) an
officer of any Credit Party obtaining knowledge of such failure or
(z) the Borrower’s receipt of written notice of such failure
from Collateral Agent or a Lender (any such notice to be
identified, in full or in part, as a notice of default (or similar
language) and to refer specifically to this clause); provided,
however, in the case of a default that cannot be cured within such
ten (10) Business Day period despite Borrower’s diligent
efforts but is susceptible of being cured within thirty (30) days
of the earlier of (y) an officer of any Credit Party obtaining
knowledge of such failure or (z) the Borrower’s receipt of
written notice of such failure from Collateral Agent or a Lender,
then Borrower shall have such additional time as is reasonably
necessary to effect such cure, but in no event in excess of thirty
(30) days from the earlier of (y) an officer of any Credit Party
obtaining knowledge of such failure or (z) the Borrower’s
receipt of written notice of such failure from Collateral Agent or
a Lender.
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(d) Borrower,
any Subsidiary of Borrower, any Obligated Party, or any LNR
Property Owner shall commence a voluntary proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself
or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or
a substantial part of its property or shall consent to any such
relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such
official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced
against it or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become
due or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the
foregoing.
(e) An
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced against Borrower, any
Subsidiary of Borrower, any Obligated Party, or any LNR Property
Owner seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official for it or a substantial part of its property, and
such involuntary proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed
for a period of sixty (60) days.
(f) Subject
to the applicable contest rights set forth in Sections 7.12 and 8.4,
Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Obligated Party or any LNR Property
Owner shall fail to discharge, within a period of thirty (30) days
after the commencement thereof, any attachment, sequestration or
similar proceeding or proceedings involving an aggregate amount in
excess of $250,000.00 against any of its assets or
properties.
(g) Borrower,
any Subsidiary of Borrower, any Obligated Party or any LNR Property
Owner shall fail to satisfy and discharge, within a period of
thirty (30) days after the rendering thereof, any judgment or
judgments against it for the payment of money in an aggregate
amount in excess of $250,000.00.
(h) Borrower,
any Subsidiary of Borrower, any Obligated Party or any LNR Property
Owner shall fail to pay when due any principal of or interest on
any Debt in excess of $100,000.00 (other than the Obligations), or
the maturity of any such Debt shall have been accelerated, or any
such Debt shall have been required to be prepaid prior to the
stated maturity thereof other than satisfaction of the associated
SPE Mortgage Debt upon the sale of a property, or any event shall
have occurred that permits (or, with the giving of notice or lapse
of time or both, would permit) any holder or holders of such Debt
or any Person acting on behalf of such holder or holders to
accelerate the maturity thereof or require any such
prepayment.
(i) This
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall for any reason not be,
or cease to be, in full force and effect or shall be declared null
and void or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be
contested or challenged by Borrower or any Obligated Party or any
of their respective owners, or Borrower or any Obligated Party
shall deny (other than upon satisfaction of the Obligations) that
it has any further liability or obligation under any of the Loan
Documents, or any Lien or security interest created by the Loan
Documents shall for any reason not be, or cease to be, a valid,
perfected security interest in and Lien upon any of the Collateral
purported to be covered thereby with the priority required by the
Loan Documents.
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(j) The
REIT shall fail to maintain its status as a “real estate
investment trust” in compliance with all applicable
provisions under the Internal Revenue Code relating to such
status.
(k) A
Change of Control shall have occurred.
Section 11.2 Remedies Upon
Default. If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Required Lenders may do any one or more of the
following: (a) declare the outstanding Principal of, accrued and
unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations (including the
Make Whole Amount) or any part thereof to be immediately due and
payable, and the same shall thereupon become immediately due and
payable, without notice, demand, presentment, notice of dishonor,
notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of
intent to demand, protest or other formalities of any kind (other
than any such notices specifically required under the Loan
Documents), all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower,
(b) direct the Collateral Agent to foreclose or otherwise enforce
any Lien granted to Collateral Agent to secure payment and
performance of the Obligations and (c) exercise any and all rights
and remedies afforded by the laws of the State of New York or any
other jurisdiction by any of the Loan Documents, by equity or
otherwise; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default under Section
11.1(d) or Section
11.1(e), the outstanding Principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans and the other Obligations (including the Make
Whole Amount) shall become immediately due and payable without
notice, demand, presentment, notice of dishonor, notice of
acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of intent to
demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by Borrower.
