EXHIBIT 10.4
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
as Borrower
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
and
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
as Lenders
$300,000,000
AS OF
DECEMBER 30, 1997
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ATLANTA AGENCY,
CRESTAR BANK,
DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH,
and
SOCIETE GENERALE, SOUTHWEST AGENCY,
as Co-Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS...............................................1
1.1 Definitions.......................................................1
1.2 Time References..................................................15
1.3 Other References.................................................15
1.4 Accounting Principles............................................15
SECTION 2 COMMITMENT.........................................................15
2.1 Revolving Facility...............................................15
2.2 Borrowing Procedure..............................................16
2.3 Termination......................................................16
SECTION 3 TERMS OF PAYMENT...................................................16
3.1 Notes and Payments...............................................16
3.2 Interest and Principal Payments..................................17
(a) Interest Payments..........................................17
(b) Principal Payments.........................................17
(c) Voluntary Prepayment.......................................17
3.3 Interest Options.................................................17
3.4 Quotation of Rates...............................................17
3.5 Default Rate.....................................................17
3.6 Interest Recapture...............................................17
3.7 Interest Calculations............................................18
3.8 Maximum Rate.....................................................18
3.9 Interest Periods.................................................18
3.10 Conversions......................................................19
3.11 Order of Application.............................................19
3.12 Sharing of Payments, Etc.........................................19
3.13 Booking Borrowings...............................................19
3.14 Basis Unavailable or Inadequate for the Eurodollar Rate..........20
3.15 Additional Costs.................................................20
3.16 Change in Governmental Requirement...............................21
3.17 Funding Loss.....................................................21
3.18 Foreign Lenders..................................................22
3.19 Fees.............................................................22
(a) Treatment of Fees..........................................22
(b) Agent Fees.................................................22
(c) Commitment Fees............................................22
3.20 Option to Replace Lenders........................................23
SECTION 4 UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES; GUARANTIES................................23
4.1 Unencumbered Properties..........................................23
4.2 Negative Pledge Agreements.......................................24
4.3 Guaranties.......................................................24
SECTION 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...............................................25
5.1 Conditions to Initial Borrowing..................................25
5.2 Conditions to all Borrowings.....................................26
CREDIT AGREEMENT (ii)
5.3 Conditions.......................................................26
SECTION 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.....................................27
6.1 Purpose of Credit Facility.......................................27
6.2 Existence, Good Standing, Authority and Compliance...............27
6.3 Affiliates.......................................................27
6.4 Authorization and Contravention..................................27
6.5 Binding Effect...................................................27
6.6 Financial Statements; Fiscal Year................................28
6.7 Litigation.......................................................28
6.8 Taxes............................................................28
6.9 Environmental Matters............................................28
6.10 Employee Plans...................................................29
6.11 Properties; Liens................................................29
6.12 Locations........................................................29
6.13 Government Regulations...........................................29
6.14 Transactions with Affiliates.....................................29
6.15 Insurance........................................................29
6.16 Labor Matters....................................................29
6.17 Solvency.........................................................29
6.18 Full Disclosure..................................................29
6.19 Exemption from ERISA; Plan Assets................................30
SECTION 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS..............................................30
7.1 Items to be Furnished............................................30
7.2 Use of Proceeds..................................................31
7.3 Books and Records................................................31
7.4 Inspections......................................................31
7.5 Taxes............................................................31
7.6 Payment of Obligations...........................................31
7.7 Expenses.........................................................32
7.8 Maintenance of Existence, Assets, and Business...................32
7.9 Insurance........................................................32
7.10 Preservation and Protection of Rights............................32
7.11 Environmental Laws...............................................32
7.12 INDEMNIFICATION..................................................32
7.13 REIT Status......................................................33
7.14 ERISA Exemptions.................................................33
7.15 Listed Company...................................................33
SECTION 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS.................................................34
8.1 Payment of Obligations...........................................34
8.2 Employee Plans...................................................34
8.3 Transactions with Affiliates.....................................34
8.4 Compliance with Governmental Requirements and Documents..........34
8.5 Loans, Advances, and Investments.................................34
8.6 Dividends and Distributions......................................35
8.7 Sale of Assets...................................................35
8.8 Mergers and Dissolutions.........................................35
8.9 Assignment.......................................................35
8.10 Fiscal Year and Accounting Methods...............................35
8.11 New Businesses...................................................35
CREDIT AGREEMENT (iii)
8.12 Government Regulations...........................................35
8.13 Subsidiary Guarantors............................................35
8.14 Amendment of Constituent Documents...............................35
SECTION 9 FINANCIAL COVENANTS................................................36
9.1 Minimum Tangible Net Worth.......................................36
9.2 Total Indebtedness to Total Assets...............................36
9.3 Maximum Secured Debt.............................................36
9.4 Debt.............................................................36
9.5 Interest and Debt Service Coverage Ratios........................36
SECTION 10 DEFAULT...........................................................37
10.1 Payment of Obligation............................................37
10.2 Covenants........................................................37
10.3 Debtor Relief....................................................37
10.4 Judgments and Attachments........................................38
10.5 Government Action................................................38
10.6 Misrepresentation................................................38
10.7 Default Under Other Agreements...................................38
10.8 Validity and Enforceability of Loan Documents....................38
10.9 Management Changes...............................................38
10.10 Change in Control................................................39
10.11 Plan Assets......................................................39
SECTION 11 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES...............................................39
11.1 Remedies Upon Default............................................39
11.2 Waivers..........................................................39
11.3 Performance by Administrative Agent..............................39
11.4 Not in Control...................................................39
11.5 Course of Dealing................................................40
11.6 Cumulative Rights................................................40
11.7 Application of Proceeds..........................................40
11.8 Certain Proceedings..............................................40
SECTION 12 AGENTS AND LENDERS................................................40
12.1 Agents...........................................................40
12.2 Expenses.........................................................42
12.3 Proportionate Absorption of Losses...............................42
12.4 Delegation of Duties; Reliance...................................42
12.5 Limitation of Agents' Liability..................................43
12.6 Default..........................................................44
12.7 Limitation of Liability..........................................44
12.8 Relationship of Lenders..........................................44
12.9 Benefits of Agreement............................................44
12.10 Approval of Lenders..............................................44
SECTION 13 MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................45
13.1 Headings.........................................................45
13.2 Nonbusiness Days; Time...........................................45
13.3 Communications...................................................45
13.4 Form and Number of Documents.....................................45
13.5 Survival.........................................................45
CREDIT AGREEMENT (iv)
13.6 Governing Law....................................................45
13.7 Invalid Provisions...............................................45
13.8 Venue; Service of Process; Jury Trial............................46
13.9 Amendments, Consents, Conflicts, and Waivers.....................46
13.10 Multiple Counterparts............................................47
13.11 Successors and Assigns; Participations...........................47
13.12 Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain
Circumstances....................................................49
13.13 Entirety.........................................................49
CREDIT AGREEMENT (v)
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedule 1 Parties, Addresses, Commitments, and Wiring Information
Schedule 4.1 Initial Unencumbered Properties
Schedule 6.2 Jurisdictions of Incorporation, Chief Executive Office, and
Jurisdictions
Schedule 6.7 Litigation
Schedule 6.9 Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.14 Affiliates Transactions
Schedule 9.4 Existing Recourse Debt
Exhibit A Borrowing Request
Exhibit B Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C-1 Form of PPT Guaranty
Exhibit C-2 Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
Exhibit D Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit E Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit F Form of Counsel Opinion
CREDIT AGREEMENT (vi)
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of December 30, 1997, among XXXXXXXX
PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("BORROWER"), each of the lenders that are a signatory hereto or that becomes a
signatory hereto as provided in SECTION 13.11(c) (individually, together with
its successors and assigns, a "LENDER" and collectively, the "LENDERS"), BANK
ONE, TEXAS, N.A., a national banking association, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the "ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT"), and NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., as Syndication Agent (in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns, "SYNDICATION AGENT").
