Exhibit 99.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
effective as of March 31, 2010
between
The Purchasers Party Hereto
and
General Growth Properties, Inc.
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ARTICLE I PURCHASE OF NEW COMMON STOCK; CLOSING |
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Section 1.1 |
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Purchase of New Common Stock |
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Section 1.2 |
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Closing |
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Section 1.3 |
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Company Rights Offering Election |
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Section 1.4 |
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Company Election to Replace Certain Shares; Company Election to |
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Reserve and Repurchase Certain Shares |
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Section 1.5 |
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Pro Rata Reductions with Fairholme Agreement |
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ARTICLE II GGO SHARE DISTRIBUTION AND PURCHASE OF GGO COMMON STOCK |
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Section 2.1 |
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GGO Share Distribution |
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Section 2.2 |
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Purchase of GGO Common Stock |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 3.1 |
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Organization and Qualification |
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Section 3.2 |
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Corporate Power and Authority |
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Section 3.3 |
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Execution and Delivery; Enforceability |
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Section 3.4 |
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Authorized Capital Stock |
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Section 3.5 |
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Issuance |
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Section 3.6 |
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No Conflict |
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Section 3.7 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 3.8 |
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Company Reports |
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Section 3.9 |
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No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 3.10 |
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No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 3.11 |
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No Violation or Default: Licenses and Permits |
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Section 3.12 |
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Legal Proceedings |
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Section 3.13 |
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Investment Company Act |
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Section 3.14 |
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Compliance With Environmental Laws |
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Section 3.15 |
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Company Benefit Plans |
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Section 3.16 |
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Labor and Employment Matters |
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Section 3.17 |
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Insurance |
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Section 3.18 |
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No Unlawful Payments |
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Section 3.19 |
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No Broker’s Fees |
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Section 3.20 |
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Real and Personal Property |
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Section 3.21 |
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Tax Matters |
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Section 3.22 |
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Material Contracts |
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Section 3.23 |
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Certain Restrictions on Charter and Bylaws Provisions; State Takeover Laws |
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Section 3.24 |
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No Other Representations or Warranties |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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Section 4.1 |
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Organization |
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Section 4.2 |
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Power and Authority |
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Section 4.3 |
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Execution and Delivery |
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Section 4.4 |
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No Conflict |
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Section 4.5 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 4.6 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Section 4.7 |
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Legal Proceedings |
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Section 4.8 |
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No Broker’s Fees |
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Section 4.9 |
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Sophistication |
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Section 4.10 |
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Purchaser Intent |
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Section 4.11 |
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Reliance on Exemptions |
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Section 4.12 |
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REIT Representations |
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Section 4.13 |
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Financial Capability |
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Section 4.14 |
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No Other Representations or Warranties |
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Section 4.15 |
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Acknowledgement |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND PURCHASER |
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Section 5.1 |
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Bankruptcy Court Motions and Orders |
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Section 5.2 |
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Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants |
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Section 5.3 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 5.4 |
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Listing |
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Section 5.5 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.6 |
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Access to Information |
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Section 5.7 |
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Competing Transactions |
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Section 5.8 |
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Reservation for Issuance |
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Section 5.9 |
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Subscription Rights |
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Section 5.10 |
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Company Board of Directors |
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Section 5.11 |
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Notification of Certain Matters |
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Section 5.12 |
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Further Assurances |
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Section 5.13 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 5.14 |
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Rights Agreement; Reorganized Company Organizational Documents |
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Section 5.15 |
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Stockholder Approval |
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Section 5.16 |
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Closing Date Net Debt |
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Section 5.17 |
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Determination of Domestically Controlled REIT Status |
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF PURCHASER |
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Section 6.1 |
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Information |
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Section 6.2 |
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Purchaser Efforts |
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Section 6.3 |
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Plan Support |
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Section 6.4 |
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Transfer Restrictions |
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Section 6.5 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 6.6 |
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REIT Representations and Covenants |
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Section 6.7 |
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Non-Control Agreement |
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Section 6.8 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 6.9 |
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Additional Backstops |
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER |
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Section 7.1 |
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Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser |
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 8.1 |
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Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
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ARTICLE IX [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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ARTICLE X SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 10.1 |
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Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE XI TERMINATION |
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Section 11.1 |
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Termination |
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Section 11.2 |
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Effects of Termination |
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ARTICLE XII DEFINITIONS |
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Section 12.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.1 |
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Notices |
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Section 13.2 |
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Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 13.3 |
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Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement |
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Section 13.4 |
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Governing Law; Venue |
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Section 13.5 |
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Company Disclosure Letter |
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Section 13.6 |
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Counterparts |
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100 |
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Section 13.7 |
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Expenses |
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100 |
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Section 13.8 |
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Waivers and Amendments |
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100 |
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Section 13.9 |
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Construction |
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100 |
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Section 13.10 |
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Adjustment of Share Numbers and Prices |
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Section 13.11 |
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Certain Remedies |
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102 |
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Section 13.12 |
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Bankruptcy Matters |
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A:
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Plan Summary Term Sheet |
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Exhibit B:
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Post-Bankruptcy GGP Corporate Structure |
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Exhibit C-1:
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Brookfield Agreement |
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Exhibit C-2:
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Fairholme Agreement |
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Exhibit D:
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REIT Representation Letter |
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Exhibit E:
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GGO Assets |
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Exhibit F:
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Form of Approval Order |
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Exhibit G:
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Form of Warrant Agreement |
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Exhibit H:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit I:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit J:
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Form of REIT Opinion |
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Exhibit K:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit L:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit M:
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Form of Non-Control Agreement |
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Exhibit N:
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Certain REIT Investors |
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Exhibit O:
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Form of Tax Matters Agreement |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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2006 Bank Loan |
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79 |
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Additional Financing |
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66 |
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Additional Sales Period |
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79 |
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Adequate Reserves |
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30 |
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Adjusted CDND |
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52 |
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Affiliate |
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79 |
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Agreement |
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1 |
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Amended and Restated Agreement |
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1 |
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Anticipated Debt Paydowns |
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66 |
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Approval Motion |
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36 |
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Approval Order |
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36 |
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Asset Sales |
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66 |
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Backstop Investors |
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58 |
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Backstop Shares |
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7 |
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Bankruptcy Cases |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Code |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Court |
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1 |
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Blackstone |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Securities |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Shares |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Warrants |
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98 |
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Blackstone Purchase Price |
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99 |
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Brazilian Entities |
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80 |
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Bridge Note Amount |
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9 |
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Bridge Note Interest Rate |
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9 |
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Bridge Note Maturity Date |
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9 |
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Bridge Notes |
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9 |
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Bridge Securities |
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59 |
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Brookfield Agreement |
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2 |
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Brookfield Consortium Member |
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80 |
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Brookfield Investor |
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2 |
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Business Day |
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80 |
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Calculation Date |
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52 |
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Capital Raising Activities |
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80 |
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Cash Equivalents |
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80 |
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Change of Control |
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80 |
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Chapter 11 |
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1 |
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Claims |
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81 |
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Clawback Fee |
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81 |
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Clawback Percentage |
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6 |
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Clawback Shares |
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6 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Closing |
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5 |
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Closing Date |
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5 |
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Closing Date Net Debt |
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81 |
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Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts |
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82 |
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Closing Xxxxxxxxx |
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00 |
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XXXX |
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00 |
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CNDAS Dispute Notice |
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50 |
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CNDAS Disputed Items |
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50 |
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Code |
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22 |
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Common Stock |
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1 |
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Company |
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2 |
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Company Benefit Plan |
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82 |
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Company Board |
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82 |
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Company Disclosure Letter |
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13 |
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Company Ground Lease Property |
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27 |
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Company Mortgage Loan |
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28 |
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Company Option Plans |
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15 |
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Company Properties |
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25 |
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Company Property |
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25 |
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Company Property Lease |
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27 |
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Company Rights Offering |
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5 |
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Company SEC Reports |
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19 |
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Competing Transaction |
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82 |
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Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement |
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83 |
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Confirmation Order |
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62 |
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Confirmed Debtors |
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92 |
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Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims |
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83 |
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Contract |
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83 |
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control |
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91 |
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Corporate Level Debt |
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83 |
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Dealer Manager |
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58 |
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Debt |
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84 |
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Debt Cap |
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66 |
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Debtors |
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1 |
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Designation Conditions |
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4 |
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DIP Loan |
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84 |
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Disclosure Statement |
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84 |
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Disclosure Statement Order |
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63 |
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Dispute Notice |
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49 |
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Disputed Items |
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50 |
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Domestically Controlled REIT |
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53 |
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Effective Date |
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5 |
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Encumbrances |
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25 |
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Environmental Laws |
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22 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Equity Exchange |
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2 |
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Equity Securities |
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15 |
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ERISA |
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84 |
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ERISA Affiliate |
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23 |
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Excess Equity Capital Proceeds |
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8 |
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Excess Surplus Amount |
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84 |
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Exchangeable Notes |
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84 |
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Excluded Claims |
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84 |
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Excluded Non-US Plans |
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23 |
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Fairholme Agreement |
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3 |
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Fairholme Purchasers |
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3 |
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Foreign Plan |
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23 |
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Fully Diluted Basis |
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86 |
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Fully Diluted GGO Economic Interest |
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87 |
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GAAP |
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87 |
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GGO |
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2 |
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GGO Agreement |
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43 |
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GGO Board |
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43 |
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GGO Common Share Amount |
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87 |
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GGO Common Stock |
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11 |
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GGO Non-Control Agreement |
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87 |
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GGO Note Amount |
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87 |
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GGO Per Share Purchase Price |
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13 |
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GGO Pro Rata Share |
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87 |
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GGO Promissory Note |
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88 |
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GGO Purchase Price |
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13 |
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GGO Representative |
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11 |
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GGO Setup Costs |
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88 |
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GGO Share Distribution |
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12 |
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GGO Shares |
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13 |
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GGO Warrants |
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37 |
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GGP Backstop Rights Offering |
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57 |
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GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount |
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58 |
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GGP Pro Rata Share |
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88 |
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Governmental Entity |
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88 |
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Hazardous Materials |
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22 |
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Xxxxxx Agreement |
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88 |
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Xxxxxx Amount |
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87 |
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Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations |
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89 |
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Identified Assets |
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11 |
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Indebtedness |
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89 |
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Initial Investors |
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3 |
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Investment Agreements |
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3 |
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Joint Venture |
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89 |
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Knowledge |
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89 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Law |
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89 |
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Liquidity Equity Issuances |
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89 |
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Liquidity Target |
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65 |
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Material Adverse Effect |
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90 |
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Material Contract |
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91 |
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Material Lease |
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28 |
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Measurement Date |
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15 |
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Most Recent Statement |
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25 |
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MPC Assets |
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91 |
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MPC Taxes |
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91 |
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Net Debt Excess Amount |
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91 |
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Net Debt Surplus Amount |
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91 |
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New Common Stock |
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2 |
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New Debt |
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65 |
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New DIP Agreement |
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62 |
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New Warrant Vesting Date |
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37 |
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New Warrants |
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37 |
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Non-Control Agreement |
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91 |
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Non-Controlling Properties |
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91 |
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NYSE |
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37 |
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Offering Premium |
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92 |
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Operating Partnership |
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92 |
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Original Agreement |
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1 |
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PBGC |
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23 |
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Per Share Purchase Price |
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3 |
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Permitted Claims |
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92 |
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Permitted Claims Amount |
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93 |
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Permitted Replacement Shares |
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93 |
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Permitted Title Exceptions |
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25 |
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Person |
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93 |
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Petition Date |
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1 |
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Plan |
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1 |
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Plan Debtors |
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92 |
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Plan Summary Term Sheet |
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1 |
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PMA Claims |
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92 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline |
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93 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period |
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93 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule |
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49 |
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Proportionally Consolidated Debt |
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93 |
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Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash |
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94 |
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Proposed Approval Order |
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36 |
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Proposed Securities |
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39 |
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PSCM |
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1 |
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Purchase Price |
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3 |
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Purchaser |
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1 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Purchaser Board Designee |
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43 |
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Purchaser GGO Board Designees |
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43 |
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Purchaser Group |
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94 |
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Put Notice |
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7 |
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Put Option |
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7 |
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Put Shares |
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6 |
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Put Termination Notice |
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8 |
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Refinance Cap |
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69 |
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Reinstated Amounts |
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65 |
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Reinstatement Adjustment Amount |
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94 |
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REIT |
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30 |
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REIT Subsidiary |
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30 |
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Reorganized Company |
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2 |
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Reorganized Company Organizational Documents |
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47 |
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Repurchase Notice |
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6 |
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Repurchase Shares |
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6 |
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Reserve |
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93 |
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Reserve Surplus Amount |
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94 |
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Reserved Shares |
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6 |
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Resolution Period |
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49 |
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Rights Agreement |
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94 |
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Rights Offering Election |
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5 |
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Xxxxx Bonds |
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95 |
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Rule 144 |
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56 |
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Sales Cap |
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68 |
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SEC |
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19 |
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Securities Act |
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19 |
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Settlement Date |
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7 |
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Share Cap Number |
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66 |
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Share Equivalent |
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95 |
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Shares |
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3 |
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Significant Subsidiaries |
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95 |
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SOX |
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53 |
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Specified Debt |
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95 |
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Subscription Right |
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Subsidiary |
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95 |
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Synthetic Lease Obligation |
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89 |
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Target Net Debt |
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95 |
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Tax Matters Agreement |
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95 |
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Tax Protection Agreements |
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95 |
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Tax Return |
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30 |
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Taxes |
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30 |
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Termination Date |
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96 |
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Total Purchase Amount |
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4 |
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Transactions |
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96 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Transfer |
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56 |
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TRUPS |
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96 |
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U.S. Persons |
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53 |
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Unrestricted Cash |
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96 |
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Unrestricted Date |
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54 |
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Unsecured Indebtedness |
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96 |
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UPREIT Units |
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96 |
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Warrant Agreement |
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36 |
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Warrants |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, effective as of March 31, 2010 (this
“
Agreement”), by and between General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“
GGP”), and
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (“
PSCM”), on behalf of
Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Pershing Square International, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, (each, except PSCM, together with
its permitted nominees and assigns, a “
Purchaser”).
On March 31, 2010, GGP and the Purchasers entered into the
Stock Purchase Agreement (as
subsequently amended on May 3, 2010 and May 7, 2010, the
“
Original Agreement”) to
provide for the terms and conditions for the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.
On August 2, 2010, GGP and the Purchasers entered into the Amended and Restated
Stock Purchase
Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010 (as subsequently amended on September 17, 2010, the
“
Amended and Restated Agreement”) which amended and restated the Original Agreement
ab
initio in its entirety as set forth therein. Pursuant to Section 13.8 of the Amended and Restated
Agreement, the parties thereto wish to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Agreement
ab
initio in its entirety as set forth herein. References herein to “date of this Agreement” and
“date hereof” shall refer to March 31, 2010.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, GGP is a debtor in possession in that certain bankruptcy case under chapter 11
(“
Chapter 11”) of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 -1532 (as amended,
the “
Bankruptcy Code”) filed on April 16, 2009 (the “
Petition Date”) in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York (the “
Bankruptcy Court”),
Case No. 09-11977 (ALG).
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to assist GGP in its plans to recapitalize and emerge from
bankruptcy and has agreed to sponsor the implementation of a joint chapter 11 plan of
reorganization based on the Plan Summary Term Sheet (as defined below) (together with all documents
and agreements that form part of such plan or related plan supplement or are related thereto, and
as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in each case, to the extent it
relates to the implementation and effectuation of the Plan Summary Term Sheet and this Agreement,
the “Plan”), of GGP and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who are debtors and
debtors-in-possession (the “Debtors”) in the chapter 11 cases pending and jointly
administered in the Bankruptcy Court (the “Bankruptcy Cases”).
WHEREAS, principal elements of the Plan (including a table setting forth the proposed
treatment of allowed claims and equity interests in the Bankruptcy Cases) are set forth on
Exhibit A hereto (the “Plan Summary Term Sheet”).
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WHEREAS, the Plan shall provide, among other things, that (i) each holder of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of GGP (the “Common Stock”) shall receive, in exchange for each
share of Common Stock held by such holder, one share of new common stock (the “New Common
Stock”) of a new company that succeeds to GGP in the manner contemplated by Exhibit B
upon consummation of the Plan (the “Reorganized Company”) and (ii) any Equity Securities
(other than Common Stock) of the Company (as defined below) or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined
below) outstanding immediately after the Effective Date that were previously convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock shall thereafter be convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, New Common Stock (based upon the number of shares of Common Stock underlying
such Equity Securities) (the transactions contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii) of this recital
being referred to herein as the “Equity Exchange”). For purposes of this Agreement, the
“Company” shall be deemed to refer, prior to consummation of the Plan, to GGP and, on and
after consummation of the Plan, the Reorganized Company, as the context requires.
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to make an investment in the Reorganized Company on the terms
and subject to the conditions described herein in the form of the purchase of shares of New Common
Stock as contemplated hereby.
WHEREAS, in addition to the Equity Exchange and the sale of the Shares (as defined below), the
Plan shall provide for the incorporation by the Company of a new subsidiary (“GGO”), the
contribution of certain assets (and/or equity interests related thereto) of the Company to GGO and
the assumption by GGO of the liabilities associated with such assets, the distribution to the
shareholders of the Company (prior to the issuance of the Shares and the issuance of other shares
of New Common Stock contemplated by this Agreement other than pursuant to the Equity Exchange) on a
pro rata basis and holders of UPREIT Units of all of the capital stock of GGO, and whereas each
Purchaser desires to make an investment in GGO on the terms and subject to the conditions described
herein in the form of the purchase of shares of GGO Common Stock as contemplated hereby.
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that each Purchaser commit to purchase the Shares and the
GGO Shares at a fixed price for the term hereof.
WHEREAS, each Purchaser has agreed to enter into this Agreement and commit to purchase the
Shares and the GGO Shares only on the condition that the Company, as promptly as practicable
following the date hereof (but no later than the date provided in Section 5.2 hereof),
issue the Warrants contemplated herein and perform its other obligations hereunder.
WHEREAS, on and effective as of the date hereof, the Company entered into an agreement (in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 together with any amendments thereto as have been
approved by each Purchaser, the “Brookfield Agreement”) with REP Investments LLC (the
“Brookfield Investor”) pursuant to which the Brookfield Investor has agreed to make (i) an
investment of up to $2,500,000,000 in the Reorganized Company in the form of the purchase of shares
of New Common Stock and (ii) an investment of $125,000,000 in GGO in the form of the purchase of
shares of GGO Common Stock.
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WHEREAS, on and effective as of the date hereof, the Company entered into an agreement (in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2 together with any amendments thereto as have been
approved by each Purchaser, the “Fairholme Agreement” and, together with this Agreement and
the Brookfield Agreement, the “Investment Agreements”) with The Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, a series of
Fairholme Funds, Inc. and Fairholme Focused Income Fund, a series of Fairholme Funds, Inc. (the
“Fairholme Purchasers” and, together with each Purchaser and the Brookfield Investor, the
“Initial Investors”) pursuant to which the Fairholme Purchasers have agreed to make (i) an
investment of up to $2,714,285,710 in the Reorganized Company in the form of the purchase of shares
of New Common Stock and (ii) an investment of $62,500,000 in GGO in the form of the purchase of
shares of GGO Common Stock.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE OF NEW COMMON STOCK; CLOSING
SECTION 1.1 Purchase of New Common Stock.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing (as defined
below), each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, and the Company shall sell to such
Purchaser, a number of shares of New Common Stock (the “Shares”) equal to its GGP Pro Rata
Share of the Total Purchase Amount (as defined below) for a price per share equal to $10.00 (the
“Per Share Purchase Price” and, in the aggregate, the “Purchase Price”);
provided, that no Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase a number of Shares less than its
GGP Pro Rata Share of 190,000,000, as determined pursuant to Section 1.4. At the Closing,
the Purchasers shall cause the Purchase Price to be paid (i) first, to the extent that the
Purchasers elect by written notice to the Company not less than three Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, by the application of any claims against the Debtors that are held by the Purchasers
and outstanding as of the Effective Date in an amount equal to the allowed amount (inclusive of
prepetition and postpetition interest accrued up to and on the Effective Date at the applicable
rate provided in the Plan), with each $10.00 in such amount of allowed claims so applied being in
satisfaction of the obligation to pay $10.00 of the Purchase Price and (ii) second, by wire
transfer of immediately available U.S. Dollar funds. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchasers
may elect which claims to apply in satisfaction of the Purchasers’ obligation to pay the
Purchase Price for purposes of clause (i), and the application of such claims against the
Purchase Price in accordance with clause (i) shall represent complete satisfaction of the Debtors’
obligations in respect of such allowed claims so applied. For the avoidance of doubt and as
provided in the Plan, any application by the Purchaser of allowed claims in satisfaction of a
portion of the Purchase Price shall be effected by causing the Debtor liable for such claims to
make payment for such claims in accordance with the Plan and by directing the amounts so payable to
be paid to the Company and applied in satisfaction of a portion of the Purchase Price.
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(b) The “Total Purchase Amount” will be 380,000,000, subject to reduction pursuant to
Section 1.4.
(c) All Shares shall be delivered with any and all issue, stamp, transfer or similar taxes or
duties payable in connection with such delivery duly paid by the Company to the extent required
under the Confirmation Order or applicable Law.
(d) Each Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may assign its rights to receive Shares hereunder
or designate that some or all of the Shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to, one or more
of the other members of its Purchaser Group or any third party to whom the shares could be
transferred immediately after Closing in accordance with Section 6.4, subject to (i) such
action not causing any delay in the obtaining of, or significantly increasing the risk of not
obtaining, any material authorizations, consents, orders, declarations or approvals necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise delaying the consummation
of such transactions, (ii) such Person shall be an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and shall have agreed in writing with and for
the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to such Purchaser
set forth in Section 6.4 and the applicable Non-Control Agreement, including the delivery
of the letter certifying compliance with the representations and covenants set forth on Exhibit
D to the extent applicable to such assignee or designee and (iii) such initial Purchaser not
being relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement ((i), (ii) and (iii) collectively,
the “Designation Conditions”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
no Purchaser may assign its rights to receive or designate Shares to any Person (other than members
of its Purchaser Group) if such assignment or designation would cause a failure of the closing
condition in Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield Agreement.
(e) The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder shall be determined as follows: PSCM will
deliver written notice to the Company on or before the 20th day following execution of this
Agreement wherein PSCM will designate the “GGP Pro Rata Share” and the “GGO Pro Rata Share” for
each Purchaser; provided that the aggregate GGP Pro Rata Share of the Purchasers shall
equal the quotient of 1.0 divided by 3.5 and the aggregate GGO Pro Rata Share of the Purchasers
shall equal 50%. If PSCM fails to make such allocations to Purchasers that are reasonably
creditworthy in light of the allocation, each Purchaser (other than Pershing Square International,
Ltd. and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd.) will be bound jointly and severally hereby, and Pershing Square
International Ltd. and Pershing Square International V, Ltd. shall unconditionally guarantee the
performance hereunder of the other Purchasers.
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SECTION 1.2
Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
(excluding conditions that, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, but subject to
the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions as of the Closing) set forth in
Article VII
and
Article VIII, the closing of the purchase of the Shares and the GGO Shares by each
Purchaser pursuant hereto (the “
Closing”) shall occur at 9:30 a.m.,
New York time, on the
effective date of the Plan (the “
Effective Date”), at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx
LLP located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, or such other date, time or location as agreed
by the parties. The date of the Closing is referred to as the “
Closing Date”. Each of the
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees that in no event shall the Closing occur unless all of the
Shares and the GGO Shares are sold to each applicable Purchaser (or to such other Persons as each
such applicable Purchaser may designate in accordance with and subject to the Designation
Conditions so long as such designation would not cause a failure of the closing condition in
Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield Agreement) on the Closing Date.
SECTION 1.3 Company Rights Offering Election. The Company may at any time prior to
the date of filing of the Disclosure Statement, upon written notice to each Purchaser in accordance
with the terms hereof (the “Rights Offering Election”), irrevocably elect to convert the
obligation of such Purchaser to purchase the Shares as contemplated by Section 1.1 hereof
into an obligation of such Purchaser to participate in a rights offering by the Company pursuant to
which shareholders and/or creditors of the Company are offered rights to subscribe for shares of
New Common Stock (a “Company Rights Offering”), subject to the execution and delivery of
definitive documentation therefor and the satisfaction of the conditions described therein and
other customary conditions for a public rights offering. To the extent the Company makes a Rights
Offering Election, (i) each Purchaser shall be entitled to a minimum allocation of shares of New
Common Stock in the Company Rights Offering equal to the number of shares such Purchaser would
otherwise be required to purchase pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof had no such election been
made, (ii) the purchase price per share payable by such Purchaser shall be equal to the Per Share
Purchase Price and such Purchaser shall not be otherwise adversely affected as compared to the
transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) the Company Rights Offering shall be effected in a manner
substantially consistent with the procedures contemplated by Section 2.2 of the Original Agreement;
provided, that the Company Rights Offering shall be completed by the Effective Date, and
(iv) the Company and each Purchaser shall cooperate in good faith to develop and agree upon
documentation that is reasonably acceptable to both the Company and each Purchaser governing the
further terms and conditions of the Company Rights Offering.
SECTION 1.4 Company Election to Replace Certain Shares; Company Election to Reserve and
Repurchase Certain Shares.
(a) In the event that the Company has sold, or has binding commitments to sell on or prior to
the Effective Date, Permitted Replacement Shares, the Company may elect by written notice to each
Purchaser to reduce the Total Purchase Amount by all or any portion of the number of such Permitted
Replacement Shares as the Company may determine in its discretion; provided, that the Total
Purchase Amount shall not be less than 190,000,000. No election by the Company under this
Section 1.4(a) shall be effective unless received by each Purchaser on or prior to the date
that is 15 days before the commencement of the hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan. Any
election by the Company under this Section 1.4(a) shall be binding and irrevocable.