Section 11.3 Performance by
Collateral Agent. If Borrower shall fail to perform any
covenant, duty or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents,
Collateral Agent may perform or attempt to perform such covenant,
duty or agreement on behalf of Borrower. In such event, Borrower
shall, at the request of Collateral Agent, promptly pay any amount
expended by Collateral Agent in such performance or attempted
performance to Collateral Agent, together with interest thereon at
the Default Rate from the date of such expenditure until paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly agreed that
Collateral Agent shall not have any liability or responsibility for
the performance of (or a duty to perform) any obligation of
Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous
Section 12.1 Expenses of Agent
and Lenders. Borrower hereby agrees to pay to Collateral
Agent and each Lender on demand (a) all reasonable and documented
out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by Collateral Agent or
such Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any
and all amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions and
supplements thereof and thereto, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and expenses of each Lender’s legal counsel,
(b) all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent or such Lender in connection with
the enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
each Lender’s legal counsel and (c) all other reasonable and
documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the
Collateral Agent or Lenders in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, all costs,
expenses, taxes (other than the Excluded Taxes), assessments,
filing fees and other charges levied by any Governmental Authority
or otherwise payable in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or, to the extent permitted hereunder, in obtaining any
insurance policy, audit or appraisal in respect of the
Collateral.
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Section 12.2 INDEMNIFICATION.
BORROWER HEREBY INDEMNIFIES THE
COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH LENDER AND EACH AFFILIATE THEREOF AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS AND
AGENTS FROM, AND HOLDS EACH OF THEM HARMLESS AGAINST, ANY AND ALL
LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS,
DISBURSEMENTS, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE
ATTORNEYS’ FEES) (COLLECTIVELY, “CLAIMS”) TO
WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY BECOME SUBJECT WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISE FROM OR RELATE TO (A) THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION, DELIVERY,
PERFORMANCE, ADMINISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS, (B) ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS, (C) ANY BREACH BY BORROWER OF ANY REPRESENTATION,
WARRANTY, COVENANT OR OTHER AGREEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS, OR (D) THE PRESENCE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE,
DISPOSAL, REMOVAL OR CLEANUP OF ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LOCATED ON,
ABOUT, WITHIN OR AFFECTING ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OR ASSETS OF
BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF BORROWER (IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR
NOT CAUSED OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE,
CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT BORROWER’S INDEMNIFICATION
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION 12.2 SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT
THAT THE CLAIMS ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON.
Section 12.3 Limitation of
Liability. Neither the Collateral Agent, any Lender nor any
Affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney or agent of the
Collateral Agent or a Lender shall have any liability with respect
to, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx any
of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect, incidental,
exemplary, punitive or consequential damages suffered or incurred
by Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way
related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents.
Section 12.4 No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of the
Collateral Agent or Lenders to exercise and no delay in exercising,
and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. The rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of
any rights and remedies provided by law.
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Section 12.5 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of Collateral Agent, Lenders and Borrower and their
respective successors and assigns, except that Borrower may not
assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without prior written consent of Lenders and Collateral
Agent.
Section 12.6 Survival.
All representations and warranties made in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or in any document, statement or certificate
furnished in connection with this Agreement shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and no investigation by Collateral Agent or a Lender or
any closing shall affect the representations and warranties or the
right of Collateral Agent and Lenders to rely upon them. Without
prejudice to the survival of any other obligation of Borrower
hereunder, the obligations of Borrower under Sections 12.1 and 12.2 shall survive repayment of
the Notes.
Section 12.7 Recovery of
Payments. Borrower agrees that to the extent Borrower makes
a payment or payments to or for the account of any Lender, which
payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar state or federal law,
common law or equitable cause (whether as a result of any demand,
settlement, litigation or otherwise), then, to the extent of such
payment or repayment, (a) the Obligations intended to be satisfied
shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been received, and (b) all Liens created under the
Loan Documents (to the extent discharged) shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
received. The agreements and obligations in this Section shall
survive repayment of the Loans.