R E C I T A L S:
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1. Borrower has requested that Lenders extend to Borrower a
revolving credit facility not to exceed the principal amount of $300,000,000.
2. Lenders are willing to extend the requested credit on the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
1.1 DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise indicated, as used in the Loan
Documents:
"ADJUSTED AGGREGATE EBITDA" means, for any period, (a) Aggregate
EBITDA, minus (b) the EBITDA Adjustments for all Properties.
"ADJUSTED PROPERTY EBITDA" means, for any Property, the product of (a)
the difference between (i) the EBITDA of such Property, minus (ii) the EBITDA
Adjustments for such Property, in each case for the three (3) month period
ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such
determination date, times (b) four (4). For Properties owned for less than three
(3) months as of the date of determination, EBITDA of all such Properties shall
be equal to the lesser of (I) the product of (x) the Approved Costs of such
Properties, times (y) eight percent (8%), and (II) Borrower's most-recent asset
manager's forecasts for the EBITDA of such Properties for the first (1st)
calendar quarter following acquisition thereof; provided that if Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine that such amount is not an appropriate
computation of EBITDA of any such Property, then EBITDA for all such Properties
shall be based upon the most recent three (3) month period available.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" is defined in the preamble.
"AFFILIATE" of a Person means any other individual or entity who
directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, that Person. For purposes of this definition "control," "controlled by,"
and "under common control with" mean possession, directly or indirectly, of
power to direct (or cause the direction of) management or policies (whether
through ownership of voting securities or other ownership interests, by
contract, or otherwise).
"AGENTS" means Administrative Agent and Syndication Agent, and "AGENT"
means any one of the Agents.
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"AGGREGATE EBITDA" means, for the Companies for any period, (a) EBITDA
of the Companies, minus (b) the Companies' Share of recognized net income of
Unconsolidated Affiliates, plus (c) the Companies' Share of EBITDA of
Unconsolidated Affiliates, to the extent a Company is entitled to such amounts
under the Constituent Documents of the applicable Unconsolidated Affiliate.
"AGREEMENT" means this Credit Agreement, as modified, amended,
supplemented, or restated from time to time.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means, as of any date of determination, the
interest margin over the Eurodollar Rate that corresponds to the Xxxxx'x Rating
and the S & P Rating set forth below on such date of determination:
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Applicable
LEVEL Xxxxx'x Rating S & P Rating Margin
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1 Less than Baa3 or Less than BBB- or 1.375%
Not Rated Not Rated
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2 Baa3 BBB- 1.15%
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3 Baa2 BBB 1.00%
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4 Baa1 or better BBB+ or better .85%
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For purposes of the foregoing: (a) if only one of the Xxxxx'x Rating or the S &
P Rating shall be in effect, then Borrower may substitute such rating with the
corresponding rating of Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co., Fitch Investors
Service, L.P., or another rating agency reasonably acceptable to Agents,
provided that if no such other rating is available, then the Applicable Margin
will be determined by reference to LEVEL 1; (b) if the Xxxxx'x Rating and the S
& P Rating shall fall within different LEVELS (but not more than one (1) LEVEL
apart), then the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the
numerically lower LEVEL (e.g., if the S & P Rating is in LEVEL 1 and the Xxxxx'x
Rating is in LEVEL 2, then the Applicable Margin shall be determined by
reference to LEVEL 1); provided that if the higher of the Xxxxx'x Rating or the
S & P Rating is supported by the corresponding rating of Duff & Xxxxxx Credit
Rating Co., Fitch Investors Service, L.P., or another rating agency reasonably
acceptable to Agents, then the numerically higher CATEGORY shall apply; and (c)
if the Xxxxx'x Rating and the S & P Rating shall fall within different LEVELS
(and by more than one (1) LEVEL), then the Applicable Margin shall be determined
by reference to the LEVEL that is one (1) LEVEL higher than the numerically
lower LEVEL (e.g., if the S & P Rating is in LEVEL 1 and the Xxxxx'x Rating is
in LEVEL 4, then the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to LEVEL
2). Each change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective commencing on the
fifth (5th) Business Day following the earlier to occur of (i) Administrative
Agent's receipt of notice from Borrower, as required in SECTION 7.1(h), of a
change in the Xxxxx'x Rating or the S & P Rating, and (ii) Administrative
Agent's actual knowledge of a change in the Xxxxx'x Rating or the S & P Rating.
"APPROVED COSTS" means, for any Property, the sum of the acquisition,
construction, and other capitalized costs of such Property (or the stock,
partnership interests, or other ownership interests in the Company that owns
such Property), whether in the form of cash, property, liabilities assumed, or
other consideration.
"ASSUMED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, as of any date, the product of (a)
the aggregate amount of all Unsecured Debt of the Companies as of such date,
times (b) the weighted average interest rate per annum on all such Unsecured
Debt as of such date.
CREDIT AGREEMENT 2
"BASE RATE" means, for any day, the greater of (a) the sum of the
Federal Funds Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%), and (b) the annual
interest rate most recently announced by Administrative Agent as its prime rate
(or, if the Person then acting as Administrative Agent under this Agreement is
not a bank organized under the Governmental Requirements of the United States or
any State, then the rate announced by Bank One, Texas, National Association, or
any successor thereof, as its prime rate) in effect at its principal office,
automatically fluctuating upward and downward with and as specified in each
announcement without special notice to Borrower or any other Person (which prime
rate may not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to a
customer).
"BASE RATE BORROWING" means a Borrowing bearing interest at the Base
Rate.
"BORROWING" means (without duplication) any amount disbursed by (a)
Lenders to or on behalf of Borrower under the Loan Documents, or (b) any Lender
in accordance with, and to satisfy the obligations of Borrower under, any Loan
Document.
"BORROWING DATE" means for any Borrowing (a) the date for which funds
are requested by Borrower, or (b) the date any Borrowing is converted hereunder
to another Type of Borrowing.
"BORROWING REQUEST" means a request substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT A.
"BUSINESS DAY" means (a) for all purposes, any day other than Saturday,
Sunday, and any other day that commercial banks are authorized by any
Governmental Requirement to be closed in Texas or New York, and (b) for purposes
of any Eurodollar Borrowing, a day that satisfies the requirements of CLAUSE (a)
and is a day when commercial banks are open for domestic or international
business in London.
"CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means any expenditures by a Person for an asset
that will be used in years subsequent to the year in which the expenditure is
made or which is properly classified in the relevant financial statements of
such Person in accordance with GAAP as a capital asset.
"CAPITAL LEASE" means, for any Person, any capital lease or sublease
that has been (or under GAAP should be) capitalized on a balance sheet of such
Person.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (a) investments and direct obligations of the
United States of America or any agency thereof, or obligations fully guaranteed
by the United States of America or any agency thereof, provided that such
obligations mature within one (1) year of the date of acquisition thereof, (b)
commercial paper rated "A-1" or higher according to S & P or "P-1" or better
according to Moody's and maturing not more than one hundred and eighty (180)
days from the date of acquisition thereof, (c) time deposits with, and
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances issued by, any Agent or any
United States bank having capital surplus and undivided profits aggregating at
least $1,000,000,000, and (d) mutual funds whose investments are limited to the
foregoing.
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" means, with respect to Borrower, the transfer of
beneficial ownership of the outstanding partnership interests of Borrower such
that PPT owns, directly or indirectly, less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the
outstanding partnership interests of Borrower.
"CLOSING DATE" means the date this Agreement is fully executed and
delivered.
"CO-AGENTS" means Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Atlanta Agency,
Crestar Bank, Dresdner Bank AG, New York Branch and Grand Cayman Branch, and
Societe Generale, Southwest Agency.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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"COMMITMENT" means, for a Lender, the amount (which is subject to
reduction and cancellation as provided in this Agreement) stated beside such
Lender's name on SCHEDULE 1 as most recently amended under this Agreement, as
the same may be reduced pursuant to SECTION 2.3 or terminated pursuant to
SECTION 11.1, and as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time by
further assignment pursuant to SECTION 13.11.
"COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE" means, for any Lender, the proportion (stated
as a percentage) that its Commitment bears to the Total Commitment.
"COMPANIES" means, without duplication, (a) PPT, (b) Borrower, and (c)
each of their respective Consolidated Affiliates, and "COMPANY" means any one of
the Companies.
"COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form
of EXHIBIT B and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and PPT.
"CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE" means, in respect of any Person, any other
Person in whom such Person holds an equity or ownership interest and whose
financial results would be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of
such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such Person.
"CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, its articles
or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreements, organizational
documents, limited liability company agreements, trust agreement, or such other
document as may govern such Person's formation, organization, and management.
"CREDIT PARTIES" means Agents, Co-Agents, and Lenders, and "CREDIT
PARTY" means any one of the Credit Parties.
"CURRENT FINANCIALS" means, at any time, the consolidated Financial
Statements of the Companies most recently delivered to Administrative Agent
under SECTION 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as the case may be.
"CUSTOMARY RECOURSE EXCEPTIONS" means with respect to any Non-Recourse
Debt, exclusions from the exculpation provisions with respect to such
Non-Recourse Debt for fraud, misapplication of cash, environmental claims,
breach of representations or warranties, failure to pay taxes and insurance, and
other circumstances customarily excluded by institutional lenders from
exculpation provisions and/or included in separate indemnification agreements in
non-recourse financings of real estate.
"DEBT SERVICE" means, for the Companies on a consolidated basis for any
period, the sum of all regularly scheduled principal payments (but excluding any
regularly scheduled principal payments on any Indebtedness which pays such
Indebtedness in full, but only to the extent that the amount of such final
payment is greater than the scheduled principal payment immediately preceding
such final payment) and all Interest Expense that are paid or payable during
such period in respect of all Liabilities of the Companies.
"DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS" means Title 11 of the United States Code and all
other applicable state or federal liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension
of payments, or similar Governmental Requirements affecting creditors' Rights in
effect from time to time.
"DEFAULT" is defined in SECTION 10.
"DEFAULTING LENDER" means, as of any date, any Lender that has
defaulted on any of its obligations under this Agreement, which default has not
been cured or waived as of such date.
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"DEFAULT RATE" means an annual rate of interest equal from day-to-day
to the lesser of (a) the then-existing Base Rate plus four (4%), and (b) the
Maximum Rate.
"DISTRIBUTION" means, with respect to any shares of any capital stock
or other equity securities or other ownership interests issued by a Person, (a)
the retirement, redemption, purchase or other acquisition for value of such
securities or interests by such Person, (b) the declaration or payment of any
dividend on or with respect to such securities or interests by such Person, (c)
any loan or advance by that Person to, or other investment by that Person in,
the holder of any of such securities or interests, and (d) any other payment by
that Person with respect to such securities or interests.
"EBITDA" means, for any Person or any Property for any period, the sum
of (a) Net Income, plus (b) depreciation and amortization expense, plus (c)
Interest Expense, plus (d) income taxes deducted from Net Income in accordance
with GAAP, plus (e) extraordinary losses (and any unusual losses arising in or
outside the ordinary course of business of such Person not included in
extraordinary losses) determined in accordance with GAAP that have been
reflected in the determination of Net Income, minus (f) extraordinary gains (and
any unusual gains arising in or outside the ordinary course of business of such
Person not included in extraordinary gains) determined in accordance with GAAP
that have been reflected in the determination of Net Income, minus (g) earnings
of Consolidated Affiliates for such period distributed to minority interests.
"EBITDA ADJUSTMENTS" means, for any Property for any period,
appropriate accruals for items such as taxes, insurance, or other expenses
determined by Borrower (subject to the reasonable approval of Administrative
Agent), a management fee equal to the greater of actual fees paid or two percent
(2%) of rents, and a reserve of at least $1 per square foot per year for office
Properties and $0.25 per square foot for industrial Properties, all as
determined in accordance with accounting principles reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent, consistently applied.
"EBITDA VALUE" means, for any Property as of any determination date,
(a) Adjusted Property EBITDA for such Property, divided by (b) nine and
one-quarter of one percent (9.25%).
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means any of the following entities: (a) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state
thereof; (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country
which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
or a political subdivision of any such country, provided that such bank is
acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, in the country
in which it is organized, or in another country which is also a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; (c) the central bank of
any country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development; and (d) any other Person approved by Agents and, so long as no
Default or Potential Default exists, Borrower.
"EMPLOYEE PLAN" means an employee pension benefit plan covered by Title
IV of ERISA and established or maintained by any Company.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means any and all Governmental Requirements
pertaining to health or the environment in effect in any and all jurisdictions
in which any Company is conducting or at any time has conducted business, or
where any property of any Company is located, including, without limitation, the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, ("OPA"), the Clean Air Act, as amended,
the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended, ("CERCLA"), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, ("RCRA"), the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended,
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and other environmental
conservation or protection Governmental Requirements. The term "oil" has the
meaning specified in OPA,
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the terms "hazardous substance" and "release" (or "threatened release") have the
meanings specified in CERCLA, and the terms "solid waste" and "disposal" (or
"disposed") have the meanings specified in RCRA; provided, however, that (i) in
the event either OPA, CERCLA or RCRA is amended so as to broaden the meaning of
any term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the
effective date of such amendment, and (ii) to the extent the Governmental
Requirements of the state in which any property of any Company is located
establish a meaning for "oil," "hazardous substance," "release," "solid waste"
or "disposal" which is broader than that specified in either OPA, CERCLA or
RCRA, such broader meaning shall apply.