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(b) If the Plan as presented for confirmation provides for the commencement on or within 45
days after the Effective Date of a broadly distributed public offering of New Common Stock, the
Company may elect, by written notice to each Purchaser on or prior to October 11, 2010, to specify
a number of Shares to be purchased by the Purchasers at Closing as Shares to be subject to
repurchase after Closing and/or subject to a put option pursuant to this Section 1.4(b)
and/or Section 1.4(c), as applicable (the “Reserved Shares”); provided, that the
excess of (i) its GGP Pro Rata Share of the Total Purchase Amount minus (ii) its Reserved Shares
shall not be less than its GGP Pro Rata Share of 190,000,000. The first 35,000,000 of such
Reserved Shares shall constitute “Put Shares” governed by Section 1.4(c). Any
Reserved Shares in excess of 35,000,000 Shares shall constitute “Repurchase Shares”. With
respect to any Repurchase Shares, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser in cash on the Effective
Date an amount equal to $0.25 per Repurchase Share. Upon payment of such amount, the Company shall
thereafter have the right to elect by written notice to each Purchaser (a “Repurchase
Notice”) on or prior to the 40th day after the Effective Date (or, if not a Business Day, the
next Business Day) to repurchase from each Purchaser a number of Shares equal to the lesser of such
Purchaser’s Clawback Percentage of (x) the aggregate number of Permitted Replacement Shares (other
than any Permitted Replacement Shares applied to reduce the Total Purchase Amount pursuant to
Section 1.4(a)) sold by the Company prior to the 45th day after the Effective Date and (y)
the sum of the initial number of Repurchase Shares under this Agreement and the initial number of
Reserved Shares (as defined in the Fairholme Agreement) under the Fairholme Agreement. The
purchase price for any Repurchase Shares shall be $10.00 per Share, payable in cash in immediately
available funds against delivery of the Repurchase Shares on a settlement date determined by the
Company and each Purchaser and not later than the date that is 45 days after the Effective Date.
Any Repurchase Notice under this Section 1.4(b) shall, when taken together with this
Agreement, constitute a binding offer and acceptance and be irrevocable.
For the purposes of this Section 1.4, “Clawback Percentage” means, for each
Purchaser under this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement, the quotient (expressed as a
percentage) of (a) the number of Clawback Shares such Purchaser is purchasing at Closing divided by
(b) all the Clawback Shares
purchased at Closing under this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement. The aggregate Clawback
Percentages shall at all times equal 100%.
For the purposes of this Section 1.4, “Clawback Shares” means all Reserved
Shares under the Fairholme Agreement and all Repurchase Shares (but not Put Shares) under this
Agreement.
(c) With respect to the Put Shares, the following provisions will apply:
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The Company shall not be obligated to sell,
and no Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase, any Put Shares at
Closing. Instead, the Company shall have the option (the “Put
Option”) to sell to the Purchasers on the first Business Day
occurring at least 210 days after the Effective Date (the
“Settlement Date”) a number of Shares up to the Deficiency
Amount (the “Backstop Shares”). |
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The Company may exercise its Put Option by
irrevocable written notice (a “Put Notice”) delivered to each
Purchaser on the third Business Day prior to the Settlement Date (it
being agreed that the Company may at its election for convenience
deliver the Put Notice prior to such date, but it shall be revocable
until, and become effective only as of, the third Business Day prior
to the Settlement Date), and the Put Option shall expire if the Put
Notice is not so delivered. The Put Notice and this Agreement
together shall constitute the binding agreement of the Company to
sell to each Purchaser, and of each Purchaser to purchase from the
Company, on the Settlement Date a number of Shares equal to such
Purchaser’s pro rata share of the Backstop Shares for a purchase
price per share equal to the Per Share Purchase Price (payable in
cash in immediately available funds). Closing of the sale and
purchase of the Backstop Shares shall occur at 9:30 a.m., New York
time, on the Settlement Date at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx
LLP located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, or such other
date, time or location as agreed by the parties. Backstop Shares
shall constitute “Shares” for all purposes of this Agreement,
including without limitation, the representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in Article III. All conditions
precedent to the obligation of the Company to issue and sell, and of
each Purchaser to purchase, Backstop Shares shall be deemed satisfied
on the Settlement Date, provided that (A) the obligations of
the
Company and each Purchaser on the Settlement Date shall be subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver by each of them) of the condition
precedent that no judgment, injunction, decree or other legal
restraint shall prohibit settlement and (B) the obligation of each
Purchaser on the Settlement Date shall be subject to the
additional condition precedent that the representations and
warranties of the Company in Section 3.5(a) as they relate
to the Backstop Shares shall be true and correct at and as of the
Settlement Date as if made at and as of the Settlement Date. Each
Purchaser’s obligation with respect to its pro rata share of the
Backstop Shares will be independent of the payment or nonpayment
of any amount by the Company with respect to any Bridge Note (as
described below). |
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For purposes of the Company’s Put Option,
the “Deficiency Amount” shall be the sum, if positive, of: |
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(B) the quotient of (x) Excess Equity Capital Proceeds divided by
(y) the Per Share Purchase Price. |
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The Company shall notify the Purchasers at such time as the
Deficiency Amount has been reduced to zero (the “Put
Termination Notice”) and, upon such notice, the Put Option
shall terminate and be without further force or effect. The
Company also may terminate the Put Option voluntarily by written
notice at any time. Commencing on the 90th day after the
Effective Date, for each day the Deficiency Amount is outstanding,
a fee shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 2.0% of an amount
equal to the product of (i) the outstanding Deficiency Amount from
time to time and (ii) $10.00, with the accrued and unpaid amount
payable in arrears on the earlier of the termination of the Put
Option or the Settlement Date. |
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For the purposes of Section 1.4(c), “Excess Equity
Capital Proceeds” means the excess, if any, as of the
Settlement Date of (a) cash proceeds to the Company (net of all
underwriting or other discounts, fees or other compensation and
related expenses)
from the sale of Common Stock, New Common Stock and Share
Equivalents after the date hereof and prior to the Settlement Date
(other than (i) the sale of 250,000,000 shares of New Common Stock
under the Brookfield Agreement and the sale of the first
190,000,000 shares of New Common Stock under this Agreement and
the Fairholme Agreement (in each case including any such shares of
New Common Stock purchased by assigns or designees), (ii) the
issuance of New Common Stock to settle the Xxxxxx Heirs
Obligations and (iii) the issuance of New Common Stock to
employees and directors of the Company) over (b) $2,050,000,000. |
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PSCM, in its sole discretion, may designate
that some or all of the Backstop Shares be issued in the name of, and
delivered (together with the payment obligations therewith) to, the
other members of the Purchaser Group. Each Purchaser (other than
Pershing Square International, Ltd. and Pershing Square International
V, Ltd.) will be bound jointly and severally with respect to the
obligations of all the Purchasers with respect to the Put Option. |
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In addition, if it has designated any Put
Shares, the Company shall issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers
shall purchase from the Company, on the Effective Date one or more
unsecured notes with terms consistent with this Section 1.4
and in form to be mutually agreed prior to the designation of Put
Shares (the “Bridge Notes”) in an amount equal to the product
of (A) the Put Shares multiplied by (B) the Per Share Purchase Price
(the “Bridge Note Amount”). The Bridge Notes shall (1) have
a final maturity date and be unconditionally payable on the first
Business Day occurring at least 211 days after the Effective Date
(the “Bridge Note Maturity Date”), (2) bear interest at a
rate of 6.00% per annum (the “Bridge Note Interest Rate”),
with interest accruing and compounding quarterly, but payable only
upon prepayment or payment of principal, (3) be unsecured general
obligations of the Company without guarantee by any subsidiary, (4)
have a successorship covenant customary for short term indebtedness
of public companies, but no financial, operational restriction or
similar covenants or any business representations or warranties and
(5) have events of default
limited to non-payment and customary bankruptcy matters, but for
the avoidance of doubt, no cross-default, cross-acceleration or
similar clauses. In return for the Bridge Notes, each Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company on the Effective Date cash proceeds
in the amount of such Purchaser’s pro rata share of the Bridge
Note Amount. If the Company has not repaid Purchasers the full
amount outstanding under the Bridge Notes on or before the Bridge
Note Maturity Date, interest will accrue on the unpaid amount of
the Bridge Notes, including due but unpaid interest, at a default
rate equal to the Bridge Note Interest Rate plus 2.00%. The
Bridge Notes may be prepaid at any time without premium or
penalty. The Bridge Note shall be freely transferable by holders;
provided that any transfer shall require the consent of the
Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, at any time that no
event of default thereunder is continuing (and it being agreed
that the Company shall not be obligated to register any Bridge
Note under securities laws). |
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The Company and each Purchaser agree to
work together in good faith with the aim to negotiate and agree on
mutually acceptable definitive form of the Bridge Notes as promptly
as practicable. |
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In the event that the Company pays or
declares any dividend or distribution on New Common Shares with a
record date after the Effective Date and prior to the Settlement
Date, (A) the Per Share Purchase Price shall be decreased by the
value of such dividend or distribution (with (1) dividends or
distributions payable in New Common Shares valued at the Per Share
Purchase Price (before giving effect to such adjustment), (2)
dividends or distributions payable in cash valued at the amount of
cash, and (3) dividends or distributions of other property valued at
“Fair Market Value” as defined in the form of Warrant Agreement) and
(B) the number of Shares subject to the Put Option shall be increased
by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is
the Per Share Purchase Price before giving effect to such adjustment
and the denominator of which is the Per Share Purchase Price after
giving effect to such adjustment. |
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At Closing, the Purchasers shall collaterally assign and post the
Bridge Notes (or an amount of cash and freely marketable securities
with a fair market value equal to the
principal amount of the Bridge Notes) as collateral for
performance of the Purchasers’ obligations under the Put Option
pursuant to customary collateral arrangements reasonably
acceptable to the parties. The amount of collateral to be posted
shall be measured by the principal amount of the Bridge Note
outstanding from time to time and there shall be no requirement to
post additional collateral if the Bridge Note is voluntarily paid
by the Company prior to its maturity. |
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For the purposes of this Section
1.4(c), the “pro rata share” of each Purchaser means the
percentage designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company on or
prior to the Effective Date; provided that the sum of such pro rata
shares shall be 100%. |
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The Bridge Note Amount shall not be
included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Debt or Closing Date
Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment pursuant to Section
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SECTION 1.5 Pro Rata Reductions with Fairholme Agreement. No election by the Company
pursuant to Section 1.4(a) or specification of Reserved Shares pursuant to Section
1.4(b) shall be made without the consent of PSCM unless the Company is making a similar
election under the Fairholme Agreement, such that each of the aggregate number of Shares required
to be purchased at Closing is allocated as among each Purchaser and among each of the Fairholme
Purchasers under the Fairholme Agreement in accordance with the applicable GGP Pro Rata Share;
provided, however that solely for the purposes of this Section 1.5, the
number of Put Shares shall be included in the above calculation of the number of Shares required to
be purchased at Closing.
ARTICLE II
GGO SHARE DISTRIBUTION AND PURCHASE OF GGO COMMON STOCK
SECTION 2.1 GGO Share Distribution. On the terms and subject to the conditions
(including Bankruptcy Court approval) set forth herein, the Plan shall provide for the following:
(a) On or prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall incorporate GGO with issued and
outstanding capital stock consisting of at least the GGO Common Share Amount of shares of common
stock (the “GGO Common Stock”), designate an employee of the Company familiar with the
Identified Assets and reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser to serve as a representative of GGO
(the “GGO Representative”) and shall contribute to GGO (directly or indirectly) the assets
(and/or equity interests related thereto) set forth in
Exhibit E hereto and have GGO assume directly or indirectly the associated liabilities
(the “Identified Assets”); provided, however, that to the extent the
Company is prohibited by Law from contributing one or more of the Identified Assets to GGO or the
contribution thereof would breach or give rise to a default under any Contract, agreement or
instrument that would, in the good faith judgment of the Company in consultation with the GGO
Representative, impair in any material respect the value of the relevant Identified Asset or give
rise to additional liability (other than liability that would not, in the aggregate, be material)
on the part of GGO or the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall (i) to the
extent not prohibited by Law or would not give rise to such a default, take such action or cause to
be taken such other actions in order to place GGO, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same
economic position as if such Identified Asset had been transferred as contemplated hereby and so
that, insofar as reasonably possible, substantially all the benefits and burdens (including all
obligations thereunder but excluding any obligations that arise out of the transfer of the
Identified Asset to the extent included in Permitted Claims) relating to such Identified Asset,
including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain and control of such Identified Asset,
are to inure from and after the Closing to GGO
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(provided that as soon as a consent for the
contribution of an Identified Asset is obtained or the contractual impediment is removed or no
longer applies, the applicable Identified Asset shall be promptly contributed to GGO), or (ii) to
the extent the actions contemplated by clause (i) are not possible without resulting in a material
and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company in
consultation with the GGO Representative), contribute other assets, with the consent of each
Purchaser (which such Purchaser shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay), having an
economically equivalent value and related financial impact on the Company (in each case, as
reasonably agreed by each Purchaser and the Company in consultation with the GGO Representative) to
the Identified Asset not so contributed. In no event shall the Company (or any subsidiary of the
Company) pay more than $16,000,000 in the aggregate or make any other payment or provide any other
economic consideration to reduce the principal amount of the mortgage related to 000 X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx.
(b) The GGO Common Share Amount of shares of GGO Common Stock, representing all of the
outstanding capital stock of GGO (other than shares of GGO Common Stock to be issued (x) pursuant
to Section 2.2 of this Agreement, (y) to the other Initial Investors pursuant to Section 2.2 of
their respective Investment Agreements, and (z) upon exercise of the GGO Warrants and the warrants
issued to the other Initial Investors pursuant to their respective Investment Agreements), shall be
distributed, on or prior to the Effective Date, to the shareholders of the Company (pre-issuance of
the Shares) on a pro rata basis and holders of UPREIT Units (the “GGO Share Distribution”).
(c) It is agreed that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay
or cause payment of any fees or make any financial accommodations to obtain any third-party
consent, approval, waiver or other permission
for the contribution contemplated by Section 2.1(a), or to seek any such consent,
approval, waiver or other permission that is inapplicable to the Company or any of its Debtor
Subsidiaries pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code.
(d) The parties currently contemplate that the GGO Share Distribution will be structured as a
“tax free spin-off” under the Code. To the extent that the Company and each Purchaser jointly
determine that it is desirable for the GGO Share Distribution to be structured as a taxable
dividend, the parties will work together to structure the transaction to allow for such outcome.
(e) With respect to the Columbia Master Planned Community (the “CMPC”), it is the
intention of the parties that office and mall assets currently producing any material amount of
income at the CMPC (including any associated right of access to parking spaces) will be retained by
the Company and the remaining non-income producing assets at the CMPC will be transferred to GGO
(including rights to develop and/or redevelop (as appropriate) the remainder of the CMPC). On or
prior to the Effective Date, the Company and GGO shall enter into a mutually satisfactory
development and cooperation agreement with respect to the CMPC, which agreement shall provide,
among other things, that GGO shall grant mutually satisfactory easements, to the extent not already
granted, such that the office buildings retained by GGP (as provided above) continuously shall have
access to parking spaces appropriate for such office buildings.
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SECTION 2.2 Purchase of GGO Common Stock.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Plan shall provide that
at the Closing, each Purchaser shall purchase from GGO, and GGO shall sell to such Purchaser, a
number of shares of GGO Common Stock (the “GGO Shares”) equal to its GGO Pro Rata Share of
2,625,000 shares of GGO Common Stock, for a price per share equal to $47.619048 (the “GGO Per
Share Purchase Price” and such $125,000,000 aggregate purchase price, the “GGO Purchase
Price”). At the Closing the Purchasers shall cause the GGO Purchase Price to be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available U.S. Dollar funds to such account or accounts as the Company
shall have designated in writing prior to the Closing.
(b) All GGO Shares shall be delivered with any and all issue, stamp, transfer or similar taxes
or duties payable in connection with such delivery duly paid by GGO to the extent required under
the Confirmation Order or applicable Law.
(c) Each Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may designate that some or all of the GGO Shares
be issued in the name of, and delivered to, the other members of its Purchaser Group in accordance
with and subject to the Designation Conditions.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as set forth below, except (i) as set
forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (but not in
documents filed as exhibits thereto or documents incorporated by reference therein) filed with the
SEC on March 1, 2010 (other than in any “risk factor” disclosure or any other forward-looking
disclosures contained in such reports under the headings “Risk Factors” or “Cautionary Note” or any
similar sections) or (ii) as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to each
Purchaser on the date of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”):
SECTION 3.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its direct and
indirect Significant Subsidiaries is duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or
other form of entity, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of their respective
jurisdictions of organization, with the requisite power and authority to own, operate or manage its
properties and conduct its business as currently conducted, subject, as applicable, to the
restrictions that result from any such entity’s status as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11,
except to the extent the failure of such Significant Subsidiary to be in good standing (to the
extent the concept of good standing is
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applicable in its jurisdiction of organization) would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
or other form of entity for the transaction of business and, where applicable, is in good standing
under the Laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns, manages, operates or leases properties
or conducts business so as to require such qualification, except to the extent the failure to be so
qualified or, where applicable, be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.2 Corporate Power and Authority.
(a) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the
Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day period set
forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, the Company has the
requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder (except with respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the
provisions of the Approval Order). The Company has taken all necessary corporate action required
for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, the Company has the requisite power and
authority to (i) issue the Warrants (assuming the accuracy of the representations of each Purchaser
contained in Exhibit D) and (ii) perform its obligations pursuant to the provisions of the
Approval Order hereof. No approval by any
securityholders of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is required in connection with
the issuance of the Warrants or the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the
Warrants.
(c) The Company has received written confirmation from the NYSE that the shares of New Common
Stock or other Equity Securities issuable by the Company to each Purchaser and the other members of
the Purchaser Group in connection with each Purchaser’s exercise of its Subscription Rights
contemplated by Section 5.9(a) hereof shall not require stockholder approval and shall be
eligible for listing on the NYSE in the hands of such Purchaser or other members of the Purchaser
Group without any requirement for stockholder approval, in each case, during the five (5) year
period following the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.3 Execution and Delivery; Enforceability.
(a) This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, and
subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the Confirmation
Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day period set forth in
Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, shall constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good
faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at Law or in
equity) (except with respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the
Approval Order).
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(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, the provisions of this Agreement relating to
(i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order shall constitute the
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms.
SECTION 3.4 Authorized Capital Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 875,000,000 shares of Common Stock and of
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company and
the shares of Common Stock available for grant pursuant to the Company’s 1993 Stock Incentive Plan,
1998 Stock Incentive Plan and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Company Option
Plans”) or otherwise as of March 26, 2010 (the “Measurement Date”) is set forth on
Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter. From the Measurement Date to the date of
this Agreement, other than in connection with the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to
the exercise of options outstanding as of the Measurement Date, there has been no change in the
number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or the number of outstanding Equity
Securities (as defined below). Except as set forth on Section 3.4 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, on the Measurement Date, there was not outstanding, and there was not reserved
for issuance, any (i) share of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company or its
Significant Subsidiaries; (ii)
security of the Company or its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries;
(iii) option or other right to acquire from the Company or its Subsidiaries, or obligation of the
Company or its Subsidiaries to issue, any shares of capital stock, voting securities or security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities
of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries, as the case may be; or (iv) equity equivalent
interest in the ownership or earnings of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries or other
similar right, in each case to which the Company or a Significant Subsidiary is a party (the items
in clauses (i) through (iv) collectively, “Equity Securities”). Other than as set forth on
Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter or as contemplated by this Agreement, or
pursuant to Contracts entered into by the Company after the date hereof and prior to the Closing
that are otherwise not inconsistent with any Purchaser’s rights hereunder and with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and do not confer on any other Person rights that are superior to
those received by any Purchaser hereunder or pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby other
than rights and terms that are customarily granted to holders of any such Equity Securities so
issued and not customarily granted in transactions such as the transactions contemplated hereby,
there is no outstanding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any Equity Security. Other than as set forth on Section 3.4 of the
Company Disclosure Letter or as contemplated by this Agreement, or pursuant to Contracts entered
into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Equity
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Securities after the date hereof and
prior to the Closing that are otherwise not inconsistent with any Purchaser’s rights hereunder and
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and do not confer on any other Person rights
that are superior to those received by any Purchaser hereunder or pursuant to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than rights and terms that are customarily granted to holders of any such
Equity Securities so issued and not customarily granted in transactions such as the transactions
contemplated hereby, there is no stockholder agreement, voting trust or other agreement or
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound relating to the
voting, purchase, transfer or registration of any shares of capital stock of the Company or
preemptive rights with respect thereto. Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a complete and accurate list of the outstanding Equity Securities of the Company as of the
Measurement Date, including the applicable conversion rates and exercise prices (or, in the case of
options to acquire Common Stock, the weighted average exercise price) relating to the conversion or
exercise of such Equity Securities into or for Common Stock.
SECTION 3.5 Issuance.
(a) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in entry of
the Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14 day period
set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, the issuance of the
Shares and the New Warrants has been duly and validly authorized. Subject to the entry of the
Approval Order and
assuming the accuracy of the representations of such Purchaser contained in Exhibit D,
the issuance of the Warrants is duly and validly authorized. When the Shares are issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement against payment therefor, the Shares shall
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens,
pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and
restrictions under this Agreement, the Non-Control Agreement and applicable state and federal
securities Laws. When the Warrants and the New Warrants are issued and delivered in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants and New Warrants shall be duly and validly issued
and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and
subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement, the terms of the
Warrants and New Warrants and under applicable state and federal securities Laws. When the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the shares of New Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the New Warrants are issued and delivered against payment therefor,
the shares of Common Stock and New Common Stock, as applicable, shall be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of
first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement, the
Non-Control Agreement and applicable state and federal securities Laws.
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(b) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the
entry of the Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day
period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, when the GGO
Shares and the GGO Warrants are issued, the GGO Shares and GGO Warrants shall be duly and validly
authorized, duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes,
liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and
restrictions under this Agreement and under applicable state and federal securities Laws. When the
shares of GGO Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the GGO Warrants are issued and delivered
against payment therefor, the shares of GGO Common Stock shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first
refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement and under
applicable state and federal securities Laws.
SECTION 3.6 No Conflict.
(a) Subject to (i) the receipt of the consents set forth on Section 3.6 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, (ii) such authorization as is required by the Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy
Code, which shall be contained in the entry of the Confirmation Order, and the expiration, or
waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the 14-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following
entry of the Confirmation Order, (iii) any provisions of the Bankruptcy Code that override,
eliminate or abrogate such consents or as may be ordered by the Bankruptcy Court and (iv) the
ability to employ the alternatives contemplated by Section 2.1 of the Agreement, the
execution and delivery (or, with respect to the Plan, the filing) by the Company of this Agreement
and the Plan, the
performance by the Company of its respective obligations under this Agreement and compliance
by the Company with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein, (x) shall not conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or give rise to any termination right under,
any Contract to which the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which any
of their material assets are subject or encumbered, (y) shall not result in any violation or breach
of any terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company, or the comparable organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries, and (z) shall
not conflict with or result in any violation or breach of, or any termination or impairment of any
rights under, any statute or any license, authorization, injunction, judgment, order, decree, rule
or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of
each of clauses (x) and (z) above, for any such conflict, breach, acceleration, lien, termination,
impairment, failure to comply, default or violation that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (except with respect to (i) the
issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order).
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(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, (i) the issuance of the Warrants (assuming the
accuracy of the representations of each Purchaser contained in Exhibit D) and (ii) the
performance by the Company of its respective obligations under the Approval Order and compliance by
the Company with all of the provisions thereof (x) shall not conflict with, or result in a breach
or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or give rise to any termination right under,
any Contract, (y) shall not result in any violation or breach of any terms, conditions or
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or the comparable
organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries, and (z) shall not conflict with or result
in any violation or breach of, or any termination or impairment of any rights under, any statute or
any license, authorization, injunction, judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (z) above,
for any such conflict, breach, acceleration, lien, termination, impairment, failure to comply,
default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.7 Consents and Approvals.
(a) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties is required for (i) (1) the issuance and delivery of the New Warrants, (2)
the issuance, sale and delivery of Shares, (3) the issuance and delivery of the Warrants, (4) the
issuance, sale and delivery of the GGO Shares, (5) the issuance and delivery of the GGO Warrants,
(6) the issuance of New
Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants, (7) the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon
exercise of the GGO Warrants and (8) the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants and
(ii) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Plan and performance of and
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein, except (A) such authorization as is required by the
Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy Code, which shall be contained in the entry of the relevant
Court Order, and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the 14-day period set forth
in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, as applicable (except with
respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order), (B)
filings required under, and compliance with (other than shareholder approval requirements in
respect of the issuance of the Warrants), the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the rules of the
New York Stock Exchange, and (C) such other consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that, if not obtained, made or
given, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(b) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties is required for (1) the issuance and delivery of the Warrants and (2) the
performance of and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Approval Order
except (A) the entry of the Approval Order, (B) filings required under, and compliance with (other
than shareholder approval requirements in respect of the issuance of the Warrants), the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the rules of the
New York
Stock Exchange, and (C) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications that, if not obtained, made or given, would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.8 Company Reports.