Section 12.8 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended, and Borrower may take any action
herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by them, if Borrower shall obtain the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders to such amendment, action or
omission to act; provided, however, that, (a) without the
prior written consent of all of the Lenders or, in the case of the
following clauses (i) and (ii), each Lender adversely affected
thereby, no such agreement shall (i) decrease or forgive the
Principal amount of any Loan, or extend the Maturity Date of any
Loan, or decrease the rate of interest on any Loan, or any fees or
other amounts payable hereunder, (ii) effect any waiver,
amendment or modification that by its terms changes the amount,
allocation, payment or pro rata sharing of payment on or among the
Loans, or postpones any date fixed by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document for any payment of Principal or interest,
(iii) amend the provisions of this Section 12.8, the
definition of the term “Required Lenders” or of
the term “Loan”, or (iv) release Borrower from their
obligations under the applicable Loan Documents and (b) unless also
signed by the Collateral Agent, modify the duties, rights or
obligations of the Collateral Agent.
Section 12.9 Reserved.
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Section 12.10 Notices. (a)
All notices and other communications provided for in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall be in writing and may (subject
to paragraph (b) below) be telecopied (faxed), mailed by certified
mail return receipt requested, or delivered by hand or overnight
courier service to the intended recipient at the addresses
specified below or at such other address as shall be designated by
any party listed below in a notice to the other parties listed
below given in accordance with this Section.
If to
any Credit
Party:
HC Government Realty Holdings, L.P.
c/o
Hale Partnership Capital Management
000 X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
If to
Xxxx or Collateral
Agent:
c/o Hale
Partnership Capital Management
0000 X
0xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxx
Email:
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a
copy to:
c/o
Hale Partnership Capital Management
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Email:
xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx
& Xxx Xxxxx PLLC
000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxx
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such communications
shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by
telecopy (fax), subject to confirmation of receipt, when personally
delivered if by hand or overnight courier service or, in the case
of a mailed notice, when duly deposited in the mails, in each case
given or addressed as aforesaid.
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(b) The
Collateral Agent, Lenders or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree
to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications. Unless Collateral Agent or a
Lender otherwise prescribes, notices and other communications sent
to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended
recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested”
function, as available, return e-mail or other written
acknowledgment), provided, that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the
recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have
been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for
the recipient.
(c) Rejection
or other refusal to accept a notice, request or communication, or
the inability to deliver a notice, request or communication because
of a changed address of which no notice was given shall be deemed
to be receipt of the notice, request or communication otherwise
sent under the terms of this Section.
Section 12.11 Applicable Law;
Venue; Service of Process. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York and the applicable laws of the United States of America. All
judicial proceedings brought against Borrower with respect to this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be brought in any
federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in the Southern
District of New York and in any state court sitting in New York
County, New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Borrower accepts, for itself and in connection with its properties,
generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any final
judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement from
which no appeal has been taken or is available. Borrower agrees
that service of process upon it may be made by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, at its office specified
in this Agreement. Nothing herein or in any of the other Loan
Documents shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or Lenders
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall
limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any Lender to bring any
action or proceeding against Borrower or with respect to any of its
property in courts in other jurisdictions. Any action or proceeding
by Borrower against the Collateral Agent or Lenders shall be
brought only in a federal court of competent jurisdiction in the
Southern District of New York or in any state court sitting in New
York County, New York.
Section 12.12 Counterparts.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this
Agreement and/or any other Loan Document by a scanned PDF document
attached to an e-mail or facsimile transmission shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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Section 12.13 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or
invalidate the remainder of this Agreement and the effect thereof
shall be confined to the provision held to be invalid or
illegal.
Section 12.14 Headings.
The headings, captions and arrangements used in this Agreement are
for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement.
Section 12.15 Consent to
Participations. Lenders shall have the right at any time and
from time to time to sell or transfer one or more participation
interests in the Loans, the Notes and the indebtedness evidenced
thereby to one or more purchasers (“Participants”),
whether related or unrelated to such Lender. Such Lender may
provide to any one or more Participants or potential Participants
any information, financial statements, data or knowledge such
Lender may have about Borrower or about any other matter relating
to the Obligations, and Borrower waives any rights to privacy it
may have with respect to such matters, provided that such Participant
or potential Participant shall agree to treat any such information
which is identified as confidential with the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such information as such person
would accord to its own confidential information. Borrower
further waives any and all notices of sale of participation
interests and notices of repurchases of participation interests.