"EQUITY ISSUANCE" means the issuance or sale by any Company of any
capital stock (common or preferred), partnership, profits, capital, or member
interests, or options, warrants, or other right to subscribe for or otherwise
acquire shares of capital stock or partnership, profits, capital, or member
interests, of such Company, other than the issuance by Borrower of partnership
interests in Borrower to sellers of properties or non-cash assets as a partial
payment of the purchase price of such assets.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, for any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Dow Xxxxx Markets Page 3750 (or any successor
page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first
(1st) day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period.
If for any reason such rate is not available, then the term "Eurodollar Rate"
shall mean, for any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period therefor, the
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO Page as the London interbank offered rate for
deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business
Days prior to the first (1st) day of such Interest Period for a term comparable
to such Interest Period; provided, however, if more than one rate is specified
on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, then the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic
mean of all such rates (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of
1%).
"EURODOLLAR BORROWING" means a Borrowing bearing interest at the sum of
the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, on any day, the annual rate (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 0.01%) determined by Administrative Agent
(which determination is conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) to be
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal
funds brokers as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next
successive Business Day; provided, however, that (a) if such determination date
is not a Business Day, then the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
rate for such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as published on
the next successive Business Day, or (b) if those rates are not published for
any Business Day, then the Federal Funds Rate shall be the average of the
quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. on such Business Day received by
Administrative Agent from three (3) federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
"FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" of a Person means balance sheets, and statements
of earnings, shareholders' equity, and cash flow prepared (a) according to GAAP,
(b) except as stated in SECTION 1.4, in comparative form to prior year-end
figures or corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year, as applicable,
and (c) on a consolidated basis if that Person had any Consolidated Affiliates
during the applicable period.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, for the Companies on a consolidated basis for
any period, the sum of (a) Debt Service during such period, and (b) all
Distributions paid or payable during such period in respect of any preferred
stock of the Companies.
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"FUNDING LOSS" means, without duplication, any loss, expense, or costs
incurred by any Lender (including any loss, expense or cost incurred by reason
of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such
Lender to make or maintain any portion of any Borrowing as a Eurodollar
Borrowing) when (a) Borrower fails or refuses (for any reason other than any
Lender's failure to comply with this Agreement) to take any Borrowing that it
has requested under this Agreement, or (b) Borrower prepays or pays any
Borrowing or converts any Borrowing to a Borrowing of another Type, in each
case, before the last day of the applicable Interest Period.
"FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS" means, for any Person for any period, Net
Income before such Person's Share of the Net Income or loss of any
Unconsolidated Affiliate, plus any and all cash distributions received by such
Person representing such Person's Share of the Net Income of any Unconsolidated
Affiliate, plus depreciation and amortization (exclusive of amortization of
financing costs), all as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there
shall not be included in such calculation (a) any proceeds of any insurance
policy other than rental or business interruption insurance received by such
Person, (b) any gain or loss which is classified as "extraordinary" in
accordance with GAAP, or (c) any capital gains and taxes on capital gains.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable on the date of this
Agreement, subject to changes permitted by SECTION 1.4.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any (a) local, state, or federal
judicial, executive, or legislative instrumentality, (b) private arbitration
board or panel acting through binding arbitration or mediation, or (c) central
bank.
"GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT" means all applicable statutes, laws,
treaties, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees,
judgments, opinions, and interpretations of any Governmental Authority.
"GUARANTIES" means the PPT Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty, and
"GUARANTY" means any one of the Guaranties.
"GUARANTORS" means PPT and Subsidiary Guarantors, and "GUARANTOR" means
any one of the Guarantors.
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" means any substance (a) the presence of which
requires removal, remediation, or investigation under any Environmental Law, or
(b) that is defined or classified as a hazardous waste, hazardous material,
pollutant, contaminant, or toxic or hazardous substance under any Environmental
Law.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, for any Person, all Liabilities of such Person,
excluding accounts payable and accrued expenses in each case incurred in the
ordinary course of business and the payment of which is not past-due (unless
payment is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and for which reserves in accordance with GAAP or otherwise reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent have been provided).
"INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any Person for any period, all of such
Person's paid, accrued, or amortized interest expense (net of any amounts
received by such Person in respect of any Interest Rate Agreements, but
including any amounts paid or amortized during such period in respect of any
Interest Rate Agreements) on such Person's Indebtedness (whether direct,
indirect, or contingent, and including interest on all convertible
Indebtedness), other than interest capitalized on the balance sheet of such
Person in accordance with GAAP.
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"INTEREST PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 3.9.
"INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT" means any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, or other similar
agreement or arrangement designed to protect any Company against fluctuations in
interest rates.
"INVESTMENT GRADE RATING" means that (a) if both the Xxxxx'x Rating and
the S & P Rating are in effect, then both (i) the Xxxxx'x Rating equals Baa3 or
better, and (ii) the S & P Rating equals BBB- or better, or (b) if only one of
the Xxxxx'x Rating or the S & P Rating shall be in effect, then (i) either the
Xxxxx'x Rating equals Baa3 or better or the S & P Rating equals BBB- or better,
and (ii) such rating is supported by the corresponding rating of Duff & Xxxxxx
Credit Rating Co., Fitch Investors Service, L.P., or another rating agency
reasonably acceptable to Agents.
"LENDERS" is defined in the preamble.
"LIABILITIES" means (without duplication), for any Person, (a) any
indebtedness, liabilities, or obligations required by GAAP to be classified upon
such Person's balance sheet as liabilities, (b) any liabilities secured (or for
which the holder of the Liability has an existing Right, contingent or
otherwise, to be so secured) by any Lien existing on property owned or acquired
by that Person, (c) any obligations that have been (or under GAAP should be)
capitalized for financial reporting purposes, including all Capital Leases, (d)
any guaranties, endorsements, and other contingent obligations with respect to
the principal of the Liabilities or obligations of others, and (e) such Person's
Share of any Liabilities of Unconsolidated Affiliates (other than of Broadmoor
Austin Associates), and "LIABILITY" means any of the Liabilities.
"LIEN" means any lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, assignment,
charge, title retention agreement, or encumbrance of any kind and any other
substantially similar arrangement for a creditor's claim to be satisfied from
assets or proceeds prior to the claims of other creditors or the owners.
"LITIGATION" means any action by or before any Governmental Authority.
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means (a) this Agreement, certificates, and reports
delivered under this Agreement, and exhibits and schedules to this Agreement,
(b) the Notes, (c) the Guaranties, (d) any Interest Rate Agreements with any
Lender specifically relating to the Obligation, (e) all other agreements,
documents, and instruments executed by Obligors in favor of any of the Credit
Parties (or any Agent on behalf of the Credit Parties) ever delivered in
connection with or under this Agreement, and (f) all renewals, extensions, and
restatements of, and amendments and supplements to, any of the foregoing.