(a) The Company has filed with or otherwise furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) all material forms, reports, schedules, statements and other
documents required to be filed or furnished by it under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act since December 31, 2007 (such
documents, as supplemented or amended since the time of filing, and together with all information
incorporated by reference therein, the “Company SEC Reports”). No Subsidiary of the
Company is required to file with the SEC any such forms, reports, schedules, statements or other
documents pursuant to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. As of their respective effective dates
(in the case of Company SEC Reports that are registration statements filed pursuant to the
requirements of the
Securities Act) and as of their respective filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC
Reports), except as and to the extent modified, amended, restated, corrected, updated or superseded
by any subsequent Company SEC Report filed and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement, the Company SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and (ii) did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(b) The Company maintains a system of “internal controls over financial reporting” (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that provides reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and that includes policies and
procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Company’s
financial statements.
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(c) The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is reasonably designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that information relating to the Company is accumulated and
communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
(d) Since December 31, 2008, the Company has not received any oral or written notification of
a “material weakness” in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The term
“material weakness” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Statements of Auditing Standards
112 and 115, as in effect on the date hereof.
(e) Except as and to the extent modified, amended, restated, corrected, updated or superseded
by any subsequent Company SEC Report filed and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement, the audited consolidated financial statements and the unaudited consolidated interim
financial statements (including any related notes) included in the Company SEC Reports fairly
present in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and their consolidated
cash flows for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of financial statements for
quarterly periods, to normal year-end adjustments) and were prepared in conformity with GAAP
consistently applied during the periods involved (except as otherwise disclosed in the notes
thereto).
SECTION 3.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has
any material liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) required to be
reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance
with GAAP, except for liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against or provided for in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 or disclosed in the notes thereto,
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, (ii)
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the date of such
balance sheet, (iii) for fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases, which
have been estimated and included in the Admin/Priority Claims identified in the Plan Summary Term
Sheet; provided, however, that such amount is an estimate and actual results may be
higher or lower, (iv) incurred in the ordinary course of performing this Agreement and certain
other asset sales, transfers and other actions permitted under this Agreement and (v) other
liabilities at Closing as contemplated by the Plan Summary Term Sheet.
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SECTION 3.10 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2009, there has not
occurred any event, fact or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually, or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11 No Violation or Default: Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
Subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with all Laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders,
judgments and decrees of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, and (b) has not received
written notice of any alleged material violation of any of the foregoing except, in the case of
each of clauses (a) and (b) above, for any such failure to comply, default or violation that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
as may be the result of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Chapter 11 filing or status as a
debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11. Subject to the restrictions that result from the Company’s
or any of its Subsidiaries’ status as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 (including that in
certain instances the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s conduct of its business requires Bankruptcy
Court approval), each of the Company and its Subsidiaries holds all material licenses, franchises,
permits, certificates of occupancy, consents, registrations, certificates and other governmental
and regulatory permits, authorizations and approvals required for the operation of the business as
currently conducted by it and for the ownership, lease or operation of its material assets except,
in each case, where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.12 Legal Proceedings. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.13 Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, shall not be
required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder. As of the Effective Date, GGO, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the GGO Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, shall not be
required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance With Environmental Laws. Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with and each of the Company Properties are
and have been maintained in compliance with, any and all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign Laws relating to the
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protection of the environment or natural resources, human health and
safety as such relates to the environment, or the presence, handling, or release of Hazardous
Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which compliance includes obtaining,
maintaining and complying with all permits, licenses or other approvals required under
Environmental Laws to conduct operations as presently conducted, and no action is pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that seeks to repeal, modify, amend, revoke, limit, deny
renewal of, or otherwise appeal or challenge any such permits, licenses or other approvals, (ii)
none of the Company or its Subsidiaries have received any written notice of, and none of the
Company Properties have been the subject of any written notice received by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of, any actual or potential liability or violation for the presence, exposure to,
investigation, remediation, arrangement for disposal, or release of any material classified,
characterized or regulated as hazardous, toxic, pollutants, or contaminants under Environmental
Laws, including petroleum products or byproducts, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing
materials, radon, lead-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, and hazardous
building materials (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”), (iii) none of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are a party to or the subject of any pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, legal proceeding alleging any liability, responsibility, or violation under any
Environmental Laws with respect to their past or present facilities or their respective operations,
(iv) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries have released Hazardous Materials on any real
property in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in an environmental claim or
liability against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (v) none of
the Company Properties is the subject of any pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, legal proceeding alleging any liability, responsibility, or violation under any
Environmental Laws, and (vi) to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no release of
Hazardous Materials on, from, under, or at any of the Company Properties that would reasonably be
expected to result in an environmental claim or liability against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
SECTION 3.15 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
each Company Benefit Plan is in compliance in design and operation in all material respects with
all applicable provisions of ERISA and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”) and each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to its qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Code and its related trust’s exempt
status under Section 501(a) of the Code and the Company is not aware of any circumstances likely to
result in the loss of the qualification of any such plan under Section 401(a) of the Code.
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(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
with respect to each Company Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or
Section 412 or 4971 of the Code: (A) no Company Benefit Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum
funding standard (within the meaning of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA)
applicable to such Company Benefit Plan, whether or not waived and no application for a waiver of
the minimum funding standard with respect to any Company Benefit Plan has been submitted; (B) no
reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which the 30-day notice
requirement has not been waived has occurred (other than in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases);
(C) no liability (other than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the
“PBGC”)) under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by the Company or
any entity that is required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to Section 414 of the Code
(an “ERISA Affiliate”); (D) the PBGC has not instituted proceedings to terminate any such
plan or made any inquiry which would reasonably be expected to lead to termination of any such
plan, and, no condition exists that presents a risk that such proceedings will be instituted or
which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any such plan; and (E) no Company Benefit Plan is, or is
expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)
of the Code).
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
with respect to each Company Benefit Plan maintained primarily for the benefit of current or former
employees, officers or directors employed, or otherwise engaged, outside the United States (each a
“Foreign Plan”), excluding any Foreign Plans that are statutorily required, government
sponsored or not otherwise sponsored, maintained or controlled by the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (“Excluded Non-US Plans”): (A) (1) all employer and employee
contributions required by Law or by the terms of the Foreign Plan have been made, and all
liabilities of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have been satisfied, or, in each case
accrued, by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and (2) the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all requirements of applicable Law and the terms of such Foreign Plan; (B) as of the Effective
Date, the fair market value of the assets of each funded Foreign Plan, or the book reserve
established for each Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to
procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations with respect to all current and former
participants in such Foreign Plan determined on an ongoing basis (rather than on a plan termination
basis) according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations used to account for such obligations
as of the Effective Date in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles;
and (C) the Foreign Plan has been registered as required and has been maintained in good standing
with applicable regulatory authorities.
SECTION 3.16 Labor and Employment Matters. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its
Significant Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or any labor
union contract, nor are any employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
represented by a works council or a labor organization (other than any industry-wide or statutorily
mandated agreement in non-U.S. jurisdictions);
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(ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date
hereof, there are no activities or proceedings by any labor union or labor organization to organize
any employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or to compel the Company or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries to bargain with any labor union or labor organization; and (iii),
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened material labor strike, lock-out, walkout,
work stoppage, slowdown, demonstration, leafleting, picketing, boycott, work-to-rule campaign,
sit-in, sick-out, or similar form of organized labor disruption.
SECTION 3.17 Insurance. The Company maintains for itself and its Subsidiaries
insurance policies in those amounts and covering those risks, as in its judgment, are reasonable
for the business and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.18 No Unlawful Payments. No action is pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of
their respective directors, officers, or employees resulting from any (a) use of corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity, (b) direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds, (c) violations of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977 or any other applicable local anti-bribery or anti-corruption Laws in any relevant
jurisdictions or (d) other unlawful payment, except in any such case, as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.19 No Broker’s Fees. Other than pursuant to agreements (including
amendments thereto) by and between the Company and each of UBS Securities LLC and Xxxxxx Buckfire &
Co., LLC, or otherwise disclosed to each Purchaser prior to the date hereof and which fees and
expenses would be included in the definition of “Permitted Claims”, none of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than
this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for an investment banking fee, finder’s fee or like payment in respect of the sale of
the Shares contemplated by this Agreement. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any Person that would give rise to a valid
claim against any Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee, investment banking fee or
like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.20 Real and Personal Property.
(a) Section 3.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and
complete list in all material respects of each material real property asset owned or leased (as
lessee), directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than Identified Assets) (each such property that is not a Non-Controlling Property and has a
fair market value (in the reasonable determination of the Company) in excess of $10,000,000 is
individually referred to herein as “Company Property” and collectively referred to herein
as the “Company Properties”). All Company Properties, Non-Controlling Properties and the
Identified Assets are reflected in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
in the Annual Report in Form 10-K as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2009 (the “Most
Recent Statement”).
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(b) Except (i) for such breach of this Section 3.20(b) as may be caused fully or
substantially by the third party member or partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or
consent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) as would not individually or in the
aggregate be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries owns good and valid fee simple title or valid and enforceable leasehold interests
(except with respect to the Company’s right to reject any such ground lease as part of a Bankruptcy
plan of reorganization for the remaining Debtor entities and subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies
generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles
of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is
sought in a proceeding at Law or in equity)), as applicable, to each of the Company Properties, in
each case, free and clear of liens, mortgages or deeds of trust, claims against title, charges that
are liens or other encumbrances on title, rights of way, restrictive covenants, declarations or
reservations of an interest in title (collectively, “Encumbrances”), except for the
following (collectively, the “Permitted Title Exceptions”): (i)
Encumbrances relating to the DIP Loan and to debt obligations reflected in the Company’s
financial statements and the notes thereto (including with respect to debt obligations which are
not consolidated) or otherwise disclosed to each Purchaser in Section 3.20(g)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) Encumbrances that result from any statutory or other liens for
Taxes or assessments that are not yet due or delinquent or the validity of which is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has
been set aside for the full payment thereof, (iii) any contracts, or other occupancy agreements to
third parties for the occupation or use of portions of the Company Properties by such third parties
in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iv) Encumbrances
imposed or promulgated by Law or any Governmental Entity, including zoning, entitlement and other
land use and environmental regulations, (v) Encumbrances disclosed on existing title policies and
current title insurance commitments or surveys made available to each Purchaser, (vi) Encumbrances
on the landlord’s fee interest at any Company Property where the Company or its Subsidiary is the
tenant under any ground lease, provided that, except as disclosed to each Purchaser in Section
3.20(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
have received a notice indicating the intention of the landlord under such ground lease, or of any
other Person, to (1) exercise a right to terminate such ground lease, evict the lessee or otherwise
collect the sub-rents thereunder, or (2) take any other action that would be reasonably likely to
result in a termination of such ground lease, (vii) any cashiers’, landlords’, workers’,
mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s
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and materialmen’s liens and other similar liens (1)
incurred in the ordinary course of business which (A) are being challenged in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has been set aside for
the full payment thereof or (B) have been otherwise fully bonded and discharged of record or for
which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has been set aside for the full payment thereof or (2)
disclosed on Section 3.20(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (viii) any other
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants, encroachments,
protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances, and title limitations or title defects, if
any, that (I) are customary for office, industrial, master planned communities and retail
properties or (II) individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than as set forth on Section 3.20(b)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice of
a material default, beyond any applicable grace and cure periods, of or under any Permitted Title
Exceptions, except (w) as may have been caused fully or substantially by the third party member or
partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (x) as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases, (y) where the Permitted Title
Exceptions are in and of themselves evidence of default (such as mechanics’ liens and recorded
notices of default) or (z) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that where the Company has
otherwise represented and warranted to each Purchaser hereunder (including as set forth on the
Company Disclosure Letter pursuant to such representations and warranties) with respect to the
Company’s Knowledge of, the Company’s receipt of notice of or the existence of a default in
connection with a particular category of Permitted Title Exceptions, such categories of
Permitted Title Exceptions shall not be included in the representation set forth in this sentence
(by way of illustration, but not exclusion, the representations set forth in Section
3.20(f) with respect to defaults under Material Leases shall be deemed to address the Company’s
representations and warranties with respect to the entire category of Permitted Title Exceptions
detailed in clause (iii) above).
(c) To the extent available, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made commercially
reasonable efforts to make available or will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available
upon request to each Purchaser those policies of title insurance that the Company or its
Subsidiaries have obtained in the last six months.
(d) With respect to each Company Ground Lease Property, except as set forth on Section
3.20(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter and except as may have been caused by, or disclosed in
the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases, as of the date hereof, to the Company’s Knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of material defaults (including, without
limitation, payment defaults, but limited to those circumstances where such default may grant the
landlord under such ground lease the right to terminate such ground lease, evict the lessee or
otherwise collect the sub-rents thereunder) at such Company Ground Lease Property beyond any
applicable grace and cure periods, except (x) as would not, individually or in the
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aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (y) as may be caused fully or substantially
by the third party member or partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (z) with respect to any Company Ground Lease Property which
is leased by a Subsidiary of the Company which has consummated a plan of reorganization in the
Bankruptcy Cases, all such material defaults at such Company Ground Lease Property which existed
prior to the effective date of such Person’s plan of reorganization have been or will be cured in
accordance with such plan. As used herein the term “Company Ground Lease Property” shall
mean any Company Property having a fair market value (in the reasonable determination of the
Company) in excess of $25,000,000 which is leased by a Subsidiary of the Company as tenant pursuant
to a ground lease. With respect to the defaults referenced in clause (z) above, the Bankruptcy
Court approved the Debtors’ assumption of the applicable ground leases and the fixed cure amounts
for such defaults which predated assumption; provided, however, nothing contained
herein precludes any Person from raising issues in the future with respect to defaults that may
have predated such assumption.
(e) Except as set forth on Section 3.20(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement relating to the property
management (but not including any leasing, development, construction or brokerage agreements) of
any of the Company Properties by a party other than Company or any wholly owned Company
Subsidiaries, except (i) management agreements that may be terminated without cause or payment of a
termination fee upon no more than 60 days notice or (ii) as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.20(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the
Company’s Knowledge, as of February 15, 2010, (i) each Material Lease is in full force and effect,
(ii) no tenant is in arrears in the payment of rent, additional rent or any other material charges
due under any Material Lease, and no tenant is materially in default in the performance of any
other obligations under any Material Lease, (iii) no bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding has been
commenced (and is continuing) by or against any tenant under any Material Lease, and (iv) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice from a current tenant under
any Material Lease exercising a right to terminate or otherwise cancel its Material Lease (y) as a
result of or in connection with the termination or cancellation of any other lease, sublease,
license or occupancy agreement for space at any Company Property (each, a “Company Property
Lease”), or (z) as a result of or in connection with any other tenant that occupies, or had
previously occupied, another Company Property Lease, allowing, or having had allowed, all or any
portion of the premises leased pursuant to such other Company Property Lease to “go dark” or
otherwise be abandoned or vacated; except, (A) in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) (iii) and
(iv) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (B) as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases or in connection
with any Bankruptcy Court approved process and (C) as may have been caused fully or substantially
by the third party member or partner
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in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. “Material Lease” means for any Company Property any lease in
which the Company or its Subsidiaries is the landlord, and all amendments, modifications,
supplements, renewals, exhibits, schedules, extensions and guarantees related thereto, (1) to an
“anchor tenant” occupying at least 80,000 square feet with respect to such Company Property or (2)
that is one of the five (5) largest leases, in terms of gross annual minimum rent, with respect to
a Company Property that has an annual net operating income, as determined in accordance with GAAP
(provided, however, that for purposes of such calculation, the following were
reflected as expenses: (a) ground rent payments to a third party and (b) an assumed management fee
equal to 3% of base minimum and percentage rent) with respect to the trailing twelve (12) calendar
month period, equal to at least $7,500,000.00. For purposes of Section 7.1(c), (y) the
representations and warranties made in Section 3.20(f)(i), (iii) and (iv),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect”, shall be shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if
made at and as of the Closing Date, except for such failures to be true and correct that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and (z) the representation and warranties contained in Section 3.20(f)(ii),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect”, shall be true and correct (A) at and as of the last day of the calendar
month that is two (2) calendar months prior to the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs
as if made at and as of such date, if the Closing Date occurs on or prior to the fifteenth (15th)
day of a calendar month, or (B) at and as of the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month that is
one (1) calendar month prior to the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs as if made at
and as of such date, if the Closing Date occurs on or after the sixteenth (16th) day of a calendar
month,
except for such failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) With respect to each Company Property:
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As of the date listed thereunder,
Section 3.20(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a
true, correct and complete list in all material respects of (i) all
loans (other than the DIP Loan) and other indebtedness secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or indemnity deed of
trust in such Company Property (each, a “Company Mortgage
Loan”), (ii) the outstanding principal balance of each such
Company Mortgage Loan, (iii) the rate of interest applicable to such
Company Mortgage Loan and (iv) the maturity date of such Company
Mortgage Loan; |
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Except as set forth in Section
3.20(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries have received a written notice of default
(beyond any applicable grace or cure periods) in the (y) payment of
interest, principal or other material amount due to the lender under
any Company Mortgage Loan, whether as the primary obligor or as a
guarantor thereof or (z) performance of any other material
obligations under any Company Mortgage Loan, except (i) with respect
to (y) and (z) above, as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy
Cases, or as is prohibited, stayed or otherwise suspended as a result
of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s Chapter 11 filing or status as a
debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11, and (ii) with respect solely
to (z) above, which would not individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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For purposes of Section 7.1(c) the
representations and warranties made in Section 3.20(g)(i),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein
relating to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”, shall be true
and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of the
Closing Date, except for (A) such inaccuracies caused by sales,
purchases, transfers of assets, refinancing or other actions effected
in accordance with, subject to the limitations contained in, and not
otherwise prohibited by, the terms and conditions in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, in Article VII, (B)
amortization payments made pursuant to any applicable Company
Mortgage Loans and (C) such failures to be true and correct that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
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(h) To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) except as set forth on Section 3.20(h) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written
notice exercising an option, “buy-sell” right or other similar right to purchase a Company Property
or any material portion thereof which has not previously closed, except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to such
Company Property and (ii) no Company Property is subject to a purchase and sale agreement or any
similar legally binding agreement to purchase such Company Property or any material portion thereof
(other than (x) with respect to condominium purchase and sale agreements and purchase and sale and
early occupancy agreements or other similar agreements for the sale of condominium units at the
Natick Nouvelle, (y) with respect to builder lot purchase agreements and other similar agreements
for the sale of vacant lots of land to builders at Bridgeland and (z) as set forth in (i) above)
which has not previously closed.
(i) The Company has conducted due inquiry with respect to the representations and warranties
made in Section 3.20(d), Section 3.20(f), and Section 3.20(h).
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SECTION 3.21 Tax Matters. Except as disclosed on Section 3.21(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter:
(a) Except in cases where the failure of any of the following to be true would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have filed all
Tax Returns required to be filed by applicable Law prior to the date hereof; (ii) all such Tax
Returns were true, complete and correct in all respects and filed on a timely basis (taking into
account any applicable extensions); (iii) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have
paid all amounts of Taxes that are due, claimed or assessed by any taxing authority to be due for
the periods covered by such Tax Returns, other than any Taxes for which adequate reserves
(“Adequate Reserves”) have been established in accordance with GAAP or a claim has been
filed in the Bankruptcy Cases; and (iv) all adjustments of federal U.S. Tax liability of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries resulting from completed audits or examinations have been
reported to appropriate state and local taxing authorities and all resulting Taxes payable to state
and local taxing authorities have been paid. “Taxes” means any U.S. federal, state, local, or
foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation,
premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs
duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added,
alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any
interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not. “Tax Return” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return
or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including
any amendment thereof, including, where permitted or required, combined or consolidated returns for
any group of entities that include the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and each of its REIT Subsidiaries (x) for all taxable years commencing with
the taxable year ended December 31, 2005 through December 31, 2009, has been subject to taxation as
a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code (a “REIT” )
and has satisfied all requirements to qualify as a REIT for such years; (y) has operated since
January 1, 2010 to the date hereof in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT; and (z) intends to continue to operate in such a manner as to qualify as a
REIT for the current taxable year. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will
prevent the Company or any of its REIT Subsidiaries from so qualifying. No Subsidiary of the
Company other than a REIT Subsidiary is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other
than a corporation that qualifies as a “taxable REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section
856(l) of the Code. For the purposes of this Agreement, “REIT Subsidiary” means each of
GGP Ivanhoe, Inc., GGP Holding, Inc., GGP Holding II, Inc., Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Limited, GGP-Natick
Trust and GGP/Homart, Inc.
(c) Each Company Subsidiary other than its REIT Subsidiaries that is a partnership, joint
venture, or limited liability company and which has not elected to be a “taxable REIT subsidiary”
within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code has been since its formation treated for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a partnership or disregarded entity, as the case may be, and not as
a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation, except where failure to do so would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Except where the failure to be true would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have (i) complied in all respects with all applicable
Laws, rules, and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including
withholding and reporting requirements under sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, 6041
and 6049 of the Code and similar provisions under any other Laws) and (ii) within the time and in
the manner prescribed by Law, withheld from employee wages and paid to the proper Governmental
Entities all amounts required to be withheld and paid over.
(e) Except where the failure to be true would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no audits or
other administrative proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending or to the Knowledge of
the Company threatened with regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, other than any audit or administrative proceeding relating to Taxes for
which a claim has been filed in a Debtor’s Chapter 11 case or any other audit or administrative or
court proceeding that is not reasonably expected to result in a material Tax liability to the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
(f) The Company has made available to each Purchaser complete and accurate copies of all
material Tax Returns requested by any Purchaser and filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries for all taxable years ending on or prior to the Effective Date and for
which the statute of limitations has not expired.
(g) There are no Tax Protection Agreements except for those the breach of which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Significant
Subsidiary has any liability for Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of any state, local or foreign Law), or as a transferee or successor (by
contract or otherwise), other than (i) to a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) where any such
liability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.22 Material Contracts. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Material Contract that
shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases is valid and binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on each other Person party thereto, and is in
full force and effect. Other than as a result of the commencement of the Bankruptcy Cases, each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has performed, in all material respects, all obligations required
to be performed by it under each Material Contract that shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases, except,
in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than those caused as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy
Cases, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in breach or default of any
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Material Contract to which it is a party and which shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases, except, in
each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to each Purchaser true, accurate and
complete copies of the Material Contracts as of the date of this Agreement, except for those
Material Contracts available to the public on the website maintained by the SEC. To the Knowledge
of the Company, no party to any Material Contract that shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases has given
written notice of any action to terminate, cancel, rescind or procure a judicial reformation of
such Material Contract or any material provision thereof, which termination, cancellation,
rescission or reformation would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt, Material Contracts do not include
intercompany contracts.
SECTION 3.23 Certain Restrictions on Charter and Bylaws Provisions; State Takeover
Laws.
(a) The Company and the Company Board have taken all appropriate and necessary actions to
ensure that the ownership limitations set forth in Article IV of the Company’s certificate of
incorporation shall not apply to (i) the acquisition of beneficial ownership by any Purchaser and
any other member of the Purchaser Group of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants, (ii) any antidilution adjustments to those Warrants pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement
and (iii) any Common Stock that any Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser Group may be
deemed to own by no actions of its own and the acquisition of beneficial ownership of up to an
additional amount totaling 0.714% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, in the
aggregate, by any Purchaser or any other member of the Purchaser Group; provided,
however, that such exception to the ownership limitations are only effective as to any
Purchaser or a member of the Purchaser Group so long as (i) the Company has received executed
copies of the representation certificate contained in Exhibit D from such Purchaser or such
member of the Purchaser Group, it being understood that a member of the Purchaser Group shall be
required to provide such representations at such times and only at such times as such member of the
Purchaser Group “beneficially owns” or “constructively owns” (as such terms are defined in the
certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in excess of the
relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any stock
or other equity interest owned by such member of the Purchaser Group in a tenant of the Company
would be treated as constructively owned by the Company and (ii) the representations so provided
are true, correct and complete as of the date made and continue to be true, correct and complete.
(b) The Company Board has taken all action necessary to render inapplicable to each Purchaser
the restrictions on “business combinations” set forth in Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law and, to the knowledge of the Company, any similar “moratorium,” “control share,”
“fair price,” “takeover” or “interested stockholder” law applicable to transactions between each
Purchaser and the Company.
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SECTION 3.24 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations
and warranties made by the Company in this Article III, neither the Company nor any other
Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to each Purchaser or any other members of the
Purchaser Group or their respective representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other
information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Each Purchaser severally, and not jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the
Company with respect to itself, and not with respect to any other Purchaser, as set forth below:
SECTION 4.1 Organization. Purchaser is duly organized and is validly existing and,
where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the
requisite limited liability company power and authority to undertake and effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Purchaser has
been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other form of entity for the transaction of
business and, where applicable, is in good standing under the Laws of each other jurisdiction in
which it operates so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified,
licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably
expected to materially delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION 4.2 Power and Authority. Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to
enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and has
taken all necessary action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance
by it of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.3 Execution and Delivery. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against
Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 4.4 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance by Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and compliance by Purchaser with all of the
provisions hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein (i) shall not
conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or
give rise to any termination right under, any material contract to which Purchaser is a party, (ii)
shall not result in any violation or breach of any provisions of the organizational documents of
Purchaser and (iii) shall not conflict with or result in any violation of, or any termination or
material impairment of any rights under, any statute or any license, authorization, injunction,
judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over Purchaser or Purchaser’s properties or assets, except with respect to each of
(i), (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, violations or defaults as would not be reasonably expected to
have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
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SECTION 4.5 Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order, authorization,
registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over Purchaser
is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registration or qualification as would not reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.6 Compliance with Laws. Since the date of its formation, Purchaser has been
in compliance with all Laws applicable to Purchaser, except, in each case, for such non-compliance
as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 Legal Proceedings. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened
against Purchaser which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to Purchaser,
would materially and adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
SECTION 4.8 No Broker’s Fees. Purchaser is not party to any contract, agreement or
understanding with any Person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company for an
investment banking fee, commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.9 Sophistication. Purchaser is, as of the date hereof and shall be as of
the Effective Date, an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act. Purchaser understands and is able to bear any economic risks associated with such investment
(including, without limitation, the necessity of holding such Shares and GGO Shares for an
indefinite period of time).