Borrower agrees that the owners of any participation interests will
be considered as the absolute owners of their interests in the
Obligations and will have all the rights granted under the
participation agreements or other agreements governing the sale of
their participation interests, provided that (a) such
Participants shall not have any direct rights under this Agreement
or the Loan Documents and (b) Borrower shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
Section 12.16 Sale of Obligations
and Information Sharing. Borrower agrees that Lenders may
sell, transfer or assign the Obligations, the Loans, the Notes,
this Agreement and/or the Loan Documents to one or more Persons
(“Purchasers”); provided,
that the written consent of the Borrower shall be required for any
such sale, transfer or assignment unless (a) such sale, transfer or
assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or (b) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed given if
Borrower fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days of a
request for such consent). Borrower agrees that Lenders may provide
any information or knowledge, including, but not limited to
financial statements of Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Obligated
Party, which such Lender may have about Borrower, any Subsidiary or
any Obligated Party or about any matter relating to this Agreement
or the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to any
information regarding the Collateral, to (i) any ratings agencies
in connection with any financing such Lender may obtain, (ii) any
financing source or investor of such Lender who agrees to hold such
information confidential in a manger consistent with the terms of
this Section 12.16
or (iii) any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or their successors,
or to any one or more Purchasers or potential Purchasers,
provided that any
such Purchaser or potential Purchaser shall agree to treat any such
information which is identified as confidential with the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such information
as such person would accord to its own confidential information.
Borrower irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have under
any law, rule or regulation which may prohibit such disclosure,
including, but not limited to, any rights of privacy. A
transferring Lender shall give prior notice to Borrower of any
sale, transfer or assignment of the Obligations, the Loans, the
Notes, this Agreement and/or the Loan Documents pursuant to this
Section
12.16.
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Section 12.17 USA Patriot
Act. Each Lender hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to
the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L.
107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and
address of Borrower and other information that will allow such
Lender to identify Borrower in accordance with the
Act.
Section 12.18 Anti-Terrorism
Law. (a) None of Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower or any
Obligated Party is in material violation of any requirement of any
law relating to terrorism or money laundering
(“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including Executive Order No.
13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the
“Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) None
of Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower or any Obligated Party is
any of the following: (i) a Person that is listed in the annex to,
or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order,
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf
of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise
subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order, (iii) a Person
with which Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging
in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iv) a Person that
commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order, or (v) a
Person that is named as a “specially designated national and
blocked Person” on the most current list published by
OFAC at its
official website or any replacement website or other replacement
official publication of such list.
Section 12.19 Time of the
Essence. The parties agree that time shall be of the essence
in the performance of all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Loan Documents.
Section 12.20 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY
JURY. BORROWER, COLLATERAL
AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY VOLUNTARILY, KNOWINGLY, IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN
RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR
OTHERWISE) BETWEEN BORROWER, COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH LENDER
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BORROWER, COLLATERAL
AGENT AND EACH LENDER. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO
COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH LENDER TO PROVIDE THE FINANCING EVIDENCED
BY THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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Section 12.21 ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT,
THE NOTES AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO HEREIN EMBODY
THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT
TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL
PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS,
WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND
THEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED OR VARIED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE
PARTIES HERETO. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES
HERETO.
ARTICLE XIII
COLLATERAL AGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 13.1 Appointment.
Each of
the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints HCM Agency,
LLC (and its permitted successors and assigns) as the Collateral
Agent of such Lender (or the Lenders represented by it) under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents for the term hereof (and HCM
Agency, LLC hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Lender
irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on
its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties
as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such
other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any
duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein
and therein, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or otherwise exist against
the Collateral Agent. Any reference to the Collateral Agent in this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to refer to
the Collateral Agent solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent and
not in its capacity, if any, as a Lender.
Section 13.2 Delegation of
Duties.
The
Collateral Agent may execute any of its respective duties under
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Collateral
Agent shall not be responsible to Lenders for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by the
Collateral Agent with reasonable care.
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Section 13.3 Exculpatory
Provisions.
Neither
the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be
(i) liable to Lenders for any action lawfully taken or omitted
to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this
Agreement (except for actions occasioned by its or such
Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or
(ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any officer thereof
contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any
certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or
provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in
connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for
the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any
failure of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its
obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall not
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 of any other Loan Document,
or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries.
Section 13.4 Reliance by
Collateral Agent.
The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram,
telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other
document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct
and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including,
without limitation, counsel to the Credit Parties), independent
accountants and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent. The
Collateral Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
owner thereof for all purposes unless the Collateral Agent shall
have actual notice of any transferee. The Collateral Agent shall be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless it shall first
receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or,
when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) as it deems
appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be
incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected from
Lenders in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request
of the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all
the Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to
act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all
future Lenders.
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Section
13.5 Notices of
Default.