"MAJORITY LENDERS" means, as of any date, any combination of Lenders
(other than Defaulting Lenders) who collectively hold fifty-one percent (51%) or
more of the Total Commitments (excluding the Commitments of Defaulting Lenders),
or if the Total Commitments shall have been terminated, then of the Total
Principal Debt (other than the Principal Debt of Defaulting Lenders).
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EVENT" means any circumstance or event that,
individually or collectively with other circumstances or events, reasonably is
expected to result in any (a) material impairment of the ability of the Obligors
(including Borrower and PPT), taken as a whole, Borrower, or PPT to perform any
of their respective payment or other obligations under any Loan Document, (b)
material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to enforce (i) any of the
obligations of any Obligor under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or
(ii) any of their respective Rights under the Loan Documents, or (c) material
and adverse effect on the financial condition of the Companies (including
Borrower and PPT), taken as a whole, Borrower, or PPT.
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"MAXIMUM AMOUNT" and "MAXIMUM RATE" respectively mean, for an Agent or
a Lender, the maximum non-usurious amount and the maximum non-usurious rate of
interest that, under applicable Governmental Requirement, such Agent or Lender
is permitted to contract for, charge, take, reserve, or receive on the
Obligation.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or, if Moody's no
longer publishes ratings, another ratings agency acceptable to Agents.
"XXXXX'X RATING" means the most recently-announced rating from time to
time of Moody's assigned to any class of long-term senior, unsecured debt
securities issued by PPT, as to which no letter of credit, guaranty, or third
party credit support is in place, regardless of whether all or any part of such
Liability has been issued at the time such rating was issued.
"MULTI-EMPLOYER PLAN" means a multi-employer plan as defined in
Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code to which
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Affiliates (or any Person that, for purposes
of Title IV of ERISA, is a member of Borrower's controlled group or is under
common control with Borrower within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) is
making, or has made, or is accruing, or has accrued, an obligation to make
contributions.
"NET INCOME" means, for any Person or any Property for any period, the
net earnings (or loss) after taxes of such Person or such Property, as the case
may be, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"NET PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Equity Issuance by any
Company, the amount of cash received by such Company in connection with such
transaction after deducting therefrom the aggregate, without duplication, of the
following amounts to the extent properly attributable to such transaction: (a)
brokerage commissions, attorneys' fees, finder's fees, financial advisory fees,
accounting fees, underwriting fees, investment banking fees, and other similar
commissions and fees (and expenses and disbursements of any of the foregoing),
in each case, to the extent paid or payable by such Company; (b) printing and
related expenses and filing, recording, or registration fees or charges or
similar fees or charges paid by such Company; and (c) taxes paid or payable by
such Company to any Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction.
"NON-INCREMENTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means, for the Companies on a
consolidated basis for the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of
determination, that portion of Capital Expenditures deducted from Funds from
Operations for the purpose of calculating "Funds Available for Distribution" as
publicly reported to the shareholders of PPT. "NON-INCREMENTAL CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES" shall include all Capital Expenditures required to sustain or
replace existing lease income. "NON-INCREMENTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" for any
period shall not include the following:
(a) The costs of new construction of Properties;
(b) The costs of leasing first generation space in Properties;
(c) The costs of the initial leasing of space in Properties
that was vacant at the time of acquisition of such Properties;
(d) Capital improvements (exclusive of tenant finish) that
were budgeted as part of an acquisition of Properties and anticipated
to be spent in the first twelve (12) months following acquisition of
such Properties;
(e) The costs of leasing space in Properties which has been
vacant for twelve (12) months; and
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(f) Capital improvements (exclusive of tenant finish) to
existing Properties that are made to generate incremental revenues and
that are approved by Administrative Agent.
"NON-RECOURSE DEBT" means, for any Person, any Indebtedness of such
Person in which the holder of such Indebtedness may not look to such Person
personally for repayment, other than to the extent of any security therefor or
pursuant to Customary Recourse Exceptions.
"NOTES" means one of the promissory notes substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT D, and "NOTE" means any one of the Notes.
"OBLIGATION" means all present and future indebtedness and obligations,
and all renewals, increases, and extensions thereof, or any part thereof, now or
hereafter owed to any Credit Party by Borrower under any Loan Document, together
with all interest accruing thereon, fees, costs and expenses (including all
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in the enforcement or
collection thereof) payable under the Loan Documents or in connection with the
protection of Rights under the Loan Documents.
"OBLIGORS" means Borrower and Guarantors, and "OBLIGOR" means any one
of the Obligors.
"OCCUPANCY RATE" means, for any Property, the percentage of the
rentable area of such Property leased pursuant to bona fide tenant leases,
licenses, or other agreements requiring current rent or other similar payments.
"PARTICIPANT" is defined in SECTION 13.11(b).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereof, established under ERISA.
"PERMITTED DISTRIBUTIONS" means, for (a) Borrower for any fiscal year
of Borrower, an amount not to exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of Borrower's
Funds from Operations for such fiscal year, and (b) PPT for any fiscal year of
PPT, an amount not to exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of PPT's Funds from
Operations for such fiscal year.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means:
(a) Liens granted to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Credit Parties, to secure the Obligation;
(b) pledges or deposits made to secure payment of worker's compensation
(or to participate in any fund in connection with worker's compensation
insurance), unemployment insurance, pensions, or social security programs;
(c) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, or other
restrictions on the use of real property, provided that such items do not
materially impair the use of such property for the purposes intended and none of
which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or
land use;
(d) Liens imposed by mandatory provisions of any Governmental
Requirement such as for materialmen's, mechanic's, warehousemen's, and other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, securing payment of any
Liability whose payment is not yet due or that is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and for which reserves in
accordance with GAAP or other security (and otherwise reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent) have been provided;
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(e) Liens for taxes, assessments, and governmental charges or
assessments that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and for which reserves in
accordance with GAAP or other security (and otherwise reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent) have been provided; and
(f) Liens securing assessments or charges payable to a property owner
association or similar entity, which assessments are not yet due and payable or
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, and for which reserves in accordance with GAAP or other security (and
otherwise reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent) have been provided.
"PERMITTED RECOURSE DEBT" means (a) Recourse Debt existing from time to
time under the credit facilities described on SCHEDULE 9.4, (b) unsecured bonds
having a maturity date at least one (1) year after the Termination Date, and (c)
Recourse Debt incurred for the purpose of constructing improvements on an
individual Property exceeding $25,000,000.
"PERSON means any individual, entity, or Governmental Authority.
"POTENTIAL DEFAULT" means the occurrence of any event or the existence
of any circumstance that could, upon notice or lapse of time or both, become a
Default.
"PPT" means Xxxxxxxx Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust.
"PPT GUARANTY" means the Unconditional Guaranty of Payment dated of
even date herewith, executed by PPT in favor of the Credit Parties, and
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C-1.