SECTION 4.10 Purchaser Intent. Purchaser is acquiring the Shares, the Warrants, the
GGO Shares, the New Warrants and the GGO Warrants for investment purposes only and not with a view
to or for distributing or reselling such Shares, Warrants, GGO Shares, New Warrants and GGO
Warrants or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to Purchaser’s right, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such
Shares, Warrants, GGO Shares, New Warrants and GGO Warrants pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities Laws. Purchaser understands that Purchaser must bear
the economic risk of its investment indefinitely.
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SECTION 4.11 Reliance on Exemptions. Purchaser understands that the Shares and the
GGO Shares are being offered and sold to Purchaser in reliance upon specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities Laws.
SECTION 4.12 REIT Representations. The representations provided by Purchaser and, to
the extent applicable, its Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members, set forth on Exhibit
D are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof, and shall be true as of the date of the
issuance of the Warrants and as of the Closing Date, it being understood that Purchaser’s
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such representations only
if such Person “beneficially owns” or “constructively owns” (as such terms are defined in the
certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in excess of the
relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any stock
or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant of the Company would be treated as
constructively owned by the Company.
SECTION 4.13 Financial Capability. Such Purchaser has sufficient binding capital
commitments or available funds to satisfy its obligations under this Agreement, including without
limitation the payment of the applicable Purchase Price and the GGO Purchase Price.
SECTION 4.14 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations
and warranties made by Purchaser in this Article IV, neither Purchaser nor any other Person
on behalf of Purchaser makes any representation or warranty with respect to Purchaser or its
assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects.
SECTION 4.15 Acknowledgement. Purchaser acknowledges that (a) neither the Company nor
any Person on behalf of the Company is making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express
or implied, beyond those expressly given by the Company in Article III of this Agreement
and (b) Purchaser has not been induced by, or relied upon, any representations, warranties or
statements (written or oral), whether express or implied, made by any Person, that are not
expressly set forth in Article III of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, except with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Article
III, Purchaser acknowledges that no representations or warranties are made with respect to any
projections, forecasts, estimates, budgets, plans or prospect information that may have been made
available to Purchaser or any of its representatives.
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND PURCHASER
SECTION 5.1 Bankruptcy Court Motions and Orders.
(a) No later than the close of business on the date that is two (2) Business Days following
the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file with the Bankruptcy Court a motion in form and
substance satisfactory to each Purchaser (the “Approval Motion”) seeking to obtain entry of
an order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Proposed Approval Order”),
which order in the final form if approved by the Bankruptcy Court (the “Approval Order”)
shall approve, among other things, the issuance of the Warrants to each Purchaser and the warrants
contemplated by each other Investment Agreement to be issued to the applicable Initial Investor,
and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Warrant Agreement.
(b) The Approval Motion, including any exhibits thereto and any notices or other materials in
connection therewith, and any modifications or amendments to the foregoing, must be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to each Purchaser.
(c) If the Approval Order shall be appealed by any Person (or a petition for certiorari or
motion for reconsideration, amendment, clarification, modification, vacation, stay, rehearing or
reargument shall be filed with respect to such order), the Company shall diligently defend against
any such appeal, petition or motion and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an
expedited resolution of any such appeal, petition or motion. The Company shall keep each Purchaser
reasonably informed and updated regarding the status of any such appeal, petition or motion.
(d) The Company shall provide draft copies of all motions, notices, statements, schedules,
applications, reports and other papers the Company intends to file with the Bankruptcy Court in
connection with the Approval Order to each Purchaser within a reasonable period of time prior to
the date the Company intends to file any of the foregoing, and shall consult in advance in good
faith with each Purchaser regarding the form and substance of any such proposed filing with the
Bankruptcy Court.
SECTION 5.2 Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants. Within one Business Day of the
date of the entry of the Approval Order, the Company and the warrant agent shall execute and
deliver the warrant agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (with only such
changes thereto as may be reasonably requested by the warrant agent and reasonably approved by each
Purchaser) (the “Warrant Agreement”) pursuant to which there will be issued to PSCM
17,142,857 warrants (the “Warrants”) each of which, when issued, delivered and vested in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, will entitle the holder to purchase one (1)
share of Common Stock at an initial price of $15.00 per share subject to adjustment as provided in
the Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agreement shall provide that the Warrants shall vest in
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accordance with Section 2.2(b) and Schedule A of the Warrant Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, Warrants that have not vested may not be exercised. The Plan shall provide that upon the
Effective Date, the Warrants, regardless of whether or not vested, shall be cancelled for no
consideration. The Plan shall also provide that there shall be issued to each Purchaser pro rata
in accordance with the number of shares of New Common Stock or GGO Common Stock, as the case may
be, purchased, an aggregate of (i) 17,142,857 warrants (the “New Warrants”) each of which
entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of New Common Stock at an initial purchase price of
$10.50 per share subject to adjustment as provided in the underlying warrant agreement and (ii)
2,000,000 fully vested warrants (the “GGO Warrants”) each of which entitles the holder to
purchase one (1) share of GGO Common Stock at a price of $50.00 per share subject to adjustment as
provided in the underlying warrant agreement, each in accordance with the terms set forth in a
warrant and registration rights agreement with terms substantially similar to the terms set forth
in the Warrant Agreement, except that the expiration date for each New Warrant and GGO Warrant
shall be the seventh year anniversary of the date on which such warrants are issued. The New
Warrants (i) shall not vest or be exercisable upon issuance but, subject to clause (ii) of this
sentence, shall vest and become exercisable on the date (the “New Warrant Vesting Date”)
that is the earlier of (x) the first Business Day occurring at least 211 days after
the Effective Date, if the Put Option has expired or terminated (in each case without
exercise) or been settled, and (y) the first day when both (1) at least 10,000,000 Repurchase
Shares have been repurchased pursuant to Section 1.4(b) and (2) the Put Option has
terminated without exercise, and (ii) shall expire and not vest if, after the Effective Date but
prior to the New Warrant Vesting Date, all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of New
Common Stock shall have been acquired by any single Person or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of
Persons, other than the Company, any Initial Investor or any Affiliate of the Company or any
Initial Investor, in a full cash tender offer or in a full cash merger transaction that, in each
case, has been approved after the Effective Date by the Company Board. PSCM, in its sole
discretion, may designate that some or all of the New Warrants or GGO Warrants be issued in the
name of, and delivered to, any member of the Purchaser Group in accordance with and subject to the
Designation Conditions.
SECTION 5.3 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 5.4
Listing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Shares and the New Warrants to be listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (the “
NYSE”). The
Plan shall provide that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause GGO to use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the GGO Shares and the GGO Warrants to be listed on a U.S.
national securities exchange.
SECTION 5.5 Use of Proceeds. The Plan shall provide that the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and GGO, shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares and the GGO Shares
and the Capital Raising Activities, as applicable, as provided in the Plan Summary Term Sheet and
the Plan. The parties intend that the New Warrants, GGO Warrants, New Common Shares and GGO Shares
will be offered and sold under the Plan,
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to the fullest extent permitted by law, in exchange for a
claim against, an interest in, or a claim for an administrative expense in the Bankruptcy Case, or
principally in such exchange and partly for other cash or property, for purposes of Section 1145,
and the parties shall take all reasonable actions necessary consistent with applicable law to cause
such securities to be so offered and sold, including without limitation, reflecting the foregoing
in the initial filing of the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court.
SECTION 5.6 Access to Information. Subject to applicable Law and the Company’s
receipt of customary assurances of confidentiality by each Purchaser, upon reasonable notice, the
Company shall afford each Purchaser and its directors, officers, employees, investment bankers,
attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives, reasonable access during normal
business hours, throughout the period prior to the Effective Date, to its employees, books,
contracts and records and, during such period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to) furnish promptly to each Purchaser such information concerning its business, properties and
personnel as may reasonably be requested by such Purchaser, including copies of all monthly
financial information provided to its lenders under its existing debtor in possession financing
agreements; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall
not be required to share confidential information relating to any Competing Transaction except
as contemplated by Section 5.7.
SECTION 5.7 Competing Transactions. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier
to occur of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall provide written
notice to each Purchaser not less than 48 hours prior to the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company (i) entering into a definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction or (ii)
filing a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking to obtain bid procedures or bid protections for
or in connection with a Competing Transaction.
SECTION 5.8 Reservation for Issuance. The Company shall reserve that number of shares
of Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise or conversion of the Warrants. In connection
with the issuance of the New Warrants, the Plan shall provide that the Company shall reserve for
issuance that number of shares of New Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise of the New
Warrants. The Plan shall provide that GGO shall reserve for issuance that number of shares of GGO
Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise of the GGO Warrants.
SECTION 5.9 Subscription Rights.
(a) Company Subscription Right.
(i) Sale of New Equity Securities. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company at any time or from time to time following the Closing Date makes any public or
non-public offering of any shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New Common Stock)
(other than (1) pursuant to the
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granting or exercise of employee stock options or other
stock incentives pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive plans and employment
arrangements as in effect from time to time or the issuance of stock pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase plan as in effect from time to time, (2) pursuant to or
in consideration for the acquisition of another Person, business or assets by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase of stock, merger, consolidation, purchase
of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or otherwise, (3) to strategic
partners or joint venturers in connection with a commercial relationship with the Company
or its Subsidiaries or to parties in connection with them providing the Company or its
Subsidiaries with loans, credit lines, cash price reductions or similar transactions, under
arm’s-length arrangements, (4) pursuant to the Equity Exchange or any conversion or
exchange of debt or other claims into equity in connection with the Plan, (5) the sale of
Backstop Shares or (6) as set forth on Section 5.9(a) of the Company Disclosure
Letter) (the “Proposed Securities”), the members of the Purchaser Group shall have
the right to acquire from the Company (the “Subscription Right”) for the same price
(net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if
not
purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) and on the same
terms as such Proposed Securities are proposed to be offered to others, up to the amount of
such Proposed Securities in the aggregate required to enable it to maintain its aggregate
proportionate New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis
determined in accordance with the following sentence, in each case, subject to such
limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules. The aggregate
amount of such Proposed Securities that the members of the Purchaser Group shall be
entitled to purchase in the aggregate in any offering pursuant to the above shall (subject
to such limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules) be
determined by multiplying (x) the total number of such offered shares of Proposed
Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of
New Common Stock held by the Purchaser Group on a Fully Diluted Basis as of the date of the
Company’s notice pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(ii) in respect of the issuance of such
Proposed Securities, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of New Common
Stock then outstanding on a Fully Diluted Basis. For the avoidance of doubt, the actual
amount of securities to be sold or offered to the members of the Purchaser Group pursuant
to their exercise of the Subscription Right hereunder shall be proportionally reduced if
the aggregate amount of Proposed Securities sold or offered is reduced. Any offers and
sales pursuant to this Section 5.9 in the context of a registered public offering
shall be conditioned upon reasonably acceptable representations and warranties of each
applicable member of the Purchaser Group designated pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(vi)
regarding its status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be made concurrently
with a registered public offering in compliance with applicable securities Laws.
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(ii) Notice. In the event the Company proposes to offer Proposed Securities,
it shall give each Purchaser written notice of its intention, describing the estimated
price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing and other terms upon
which the Company proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of a registered public
offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration
statement filed with respect to such offering), no later than 10 Business Days after the
commencement of marketing with respect to such offering or after the Company takes
substantial steps to pursue any other offering. The applicable members of the Purchaser
Group shall have three (3) Business Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to
notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise the applicable Subscription Right
and as to the amount of Proposed Securities such member of the Purchaser Group desires to
purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(i). In
connection with an underwritten public offering, such notice shall constitute a non-binding
indication of interest to purchase Proposed Securities at such a range of prices as the
such member of the Purchaser Group may specify and, with respect to other offerings, such
notice shall constitute a binding commitment of the applicable member of such Purchaser
Group to purchase the amount of Proposed Securities so specified at the price and
other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to each Purchaser. The failure of such
member of the Purchaser Group to so respond within such three (3) Business Day period shall
be deemed to be a waiver of the applicable Subscription Right under this Section
5.9 only with respect to the offering described in the applicable notice. In
connection with an underwritten public offering or a private placement, the applicable
member of the Purchaser Group shall further enter into an agreement (in form and substance
customary for transactions of this type) to purchase the Proposed Securities to be acquired
contemporaneously with the execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement
entered into with the Company, the underwriters or initial purchasers of such underwritten
public offering or private placement, and the failure of such member of the Purchaser Group
to enter into such an agreement at or prior to such time shall constitute a waiver of the
right to purchase the applicable portion of the Proposed Securities in respect of such
offering.
(iii) Purchase Mechanism. If a member of the Purchaser Group exercises its
Subscription Right provided in this Section 5.9, the closing of the purchase of the
Proposed Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place
concurrently with the sale to the other investors in the applicable offering, which period
of time for the closing of the purchase of the Proposed Securities with respect to which
such right has been exercised shall be extended for a maximum of 180 days in order to
comply with applicable Laws (including receipt of any applicable regulatory or stockholder
approvals). Each of the Company and the applicable members of the Purchaser Group shall
use its reasonable best efforts to secure any regulatory or stockholder approvals or other
consents, and to comply with any Law necessary in connection with the offer, sale and
purchase of, such Proposed Securities.
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(iv) Failure of Purchase. In the event (A) the applicable member of the Purchaser
Group fails to exercise its Subscription Right provided in this Section 5.9 within
said three Business Day period, or (B) if so exercised, such member of the Purchaser Group
fails or is unable to consummate such purchase within the 180 day period specified in
Section 5.9(a)(iii), without prejudice to other remedies, the Company shall
thereafter be entitled during the Additional Sale Period to sell the Proposed Securities
not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 5.9 or which the applicable
member of the Purchaser Group fails to or is unable to purchase, at a price and upon terms
no more favorable in any material respect to the purchasers of such securities than were
specified in the Company’s notice to each Purchaser. In the event the Company has not sold
the Proposed Securities within the Additional Sale Period, the Company shall not thereafter
offer, issue or sell such Proposed Securities without first offering such securities to the
members of the Purchaser Group in the manner provided above.
(v) Non-Cash Consideration. In the case of the offering of securities for a
consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in
exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration
other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Company
Board; provided, however, that such fair value as determined by the Company
Board shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the securities being offered as of the
date the Company Board authorizes the offering of such securities.
(vi) Cooperation. The Company and each applicable member of the Purchaser
Group shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of such member of the
Purchaser Group’s Subscription Right hereunder, including using reasonable efforts to
secure any required approvals or consents.
(vii) Allocation Among Purchaser Group. PSCM shall have the right as
attorney-in-fact of each member of the Purchaser Group to exercise all of the rights of the
members of the Purchaser Group hereunder and designate the members of such Purchaser Group
to receive any securities to be issued and the Company may rely on any designations made by
PSCM. As a condition to the Company’s obligations with respect to the exercise of a
Subscription Right by a member of the Purchaser Group not a party to this Agreement, such
member will agree to perform each obligation applicable to it under this Section
5.9.
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(viii) General. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) if (1) a
member of the Purchaser Group exercises its Subscription Right pursuant to this Section
5.9 and is unable to complete the purchase of the Proposed Securities concurrently with
the sales to the other investors in the applicable offering as contemplated by Section
5.9(a)(iii) due to applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals and (2) the Company
or the Company Board determines in good faith that any delay in completion of an offering
in respect of which such member of the Purchaser Group is entitled to Subscription Rights
would materially impair the financing objective of such offering, the Company may proceed
with such offering without the participation of such member of the Purchaser Group in such
offering, in which event the Company and such member of the Purchaser Group shall promptly
thereafter agree on a process otherwise consistent with this Section 5.9 as would
allow such member of the Purchaser Group to purchase, at the same price (net of any
underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if not
purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) as in such offering,
up to the amount of shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New Common Stock) as
shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate
New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis, (B) if the
Company or the Company Board determines in good faith that compliance with the notice
provisions in Section 5.9(a)(iii) would materially impair the financing objective
of an offering in respect of which
the members of the Purchaser Group are entitled to Subscription Rights, the Company
shall be permitted by notice to each Purchaser to reduce the notice period required under
Section 5.9(a)(iii) (but not to less than one (1) Business Day) to the minimum
extent required to meet the financing objective of such offering and the members of the
Purchaser Group shall have the right to either (x) exercise their Subscription Rights
during the shortened notice periods specified in such notice or (y) require the Company to
promptly thereafter agree on a process otherwise consistent with this Section 5.9
as would allow the applicable members of the Purchaser Group to purchase, at the same price
(net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if
not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) as in such
offering, up to the amount of shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New
Common Stock) as shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate
proportionate New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis
and (C) in the event the Company is unable to issue shares of New Common Stock (or
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the
performance of, New Common Stock) to the applicable members of the Purchaser Group as a
result of a failure to receive regulatory or stockholder approval therefor, the Company
shall take such action or cause to be taken such other action in order to place the
Purchaser Group, insofar as reasonably practicable (subject to any limitations that may be
imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules), in the same position in all material
respects as if the applicable member of the Purchaser Group was able to effectively
exercise its Subscription Rights hereunder, including, without limitation, at the option of
such member, issuing to such member of the Purchaser Group another class of securities of
the Company having terms to be agreed by the Company and such member having a value at
least equal to the value per share of New Common Stock, in each case, as shall be necessary
to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate New Common
Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis.
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(ix) Termination. This Section 5.9 shall terminate at such time as
the members of the Purchaser Group collectively beneficially own less than 5% of the
outstanding shares of New Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis.
(b) GGO Subscription Rights. The Plan shall provide that in connection with the
consummation of the Plan, GGO shall enter into an agreement with each Purchaser with substantially
similar terms to those set forth in Section 5.9(a) above with respect to any issuance of
GGO Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or
otherwise linked to, GGO Common Stock) after the Effective Date.
SECTION 5.10 Company Board of Directors.
(a) Company Board of Directors. The Plan shall provide that as of the Effective Date,
the Company Board shall have nine (9) members and one (1) of such members shall be a person
designated by PSCM (the “Purchaser Board Designee”); provided, that such designee
shall be identified by name and in writing to the Company no later than 10 Business Days prior to
the voting deadline established by the Bankruptcy Court. Subject to the rights provided under the
other Investment Agreements, the remaining members of the Company Board on the Effective Date shall
be chosen by the Company in consultation with each Purchaser.
(b) GGO Board of Directors.
(i) The Plan shall provide that as of the Effective Date, the board of directors of
GGO (the “GGO Board”) shall have nine (9) members and three (3) of such members
shall be persons designated by PSCM (the “Purchaser GGO Board Designees”), to
separate classes of directors of the GGO Board (if GGO has a staggered board of directors);
provided, that such designees shall be identified by name and in writing to the
Company no later than 10 Business Days prior to the voting deadline established by the
Bankruptcy Court. Subject to the rights provided under the other Investment Agreements,
the remaining members of the GGO Board on the Effective Date shall be chosen by the Company
in consultation with each Purchaser.
(ii) Unless each Purchaser has otherwise agreed, the Plan shall provide, in connection
with the consummation of the Plan, for GGO to enter into an agreement with each Purchaser
(the “GGO Agreement”) providing as follows:
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That following the Closing,
GGO shall nominate as part of its slate of directors and use
its reasonable best efforts to have them elected to the GGO
Board (including through the solicitation of proxies for such
person to the same extent as it does for any of its other
nominees to the GGO Board) (subject to applicable Law and
stock exchange rules (provided that the Purchaser GGO Board
Designees need not be “independent” under the applicable
rules of the applicable stock exchange or the SEC)) (x) so
long as the Purchaser Group has at least a 17.5% Fully
Diluted GGO Economic Interest, three (3) Purchaser Board
Designees, and (y) otherwise, so long as the Purchaser Group
beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the aggregate
at least 10% of the shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis, two (2) Purchaser Board Designees. For the
avoidance of doubt, at and following such
time as the Purchaser Group beneficially owns (directly or
indirectly) in the aggregate less than 10% of the shares
of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, PSCM shall
no longer have the right to designate directors for
election to the GGO Board. |
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That following the Closing,
and subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules, there
shall be proportional representation by Purchaser GGO Board
Designees on any committee of the GGO Board, except for
special committees established for potential conflict of
interest situations, and except that only Purchaser GGO Board
Designees who qualify under the applicable rules of the
applicable stock exchange or the SEC may serve on committees
where such qualification is required. If at any time the
number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees serving on the GGO
Board exceeds the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees
that PSCM is then otherwise entitled to designate as a result
of a decrease in the percentage of shares of GGO Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Purchaser Group, such Purchaser
Group shall, to the extent it is within such Purchaser
Group’s control, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
any such additional Purchaser GGO Board Designees to offer to
resign such that the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees
serving on the GGO Board after giving effect to such
resignation does not exceed the number of Purchaser GGO Board
Designees that PSCM is entitled to designate for election to
the GGO Board. |
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That except with respect to
the resignation of a Purchaser GGO Board Designee pursuant to
Section 5.10(b)(ii)(2), (A) PSCM shall have the power
to designate a Purchaser GGO Board Designee’s replacement
upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or
removal from office of such Purchaser GGO Board Designee and
(B) the GGO Board shall promptly take all action reasonably
required to fill any vacancy resulting therefrom with such
replacement Purchaser GGO Board Designee (including
nominating such person, subject to
applicable Law, as GGO’s nominee to serve on the GGO Board
and causing GGO to use all reasonable efforts to have such
person elected as a director of GGO and solicit proxies
for such person to the same extent as it does for any of
GGO’s other nominees to the GGO Board). |
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That (A) each Purchaser GGO
Board Designee shall be entitled to the same compensation and
same indemnification in connection with his or her role as a
director as the members of the GGO Board, and each Purchaser
GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to reimbursement for
documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
attending meetings of the GGO Board or any committees
thereof, to the same extent as other members of the GGO
Board, (B) GGO shall notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee
of all regular and special meetings of the GGO Board and
shall notify the Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular
and special meetings of any committee of the GGO Board of
which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is a member, and (C)
GGO shall provide each Purchaser GGO Board Designee with
copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials
provided to all other members of the GGO Board concurrently
as such materials are provided to the other members (except,
for the avoidance of doubt, as are provided to members of
committees of which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is not
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Purchaser GGO Board
Designee candidates shall be subject to such reasonable
eligibility criteria as applied in good faith by the
nominating, corporate governance or similar committee of the
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SECTION 5.11 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) The Company shall (i) give prompt written notice to each Purchaser of any written notice
or other written communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person which is or
may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not likely to
be obtained prior to Closing, if the failure to obtain such consent would reasonably be expected to
be adverse and material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or would materially
impair
the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or perform its
obligations hereunder, and (ii) facilitate adding such individuals as designated by each Purchaser
to the electronic notification system such that the designated individuals will receive electronic
notice of the entry of any Bankruptcy Court Order.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) the Company shall give prompt notice to
each Purchaser of the commencement of any investigation, inquiry or review by any Governmental
Entity with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to be
adverse and material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or would materially
impair the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or perform its
obligations hereunder, and (ii) the Company shall give prompt notice to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser shall give written prompt notice to the Company, of any event or circumstance that would
result in any representation or warranty of the Company or such Purchaser, as applicable, being
untrue or any covenant or agreement of the Company or such Purchaser, as applicable, not being
performed or complied with such that, in each such case, the conditions set forth in Article
VII or Article VIII, as applicable, would not be satisfied if such event or
circumstance existed on the Closing Date.
(c) No information received by a party pursuant to this Section 5.11 nor any
information received or learned by a party or any of its representatives pursuant to an
investigation made under this Section 5.11 shall be deemed to (A) qualify, modify, amend or
otherwise affect any representations, warranties, conditions, covenants or other agreements of the
other party set forth in this Agreement, (B) amend or otherwise supplement the information set
forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, (C) limit or restrict the remedies available to such party
under this Agreement, applicable Law or otherwise arising out of a breach of this Agreement, or (D)
limit or restrict the ability of such party to invoke or rely on, or effect the satisfaction of,
the conditions to the obligations of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement set forth in Article VII or Article VIII, as applicable.
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SECTION 5.12 Further Assurances. From and after the Closing, the Company shall (and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to) execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, such further instruments or documents or take such other action and cause entities
controlled by them to take such action as may be reasonably necessary (or as reasonably requested
by any Purchaser) to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.13 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 5.14 Rights Agreement; Reorganized Company Organizational Documents.
(a) Prior to the issuance of the Warrants, the Rights Agreement shall be amended to provide
that (i) the Rights Agreement is inapplicable to (1) the acquisition by members of the Purchaser
Group of the Warrants and the underlying securities
thereof, (2) any antidilution adjustments to those Warrants pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
(3) any shares of New Common Stock that a Purchaser or a member of its Purchaser Group may be
deemed to own by no actions of its own and (4) up to an additional amount totaling 0.714% of the
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group, (ii) no
Purchaser, or any member of the Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as
defined in the Rights Agreement), (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Rights
Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to occur
and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall not separate from the Common Stock,
in each case under (ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the acquisition by members of the Purchaser
Group of the Warrants, the underlying securities thereof and the acquisition of beneficial
ownership of up to an additional amount totaling 0.714% of the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group.