The
Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to an Event of
Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders
solely with respect to any Collateral; provided that unless and until
the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, the
Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests
of the Lenders, except to the extent that other
provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents expressly
require that any such action be taken or not be taken only with the
consent and authorization or the request of the Lenders or Required
Lenders, as applicable.
Section 13.6 Non-Reliance on the
Collateral Agent and Other Lenders.
Each of
the Lenders expressly acknowledges that neither the Collateral
Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the
affairs of Borrower, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Collateral Agent to any Lender.
Each of the Lenders represents that it has made and will continue
to make, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral
Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, 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 investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as
to the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties. Except for
notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any
duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or
other information concerning the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Credit
Parties which may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent
or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
Section 13.7 Indemnification.
Each of
the Lenders hereby agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower and
without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), ratably
according to the respective amounts of their Loans, from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time
(including, without limitation, at any time following the payment
of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any documents contemplated
by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by
the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided
that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of
such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent
they result from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 13.7 shall survive the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder and
the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
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Section 13.8 The Collateral
Agent in Its Individual Capacity.
The
Collateral Agent and its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates may
make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any
kind of business with the Credit Parties as though the Collateral
Agent were not a Collateral Agent hereunder. With respect to any
Loan made by it, the Collateral Agent shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not a Collateral
Agent, and the term “Lenders” shall include the
Collateral Agent in its individual capacity.
Section 13.9 Resignation of the
Collateral Agent; Successor Collateral Agent.
The
Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent at any time by
giving thirty (30) days advance notice thereof to the Lenders
and Borrower and, thereafter, the retiring Collateral Agent shall
be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Upon
receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, subject to the approval of Borrower (so long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a
successor Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, been approved (so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) by
Borrower or have accepted such appointment within fifteen (15)
days after the Collateral Agent’s giving of notice of
resignation, then the Collateral Agent shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Collateral Agent
reasonably acceptable to Borrower (so long as no Unmatured Event of
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), on
behalf of the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, such
successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Collateral Agent. After any retiring Collateral
Agent’s resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, the
provisions of this Section
13.9 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting
as Collateral Agent. If no successor has accepted appointment as
Collateral Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days
following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of
resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation
shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required
Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Collateral Agent
hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint
a successor agent as provided for above.
Section 13.10 Release of
Collateral. Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Collateral
Agent, at its option and in its reasonable discretion, to release
any Lien granted to or held by Collateral Agent upon any Collateral
(a) upon Payment in Full; (b) constituting property being sold or
disposed of in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement; or
(c) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required
Lenders. The Collateral Agent shall promptly, upon the written
request of the Borrower, execute and deliver to the Credit Parties
such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of any
Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral
(a) upon Payment in Full, (b) which constitutes property sold or to
be sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any
disposition permitted in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, (c) which constitutes property in which a Credit Party
owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time
thereafter or (d) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by
the Required Lenders, or all the Lenders, as the case may
be.
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Section 13.11 Reimbursement by
Lenders.
To the
extent that Borrower for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any
amount required under Section 12.1 or
12.2 to be paid by
it to the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), or any
officer, director, employee, attorney or agent (each a
“Related
Party”) of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally
agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent) or
such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s
applicable percentage thereof (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of
such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed
expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against
the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as
such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting
for the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with
such capacity. For the purposes of this Section 13.11, the
“applicable percentage” of a Lender shall be the
percentage of the total aggregate principal amount of the Loans
held by such Lender at such time.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER:
HC
GOVERNMENT REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.
By: HC
Government Realty Trust, Inc., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
COLLATERAL AGENT AND
LENDERS:
HCM
AGENCY, LLC,
as
Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx XX
Title:
Manager
THE
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY,
as a
Lender
By:
Xxxx Partnership
Capital Management, LLC,
its investment
manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx XX
Title:
Manager
XXXX
GOVERNMENT BUILDING FUND, L.P.,
as a
Lender
By:
Xxxx Partnership
Capital Advisors, LLC,
its general
partners
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx XX
Title:
Founder
XXXX
MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING FUND, L.P., as a Lender
By:
Xxxx Partnership
Capital Advisors, LLC,
its general
partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx XX
Title:
Founder
Annex A
Lender
|
Closing Date Term Loan
|
The
Vanderbilt University
|
$5,000,000
|
Xxxx
Government Building Fund, L.P.
|
$3,500,000
|
Xxxx
Medical Office Building Fund, L.P.
|
$2,000,000
|
Total
|
$10,500,000
|
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