"PRINCIPAL DEBT" means, for a Lender and at any time, the unpaid
principal balance of all outstanding Borrowings from such Lender hereunder.
"PROPERTIES" means all real estate properties owned by any Company or
any Unconsolidated Affiliate, and "PROPERTY" means any one of the Properties.
"PRO RATA" and "PRO RATA SHARE" means, when determined for any Lender,
the proportion (stated as a percentage) that such Lender's Commitment bears to
the Total Commitment, or, if the Total Commitments shall have been terminated,
then the proportion (stated as a percentage) that the sum of the Principal Debt
owed to such Lender bears to the Total Principal Debt owed to all Lenders.
"PURCHASER" is defined in SECTION 13.11(c).
"RECOURSE DEBT" means, for any Person, Indebtedness of such Person that
is not Non-Recourse Debt. To the extent that any Person has partial recourse
obligations with respect to any Indebtedness, then only that portion of such
Indebtedness that is not Non-Recourse Debt shall be considered to be Recourse
Debt (e.g., if any such Person is personally liable for only $25,000,000 of
Indebtedness equal to $100,000,000, then only $25,000,000 of such Indebtedness
shall be Recourse Debt).
"REIT" means a "real estate investment trust" for purposes of the Code.
"REPRESENTATIVES" means representatives, officers, directors,
employees, attorneys, and agents.
"REQUIRED LENDERS" means, as of any date, any combination of Lenders
(other than Defaulting Lenders) who collectively hold sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66-2/3%) or more of the Total Commitments (excluding the Commitments of
Defaulting Lenders), or if the Total Commitments shall have been terminated,
then of the Total Principal Debt (other than the Principal Debt of Defaulting
Lenders).
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"RESERVE REQUIREMENT" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
for the relevant Interest Period, the actual aggregate reserve requirements
(including all basic, supplemental, emergency, special, marginal, and other
reserves required by applicable Governmental Requirement) applicable to a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System for eurocurrency fundings or liabilities.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, for any Person, any chairman, president,
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, controller, secretary,
executive vice president, or senior vice president of such Person.
"RIGHTS" means rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and benefits.
"SECURED DEBT" means, for any Person, Indebtedness of such Person
secured by Liens (other than Permitted Liens) in any of such Person's Properties
or other assets.
"SHARE" means, for any Person, such Person's share of the assets,
liabilities, revenues, income, losses, or expenses of an Unconsolidated
Affiliate based upon such Person's percentage ownership of such Unconsolidated
Affiliate.
"SOLVENT" means, as to a Person, that (a) the aggregate fair market
value of its assets exceeds its Liabilities, (b) such Person is able to pay and
is paying its Liabilities as they mature, and (c) it does not have unreasonably
small capital to conduct its businesses.
"S & P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw
Hill, Inc., a New York corporation, or if S & P no longer publishes ratings,
then another ratings agency acceptable to Agents.
"S & P RATING" means the most recently-announced rating from time to
time of S & P assigned to any class of long-term senior, unsecured debt
securities issued by PPT, as to which no letter of credit, guaranty, or third
party credit support is in place, regardless of whether all or any part of such
Liability has been issued at the time such rating was issued.
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" means, as of any date, all Consolidated
Affiliates of Borrower owning one or more Unencumbered Properties, and
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR" means any one of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY" means the Unconditional Guaranty of Payment dated
of even date herewith, executed by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of
the Credit Parties, and substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C-2.
"SYNDICATION AGENT" is defined in the preamble.
"TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means, as of any date, (a) Total Assets, minus (b)
all Liabilities of the Companies, on a consolidated basis, as of such date.
"TAXES" means, for any Person, taxes, assessments, or other
governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, its income, or any of its
properties, franchises, or assets.
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier of (a) December 30, 2000, and (b)
the effective date that Lenders' commitments to lend hereunder are otherwise
canceled or terminated in accordance with this Agreement.
"TOTAL ASSETS" means, as of any determination date, the sum of the
following (without duplication):
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(a) the EBITDA Value of each Property owned by a Company for, or in
which construction was completed and a certificate of occupancy was issued, more
than twelve (12) months as of such determination date; plus
(b) so long as Walnut Xxxx Tower is owned by a Company, $50,000,000 in
respect of such Property until the earlier of (i) such time that Xx. Xxxxxx
Bottling Company is no longer a tenant in occupancy in such Property and
American International Group, Inc. has occupied such Property for one (1)
calendar quarter, and (ii) September 30, 1999, and thereafter, the EBITDA Value
of such Property; plus
(c) either (i) $37,500,000 if a Company holds the World Savings Note on
such determination date, or (ii) $37,500,000 if a Company owns title to the
World Savings Property and a Company acquired the World Savings Note less than
twelve (12) months prior to such determination date, or (iii) the EBITDA Value
of the World Savings Property if a Company owns title to the World Savings
Property and a Company acquired the World Savings Note more than twelve (12)
months prior to such determination date; plus
(d) the Approved Costs of each Property constructed by a Company until
the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months following the completion of construction
and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy with respect to such Property,
and (ii) the date that such Property has achieved an Occupancy Rate of at least
eighty-five percent (85%) for three (3) consecutive months, and thereafter, the
EBITDA Value of such Property; plus
(e) the Approved Costs of each other Property owned by a Company for
less than twelve (12) months as of such determination date; plus
(f) the lesser of (i) $40,000,000, and (ii) the product of (A) seven
(7), and (B) EBITDA for the four (4) fiscal quarters ending on such
determination date in respect of management contracts between a Company and a
third party (other than another Company); plus
(g) the sum of (without duplication) Borrower's Share of (i) the
Approved Costs of each Property owned by an Unconsolidated Affiliate for less
than twelve (12) months as of such determination date, (ii) the Approved Costs
of each Property constructed by an Unconsolidated Affiliate until the earlier of
(A) twelve (12) months following the completion of construction and the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy with respect to such Property, and (B) the date
that such Property has achieved an Occupancy Rate of at least eighty-five
percent (85%) for three (3) consecutive months, and (iii) the EBITDA Value of
each other Property (other than Broadmoor Austin Associates) owned by an
Unconsolidated Affiliate as of such determination date; plus
(h) the Companies' cash and Cash Equivalents, in each case that are not
subject to any Lien.
If any Company that owns any Total Assets described above has any minority
interests, then Total Assets shall be adjusted to reflect the minority
interests' share of such Total Assets.
"TOTAL COMMITMENT" means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of
all Lenders.
"TOTAL PRINCIPAL DEBT" means, at any time, the sum of the Principal
Debt of all Lenders.
"TYPE" means any type of Borrowing determined with respect to the
applicable interest option.
"UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE" means any Person in whom Borrower or PPT
holds a voting equity or ownership interest and whose financial results would
not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of Borrower or PPT on
the consolidated financial statements of Borrower or PPT.
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"UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES" means, as of any date, all Properties in
which any Company owns fee simple title or leasehold interests, in each case
free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and "UNENCUMBERED
PROPERTY" means any one of the Unencumbered Properties. The Unencumbered
Properties may include the World Savings Property so long as Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor holds the World Savings Note or owns title to the World
Savings Property, in each case free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted
Liens). Unencumbered Properties include Properties owned by Subsidiary
Guarantors that have executed guaranties permitted by the last sentence of
SECTION 8.13.
"UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY REPORT" means a report in substantially the form
of SCHEDULE 4.1 certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, setting forth in
reasonable detail the total square footage, Occupancy Rate, Approved Costs,
EBITDA, EBITDA Adjustments, and Adjusted Property EBITDA for the Unencumbered
Properties (individually and in the aggregate).
"UNSECURED DEBT" means, for any Person, Indebtedness of such Person
that is not Secured Debt.
"UNUSED COMMITMENT" means, as of any date, (a) the Total Commitment
minus (b) the Total Principal Debt.
"WORLD SAVINGS NOTE" means that certain Promissory Note dated October
31, 1986, executed by PC Oakland Associates, Ltd. and payable to the order of
Xxxxxxxx Properties WSC, L.L.C. in the original principal amount of $40,000,000.
"WORLD SAVINGS PROPERTY" means the real and personal property securing
the World Savings Note.
1.2 TIME REFERENCES. Unless otherwise specified in the Loan
Documents (a) time references are to time in Dallas, Texas, and (b) in
calculating a period from one date to another, the word "from" means "from and
including" and the word "to" or "until" means "to but excluding."
1.3 OTHER REFERENCES. Unless otherwise specified in the Loan
Documents (a) where appropriate, the singular includes the plural and vice
versa, and words of any gender include each other gender, (b) headings and
caption references may not be construed in interpreting provisions, (c) monetary
references are to currency of the United States of America, (d) section,
paragraph, annex, schedule, exhibit, and similar references are to the
particular Loan Document in which they are used, (e) references to "telecopy,"
"facsimile," "fax," or similar terms are to facsimile or telecopy transmissions,
(f) references to "including" mean including without limiting the generality of
any description preceding that word, (g) the rule of construction that
references to general items that follow references to specific items are limited
to the same type or character of those specific items is not applicable in the
Loan Documents, (h) references to any Person include that Person's heirs,
personal representatives, successors, trustees, receivers, and permitted
assigns, (i) references to any Governmental Requirement include every amendment
or supplement to it, rule and regulation adopted under it, and successor or
replacement for it, and (j) references to any Loan Document or other document
include every renewal and extension of it, amendment and supplement to it, and
replacement or substitution for it.
1.4 ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. Under the Loan Documents, unless
otherwise stated, (a) GAAP determines all accounting and financial terms and
compliance with financial covenants, (b) GAAP in effect on the date of this
Agreement determines compliance with financial covenants, (c) otherwise, all
accounting principles applied in a current period must be comparable in all
material respects to those applied during the preceding comparable period, and
(d) all accounting and financial terms and compliance with financial covenants
must be for the Companies, on a consolidated basis, as applicable. If there is a
change in GAAP after the date hereof, then each Compliance Certificate shall
include calculations setting forth the adjustments from the relevant financial
items as shown in the Current Financials, based on the then-current GAAP, to the
corresponding financial items based on GAAP as used in the Current Financials
delivered to Administrative
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Agent and Lenders on or prior to the date hereof, so as to demonstrate how such
financial covenant compliance was derived from the Current Financials.
SECTION 2
COMMITMENT
2.1 REVOLVING FACILITY. Subject to the provisions in the Loan
Documents, each Lender severally and not jointly agrees to lend to Borrower one
or more Borrowings hereunder which Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow
under this Agreement, subject to the following conditions:
(a) each Borrowing requested by Borrower hereunder must occur on a
Business Day and no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Termination Date;
(b) each Borrowing requested by Borrower must be in an amount not
less than $1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $100,000 or, if less, the
Unused Commitment;
(c) the Total Principal Debt may not exceed the Total Commitment;
and
(d) no Lender's Principal Debt may exceed such Lender's Commitment.
2.2 BORROWING PROCEDURE. The following procedures apply to
Borrowings:
(a) Borrower may request a Borrowing by submitting to Administrative
Agent a Borrowing Request. The Borrowing Request must be received by
Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. on (i) the third (3rd) Business
Day preceding the Borrowing Date for any Eurodollar Borrowing, or (ii) the
Business Day preceding the Borrowing Date for any Base Rate Borrowing.
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of any
Borrowing Request and its contents. A Borrowing Request is irrevocable and
binding on Borrower.
(b) By 11:00 a.m. on the applicable Borrowing Date, each Lender
shall remit its Pro Rata Share of each requested Borrowing by wire transfer to
Administrative Agent pursuant to Administrative Agent's wire transfer
instructions on SCHEDULE 1 (or as otherwise directed by Administrative Agent) in
funds that are available for immediate use by Administrative Agent. Subject to
receipt of such funds, Administrative Agent shall make such funds available to
Borrower in Dallas, Texas at 12:00 noon on such Borrowing Date (unless it has
actual knowledge that any applicable condition precedent has not been satisfied
by Borrower).
(c) Absent contrary written notice from a Lender, Administrative
Agent may assume that each Lender has made its Pro Rata Share of the requested
Borrowing available to Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing Date,
and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but is not
required to), make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. If a Lender
fails to make its Pro Rata Share of any requested Borrowing available to
Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing Date, then Administrative Agent
may recover the applicable amount on demand (i) from such Lender, together with
interest at the Federal Funds Rate for the period commencing on the date the
amount was made available to Borrower by Administrative Agent and ending on (but
excluding) the date Administrative Agent recovers the amount from such Lender,
or (ii) if such Lender fails to pay its amount upon Administrative Agent's
demand, then from Borrower, together with interest at an annual interest rate
equal to the rate applicable to the requested Borrowing for the period
commencing on the Borrowing Date and ending on (but excluding) the date
Administrative Agent recovers the amount from Borrower. No Lender is responsible
for the failure of any other Lender to make its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing.
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2.3 TERMINATION. Without premium or penalty, and upon giving at
least three (3) Business Days prior written and irrevocable notice to
Administrative Agent, Borrower may terminate all or part of the unused portion
of the Total Commitment. Each partial termination must be in an amount of not
less than $1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple thereof, and shall be Pro
Rata among all Lenders. Once terminated, the Total Commitment may not be
increased or reinstated.
SECTION 3
TERMS OF PAYMENT
3.1 NOTES AND PAYMENTS.
(a) The Principal Debt shall be evidenced by the Notes, which Notes
shall be payable to Lenders in the aggregate stated principal amount of the
Total Commitment.
(b) Borrower must make each payment and prepayment on the
Obligation, without offset, counterclaim, or deduction, to Administrative
Agent's principal office in Dallas, Texas, in funds that will be available for
immediate use by Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon on the day due. Payments
received after such time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.
Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender any payment to which such Lender
is entitled on the same day Administrative Agent receives the funds from
Borrower if Administrative Agent receives the payment or prepayment before 12:00
noon, and otherwise before 12:00 noon on the following Business Day. If and to
the extent that Administrative Agent does not make payments to Lenders when due,
then Administrative Agent shall be obligated to pay to Lenders such unpaid
amounts together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate from the due date until
(but not including) the payment date.