(b) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Reorganized Company (the
“Reorganized Company Organizational Documents”) shall be in form mutually agreed to by the
Company and each Purchaser, provided, that in the event that the Company and such Purchaser
are not able to agree on such form prior to the Effective Date, the Reorganized Company
Organizational Documents shall be substantially in the same form as the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in existence on the date of this Agreement (except that
the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Reorganized Company shall be increased),
provided, however, that (i) the restriction on Beneficial Ownership (as such term
is defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) shall be set at 9.9% of the
outstanding capital stock of the Reorganized Company, (ii) the restriction on Constructive
Ownership (as such term is defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) shall be set
at 9.9% of the
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outstanding capital stock of the Reorganized Company, (iii) there shall not be an
exemption from the restrictions set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) for the current
Existing Holder (as such term is defined in the existing certificate of incorporation of the
Company), (iv) the Reorganized Company shall provide a waiver from the restrictions set forth in
the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to any member of the Purchaser Group if such member provides the
Reorganized Company with a certificate containing the representations and covenants set forth on
Exhibit D and (v) the definition of “Person” shall be revised so that it does not include a
“group” as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(c) In the event the Reorganized Company adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights
Agreement on or prior to the Closing, the Plan shall provide that (i) the Reorganized Company’s
Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member of its Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring
Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) whether in connection with the acquisition of Shares,
New Warrants, shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants or otherwise, (iii) neither a
Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the
Rights Agreement) will not separate from the New Common Stock, in each case under (ii), (iii) and
(iv), as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby including the acquisition of shares of New Common Stock by any
Purchaser or other member of the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by
this Agreement, the New Warrants or as otherwise contemplated by the Non-Control Agreement.
(d) In the event GGO adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights Agreement on or prior to the
Closing, the Plan shall provide that (i) GGO’s Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member of its
Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement)
whether in connection with the acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock or GGO Warrants or the
shares issuable upon exercise of the GGO Warrants, (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall
be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will not separate from
the GGO Common Stock, in each case under (ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby including the acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock by any Purchaser or other member of
the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the GGO
Warrants or as otherwise contemplated by the GGO Non-Control Agreement.
(e) Newco (as defined in Exhibit B) will be formed by the Operating Partnership solely
for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
Exhibit B and Capital Raising Activities permitted pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to
the Closing, Newco will not engage in any business activity, nor conduct its operations, other than
as contemplated by this Agreement (which, for greater certainty, shall include Capital Raising
Activities permitted pursuant to this Agreement).
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SECTION 5.15 Stockholder Approval. For so long as any Purchaser has Subscription
Rights as contemplated by Section 5.9(a) in connection with the expiration of the five (5)
year period referenced in Section 3.2(c), the Company shall put up for a stockholder vote
at the immediately prior annual meeting of its stockholders, and include in its proxy statement
distributed to such stockholders in connection with such annual meeting, approval of such
Purchaser’s Subscription Rights for the maximum period permitted by the NYSE. The Plan shall
provide that GGO shall, for the benefit of each Purchaser, to the extent required by any U.S.
national securities exchange upon which shares of GGO Common Stock are listed, for so long as any
Purchaser has subscription rights as contemplated by Section 5.9(b), put up for a
stockholder vote at the annual meeting of its stockholders, and include in its proxy statement
distributed to such stockholders in connection with such annual meeting, approval of such
Purchaser’s subscription rights for the maximum period permitted by the rules of such U.S. national
securities exchange.
SECTION 5.16 Closing Date Net Debt.
(a) The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a schedule (the “Preliminary Closing Date
Net Debt Schedule”) on or before the first Business Day that is five calendar days following
approval of the Disclosure Statement, that: (i) sets forth the Company’s good faith estimate for
each of the three components of the Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and
Permitted Claims Amounts along with a reasonably detailed explanation and calculation of each such
component and (ii) discloses the Company’s good faith estimate of the Closing Date Net Debt W/O
Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts and GGO Setup Costs.
(b) Each Purchaser shall review the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule during the
Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period, during which time the Company shall allow such
Purchaser reasonable access to all non-privileged and non-work product documents or records or
personnel used in the preparation of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule. On or prior
to the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline, any Purchaser may deliver to the Company
a notice (the “Dispute Notice”) listing those items on the Preliminary Closing Date Net
Debt Schedule to which such Purchaser takes exception, which Dispute Notice shall (i) specifically
identify such items, and provide a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis upon which such
Purchaser has delivered such list, (ii) set forth the amount of Closing Date Net Debt W/O
Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts that such Purchaser has calculated based on
the information contained in the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule, and (iii) specifically
identify such Purchaser’s proposed adjustment(s). If a Purchaser timely provides the Company with
a Dispute Notice, then such Purchaser and the Company shall, within ten (10) days following receipt
of such Dispute Notice by the Company (the “Resolution Period”), attempt to resolve their
differences with respect to the items specified in the Dispute Notice (the “Disputed
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Items”). If a Purchaser and the Company do not resolve all Disputed Items by the end of the
Resolution Period, then all Disputed Items remaining in dispute shall be submitted to the
Bankruptcy Court for resolution at or concurrent with the Confirmation Hearing. The Bankruptcy
Court shall consider only those Disputed Items that such Purchaser, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other hand, were unable to resolve. All other matters shall be deemed to have been
agreed upon by such Purchaser and the Company. If a Purchaser does not timely deliver a Dispute
Notice, then such Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Preliminary Closing
Date Net Debt Schedule and to have waived any right to dispute the matters set forth therein.
(c) The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a draft of the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment
Statement no later than 15 calendar days prior to the Effective Date. Each Purchaser shall be
afforded an opportunity to review the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement and reasonable
access to all non-privileged and non-work product documents or records or personnel used in the
preparation of such statement. On or prior to close of business on the 7th calendar day following
receipt of
the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, any Purchaser may deliver to the Company a
notice (the “CNDAS Dispute Notice”) listing those items to which such Purchaser takes
exception, which CNDAS Dispute Notice shall (i) specifically identify such items, and provide a
reasonably detailed explanation of the basis upon which such Purchaser has delivered such list,
(ii) set forth the alternative amounts that such Purchaser has calculated based on the information
contained in the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, and (iii) specifically identify such
Purchaser’s proposed adjustment(s). If a Purchaser timely provides the Company with a CNDAS
Dispute Notice, then such Purchaser and the Company shall attempt to resolve the items specified in
the CNDAS Dispute Notice (the “CNDAS Disputed Items”) consensually. If such Purchaser and
the Company do not resolve all CNDAS Disputed Items prior to the Effective Date, then for purposes
of Closing and subject to subsequent adjustment consistent with the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling, the
highest number shall be used for purposes of any calculations set forth on the Conclusive Net Debt
Adjustment Statement. Within 10 days after Closing, the Company shall file a motion for resolution
by the Bankruptcy Court. The Purchasers and the Company agree to seek expedited consideration of
any such dispute. The dispute submitted to the Bankruptcy Court shall be limited to only those
CNDAS Disputed Items that a Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, were
unable to resolve. All other matters shall be deemed to have been agreed upon by the Purchasers
and the Company. If a Purchaser does not timely deliver a CNDAS Dispute Notice, then such
Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment
Statement and to have waived any right to dispute the matters set forth therein. To the extent
that one or more CNDAS Disputed Items must be submitted to the Bankruptcy Court for adjudication,
the Purchasers and the Company agree that this should not delay the Effective Date or the Closing
Date. Following adjudication of the dispute, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the
Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, the GGO Promissory Note and the other applicable
documentation to put all parties in the same economic position as if the corrected Conclusive Net
Debt Adjustment Statement governed at Closing.
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(d) It is the intention of the parties that any Reserve should not alter the intended
allocation of value between GGO and the Company as Claims are resolved over time. Accordingly, the
Plan shall provide that, if a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued at Closing and there is
a Reserve Surplus Amount as of the end of any fiscal quarter prior to the maturity of the GGO
Promissory Note, then the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced, but not
below zero, by (i) if and to the extent that such Reserve Surplus Amount as of such date is less
than or equal to the Net Debt Surplus Amount, 80% of the Reserve Surplus Amount, and otherwise (ii)
100% of an amount equal to the Reserve Surplus Amount; provided, however, that because this
calculation may be undertaken on a periodic basis, for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii), no portion
of the Reserve Surplus Amount shall be utilized to reduce the amount of the GGO Promissory Note if
it has been previously utilized for such purpose. In the event that any party requests an
equitable adjustment to this formula, the other parties shall consider the request in good faith.
(e) The Plan shall provide that, if there is an Offering Premium, the principal amount of the
GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 80% of the aggregate Offering Premium
on the 30th day following the Effective Date and from time to time thereafter upon receipt of
Offering Premium until the last to occur of (x) 45 days after the Effective Date, (y) the
Settlement Date, if applicable, and (z) the Bridge Note Maturity Date, if applicable.
(f) The Plan and the agreements relating to the GGO Share Distribution shall provide that the
Company shall indemnify GGO and its Subsidiaries from and against losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses attributable to MPC Taxes in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Tax Matters Agreement.
(g) Subject to the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement, if GGO is obligated to pay in
cash, after utilization of any available tax attributes, any MPC Taxes in the period commencing on
the Effective Date and ending 36 months after the Effective Date, and the Company is not then
obligated to indemnify GGO for its allocable share of such MPC Taxes as a consequence of the
Indemnity Cap (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement), then the Company shall loan to GGO the
amount of such MPC Taxes not payable by the Company as a consequence of the Indemnity Cap and the
principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note shall be increased by the amount of such loan and if at
such time no GGO Promissory Note is outstanding, on the date of any such loan, GGO shall issue in
favor of the Company a promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of such loan on the same
terms as the GGO Promissory Note.
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(h) The Debtors dispute each of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims and have sought or
will seek disallowance of such Claims in their entirety. To the extent such claims have not been
ruled on by the Bankruptcy Court or settled prior to the Effective Date, then the asserted amounts
of such claims will be included in calculation of the Closing Date Net Debt. In the event that, on
or after the Effective Date, one or more of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims are either
reduced or disallowed by a ruling of the Bankruptcy Court or as a result of a settlement, then the
Closing Date Net Debt amount shall be adjusted to reflect such ruling or settlement within ten (10)
calendar days following any such ruling or settlement (such adjusted Closing Date Net Debt to be
referred to as the “Adjusted CDND”) and the GGO Note Amount and Indemnity Cap (as defined
in the Tax Matters Agreement) shall be re-calculated as if the Adjusted CDND was used in the
calculations for the Effective Date. To the extent that a GGO Promissory Note was issued at
Closing, then, in order to place GGO and the Company in the same economic position as they would
have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or allowance been used for purposes of
calculating the GGO Note Amount, the principal amount of such GGO Promissory Note will be reduced
based on the new calculation using the Adjusted CDND and, to the extent applicable, any interest
payments made by GGO to the Company on the GGO Promissory Note prior to such re-calculation shall
be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in respect of such
reductions shall be eliminated. Similarly, in order to place GGO and the Company in the same
economic position as they would have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or allowance
been used for
purposes of calculating the Indemnity Cap, the Indemnity Cap shall be re-calculated and
adjusted to reflect determination of the Net Debt Surplus Amount or Net Debt Excess Amount using
the Adjusted CDND. Additionally, to the extent any promissory note was issued by GGO in favor of
the Company pursuant to Section 5.16(g), then, in order to place GGO and the Company in the
same economic position as they would have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or
allowance been used for purposes of calculating such note, (i) the principal amount of such note
will be reduced based on the new calculation using the Adjusted CDND and (ii) to the extent
applicable, any interest payments made by GGO to the Company on such note prior to such
re-calculation shall be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in
respect of such reductions shall be eliminated. Consistent with the foregoing, the Tax Matters
Agreement shall be retroactively applied using the re-calculated Indemnity Cap and any resulting
amounts payable thereunder shall be promptly paid.
In the event that a Bankruptcy Court order allowing, disallowing, or reducing and allowing any
of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims is appealed, vacated or otherwise modified, then
following entry of a final and nonappealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction determining
the amount (if any) of the applicable Contingent and Disputed Debt Claim, the adjustment process
set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be undertaken within ten (10) calendar days following
such order becoming final and nonappealable.
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(i) Solely for purposes of calculating whether a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued
at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, $1,000,000 shall be added to GGO Setup Costs. If a GGO
Promissory Note is issued at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, then on the six-month anniversary
of the Closing Date (the “Calculation Date”), (A) the then outstanding principal amount of
the GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced (but not to a number less than zero) by an amount equal to
the excess (if it is a positive number), if any, of $1,000,000 over the aggregate amount of cash
costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the Company after the Closing Date and prior to the
Calculation Date to transfer assets after Closing to GGO pursuant to Section 2.4(d) of the
Separation Agreement to be entered into between the Company and GGO at or prior to Closing, and (B)
if the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note is reduced pursuant to clause (A), any interest
payments made by GGO to the Company on the GGO Promissory Note prior to such reduction pursuant to
clause (A) shall be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in
respect of such reduction shall be eliminated.
SECTION 5.17 Determination of Domestically Controlled REIT Status.
(a) The Reorganized Company shall use reasonable efforts to comply with treasury regulations,
revenue procedures, notices or other guidance adopted after the date hereof by the Internal Revenue
Service or United States Treasury governing the determination of its status as a “domestically
controlled REIT” as defined in Section 897 of the Code and the treasury regulations promulgated
thereunder (a “Domestically Controlled REIT”).
(b) The Reorganized Company shall inquire of each Purchaser and each Purchaser shall provide a
written statement to the Reorganized Company setting forth the equity ownership percentage that
“United States persons” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (“U.S. Persons”) hold
in such Purchaser. Each such statement shall be based on the direct ownership in such Purchaser,
except to the extent that such Purchaser has actual knowledge of indirect ownership or can provide
a reasonable estimate of such indirect ownership. For the avoidance of doubt, if interests in a
Purchaser are held or registered in “street name”, such Purchaser shall not be required to
determine the ultimate beneficial owner of such interests for the purposes of complying with this
Section 5.17.
(c) The Reorganized Company shall include in its shareholder demand letters a request that
each shareholder identify whether it is a U.S. Person.
(d) The Reorganized Company shall at least annually request from Cede & Co. a list of holders
of the Reorganized Company’s stock registered with Cede & Co. and, if granted access thereto, use
reasonable efforts to review such list to determine whether any such holders are U.S. Persons.
(e) The Reorganized Company shall, at least annually, as part of its internal audit and
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act (“SOX”) procedures with respect to key controls, use reasonable efforts
to make a determination of whether or not it believes that it qualifies as a Domestically
Controlled REIT. Such determination shall be based on information reasonably available to the
Reorganized Company under this Section 5.17 as well as through review of the information
contained in any relevant Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or amendment thereto) filed with the SEC
with respect to the Reorganized
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Company. A written summary of the steps taken, information
obtained and analysis of results will be prepared. Each such annual determination (but not the
written summary), subject to reasonable caveats and assumptions, shall be set forth in the
Reorganized Company’s next Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and shall be reported to
the Board of Directors at least annually (or within fifteen days of discovering a change in
status). The Reorganized Company shall use the Reorganized Company’s SOX policies and procedures
to oversee such determination.
(f) The Company shall provide a copy of the written summary (and backup documentation)
prepared in accordance with clause (e) to a Purchaser upon the request of such Purchaser. In
addition, if reasonably requested by a Purchaser, the Reorganized Company will, at such Purchaser’s
expense, make reasonable efforts to provide additional information to and otherwise cooperate with
such Purchaser, to enable such Purchaser to respond to questions regarding Domestically Controlled
REIT status by a taxing authority or person engaging in, or proposing to engage in, a transaction
with such Purchaser or an Affiliate thereof.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF PURCHASER
SECTION 6.1 Information. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier
to occur of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement, each Purchaser agrees to
provide the Debtors with such information as the Debtors reasonably request regarding such
Purchaser for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement as necessary for the Disclosure Statement to
contain adequate information for purposes of Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 6.2 Purchaser Efforts. Each Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain all material permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other
permissions or actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement from, and shall have given all necessary notices to, all Governmental Entities necessary
to satisfy the condition in Section 8.1(b) (provided, however, that such
Purchaser shall not be required to pay or cause payment of any fees or make any financial
accommodations to obtain any such consent, approval, waiver or other permission, except filing fees
as required), and provide to such Governmental Entities all such information as may be necessary or
reasonably requested relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 6.3 Plan Support. From and after the date of the Approval Order until the
earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Date, (ii) the termination of this Agreement and (iii) the
date the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes a public announcement, enters into an
agreement or files any pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each case, evidencing its
intention to support any Competing Transaction, or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
enters into a Competing Transaction (such date, the “Unrestricted Date”), each Purchaser
agrees (unless otherwise consented to by the Company) (provided that (x) the Company is not
in material breach of this Agreement and (y) the terms of the Plan are and remain consistent with
the Plan Summary Term Sheet and this Agreement, and are otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser) to (and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its Affiliates
to):
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(a) Not pursue, propose, support, vote to accept or encourage the pursuit, proposal or support
of, any Chapter 11 plan, or other restructuring or reorganization for the Company, or any
Subsidiary of the Company, that is not consistent with the Plan;
(b) Not, nor encourage any other Person to, interfere with, delay, impede, appeal or take any
other negative action, directly or indirectly, in any respect regarding acceptance or
implementation of the Plan; and
(c) Not commence any proceeding, or prosecute any objection to oppose or object to the Plan or
to the Disclosure Statement and not to take any action that
would delay approval or confirmation, as applicable, of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan,
in each case (i) except as intended to ensure the consistency of the Disclosure Statement and the
Plan with the terms of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto and
(ii) without limiting any rights any Purchaser may have to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 11.1(b) (including Section 11.1(b)(ix)) hereof.
SECTION 6.4 Transfer Restrictions. Each Purchaser covenants and agrees that the
Shares and the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants, New Warrants and GGO
Warrants) shall be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state securities Laws. Each Purchaser agrees
to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 6.4, of the following legend on
any certificate evidencing the Shares or GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants,
New Warrants and GGO Warrants):
THE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS (“BLUE SKY”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION. THE SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW
TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED,
HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS EITHER (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT TO THE SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS AND THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION ARE COMPLIED WITH OR (II) UNLESS WAIVED BY THE ISSUER, THE
ISSUER RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT NO VIOLATION OF THE ACT
OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS WILL BE INVOLVED IN SUCH TRANSACTION.
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Certificates evidencing the Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants and New
Warrants) shall not be required to contain such legend (A) while a registration statement covering
the resale of the Shares is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of any
such Shares pursuant to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 144”), or (C) following receipt
of a legal opinion of counsel to the applicable Purchaser that the remaining Shares held by such
Purchaser are eligible for resale without volume limitations or other limitations under Rule 144.
In addition, the Company will agree to the removal of all legends with respect to shares of New
Common Stock deposited with DTC from time to time in anticipation of sale in accordance with the
volume limitations and other limitations under Rule 144, subject to the Company’s approval of
appropriate procedures, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Following the time at which such legend is no longer required (as provided above) for certain
Shares, the Company shall promptly, following the delivery by the applicable Purchaser to the
Company of a legended certificate representing such Shares, deliver or cause to be delivered to
such Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares that is free from such legend. In the event
the above legend is removed from any of the Shares, and thereafter the effectiveness of a
registration statement covering such Shares is suspended or the Company determines that a
supplement or amendment thereto is required by applicable securities Laws, then the Company may
require that the above legend be placed on any such Shares that cannot then be sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement or under Rule 144 and such Purchaser shall cooperate in the
replacement of such legend. Such legend shall thereafter be removed when such Shares may again be
sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or under Rule 144.
The Plan shall provide, in connection with the consummation of the Plan, for GGO to enter into
an agreement with each Purchaser with respect to GGO Shares and GGO Warrants containing the same
terms as provided above in this Section 6.4 but replacing references to (A) “the Company”
with GGO, (B) “New Common Stock” with GGO Common Stock, (C) “Shares” with “GGO Shares” and (D)
“Warrants” or “New Warrants” with GGO Warrants.
Each Purchaser further covenants and agrees not to sell, transfer or dispose of (each, a
“Transfer”) the Warrants or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (other than to a member of the Purchaser Group) prior to the Unrestricted Date, any
Shares, New Common Stock or New Warrants in violation of the Non-Control Agreement or GGO Shares or
GGO Warrants in violation of the GGO Non-Control Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser Group’s rights to designate for nomination the
Purchaser Board Designee and Purchaser GGO Board Designees pursuant to Section 5.10 and
Subscription Rights pursuant to Section 5.9 may not be Transferred to a Person that is not
a member of the Purchaser Group.
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The Plan shall provide that in addition to the covenants provided in the Non-Control
Agreement, at the time of an underwritten offering of equity or convertible securities by the
Company on or prior to the 30th day after the Effective Date, each Purchaser and the other members
of the Purchaser Group will enter into a customary ‘lock-up’ agreement with respect to third-party
sales of New Common Stock for a period of time not to exceed 120 days to the extent reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter in connection with such offering.
SECTION 6.5 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 6.6 REIT Representations and Covenants. At such times as shall be reasonably
requested by the Company, for so long as any Purchaser (or, to the extent applicable, its
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members) “beneficially owns” or “constructively owns” (as such
terms are defined in the certificate of incorporation of the
Company) in excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of
incorporation of the Company of the outstanding Common Stock or New Common Stock, such Purchaser
shall (and, to the extent applicable, cause its Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members to)
use reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with customary representations and covenants, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D which shall, among other things, enable the Company
to waive Purchaser from the ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the
Company and ensure that the Company can appropriately monitor any “related party rent” issues
raised by the Warrants and the purchase of the Shares by such Purchaser, it being understood that
Purchaser’s Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such
representations and covenants only if such Person “beneficially owns” or “constructively owns” (as
such terms are defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New
Common Stock in excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of
incorporation of the Company or any stock or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant
of the Company would be treated as constructively owned by the Company.
SECTION 6.7 Non-Control Agreement. At or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall
enter into (1) the Non-Control Agreement with the Company and (2) the GGO Non-Control Agreement
with GGO.
SECTION 6.8 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 6.9 Additional Backstops.
(a) The Company may, at its option, include in the Plan an offering (the “GGP Backstop
Rights Offering”) to its then-existing holders of Common Stock of rights to purchase New Common
Stock on the Effective Date in an amount sufficient to yield to the Company aggregate net proceeds
on the Effective Date of up to $500,000,000 or such lesser amount as the Company may determine (the
“GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount”). In connection with the GGP Backstop Rights
Offering:
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Each Purchaser and the Brookfield Investor
(together with the Purchaser, the “Backstop Investors”) and
the Company shall appoint a mutually-acceptable and
internationally-recognized investment bank to act as bookrunning
dealer-manager for the GGP Backstop Rights Offering (the “Dealer
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the Dealer Manager will, no later than the
fifth business day in advance of the commencement of the solicitation
of votes on the Plan and offering of rights in the GGP Backstop
Rights Offering (which shall not be longer than
60 days), recommend in writing to the Backstop Investors and the
Company the number of shares of New Common Stock that may be
purchased for each share of Common Stock , the subscription price
of such purchase and the other terms for the rights offering that
the Dealer Manager determines are reasonably likely to yield
committed proceeds to the Company at the Effective Date equal to
the GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount (it being understood that
the Dealer Manager will have no liability if it is later
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the Backstop Investors agree, severally
but not jointly and severally, to subscribe, or cause one or more
designees to subscribe, for New Common Stock on a pro rata basis to
the extent rights are declined by holders of Common Stock, subject to
the subscription rights among the Backstop Investors set forth in
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the Backstop Investors will have
subscription rights in any such offering allowing them to maintain
their respective proportionate pro forma New Common Stock-equivalent
interests on a Fully Diluted Basis with the effect that the Backstop
Investors will be assured of the ability to acquire such number of
shares of New Common Stock as would have been available to them
pursuant to Section 5.9 had the GGP Backstop Rights Offering
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the Backstop Investors will receive
aggregate compensation in the form of New Common Stock (whether or
not the backstop commitments are utilized) with a value equal to
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the amount of New Common Stock to be
purchased pursuant to the GGP Backstop Rights Offering will be
subject to reduction to the extent that either (A) the Company Board
determines in its business judgment after consultation with the
Backstop Investors that it has sufficient liquidity and working
capital available to it in light of circumstances at the time and the
costs and benefits to the Company of consummation of the GGP Backstop
Rights Offering or (B) the Backstop Investors have agreed that they
will provide to the Company, in lieu of the GGP
Backstop Rights Offering the Bridge Securities contemplated in
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(b) The Company shall give each Backstop Investor written notice of its estimate of the amount
the Backstop Investors will be required to fund pursuant to Section 6.9(a) no later than
six (6) Business Days prior to the Closing Date. If each Backstop Investor agrees, the Backstop
Investors shall have two (2) Business Days from the date of receipt of such notice to notify the
Company in writing that they intend to elect to purchase from the Company in lieu of all or part of
the proceeds to be provided by the GGP Backstop Rights Offering its pro rata portion of senior
subordinated unsecured notes and/or preferred stock instruments (at the election of the Backstop
Investors) on market terms except as provided below (the “Bridge Securities”). The Bridge
Securities would have a final maturity date, in the case of a note, and a mandatory redemption
date, in the case of preferred stock, on the 270th day after the Effective Date, would not require
any mandatory interim cash distributions except as contemplated in (i) below, and would yield to
the Company on the Closing Date cash proceeds (net of OID) of at least the proceeds from the GGP
Backstop Rights Offering that such Bridge Securities are intended to replace. The Bridge
Securities would be subordinated in right of payment to any New Debt, would have market coupon and
fees, would allow for any interest due prior to maturity to be “paid in kind” (rather than paid in
cash) at the election of the Company, would be prepayable, without any prepayment penalty or
prepayment premium, on a pro rata basis at any time, and would otherwise be on market terms
(determined such that fair value of the Bridge Securities as of the Effective Date is equal to par
minus OID).
If the GGP Backstop Rights Offering is completed or the Bridge Securities are issued:
(i) unless the Backstop Investors otherwise agree, the Bridge Securities shall be
subject to mandatory prepayment on a pro rata basis out of the proceeds of any equity or
debt securities offered or sold by the Company at any time the Bridge Securities are
outstanding (other than the New Common Stock sold to the Backstop Investors, any New Common
Stock sold in the GGP Backstop Rights Offering and the New Debt); and
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(ii) if the Bridge Securities are issued and not repaid on or before the date that is
thirty (30) days following the Effective Date, the Company shall conduct a rights offering
in an amount equal to the outstanding amount due with respect to the Bridge Securities and
with a pro rata backstop by each applicable Backstop Investor on substantially the same
procedure and terms provided in clause (a) above, with such rights offering to have a
subscription period of not more than 30 days that ends no later than the 10th day prior to
the final maturity date or mandatory redemption of the Bridge Securities.
(c) If the Company requests the Initial Investors, in writing, at any time prior to fifteen
(15) days before the commencement of solicitation of acceptances of
the Plan, each Initial Investor agrees that it shall, severally but not jointly and severally,
provide or cause a designee to provide its pro rata share of a backstop for new bonds, loans or
preferred stock (as determined by the Initial Investor) in an aggregate amount equal to
$1,500,000,000 less the Reinstated Amounts, at a market rate and market commitment fees, and
otherwise on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed among the Initial Investors and the
Company. Any such notice shall be revocable by the Company in its sole discretion. The new bonds,
loans or preferred stock would require no mandatory interim cash principal payments prior to the
third anniversary of issuance (unless funded from committed junior indebtedness or junior preferred
stock), and would yield proceeds to the Company on the Closing Date net of OID of at least
$1,500,000,000 less the Reinstated Amounts. Any Initial Investor may at any time designate in
writing one or more financial institutions with a corporate investment grade credit rating (from
S&P or Xxxxx’x) to make a substantially similar undertaking as that provided herein and, upon the
receipt of such an undertaking by the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, such Initial Investor shall be released from its obligations under its applicable
Investment Agreement.
(d) For the purposes of Section 6.9(a) and Section 6.9(b), the “pro rata
share” or “pro rata basis” of each Backstop Investor shall be determined in accordance with the
maximum number of shares of New Common Stock each Backstop Investor has committed to purchase at
Closing pursuant to the Brookfield Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, as of the date
hereof, in relation to the aggregate maximum number of shares of New Common Stock all Backstop
Investors have committed to purchase at Closing pursuant to the Brookfield Agreement or this
Agreement, as applicable, as of the date hereof. For the purposes of Section 6.9(c), the
“pro rata share” or “pro rata basis” of each Initial Investor shall be determined in accordance
with the maximum number of shares of New Common Stock each Initial Investor has committed to
purchase at Closing pursuant to its Investment Agreement as of the date hereof, but excluding any
shares of New Common Stock the Backstop Investors have committed to purchase pursuant to this
Section 6.9.
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(e)
Section 6.9(a) and
Section 6.9(b) shall terminate automatically
without any action by any party upon entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the
termination fee and expense reimbursement set forth in that certain
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
as of July 8, 2010, by and between the Company and Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as to which
order the time to appeal or petition for writ of certiorari shall have expired or if an appeal
shall have been sought, such order shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such
order was appealed without modification of such order.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER
SECTION 7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser. The obligation of each
Purchaser to purchase the Shares and the GGO Shares pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date
is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by such
Purchaser) of the following conditions as of the Closing Date:
(a) No Injunction. No judgment, injunction, decree or other legal restraint shall
prohibit the consummation of the Plan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Regulatory Approvals; Consents. All permits, consents, orders, approvals,
waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions of third parties and Governmental Entities
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan shall
have been made or received, as the case may be, and shall be in full force and effect, except for
those permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions
the failure of which to make or receive would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that any permit, consent, order,
approval, waiver, authorization or other permission or action in respect of any Identified Asset
for which any of the alternatives in Section 2.1(a) shall have been employed shall be
deemed hereunder to have been made or received, as the case may be, and in full force and effect).
(c) Representations and Warranties and Covenants. Except for changes permitted or
contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet, each of (i) the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section
3.3, Section 3.5, Section 3.20(a)(except for such inaccuracies in Section
3.20(a) caused by sales, purchases or transfers of assets which have been effected in
accordance with, subject to the limitations contained in, and not otherwise prohibited by, the
terms and conditions in this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Article VII)
and Section 3.23 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and
as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which
shall be true and correct only as of such specific date), (ii) the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in Section 3.4 shall be true and
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correct (except for de minimis inaccuracies) at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and
as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which
shall be true and correct (except for de minimis inaccuracies) only as of such specific date) and
(iii) the other representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement,
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect”, shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at
and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date,
which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except for such failures to be true
and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that the condition in this subclause (iii) as it relates
to undisclosed liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries comprised of Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be satisfied if the condition in Section 7.1(p) is satisfied. In addition, for
purposes of this Section 7.1(c) as it relates to Section 3.20(b) of this Agreement,
the reference to “DIP Loan” in clause (i) of such Section 3.20(b) shall be deemed to refer
to that certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated
as of July 23, 2010, by and among the Company, GGP Limited Partnership, the lenders party thereto,
Barclays Capital, as the Sole Arranger, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent, and the guarantors party thereto (the “New DIP Agreement”). The Company
shall have complied in all material respects with all of its obligations under this Agreement,
provided that with respect to its obligations under Section 5.4, Section 5.14(b)
(to the extent applicable) and Section 5.14(c) the Company shall have complied therewith in
all respects. The Company shall have provided to each Purchaser a certificate delivered by an
executive officer of the Company, acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of the Company,
to the effect that the conditions in this clause (c) and the immediately following clause (d) have
been satisfied as of the Closing Date and each Purchaser shall have received such other evidence of
the conditions set forth in this Section 7.1 as it shall reasonably request.
(d) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any event, fact or circumstance, that has had or would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Plan and Confirmation Order. The Plan, in form and substance satisfactory to each
Purchaser, shall have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court by order in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser (the “Confirmation Order”), which Confirmation Order shall
be in full force and effect (without waiver of the 14-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule
3020(e)) as of the Effective Date and shall not be subject to a stay of effectiveness.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan Term Sheet, the Plan shall have allowed the
Specified Debt in an amount no less than par plus unpaid pre-petition and post-petition interest
accrued at the stated non-default rate (or contract rate in the case of Class M).
(f) Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement, in form and substance acceptable
to each Purchaser, shall have been approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser (the “Disclosure Statement Order”).
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(g) Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to confirmation and the conditions to
the Effective Date of the Plan, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
Exhibit B, shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan and the
Reorganized Company Organizational Documents as set forth in the Plan shall be in effect.
(h) GGO. The GGO Share Distribution and the issuance by GGO of the GGO Warrants shall
have occurred in accordance with this Agreement. In connection with the implementation of the GGO
Share Distribution, (i) the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with reasonable access to
all relevant information and consulted and cooperated in good faith with each Purchaser and the GGO
Representative with respect to the contribution of the Identified Assets to GGO in accordance with
Section 2.1(a), and (ii) all actions taken by the Company and its Subsidiaries related
thereto and all documentation related to the formation and organization of GGO, the implementation
of the GGO Share Distribution, to separate the business of the Company and GGO and other
intercompany arrangements between the Company and GGO, in each case, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to each Purchaser and shall be in full force and effect.
(i) GGO Common Stock. GGO shall not have issued and outstanding on a Fully Diluted
Basis immediately following the Closing more than the GGO Common Share Amount of shares of GGO
Common Stock (plus (A) an aggregate 5,250,000 shares issuable to the respective Initial Investors
pursuant to the respective Investment Agreements, (B) 2,000,000 shares of GGO Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the GGO Warrants, (C) 6,000,000 shares of GGO Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of warrants that may be issued to the other Initial Investors pursuant to the other
Investment Agreements).
(j) Valid Issuance. The Shares, Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants and the GGO
Shares shall be validly issued to each Purchaser (against payment therefor in the case of the
Shares and the GGO Shares). The Company and GGO shall have executed and delivered the warrant
agreement for each of the New Warrants and the GGO Warrants, together with such other customary
documentation as each Purchaser may reasonably request in connection with such issuance; each
warrant agreement shall be in full force and effect and neither the Company nor GGO shall be in
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement thereunder in any material respect.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or
foreign governmental or regulatory authority that prohibits the issuance or sale of, pursuant to
this Agreement, the Shares, the issuance of Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Shares, GGO Warrants, the
issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of the GGO
Warrants; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued
that prohibits the issuance or sale, pursuant to this Agreement, of the Shares, the GGO Shares, the
Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Warrants, the issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New
Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of the GGO Warrants.
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(l) Registration Rights. The Company shall have filed with the SEC and the SEC shall
have declared effective, as of Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable SEC rules, a shelf
registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-11, as applicable, covering the resale by each
Purchaser and member of the Purchaser Group of the Shares, any securities issued pursuant to
Section 6.9(c) and the New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants,
containing a plan of distribution reasonably satisfactory to each Purchaser. In addition, each of
the Company and GGO shall have entered into registration rights agreements with each Purchaser with
respect to all registrable securities issued to or held by members of the Purchaser Group from time
to time in a manner that permits the registered offering of securities pursuant to such methods of
sale as a Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time. Each registration rights agreement
shall provide for (i) an unlimited number of shelf registration demands on Form S-3 to the extent
that the Company or GGO, as applicable, is then permitted to file a registration statement on Form
S-3, (ii) if the Company or GGO, as applicable, is not eligible to use Form S-3, the filing by the
Company or GGO, as applicable, of a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-11, as applicable,
and the Company or GGO, as applicable, using its reasonable best efforts to keep such registration
statement continuously effective; (iii) piggyback rights not less favorable than those provided in
the Warrant Agreement; (iv) with respect to the Company, at least three underwritten offerings
during the term of the registration rights agreement, but not more than one underwritten offering
in any 12-month period and, with respect to GGO, at least three underwritten offerings during the
term of the registration rights agreement, but not more than one in any 12-month period; (v)
“black-out” periods not less favorable than those provided in the Warrant Agreement; (vi) “lock-up”
agreements by the Company or GGO, as applicable, to the extent requested by the managing
underwriter in any underwritten public offering requested by a Purchaser, consistent with those
provided in the Warrant Agreement (it being understood that the registration rights agreement will
include procedures reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser and the Company designed to ensure that
the total number of days that the Company or GGO, as applicable, may be subject to a lock-up shall
not, in the aggregate after taking into account any applicable lock-up periods resulting from
registration rights agreements between the Company or GGO, as applicable, and the other Initial
Investors exceed 120 days in any 365-day period; (vii) to the extent that the Purchasers and the
members of the Purchaser Group are Affiliates of the Company or GGO, as applicable, at the time of
an underwritten public offering by the Company or GGO, as applicable, each Purchaser and the other
members of the Purchaser Group will agree to a 60-day customary lock up to the extent requested by
the managing underwriter; and (viii) other terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to each
Purchaser. The registration rights agreement shall be in full force and effect and
neither the Company nor GGO shall be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement thereunder in any material respect.
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(m) Listing. The Shares shall be authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to
official notice of issuance, and the shares of New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New
Warrants shall be eligible for listing on the NYSE. The GGO Shares shall be authorized for listing
on a U.S. national securities exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, and the shares of
GGO Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the GGO Warrants shall be eligible for listing on a U.S.
national securities exchange.
(n) Liquidity. The Company shall have, on the Effective Date and after giving effect
to the use of proceeds from Capital Raising Activities permitted under this Agreement and the
issuance of the Shares, and the payment and/or reserve for all allowed and disputed claims under
the Plan, transaction fees and other amounts required to be paid in cash under the Plan as
contemplated by the Plan Summary Term Sheet, an aggregate amount of not less than $350,000,000 of
Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash (the “Liquidity Target”) plus the net
proceeds of the Additional Financings and the aggregate principal amount of the Anticipated Debt
Paydowns (or such higher number as may be agreed to by each Purchaser and the Company) plus the
excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate principal amount of New Debt and the Reinstated Amounts over
(B) $1,500,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the reserve shall (i) include (a) the Contingent
and Disputed Debt Claims, and (b) an estimate of the cash component of a potential dividend to be
issued by the Company as a result of the spin-off of GGO, and (ii) exclude any amounts to be paid
in Shares. In addition, to the extent that there is any availability under the Debt Cap, then
such amount shall be included in Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash as if the Company
had such amount in cash.
(o) Board of Directors. Each of the persons designated by PSCM pursuant to
Section 5.10 shall have been duly appointed to each of the Company Board and the GGO Board.
(p) Debt of the Company. Immediately following the Closing after giving effect to the
Plan, the aggregate outstanding Proportionally Consolidated Debt shall not exceed $22,250,000,000
in the aggregate minus (i) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated Debt attributable to assets
sold, returned, abandoned, conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement through the Closing and minus (ii) the excess, if any, of $1,500,000,000
over the aggregate principal amount of new Unsecured Indebtedness incurred after the date of this
Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date for cash (“New Debt”) and the aggregate
principal amount of any Debt under the Xxxxx Bonds or the Exchangeable Notes that is reinstated or
issued under the Plan (such amounts reinstated or issued, the “Reinstated Amounts”) minus
(iii) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated Debt attributable to Identified Assets contributed
to GGO pursuant to Section 2.1(a), minus (iv) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated
Debt attributable to assets other than Identified Assets contributed to GGO pursuant to Section
2.1(a) minus (v) the principal and/or liquidation preference of the TRUPS and the
UPREIT Units not reinstated, plus (vi) in the event the Closing occurs prior to September 30, 2010,
the amount of scheduled amortization on Proportionally Consolidated Debt (other than Corporate
Level Debt)
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from the Closing Date to September 30, 2010 that otherwise would have been paid by
September 30, 2010, minus (vii) in the event the Closing occurs on or after September 30, 2010, the
amount of actual amortization paid on Proportionally Consolidated Debt (other than Corporate Level
Debt) from September 30, 2010 to the Closing Date, plus (viii) (A) the excess of the aggregate
principal amount of new Debt incurred to refinance existing Debt in accordance with Section
7.1(r)(vii) hereof over the principal amount of the Debt so refinanced and (B) new Debt
incurred to finance unencumbered Company Properties and Non-Controlling Properties after the date
of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing (such amounts contemplated by clauses (A) and (B)
collectively, the “Additional Financing”) plus (ix) the amount of other principal paydowns,
writedowns and resulting impact on amortization (or payments in the anticipated amortization
schedule with respect to Fashion Show Mall (Fashion Show Mall LLC), The Shoppes at the Palazzo and
Oakwood Shopping Center (Gretna, LA)) currently anticipated to be made by the Company in connection
with refinancings, or completion of negotiations in respect of its property level Debt which the
Company determines in good faith are not actually required to be made prior to Closing
(“Anticipated Debt Paydowns”) plus (x) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of New Debt and the Reinstated Amounts over (B) $1,500,000,000 plus (xi) the aggregate
amount of the Bridge Notes issued pursuant to Section 1.4 (and the parties agree that such
Bridge Notes shall not be included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Debt or Closing Date Net
Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment) (the aggregate amount calculated pursuant to this Section
7.1(p), the “Debt Cap”).
(q) Outstanding Common Stock. The number of issued and outstanding shares of New
Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis (including the Shares) shall not exceed the Share Cap Number.
The “Share Cap Number” means 1,104,683,256 plus the number of shares (if any) issued to
settle or otherwise satisfy Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations, plus up to 65,000,000 shares of New Common
Stock issued in Liquidity Equity Issuances, plus 17,142,857 shares of New Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the New Warrants, plus the shares of New Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of those certain warrants issued to the Brookfield Consortium Members pursuant to the
Brookfield Agreement and to the Fairholme Purchasers pursuant to the Fairholme Agreement, plus the
number of shares of Common Stock issued as a result of the exercise of employee stock options to
purchase Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof, plus 90,000 shares of Common Stock issued to
directors of the Company, plus the number of shares into which any reinstated Exchangeable Notes
can be converted, plus, in the event shares of New Common Stock are issued pursuant to Section
6.9, the difference between (i) the number of shares of New Common Stock issued to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.9
minus (ii) 50,000,000 shares of New Common Stock, minus the number of Put Shares (which shall not
be considered Share Equivalents for purposes of this calculation); provided, that if Indebtedness under
the Xxxxx Bonds or the Exchangeable Notes is reinstated under the Plan, or the Company shall have
incurred New Debt, or between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date the Company shall
have sold for cash real property assets outside of the ordinary course of business (“Asset
Sales”), the Share Cap Number shall be reduced by the quotient (rounded up to the nearest whole
number) obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (a) the lesser of (I) $1,500,000,000 and (II) the sum
of Reinstated Amounts and the net cash proceeds to the Company from the issuance of New Debt, and
(b) the net cash proceeds to the Company from Asset Sales in excess of $150,000,000 by (y) the Per
Share Purchase Price.
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(r) Conduct of Business. The following shall be true in all material respects as of
the Closing Date:
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Except as otherwise expressly provided or permitted, or contemplated, by
this Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet (including, without
limitation, in connection with implementing the matters contemplated by
Article II hereof) or any order of the Bankruptcy Court in effect
on the date of the Agreement, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Closing, the following actions shall not have been taken
without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (which consent such
Purchaser agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
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the Company shall not have (A) declared,
set aside or paid any dividends on, or made any other distributions
in respect of, any of the Company’s capital stock (other than
dividends required to retain REIT status or to avoid the imposition
of entity level taxes, (B) split, combined or reclassified any of its
capital stock or issued or authorized the issuance of any other
securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its
capital stock, or (C) purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired
(other than as set forth on Section 7.1(r)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter or pursuant to Company Benefit Plans) any shares of
its capital stock or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any
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neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall have acquired or agreed to acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the
stock, or other ownership interests in, or substantial portion of assets of,
or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company
or other entity or division thereof except (A) in the ordinary
course of business, (B) for transactions with respect to joint
ventures existing on the date hereof valued at less than
$10,000,000 or (C) for transactions valued at less than
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none of the Company Properties,
Non-Controlling Properties or Identified Assets shall have been sold
or otherwise transferred, except, (A) in the ordinary course of
business, (B) to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (which
Subsidiary shall be subject to the same restrictions under this
subsection (iv)), and (C) for sales or other transfers, the net
proceeds of which shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate,
when taken together with all such sales and other transfers of
Company Properties, Non-Controlling Properties and Identified Assets
(the “Sales Cap”); provided that the Sales Cap shall not
apply with respect to sales or transfers of Identified Assets to the
extent the same shall have been consummated in accordance with the
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(vi) none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall have issued, delivered, granted, sold or disposed
of any Equity Securities (other than (A) issuances of shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section
7.1(u), but subject to Section 7.1(q), (B) pursuant to
the Equity Exchange, (C) the issuance of shares pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company
Option Plans, (D) as set forth on Section 7.1(u) of the
Company Disclosure Letter), or (E) the issuance of shares to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case,
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none of the Company Properties or
Identified Assets shall have been mortgaged, or pledged, nor shall
the owner or lessee thereof have granted a lien, mortgage, pledge,
security interest, charge, claim or other Encumbrance relating to
debt obligations of any kind or nature on, or otherwise encumbered,
any Company Property or
Identified Assets except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, other than encumbrances of Company
Properties or Identified Assets of Debtors in connection with (A)
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Company Property or Identified Asset with the
existing lender(s) thereof or (B) a refinancing of existing
indebtedness for borrowed money related to any Company Property or
Identified Asset in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 (the
“Refinance Cap”), provided that (x) the Refinance
Cap shall not apply to a refinancing of the existing first lien
indebtedness secured by the Fashion Show Mall, (y) in the event
that a refinancing is secured by mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds
to secure debt or indemnity deeds of trust encumbering multiple
Company Properties and Identified Assets, the proceeds of such
refinancing shall not exceed an amount equal to the Refinance Cap
multiplied by the number of Company Properties and Identified
Assets so encumbered, and (z) in connection with refinancing the
indebtedness of a Company Property or Identified Asset owned by a
Joint Venture, the Refinance Cap shall apply with respect to the
aggregate share of such indebtedness which is allocable to, or
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none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have
undertaken any capital expenditure that is out of the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice and material to the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as contemplated in the
Company’s business plan for fiscal year 2010 adopted by the board of
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the Company shall not have changed any of
its methods, principles or practices of financial accounting in
effect, other than as required by GAAP or regulatory guidelines (and
except to implement purchase accounting and/or “fresh start”
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(s) REIT Opinion. Each Purchaser shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J,
that the Company (x) for all taxable years commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2005
through December 31, 2009, has been subject to taxation as a REIT and (y) has operated since
January 1, 2010 to the Closing Date in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT.
(t) Non-Control Agreements.
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Non-Control Agreement with each Purchaser. The Non-Control Agreement
shall be in full force and effect and the Company shall not be in
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GGO shall have entered into the GGO
Non-Control Agreement with each Purchaser. The GGO Non-Control
Agreement shall be in full force and effect and GGO shall not be in
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
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(u) Issuance or Sale of Common Stock. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall have issued or sold any shares of Common Stock (or securities, warrants or options that are
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock)
(other than (A) pursuant to the Equity Exchange, (B) the issuance of shares pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option Plans, (C) as set forth on
Section 7.1(u) of the Company Disclosure Letter or (D) the issuance of shares to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.9),
unless (1) the purchase price (or, in the case of securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock, the conversion,
exchange or exercise price) shall not be less than $10.00 per share (net of all underwriting and
other discounts, fees and any other compensation; provided, that for purposes hereof,
payments to the Purchasers or the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of
this Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee or
other compensation), (2) following such issuance or sale, (x) no Person (other than (i) an Initial
Investor and their respective Affiliates pursuant to the Investment Agreements and (ii) any
institutional underwriter or initial purchaser acting in an underwriter capacity in an underwritten
offering) shall, after giving effect to such issuance or sale, beneficially own more than 10% of
the Common Stock of the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis, and (y) no four Persons (other than the
Purchasers, members of the Pershing Purchaser Group, the members of the Fairholme Purchaser Group,
the Brookfield Consortium Members or the Brookfield Investor) shall, after giving effect to such
issuance or sale, beneficially own more than thirty percent (30%) of the Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis; provided, that this clause (2) shall not be applicable to any conversion or
exchange of claims against the Debtors into New Common Stock pursuant to the Plan;
provided, further, that subclause (y) of this clause (2) shall not be applicable
with respect to any Person listed on Exhibit N and (3) each Purchaser shall have been
offered the right to purchase up to its GGP Pro Rata Share of 15% of such shares of Common Stock
(or securities, warrants or options that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock) on terms otherwise consistent with Section 5.9 (except the provisions of such
Section 5.9 with respect to issuances contemplated by this Section 7.1(u) shall apply from the date of this Agreement)
(provided that the right described in this clause (3) shall not be applicable to the
issuance of shares or warrants contemplated by the other Investment Agreements, or any conversion
or exchange of debt or other claims into equity in connection with the Plan).
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(v) Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations. The Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations shall have been determined
by order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on or prior to the Effective Date (which order may be the
Confirmation Order or another order entered by the Bankruptcy Court) and satisfied in accordance
with the terms of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that holders of Xxxxxx Heirs
Obligations or other Claims against or interests in the Debtors arising under or related to the
Xxxxxx Agreement receive any consideration in respect of such obligations, Claims or interests
under the Plan, there shall be no reduction in the number of shares of New Common Stock or GGO
Common Stock otherwise to have been distributed on the Effective Date under the Plan in the Equity
Exchange or the GGO Share Distribution, as applicable.
(w) GGO Promissory Note. The GGO Promissory Note, if any, shall have been issued by
GGO (or one of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in
favor of the Operating Partnership.
(x) Other Conditions. With respect to each other Initial Investor, either (A) its
Investment Agreement shall be in full force and effect without amendments or modifications (other
than those that are materially no less favorable to the Company than those provided in such
Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), the conditions to the consummation of the
transactions under such Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof to be performed on the
Closing Date shall have been satisfied or waived with the prior written consent of each Purchaser,
and such Initial Investor shall have subscribed and paid for such shares of New Common Stock that
such Initial Investor is obligated to purchase thereunder, (B) the funding to be provided by such
Initial Investor under its Investment Agreement shall have been provided by one or more other
investors or purchasers acceptable to each Purchaser on terms and conditions that such Purchaser
has agreed are materially no less favorable to the Company than the terms and conditions of the
applicable Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or (C) in the case of an Initial
Investor (other than a Brookfield Consortium Member), such Initial Investor has breached its
obligation to fund at Closing when required to do so in accordance with the terms of its Investment
Agreement (it being understood that the foregoing shall not limit the Company’s right to reduce the
Total Purchase Amount under Section 1.4 hereof).
(y) Put Shares. Subject to Section 1.4(c), if the Company has elected to
designate Put Shares pursuant to Section 1.4(b), the Company and each of the Purchasers
shall have entered into the Bridge Notes on terms mutually satisfactory to each party, effective as
of the Effective Date, and approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to its Confirmation Order.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 8.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the
Company to issue the Shares and the obligation of GGO to issue the GGO Shares pursuant to this
Agreement on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) of the
following conditions as of the Closing Date:
(a) No Injunction. No judgment, injunction, decree or other legal restraint shall
prohibit the consummation of the Plan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Regulatory Approvals; Consents. All permits, consents, orders, approvals,
waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions of third parties and Governmental Entities
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan shall
have been made or received, as the case may be, and shall be in full force and effect, except for
those permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions
the failure of which to make or receive would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Representations and Warranties and Covenants. Each of (i) the representations and
warranties of each Purchaser contained in Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section
4.3, and Section 4.12 in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the
Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties
made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct only as of such specific date), and
(ii) the other representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in this Agreement,
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to “materiality”, shall
be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date as if
made at and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except for such
failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall have complied in all material
respects with all of its obligations under this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall have provided to
the Company a certificate delivered by an executive officer of the managing member of such
Purchaser, acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of such Purchaser, to the effect that
the conditions in this clause (c) have been satisfied as of the Closing Date.
(d) Plan and Confirmation Order. The Plan shall have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy
Court by order, which order shall be in full force and effect and not subject to a stay of
effectiveness.
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(e) Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to confirmation and the conditions to
the Effective Date of the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.
(f) GGO. The GGO Share Distribution shall have occurred.
(g) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or
foreign governmental or regulatory authority that prohibits the issuance or sale of, pursuant to
this Agreement, the Shares, the issuance of Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Shares, GGO Warrants, the
issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock
upon exercise of the GGO Warrants; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign
court shall have been issued that prohibits the issuance or sale, pursuant to this Agreement, of
the Shares, the GGO Shares, the Warrants, the New Warrants, GGO Warrants, the issuance of New
Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of
the GGO Warrants.
(h) Reorganization Opinion. The Company shall have received an opinion of Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, substantially to the effect that, on the basis of the facts, representations and
assumptions set forth in such opinion, the exchange of Common Stock for New Common Stock in the
Equity Exchange should be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code. In rendering such opinion, Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP may require and rely upon
representations and covenants made by the parties to this Agreement.
(i) IRS Ruling. The Company shall have obtained a favorable written ruling from the
United States Internal Revenue Service confirming the qualification of each of the GGO Share
Distribution and the prerequisite internal spin-offs each as a “tax free spin-off” under the Code.
(j) Funding. The applicable Purchaser shall have paid to the Company and GGO, as
applicable, all amounts payable by such Purchaser under Article I and Article II of
this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account or accounts as
shall have been designated in writing by the Company at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.
(k) REIT Matters. The representations and covenants set forth on Exhibit D in
respect of the applicable Purchaser and, to the extent applicable, its Affiliates, members,
Affiliates of members or designees, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date, it being understood that such Purchaser’s
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such representations and
covenants only if such Person “beneficially owns” or “constructively owns” (as such terms are
defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in
excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any
stock or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant of the Company would be treated as
constructively owned by the Company.
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(l) Non-Control Agreements. Each Purchaser shall have entered into (i) the
Non-Control Agreement with the Company and (ii) the GGO Non-Control Agreement with GGO. Each of
the Non-Control Agreement and the GGO Non-Control Agreement shall be in full force and effect and
such Purchaser shall not be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
thereunder in any material respect.
(m) GGO Promissory Note. The GGO Promissory Note, if any, shall have been issued by
GGO (or one of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in
favor of the Operating Partnership.
(n) Collateral. If the Company has elected to designate Put Shares pursuant to
Section 1.4(b), collateral arrangements pursuant to Section 1.4(c)(viii) shall have
been entered into on terms satisfactory to the Company and approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
ARTICLE IX
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ARTICLE X
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 10.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement but
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect following the earlier of (i) the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with Article XI and (ii) the Closing.
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
SECTION 11.1 Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall terminate automatically without any action by any party if (i) the Company has not filed the
Approval Motion within two (2) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, (ii) the
Approval Order, in form and substance satisfactory to each Purchaser, approving, among other
things, the issuance of the Warrants and the warrants contemplated by each other Investment
Agreement, is not entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or prior to the date that is 43 days after the
date of this Agreement, (iii) if the Debtors withdraw the Approval Motion, or (iv) the conditions
to the obligations of any other Initial Investor pursuant to the other Investment Agreements to
consummate the closings as set forth therein are amended or modified in any respect prior to
the entry of the Approval Order, in each of cases (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) unless each Purchaser
and the Company otherwise agrees in writing. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date:
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(a) by mutual written consent of each Purchaser and the Company;
(b) by each Purchaser by written notice to the Company upon the occurrence of any of the
following events (which notice shall specify the event upon which such termination is based):
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sale contemplated by Article I have not occurred by the
Termination Date; provided, however, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(b)(i)
shall not be available to any Purchaser if any Purchaser has breached
in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any
manner that shall have proximately caused the Closing Date not to
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if any Bankruptcy Cases of the Company or
any Debtor which is a Significant Subsidiary shall have been
dismissed or converted to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code or if an interim or permanent trustee or an examiner shall be
appointed to oversee or operate any of the Debtors in their
Bankruptcy Cases, in each case, except (x) as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (y) with respect to the
Bankruptcy Cases for Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC, Oakwood Shopping
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if, from and after the issuance of the
Warrants, the Approval Order shall without the prior written consent
of each Purchaser, cease to be in full force and effect resulting in
the cancellation of any Warrants or a modification of any Warrants,
in each case, other than pursuant to their terms, that adversely
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if, without a Purchaser’s consent, the
Warrants have not been issued to such Purchaser in accordance with
Section 5.2, or if after the Warrants are issued, any shares
of Common Stock underlying the Warrants cease at any time
to be authorized for issuance on a U.S. national securities
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if there has been a breach by the Company
of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company
contained in this Agreement or the Company shall have taken any
action which, in each case, (A) would result in a failure of a
condition set forth in Article VII and (B) cannot be cured
prior to the Termination Date, after written notice to the Company of
such breach and the intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section shall not be available to
any Purchaser if any Purchaser has breached in any material respect
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following the issuance of the Warrants, if
(a) the Company consummates a Competing Transaction, (b) on or after
November 1, 2010, the Company enters into an agreement or files any
pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each case,
evidencing its decision to support any Competing Transaction, or (c)
the Company files notice of a hearing to confirm a plan of
reorganization that contemplates a Change of Control without such
Change of Control being subject to either (1) the written consent of
the holders a majority in number of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock or (2) soliciting the approval of the holders of a majority in
number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in accordance with
the Bankruptcy Code (in each case, regardless of whether such
approval is obtained) and providing for a period of at least 20
Business Days for acceptance or rejection by such holders in
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if the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company issues any shares of Common Stock or New Common Stock (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common
Stock or New Common Stock) at a purchase price (or in the case of
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock or New Common
Stock, the conversion, exchange, exercise or comparable price) of
less than $10.00 per share (net of all underwriting and other
discounts, fees and any other compensation and related expenses;
provided, that for purposes hereof, payments to the
Purchasers or the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance
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with Section 1.4 of this Agreement or the Fairholme
Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee
or other compensation) of Common Stock or New Common Stock or
converts any claim against any of the Debtors into New Common
Stock at a conversion price less than $10.00 per share of Common
Stock or New Common Stock (in each case, other than pursuant to
(A) the exercise, exchange or conversion of Share Equivalents of
the Company existing on the date of this Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof as of the date of this Agreement, (B) the
Equity Exchange, (C) the issuance of shares upon the exercise of
employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option
Plans, (D) the issuance of shares as set forth on Section
7.1(u) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (E) the issuance
of shares to existing holders of Common Stock and the Backstop
Investors, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.9; |
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non-appealable order denying confirmation of the Plan; |
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if this Agreement, including the Plan
Summary Term Sheet, or the Plan, is revised or modified (except as
otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement) by the Company or an
order of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent
jurisdiction in a manner that is unacceptable to any Purchaser or a
plan of reorganization with respect to the Debtors involving the
Transactions that is unacceptable to any Purchaser is filed by the
Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court or another court of competent
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if any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have issued a final and nonappealable order
permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing
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prior to the issuance of the Warrants, if
the Company (A) makes a public announcement, enters into an agreement
or files any pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each
case, evidencing its decision to support any Competing Transaction,
or (B) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company enters into a
definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction or the
Company provides notice to any Purchaser of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ decision to enter into a
definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction
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if the Effective Date and the purchase and
sale contemplated by Article I have not occurred by the
Termination Date; provided, however, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(c)(i)
shall not be available to the Company to the extent that it has
breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement
in any manner that shall have proximately caused the Closing Date not
to occur on or before the Termination Date (it being agreed that this
proviso shall not limit the Company’s ability to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1(c)(ii) or any other clause
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prior to the entry of the Confirmation
Order, upon notice to each Purchaser, for any reason or no reason,
effective as of such time as shall be specified in such notice;
provided, however, that prior to the entry of the
Approval Order, the Company shall not have the right to terminate
this Agreement under this Section 11.1(c)(ii) during the 48
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if all conditions to the obligations of
each Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement set forth in Article VII shall have been satisfied
(other than those conditions that are to be satisfied (and capable of
being satisfied) by action taken at the Closing if such Purchaser had
complied with its obligations under this Agreement) and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement fail to be consummated as
a result of the breach by any Purchaser of its obligation to pay to
the Company and GGO, as applicable, all amounts payable by such
Purchaser under Article I and Article II of this
Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
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SECTION 11.2 Effects of Termination.
(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article XI, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of
any party hereto except the covenants and agreements made by the parties herein under Article
XIII shall survive indefinitely in accordance with their terms. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the Warrants or paragraph (b) below, the Warrants when issued in accordance with
Section 5.2 hereof and all of the obligations of the Company under the Warrant Agreement
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
(b) In the event of a termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section
11.1(c)(iii), the parties agree that the Warrants held by any member of the Purchaser Group at
the time of such termination (but no Warrants held by any other Person if transferred as permitted
hereunder) shall be deemed cancelled, null and void and of no further effect. The foregoing shall
be a term of the Warrants.
ARTICLE XII
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 12.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, when
used in this Agreement with initial capital letters, shall have the respective meanings set forth
in this Agreement:
(a) “
2006 Bank Loan” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 24, 2006, by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership and GGPLP
L.L.C., as borrowers, the lenders named therein, Banc of America Securities LLC, Eurohypo AG,
New
York Branch and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as joint arrangers and joint bookrunners, Eurohypo
AG,
New York Branch, as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as syndication agents, and Commerzbank AG and Xxxxxx Commercial Paper, Inc., as
co-documentation agents.
(b) “Additional Sales Period” means in the case of Section 5.9(a)(iv)(A), the
120 day period following the date of the Company’s notice to Purchaser pursuant to Section
5.9(a)(ii), and in the case of Section 5.9(a)(iv)(B), the 120 day period following (x)
the expiration of the 180 day period specified in Section 5.9(a)(iii) or (y) if earlier,
the date on which it is finally determined that Purchaser is unable to consummate such purchase
contemplated by Section 5.9(a)(iii) within such 180 day period specified in Section
5.9(a)(iii).
(c) “Affiliate” of any particular Person means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such particular Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the
ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
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(d) “Brazilian Entities” means those certain Persons in which the Company indirectly
owns an interest which own real property assets or have operations located in Brazil.
(e) “Brookfield Consortium Member” means Brookfield Asset Management Inc. or any
controlled Affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. or any Person of which Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. or any Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a
general partner, managing member or equivalent thereof or a wholly owned subsidiary of the
foregoing.
(f) “
Business Day” means any day other than (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, (c) any day
on which commercial banks in
New York,
New York are required or authorized to close by Law or
executive order.
(g) “Capital Raising Activities” means the Company’s efforts to consummate equity and
debt financings for the Company, and sales of properties and other assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for cash.
(h) “Cash Equivalents” means as to any Person, (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided, that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition by such Person,
(b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank having, or which is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the Laws of the United
States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia having capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating in excess of $500,000,000, having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of
acquisition by such Person, (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for
underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (b) above, (d) commercial paper issued by any
issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or at least P-1 by Moody’s or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing
ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and in each case maturing not more than one year
after the date of acquisition by such Person or (e) investments in money market funds substantially
all of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in subsections (a) through
(d) above.
(i) “Change of Control” means any transaction or series of related transactions, in
which, after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, (i) any Person other than a member
of a Purchaser Group of the Pershing Purchasers or Fairholme Purchasers acquires beneficial
ownership (within
the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of
the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or (ii) there
occurs a direct or indirect sale, lease, exchange or transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
(including securities of the entity’s directly or indirectly owned Subsidiaries).
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(j) “Clawback Fee” means the aggregate of the $0.25 per share fees paid by the Company
to the Purchasers and the Fairholme Purchasers on the Effective Date in accordance with Section 1.4
of this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement.
(k) “Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
(l) “Closing Date Net Debt” means, as of the Effective Date but prior to giving effect
to the Plan, the sum of, without duplication:
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Consolidated Debt plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon
(including the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims) plus the amount
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plus the Permitted Claims Amount, |
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plus the amount of Proportionally
Consolidated Debt attributable to assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement and through the Closing, but excluding any
deficiency, guaranty or other similar claims associated with the
Special Consideration Properties (as such term is defined in the plan
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less Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash; provided, however, that the net
proceeds attributable to sales of assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, or otherwise transferred during the period between the date
of this Agreement and through the Closing shall be deducted prior to
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(m) “Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts”
means, as of the Effective Date but prior to giving effect to the Plan, the sum of, without
duplication:
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Consolidated Debt plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus
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plus the amount of Proportionally
Consolidated Debt attributable to assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement and through the Closing, but excluding any
deficiency, guaranty or other similar claims associated with the
Special Consideration Properties (as such term is defined in the plan
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less Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash; provided, however, that the net
proceeds attributable to sales of assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, or otherwise transferred during the period between the date
of this Agreement and through the Closing shall be deducted prior to
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(n) “Company Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA and each other stock purchase, stock option, restricted stock, severance,
retention, employment, consulting, change-of-control, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive,
deferred compensation, employee loan, fringe benefit and other benefit plan, agreement, program,
policy, commitment or other arrangement, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any related
funding mechanism now in effect or required in the future), whether formal or informal, oral or
written, in each case sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
for the benefit of any past or present director, officer, employee, consultant or independent
contractor of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has any present or future right to
benefits.
(o) “Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
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(p) “Competing Transaction” means, other than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet, or by the other Investment Agreements, any offer or
proposal relating to (i) a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, tender
offer, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving
the Company or (ii) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by a “person” or “group”
of “beneficial ownership” (as used for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of, or a
series of transactions to purchase or acquire, assets representing 30% or more of the consolidated
assets or revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or 30% or more of the
Common Stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for 30%
or more of the Common Stock of the Company) or (iii) any recapitalization of the Company or the
provision of financing to the Company that shall cause any condition in Section 7.1 not to
be satisfied, in each case, other than the recapitalization and financing transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Plan Summary Term Sheet (or the financing provided by the Initial
Investors) or that will be effected together with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(q) “Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement” means a statement that: (i) sets forth
each of the five components of the Closing Date Net Debt (for the avoidance of doubt, this shall
include (x) the Permitted Claims Amount, which shall include the Reserve, (y) the Reinstatement
Adjustment Amount, and (z) with respect to clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of the definition of Closing
Date Net Debt, the Closing Date Net Debt Amount W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims
Amounts as determined through the process provided for in Sections 5.16(a) and
5.16(b) shall be used; provided, however, that such amounts shall be
updated to reflect current information regarding cash, Claims, Debt and other similar information
and any amendments to this Agreement agreed upon following completion of the process provided for
in Sections 5.16(a) and 5.16(b)), and (ii) sets forth the Net Debt Excess Amount or
the Net Debt Surplus Amount, as applicable.
(r) “Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims” means contingent and disputed claims for
default interest on (i) that certain promissory note, dated February 8, 2008, by GGP Limited
Partnership in favor of The Comptroller of the State of New York, (ii) that certain promissory
note, dated February 15, 2007, by GGP Limited Partnership in favor of Ivanhoe Capital LP, and (iii)
the loan made to GGP, GGP Limited Partnership and GGPLP L.L.C., as borrowers, under that certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2006, under which Eurohypo
AG, New York Branch is the Administrative Agent and any amendments, modifications or supplements
thereto, in each case to the extent that any such claims have not been ruled on by the Bankruptcy
Court or settled prior to the Effective Date.
(s) “Contract” means any agreement, lease, license, evidence of indebtedness,
mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract.
(t) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(u) “Corporate Level Debt” means the debt described in Sections II A, H through O, Q,
R, S, W and X of the Plan Summary Term Sheet plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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(v) “Debt” means all obligations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and other Persons in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority interest (a) evidenced by (i) notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar instruments (including, for avoidance of doubt, mezzanine debt),
or (ii) trust preferred shares, trust preferred units and other preferred instruments, and/or (b)
secured by a lien, mortgage or other encumbrance; provided, however, that Debt
shall exclude (x) any form of municipal financing including, but not limited to, special
improvement district bonds or tax increment financing, (y) an agreement for the use or possession
of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which,
upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of
such Person (without regard to accounting treatment), and (z) intercompany notes or preferred
interests between and among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries.
(w) “DIP Loan” means that certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security
and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2009, by and among the lenders named therein, UBS AG,
Stamford Branch, as administrative agent for the lenders, the Company and the Operating
Partnership, as borrowers, and the certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein, as
guarantors.
(x) “Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement to accompany the Plan as
amended, modified or supplemented.
(y) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(z) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(aa) “Excess Surplus Amount” means the sum of: (i) if, after giving effect to the
application of the Reserve Surplus Amount to reduce the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note
pursuant to Section 5.16(d), any Reserve Surplus Amount remains, (A) if and to the extent
that such Reserve Surplus Amount is less than or equal to the Net Debt Surplus Amount, 80% of such
remaining Reserve Surplus Amount, and otherwise (B) 100% of the remaining Reserve Surplus Amount;
and (ii) (A) if a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued at Closing, 80% of the aggregate
Offering Premium, if any, less the amount of any reduction in the principal amount of the GGO
Promissory Note pursuant to Section 5.16(e) hereof, or (B) if the GGO Promissory Note is
not required to be issued at Closing, the sum of (x) 80% of the aggregate Offering Premium and (y)
the excess, if any, of 80% of the Net Debt Surplus Amount over the Xxxxxx Amount.
(bb) “Exchangeable Notes” means the 3.98% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2027 issued
pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2007, by and between the Operating
Partnership, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee.
(cc) “Excluded Claims” means:
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prepetition and postpetition Claims secured
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, prepetition and
postpetition Claims for all ordinary course trade payables for goods
and services related to the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, ordinary course
obligations to tenants, anchors, vendors, customers, utility
providers or forward contract counterparties related to utility
services, employee payroll, commissions, bonuses and benefits (but
excluding the Key Employee Incentive Plan approved by the Bankruptcy
Court pursuant to an order entered on October 15, 2009 at docket no.
3126), insurance premiums, insurance deductibles, self insured
amounts and other obligations that are accounted for, consistent with
past practice prior to the Petition Date, as trade payables);
provided, however, that Claims or expenses related to
the administration and conduct of the Bankruptcy Cases (such as
professional fees and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisers and consultants retained in connection with the
administration and conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
Bankruptcy Cases and other expenses, fees and commissions related to
the reorganization and recapitalization of the Company pursuant to
the Plan, including related to the Investment Agreements, the
issuance of the New Debt, Liquidity Equity Issuances and any other
equity issuances contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan) shall
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, Claims and
liabilities arising from the litigation or potential litigation
matters set forth in that certain Interim Litigation Report of the
Company dated March 29, 2010 and the Company’s litigation audit
response to Deloitte & Touche dated February 25, 2010, both have been
made available to each Purchaser prior to close of business on March
29, 2010 and other Claims and liabilities arising from ordinary
course litigation or potential litigation that was not included in
such schedule solely because the amount of estimated or asserted
liabilities or Claims did not meet the threshold amount used for the
preparation of such schedule, in each
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case, to the extent that such Claims and liabilities have not been
paid and satisfied as of the Effective Date, are continuing
following the Effective Date, excluding Claims against or
interests in the Debtors arising under or related to the Xxxxxx
Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Claims shall
include $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to attorneys
fees and expenses in connection with the settlement related to the
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, all tenant,
anchor and vendor Claims required to be cured pursuant to section 365
of the Bankruptcy Code, in connection with the assumption of an
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any deficiency, guaranty or other similar
Claims associated with the Special Consideration Properties (as such
term is defined in the plans of reorganization for the applicable
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GGO Setup Costs (other than professional fees and disbursements of
financial, legal and other advisers and consultants retained in
connection with the administration and conduct of the Company’s and
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any liabilities assumed by GGO and paid on
the Effective Date by GGO or to be paid after the Effective Date by
GGO (for avoidance of doubt, this includes any Claims that, absent
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(dd) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(ee) “Fully Diluted Basis” means all outstanding shares of the Common Stock, New
Common Stock or GGO Common Stock, as applicable, assuming the exercise of all outstanding Share
Equivalents (other than (x) any options issued to an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of a Company Benefit Plan or to an employee of GGO or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of an employee equity plan of GGO or (y) preferred UPREIT Units) without
regard to any restrictions or conditions with respect to the exercisability of such Share
Equivalents.
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(ff) “Fully Diluted GGO Economic Interest” means, for the Purchaser Group with respect
to GGO Common Stock at any time, a percentage equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate number of
shares of GGO Common Stock held in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group, assuming the exercise of
all outstanding Share Equivalents held by them (without regard to any restrictions or conditions
with respect to the exercisability of such Share Equivalents), and the aggregate notional number of
shares of GGO Common Stock referenced in any physically-settled or financially-settled equity
derivative that the Purchaser Group counterparty has certified to the Company provides the
Purchaser Group with the benefit of substantially similar cash flows as would direct ownership,
divided by (ii) the aggregate outstanding number of shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted
Basis.
(gg) “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
(hh) “GGO Common Share Amount” means 32,468,326 plus a number (rounded up to the
nearest whole number) equal to 0.1 multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock issued on or
after the Measurement Date and prior to the record date of the GGO Share Distribution as a result
of the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Share Equivalents of the Company outstanding on the
Measurement Date into Common Stock and employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option
Plans.
(ii) “GGO Non-Control Agreement” means an agreement with respect to GGO as attached
hereto as Exhibit M.
(jj) “GGO Note Amount” means: (i) in the event there is a Net Debt Excess Amount, the
sum of the Net Debt Excess Amount set forth on the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement and the
Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations to the extent satisfied with assets of the Company (including cash (but
excluding any cash paid prior to the Effective Date in settlement or satisfaction of Xxxxxx Heirs
Obligations which had the effect of reducing Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash for
purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Debt, Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment
and Permitted Claims Amounts, and Net Debt Excess Amount/Net Debt Surplus Amount, as applicable) or
shares of New Common Stock, but excluding Identified Assets) (such amount so satisfied, but
excluding $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to attorneys fees and expenses, the
“Xxxxxx Amount”); and (ii) in the event there is a Net Debt Surplus Amount, the Xxxxxx
Amount less 80% of the Net Debt Surplus Amount, provided, that in no event shall the GGO Note
Amount be less than zero.
(kk) “GGO Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Purchaser, the percentage
designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(e).
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(ll) “GGO Promissory Note” means an unsecured promissory note payable by GGO (or one
of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in favor of the
Operating Partnership in the aggregate principal amount of the GGO Note Amount, as adjusted
pursuant to Section 5.16(d), Section 5.16(e) and Section 5.16(g), (i)
bearing interest at a rate equal to the lower of (x) 7.5% per annum and (y) the weighted average
effective rate of interest payable (after giving effect to the payment of any underwriting and all
other discounts, fees and any other compensation) on each series of New Debt issued in connection
with the Plan and (ii) maturing on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or if such date is
not a Business Day, the next immediately following Business Day), and (iii) including prohibitions
on dividends and distributions, no financial covenants and such other customary terms and
conditions as reasonably agreed to by each Purchaser and the Company.
(mm) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(nn) “GGO Setup Costs” means such cash liabilities, costs and expenses as may be
incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the formation and organization of
GGO and the implementation of the GGO Share Distribution, including any and all liabilities for any
sales, use, stamp, documentary, filing, recording, transfer, gross receipts, registration, duty,
securities transactions or similar fees or Taxes or governmental charges (together with any
interest or penalty, addition to Tax or additional amount imposed) as levied by any taxing
authority, in each case, determined as of the Effective Date and further including, to the extent
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has made or will make a payment to reduce the
principal amount of the mortgage related to 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, then 50% of any
such payment or contractual obligation to make a payment.
(oo) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(pp) “GGP Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Purchaser, the percentage
designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(e).
(qq) “Governmental Entity” means any (a) nation, region, state, province, county,
city, town, village, district or other jurisdiction, (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign
or other government, (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, court or tribunal, or other entity), (d) multinational
organization or body or (e) body entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature or any other
self-regulatory organizations.
(rr) “Xxxxxx Agreement” means that certain Contingent Stock Agreement, effective as of
January 1, 1996, by The Xxxxx Company in favor of and for the benefit of the Holders (named in
Schedule I thereto) and the Representatives (therein defined), as amended.
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(ss) “Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations” means claims or interests against the Debtors arising
under or relating to sections 2.07 and 2.08 of the Xxxxxx Agreement and pertaining to the delivery
of contingent shares for business units to be valued as of December 31, 2009 and claims arising out
of or related to the foregoing.
(tt) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred
purchase price of property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, trust preferred shares, trust preferred units and other
preference instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights
and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations in respect of capital leases under GAAP
of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under acceptance, letter of credit, surety bond or similar facilities, (g) the monetary
obligations of a Person under (x) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease,
or (y) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear
on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person,
would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment)
(each, a “Synthetic Lease Obligation”), (h) guaranties of such Person with respect to
obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of other
Persons of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by any lien on property
owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of
such obligation, (j) the net obligations of such Person in respect of hedge agreements and swaps
and (k) any obligation that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be reflected as debt on
the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
(uu) “Joint Venture” means a Subsidiary of the Company which is owned partly by
another Subsidiary of the Company and partly by a third party.
(vv) “Knowledge” of the Company means the actual knowledge, as of the date of this
Agreement, of the individuals listed on Section 12.1(ss) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(ww) “Law” means any statutes, laws (including common law), rules, ordinances,
regulations, codes, orders, judgments, decisions, injunctions, writs, decrees, applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Purchaser, as applicable, or their respective properties
or assets.
(xx) “Liquidity Equity Issuances” means issuances of shares of New Common Stock in the
Plan for cash in an aggregate amount of up to 65,000,000 shares of New Common Stock.
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(yy) “Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event or occurrence which (x) has a
material adverse effect on the results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its
direct and indirect Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than changes, events or occurrences (i)
generally affecting (A) the retail mall industry in the United States or in a specific geographic
area in which the Company operates, or (B) the economy, or financial or capital markets, in the
United States or elsewhere in the world, including changes in interest or exchange rates or the
availability of capital, or (ii) arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (A) changes in
Law or regulation or in generally accepted accounting principles or in accounting standards, or
changes in general legal, regulatory or political conditions, (B) the negotiation, execution,
announcement or performance of any agreement between the Company and/or its Affiliates, on the one
hand, and any Purchaser and/or its Purchaser Group (or members thereof), on the other hand, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or operating performance or reputational
issues arising out of or associated with the Bankruptcy Cases, including the impact thereof on
relationships, contractual or otherwise, with tenants, customers, suppliers, distributors, partners
or employees, or any litigation or claims arising from allegations of breach of fiduciary duty or
violation of Law or otherwise, related to the execution or performance of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any developments in the Bankruptcy
Cases, (C) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of
war, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of the this Agreement, (D)
earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes or other natural disasters, (E) any action taken by the Company
or its Subsidiaries as contemplated or permitted by any agreement between the Company and/or its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Purchaser and/or Purchaser Group (or members thereof), on the
other hand, or with each Purchaser’s consent, or any failure by the Company to take any action as a
result of any restriction contained in any agreement between the Company and/or its Affiliates, on
the one hand, and any Purchaser and/or its Purchaser Group (or any member thereof), on the other
hand, or (F) in each case in and of itself, any decline in the market price, or change in trading
volume, of the capital stock or debt securities of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
thereof, or any failure to meet publicly announced or internal revenue or earnings projections,
forecasts, estimates or guidance for any period, whether relating to financial performance or
business metrics, including, without limitation, revenues, net operating incomes, cash flows or
cash positions, it being further understood that any event, change, development, effect or
occurrence giving rise to such decline in the trading price or trading volume of the capital stock
or debt securities of the Company or such failure to meet internal projections or forecasts as
described in the preceding clause (F), as the case may be, may be the cause of a Material Adverse
Effect; so long as, in the case of clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B), such changes or events do not have a
materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
as compared to other entities that own and manage retail malls throughout the United States, or (y)
materially impairs the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder or under the other agreements executed in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(zz) “Material Contract” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, any:
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future acquisition or construction of fixed assets or the future
purchase of materials, supplies or equipment that provides for the
payment by the Company or its Subsidiaries of more than $5,000,000
and is not terminable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by
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(aaa) “MPC Assets” means residential and commercial lots in the “master planned
communities” owned, for federal income tax purposes, by Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Properties, Inc. or The
Xxxxxx Corporation or related to the Xxxxxxx Master Planned Community.
(bbb) “MPC Taxes” means all liability for income Taxes in respect of sales of MPC
Assets sold prior to the date of this Agreement.
(ccc) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(ddd) “Net Debt Excess Amount” means, the amount, which shall in no event be less than
$0, that is calculated by subtracting the Target Net Debt from the Closing Date Net Debt (as
reflected on the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement).
(eee) “Net Debt Surplus Amount” means, the amount, which shall in no event be less
than $0, that is calculated by subtracting Closing Date Net Debt (as reflected on the Conclusive
Net Debt Adjustment Statement) from the Target Net Debt.
(fff) “Non-Control Agreement” means the Non-Control Agreement the form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit M.
(ggg) “Non-Controlling Properties” means the Company Properties listed on Section
12.1(ddd) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Each of the Non-Controlling Properties is owned by
a Joint Venture in which neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a controlling entity.
For purposes of this Section 12.1(ggg), the term “control” shall mean, possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether
through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise; provided,
however, that the rights of any Person to exercise Major Decision Rights under a Joint
Venture shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute “control” for the purposes hereof.
“Controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto. For purposes of this
Section 12.1(ggg), the term “Major Decision Rights” shall mean, the right to, directly or
indirectly, approve, consent to, veto or exercise a vote in connection with a Person’s voting or
other decision-making authority in respect of the collective rights, options, elections or
obligations of such Person under a Joint Venture.
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(hhh) “Offering Premium” means, with respect to any shares of New Common Stock issued
for cash in conjunction with issuances of New Common Stock or Share Equivalents permitted by this
Agreement (including any Liquidity Equity Issuance) and completed prior to the date that is the
last to occur of (x) 45 days after the Effective Date, (y) the Settlement Date, if applicable, and
(z) the Bridge Note Maturity Date, if applicable, the product of (i) (A) the per share offering
price of the shares of New Common Stock (or offering price of Share Equivalents corresponding to
one underlying share of New Common Stock) issued (net of all underwriting and other discounts, fees
or other compensation, and related expenses; provided, that for purposes hereof, payments
to the Purchasers or the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of this
Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee or
other compensation or related expense) less (B) the Per Share Purchase Price and (ii) the number of
shares of New Common Stock sold pursuant thereto. For the purposes hereof, the issuance for cash
of notes mandatorily convertible into New Common Stock on the Effective Date shall constitute an
issuance of the underlying number of shares of New Common Stock for cash at a price per share
offering equal to the offering price for the corresponding amount of notes. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Clawback Fee will not be taken into account when calculating Offering Premium.
(iii) “Operating Partnership” means GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership and a Subsidiary of the Company.
(jjj) “Permitted Claims” means, as of the Effective Date, other than Excluded Claims,
(a) all Claims against the Debtors covered by the Plan (the “Plan Debtors”) that are
classified in those certain classes of Claims described in Sections II B through E, G and P in the
Plan Summary Term Sheet (the “PMA Claims”), (b) all Claims or other amounts required to be
paid pursuant to the Plan to indenture trustees or similar servicing or administrative agents, with
respect to administrative fees incurred by or reimbursement obligations owed to such indenture
trustees or similar servicing or administrative agents in their capacity as such under the
Corporate Level Debt documents, (c) any claims of a similar type as the PMA Claims that are or have
been asserted against affiliates of the Plan Debtors that are or were debtors in the Bankruptcy
Cases and for which a plan of reorganization has already been confirmed (the “Confirmed
Debtors”), (d) Claims or interests against the Debtors arising under or related to the Xxxxxx
Agreement (other than Xxxxxx Heirs Obligations) plus $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to
attorneys fees and expenses in connection with the settlement related to the Xxxxxx Heirs
Obligations, (e) surety bond Claims relating to the types of Claims identified in clauses (a)
through (d) of this definition, and (f) the Clawback Fee.
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(kkk) “Permitted Claims Amount” means, as of the Effective Date, an amount equal to
the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid Permitted Claims
that have been allowed (by order of the Bankruptcy Court or pursuant to the terms of the Plan) as
of the Effective Date, plus (b) the aggregate amount of the reserve to be estimated pursuant to the
Plan with respect to accrued and unpaid Permitted Claims that have not been allowed or disallowed
(in each case by order of the Bankruptcy Court or pursuant to the terms of the Plan) as of the
Effective Date (the “Reserve”), plus (c) the aggregate amount of the GGO Setup Costs (other
than professional fees and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisers and consultants
retained in connection with the administration and conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
Bankruptcy Cases) as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that there shall be
no duplication with any amounts otherwise included in Closing Date Net Debt.
(lll) “Permitted Replacement Shares” means shares of New Common Stock, or notes
mandatorily convertible into or exchangeable for shares of New Common Stock, that are sold for cash
proceeds immediately payable to the Company (net of all underwriting and other discounts, fees, and
related consideration; provided, that for purposes hereof, payments to the Purchasers or
the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of this Agreement or the Fairholme
Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee, related consideration or other
compensation) of not less than $10.50 per share of New Common Stock (or in the case of notes,
convertible or exchangeable at not less than $10.50 per share of New Common Stock);
provided, that Permitted Replacement Shares shall not include any New Common Stock sold to
any of the Initial Investors or their Affiliates, except pursuant to the exercise of Subscription
Rights pursuant to this Agreement, the Brookfield Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement (in each
case, as defined herein or therein as applicable).
(mmm) “Person” means an individual, a group (including a “group” under Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act), a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(nnn) “Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline” means the end of the
Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period, which date shall be the first business day that is
at least twenty (20) calendar days after delivery of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt
Schedule, and which shall be the deadline by which a Purchaser shall deliver to the Company a
Dispute Notice.
(ooo) “Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period” means the period between the
Company’s delivery of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule and the Preliminary Closing
Date Net Debt Review Deadline.
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(ppp) “Proportionally Consolidated Debt” means consolidated Debt of the Company less
(1) all Debt of Subsidiaries of the Company that are not wholly-owned and other Persons in which
the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority interest, to the extent such Debt is included
in consolidated Debt, plus (2) the Company’s share of Debt for each non-wholly owned Subsidiary of
the Company and each other Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority
interest based on the company’s pro-rata economic interest in each such Subsidiary or Person or, to
the extent to which the Company is directly or indirectly (through one or more Subsidiaries or
Persons) liable for a percent of such Debt that is greater than such pro-rata economic interest in
such Subsidiary or Person, such larger amount; provided, however, for purposes of calculating
Proportionally Consolidated Debt, the Debt of the Brazilian Entities shall be deemed to be
$110,437,781.
(qqq) “Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash” means the consolidated
Unrestricted Cash of the Company less (1) all Unrestricted Cash of Subsidiaries of the Company that
are not wholly-owned and Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a minority
interest, to the extent such Unrestricted Cash is included in consolidated Unrestricted Cash of the
Company, plus (2) the Company’s share of Unrestricted Cash for each non-wholly owned Subsidiary of
the Company and Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a minority interest
based on the Company’s pro rata economic interest in each such Subsidiary or Person;
provided, however, for purposes of calculating Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash, the Unrestricted Cash of the Brazilian Entities shall be deemed to be
$82,000,000, provided, further, that any distributions of Unrestricted Cash made
from the date of this Agreement to the Closing by Brazilian Entities to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash.
(rrr) “Purchaser Group” means, with respect to each Purchaser, such Purchaser, its
investment manager and their respective “controlled Affiliates”. For such purpose, one or more
investment funds under common investment management shall constitute “controlled Affiliates” of
their investment manager.
(sss) “Reinstatement Adjustment Amount” means $5,426,250,000.
(ttt) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(uuu) “Reserve Surplus Amount” means, as of any date of determination, (x) the Reserve
minus (y) the aggregate amount paid with respect to Permitted Claims through such date of
determination to the extent such Permitted Claims were included in the calculation of the Reserve
minus (z) any
amount included in the Reserve with respect to Permitted Claims that the Company Board, based
on the exercise of its business judgment and information available to the Company Board as of the
date of determination, considers necessary to maintain as a reserve against Permitted Claims yet to
be paid.
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(vvv) “Rights Agreement” means that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of November 18,
1998, by and between the Company and BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, as successor to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as amended on November 10, 1999, December 31, 2001 and November 18, 2008, and from
time to time.
(www) “Xxxxx Bonds” means (i) the 6-3/4% Senior Notes Due 2013 issued pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2006, by and among The Xxxxx Company LP and TRC Co-Issuer, Inc., as
co-issuers and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee, (ii) unsecured debentures
issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 24, 1995, by and between The Xxxxx Company,
as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee, and (iii) any notes to be
issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date by The Xxxxx Company LP to the holders of the
Xxxxx Bonds specified in (i) and (ii) above who elect to receive such notes.
(xxx) “Share Equivalent” means any stock, warrants, rights, calls, options or other
securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock, New Common
Stock or GGO Common Stock, as applicable.
(yyy) “Significant Subsidiaries” means the operating Subsidiaries of the Company that
generated revenues in excess of $30,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(zzz) “Specified Debt” means Claims in Classes H through N inclusive, in each case as
provided on the Plan Summary Term Sheet.
(aaaa) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person (including the Company), (a) a
company a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect
a majority of the directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by a
subsidiary of such Person, or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person, (b) a
partnership in which such Person or a subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a
general partner of such partnership, (c) a limited liability company of which such Person, or a
Subsidiary of such Person, is a managing member or (d) any other Person (other than a company) in
which such Person, a subsidiary of such Person or such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such
Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (i) at least a majority
ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors
or other governing body of such Person.
(bbbb) “Target Net Debt” means $22,970,800,000.
(cccc) “Tax Matters Agreement” means that certain Tax Matters Agreement to be entered
into by the Company and GGO in
connection with the GGO Share Distribution, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit O.
(dddd) “Tax Protection Agreements” means any written agreement to which the Company,
its Operating Partnership or any other Subsidiary is a party pursuant to which: (i) in connection
with the deferral of income Taxes of a holder of interests in the Operating Partnership, the
Company, the Operating Partnership or the other Subsidiaries have agreed to (A) maintain a minimum
level of Indebtedness or continue any particular Indebtedness, (B) retain or not dispose of assets
for a period of time that has not since expired, (C) make or refrain from making Tax elections,
and/or (D) only dispose of assets in a particular manner; and/or (ii) limited partners of the
Operating Partnership have guaranteed Indebtedness of the Operating Partnership.
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(eeee) “Termination Date” means December 31, 2010; provided, that if the
Confirmation Order shall have been entered on or prior to December 15, 2010 but the Company,
despite its commercially reasonable efforts, is unable to consummate the Closing on or prior to
December 31, 2010, the Company may extend the Termination Date for so long as Closing by January
31, 2011 is feasible and the Company continues to diligently pursue Closing; provided,
further, that the Termination Date shall not be extended beyond January 31, 2011.
(ffff) “Transactions” means the purchase of the Shares and the GGO Shares and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(gggg) “TRUPS” means certain preferred securities issued by GGP Capital Trust I.
(hhhh) “Unrestricted Cash” means all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and of
the Subsidiaries of the Company, but excluding any cash or Cash Equivalents that are controlled by
or subject to any lien, security interest or control agreement, other preferential arrangement in
favor of any creditor or otherwise encumbered or restricted in any way; provided that cash and Cash
Equivalents of the Company and of the Subsidiaries of the Company that are controlled by or subject
to any lien, security interest, control agreement, preferential arrangement or other encumbrance or
restriction pursuant to the New DIP Agreement shall not be excluded from “Unrestricted Cash.”.
(iiii) “Unsecured Indebtedness” means all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed
money or obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments that are not secured by a lien on any Company Property or other assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
(jjjj) “UPREIT Units” means preferred or common units of limited partnership interests
of the Operating Partnership.
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.1 Notices. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given if given in the manner, and be deemed
given at times, as follows: (x) on the date delivered, if personally delivered; (y) on the day of
transmission if sent via facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and telephonic
confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission; or (z) on the next
Business Day after being sent by recognized overnight mail service specifying next business day
delivery, in each case with delivery charges pre-paid and addressed to the following addresses:
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000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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SECTION 13.2 Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned by any party without the
prior written consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, this Agreement,
or a Purchaser’s rights, interests or obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, the
right to receive any securities pursuant to the Transactions), may be assigned or transferred, in
whole or in part, by such Purchaser (a) to one or more members of its Purchaser Group;
provided, that no such assignment shall release such Purchaser from its obligations
hereunder to be performed by such Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date or (b) with the prior
written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to one or
more credit-worthy financial institutions who agree in writing to perform the applicable
obligations of such Purchaser hereunder (any assignment under clause (b) to which the Company has
so consented shall release such Purchaser from its obligations hereunder to the extent of the
obligations assigned). Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Company agrees that Purchasers may
designate to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with
its permitted assigns, “Blackstone”), (i) the Purchasers’ right to purchase 8,287,895 of
the Shares (the “Blackstone Assigned Shares”) and 100,191 of the GGO Shares (together with
the Blackstone Assigned Shares, the “Blackstone Assigned Securities”), in each case, that
the Purchasers are entitled to purchase at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Purchasers’
right to receive 714,286 of the New Warrants (the “Blackstone Assigned Warrants”) and
83,333 of the GGO Warrants, in each case, issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement,
(iii) the Purchasers’ right to receive 7.634% of the Purchasers’ compensation in the form of New
Common Stock with respect to the GGP Backstop Rights Offering and other rights of the Purchasers’
set forth in Section 6.9(a) and Section 6.9(b) in the event the Purchasers
designate Blackstone as one of their designees to subscribe for New Common Stock in such GGP
Backstop Rights Offering, and (iv) the Purchasers’ right to receive 7.634% of the shares of Common
Stock (and other Share Equivalents) which are offered to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchasers’
pre-Closing subscription rights set forth in Section 7.1(u) in the event the Purchasers
elect to purchase the shares offered to them in such offering, provided that (1) the Company’s
agreement as aforesaid is subject to Blackstone (A) paying to the Company and GGO, as
applicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds at the Closing the aggregate purchase
price payable pursuant to this Agreement for the Blackstone Assigned Securities (the
“Blackstone Purchase
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Price”) and the purchase price for shares received by Blackstone pursuant to clauses (iii)
and (iv) above, (B) agreeing in a writing reasonably satisfactory to, and for the benefit of, the
Company that the Blackstone Assigned Securities shall be subject to such transfer
restrictions/lock-ups as contemplated by Section 6.4 of this Agreement (and not the longer lock-ups
applicable to shares sold to the Brookfield Investor), including being subject to a limited 120-day
lock-up in connection with certain equity sales within 30 days of the Effective Date but excluding
any restrictions imposed by the Non-Control Agreement, and (C) entering into joinder agreements
reasonably acceptable to, and for the benefit of, the Company with respect to the provisions of
clause (B) and the registration rights agreement referred to in the following sentence, and (2) in
no event shall any Purchaser be released from any of its obligations hereunder (including in
respect of the Blackstone Assigned Securities) unless and until Blackstone shall have complied with
clauses (A), (B) and (C) above. In the event of the closing of the purchase by Blackstone from the
Company and GGO, as applicable, of the Blackstone Assigned Securities and the payment by Blackstone
to the Company and GGO, as applicable, of the Blackstone Purchase Price at Closing as aforesaid,
(x) the Purchasers shall be released from the obligation to pay the Company the purchase price for
the Blackstone Assigned Securities (but not from the obligation to pay the purchase price pursuant
to this Agreement for any other Shares or GGO Shares or other obligations hereunder) and (y) the
shelf registration statement contemplated by Section 7.1(l) shall cover the resale by
Blackstone of the Blackstone Assigned Shares and the New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Blackstone Assigned Warrants and the registration rights agreement of the Company referenced in
Section 7.1(l) shall include Blackstone and its securities to the same extent as it applies
to the Purchasers and their securities (except that demand registration rights shall not be
available to Blackstone). Blackstone may assign the foregoing rights, in whole or in part, to one
or more Affiliates, provided that no such assignment shall release Blackstone Real Estate Partners
VI L.P. from any obligations assigned by a Purchaser to it. This Agreement (including the
documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer
upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provisions herein to the contrary, no Purchaser may
assign any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to the extent such
assignment would preclude the applicable securities Laws exemptions from being available or such
assignment would cause a failure of the closing condition in Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield
Agreement.
SECTION 13.3 Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the
exhibits hereto and the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) constitutes the
entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements or
understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement.
SECTION 13.4 Governing Law; Venue. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON
CONVENIENS.
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SECTION 13.5 Company Disclosure Letter. The Company Disclosure Letter shall be
arranged to correspond to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement, and the disclosure in any
portion of the Company Disclosure Letter shall qualify the corresponding provision in Article III
and any other provision of Article III to which it is reasonably apparent on the face of
the disclosure that such disclosure relates. No disclosure in the Company Disclosure Letter
relating to any possible non-compliance, breach or violation of any Contract or Law shall be
construed as an admission that any such non-compliance, breach or violation exists or has actually
occurred. In the Company Disclosure Letter, (a) all capitalized terms used but not defined therein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and (b) the Section numbers correspond
to the Section numbers in this Agreement.
SECTION 13.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties; and delivered to the other
party (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission), it being understood that each
party need not sign the same counterpart.
SECTION 13.7 Expenses. Each party shall bear its own expenses incurred or to be
incurred in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each other
agreement, document and instrument contemplated by this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
SECTION 13.8 Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified,
superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be
waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the
party waiving compliance, and subject, to the extent required, to the approval of the Bankruptcy
Court. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of
any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement. The
rights and remedies provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which any party otherwise may have at law or in equity.
SECTION 13.9 Construction.
(a) The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this Agreement: (i) an accounting term
not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) “or” is not exclusive; (iii) “including” and its variants mean “including, without
limitation” and its variants; (iv) words defined in the singular have the parallel meaning in the
plural and vice versa; (v) references to “written” or “in writing” include in visual electronic
form; (vi) words of one gender shall be construed to apply to each gender; (vii) the terms
“Article,” “Section,” and “Schedule” refer to the specified Article, Section, or Schedule of or to
this Agreement; and (viii) the term “beneficially own” shall have the meaning determined pursuant
to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a
Person will be deemed to beneficially own (and have beneficial ownership of) all securities that
such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or with the
passage of time or the satisfaction of conditions. The terms “beneficial ownership” and “beneficial
owner” have correlative meanings.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, and for all purposes of this Agreement, any
public announcement or filing of factual information relating to the business, financial condition
or results of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or a factually accurate (in all material respects)
public statement or filing that describes the Company’s receipt of an offer or proposal for a
Competing Transaction and the operation of this Agreement with respect thereto, or any entry into a
confidentiality agreement, shall not be deemed to evidence the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
intention to support any Competing Transaction.
(d) In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan
Summary Term Sheet, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern.
(e) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and each Purchaser, wherever this
Agreement requires the action by, consent of or delivery to Purchaser, Purchasers, each Purchaser
or similar parties, each Purchaser hereby appoints PSCM as its attorney-in-fact to exercise all of
the rights of such Purchaser hereunder (except for the assumption of any funding or related
liabilities or obligations), and the Company may rely on any instructions or elections made by such
Person.
SECTION 13.10 Adjustment of Share Numbers and Prices. The number of Shares to be
purchased by each Purchaser at the Closing pursuant to Article I, the Per Share Purchase
Price, the GGO Per Share Purchase Price, the number of GGO Shares to be purchased by such Purchaser
pursuant to Article II and any other number or amount contained in this Agreement which is
based upon the number or price of shares of GGP or GGO shall be proportionately adjusted for any
subdivision or combination (by stock split, reverse stock split, dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization or otherwise) of the Common Stock, New Common Stock or GGO Common Stock that
occurs during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Closing. In addition, if at
any time prior to the Closing or the consummation of the repurchase of Repurchase Shares or the Put
Option, as applicable, the Company or GGO shall declare or make a dividend or
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other distribution whether in cash or property (other than a dividend or distribution payable in
common stock of the Company or GGO, as applicable, the GGO Share Distribution or a distribution of
rights contemplated hereby), the Per Share Purchase Price or the GGO Per Share Purchase Price or
the applicable price for the definition of Permitted Replacement Shares, as applicable, shall be
proportionally adjusted thereafter by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Warrant Agreement)
per share of the dividend or distribution. If a transaction results in any adjustment to the
exercise price for and number of Shares underlying the warrants issued to the other Initial
Investors pursuant to Article 5 of the Warrant Agreement, the exercise price for and number of
shares underlying each of the New Warrants and GGO Warrants described in Section 5.2 of
this Agreement shall be adjusted for that transaction in the same manner.
SECTION 13.11 Certain Remedies.
(a) The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction
were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is
accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other applicable remedies at law or equity, the parties
shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, without proof of damages, to prevent breaches of
this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the parties shall not assert, and
hereby waive, any claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or
suspect to exist in its favor, against any other party and its respective Affiliates, members,
members’ affiliates, officers, directors, partners, trustees, employees, attorneys and agents on
any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages
) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty
imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of,
this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) Prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, other than with respect to the Company’s
obligations under Section 5.1(c), each Purchaser’s right to receive the Warrants on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement shall constitute the sole and
exclusive remedy of any nature whatsoever (whether for monetary damages, specific performance,
injunctive relief, or otherwise) of such Purchaser against the Company for any harm, damage or loss
of any nature relating to or as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Company or the
failure of the Closing to occur for any reason; provided, that, following the entry of the
Approval Order, each Purchaser shall be entitled to specific performance of the Company’s
obligation to issue the Warrants as well as the Company’s obligations under Section 5.1(c)
hereof.
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(d) Following the entry of the Confirmation Order, each Purchaser shall be entitled to
specific performance of the terms of this Agreement, in addition to any other applicable remedies
at law.
(e) The Company, on behalf of itself and its respective heirs, successors, and assigns, hereby
covenants and agrees never to institute or cause to be instituted or continue prosecution of any
suit or other form of action or proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever against any member of
any Purchaser or its Purchaser Group by reason of or in connection with the Transaction;
provided, however, that nothing shall prohibit the Company from instituting an
action against any Purchaser in connection with this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 13.11.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the failure of any Purchaser under this Agreement to satisfy
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Purchaser from its obligations hereunder,
including the obligation to consummate the transactions hereunder if all other conditions to such
Purchaser’s obligations have been satisfied or waived.
SECTION 13.12 Bankruptcy Matters. For the avoidance of doubt, all obligations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in this Agreement are subject to and conditioned upon (a) with respect
to the issuance of the Warrants and the other obligations contained in the Approval Order, entry of
the Approval Order, and (b) with respect to the remainder of the provisions hereof, entry of the
Confirmation Order.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by
each of them or their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first
written above.
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