3.2 INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS.
(a) INTEREST PAYMENTS. Accrued interest on each Borrowing is due and
payable on the first (1st) day of each calendar month during the term of this
Agreement, commencing on January 1, 1998, and on the Termination Date.
(b) PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS. The Total Principal Debt is due and payable
on the Termination Date.
(c) VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT. Borrower may voluntarily repay or prepay
all or any part of the Total Principal Debt at any time without premium or
penalty, subject to the following conditions:
(i) Administrative Agent must receive Borrower's written
payment notice by 11:00 a.m. on (A) the Business Day preceding the date
of payment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, and (B) the Business Day
preceding the date of payment of a Base Rate Borrowing, which shall
specify the payment date and the Type and amount of the Borrowing(s) to
be paid, and which shall constitute an irrevocable and binding
obligation of Borrower to make a repayment or prepayment on the
designated date;
(ii) each partial repayment or prepayment must be in a
minimum amount of at least $1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of
$100,000, or, if less, the Total Principal Debt; and
(iii) Borrower shall pay any related Funding Loss upon demand.
3.3 INTEREST OPTIONS. Except as specifically otherwise provided,
Borrowings shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to the lesser of (a) the
Base Rate, or the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin (in each case as
designated or deemed designated by Borrower and, in the case of Eurodollar
Borrowings, for
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the Interest Period designated by Borrower), and (b) the Maximum Rate. Each
change in the Base Rate and Maximum Rate is effective, without notice to
Borrower or any other Person, upon the effective date of change.
3.4 QUOTATION OF RATES. A Representative of Borrower may call
Administrative Agent before delivering a Borrowing Request to receive an
indication of the interest rates then in effect, but the indicated rates do not
bind Administrative Agent or Lenders or affect the interest rate that is
actually in effect when Borrower delivers its Borrowing Request or on the
Borrowing Date.
3.5 DEFAULT RATE. If permitted by applicable law, all past-due
Principal Debt and past-due interest accruing on any of the foregoing, bears
interest from the date due (stated or by acceleration) at the Default Rate until
paid, regardless of whether payment is made before or after entry of a judgment.
3.6 INTEREST RECAPTURE. If the designated interest rate applicable
to any Borrowing exceeds the Maximum Rate, then the interest rate on that
Borrowing is limited to the Maximum Rate, provided that any subsequent
reductions in the designated rate shall not reduce the interest rate thereon
below the Maximum Rate until the total amount of accrued interest equals the
amount of interest that would have accrued if that designated rate had always
been in effect. If at maturity (stated or by acceleration), or at final payment
of the Notes, the total interest paid or accrued is less than the interest that
would have accrued if the designated rates had always been in effect, then, at
that time and to the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower shall pay an
amount equal to the difference between (a) the lesser of the amount of interest
that would have accrued if the designated rates had always been in effect and
the amount of interest that would have accrued if the Maximum Rate had always
been in effect, and (b) the amount of interest actually paid or accrued on the
Notes.
3.7 INTEREST CALCULATIONS.
(a Interest shall be calculated on the basis of actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) but computed
as if each calendar year consisted of (i) 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
for Base Rate Borrowings, and (ii) 360 days for all other Borrowings (unless the
calculation would result in an interest rate greater than the Maximum Rate, in
which event interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366
days, as the case may be). All interest rate determinations and calculations by
Administrative Agent are conclusive and binding absent manifest error.
(b The provisions of this Agreement relating to calculation of the
Base Rate and the Eurodollar Rate are included only for the purpose of
determining the rate of interest or other amounts to be paid under this
Agreement that are based upon those rates. Each Lender may fund and maintain its
funding of all or any part of each Borrowing as it selects.
3.8 MAXIMUM RATE. Regardless of any provision contained in any Loan
Document or any document related thereto, it is the intent of the parties to
this Agreement that no Credit Party may contract for, charge, take, reserve,
receive or apply, as interest on all or any part of the Obligation any amount in
excess of the Maximum Rate or the Maximum Amount or receive any unearned
interest in violation of any applicable law, and, if any Credit Party ever does
so, then any excess shall be treated as a partial repayment or prepayment of
principal and any remaining excess shall be refunded to Borrower. In determining
if the interest paid or payable exceeds the Maximum Rate, Borrower, and the
Credit Parties shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, (a)
treat all Borrowings as but a single extension of credit (and Lenders and
Borrower agree that is the case and that provision in this Agreement for
multiple Borrowings is for convenience only), (b) characterize any non-principal
payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest, (c) exclude
voluntary repayments or prepayments and their effects, and (d) amortize,
prorate, allocate and spread the total amount of interest throughout the entire
contemplated term of the Obligation. If, however, the Obligation is paid in full
before the end of its full contemplated term, and if the interest received for
its actual period of existence exceeds the Maximum Amount, then Lenders shall
refund any excess (and Lenders may not, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, be subject to any penalties provided by any Governmental
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Requirements for contracting for, charging, taking, reserving or receiving
interest in excess of the Maximum Amount). If the Governmental Requirements of
the State of Texas are applicable for purposes of determining the "Maximum Rate"
or the "Maximum Amount," then those terms mean the "weekly ceiling" from time to
time in effect under Article 5069-1D, Title 79, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
as amended. Borrower agrees that Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code, as
amended (which regulates certain revolving credit loan accounts and revolving
tri-party accounts), does not apply to the Obligation.
3.9 INTEREST PERIODS. When Borrower requests any Eurodollar
Borrowing, Borrower may elect the applicable interest period (each an "INTEREST
PERIOD"), which may be, at Borrower's option, one (1), two (2), three (3) or six
(6) months, subject to the following conditions: (a) the initial Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Borrowing commences on the applicable Borrowing Date or
conversion date, and each subsequent Interest Period applicable to any Borrowing
commences on the day when the next preceding applicable Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing begins on a day for which
there exists no numerically corresponding Business Day in the calendar month at
the end of the Interest Period ("ENDING CALENDAR MONTH"), then the Interest
Period ends on the next succeeding Business Day of the Ending Calendar Month,
unless there is no succeeding Business Day in the Ending Calendar Month in which
case the Interest Period ends on the next preceding Business Day of the Ending
Calendar Month; (c) no Interest Period for any portion of Principal Debt may
extend beyond the scheduled repayment date for that portion of Principal Debt;
and (d) there may not be in effect at any one time more than five (5) Interest
Periods.
3.10 CONVERSIONS. Borrower may (a) on the last day of the applicable
Interest Period (or at any other time, subject to payment of any Funding Loss)
convert all or part of a Eurodollar Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing, (b) at
any time convert all or part of a Base Rate Borrowing to a Eurodollar Borrowing,
and (c) on the last day of an Interest Period, elect a new Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Borrowing. Any such conversion is subject to the dollar limits and
denominations of SECTION 2.1 and may be accomplished by delivering a Borrowing
Request to Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the third (3rd)
Business Day before (A) the conversion date for conversion to a Eurodollar
Borrowing, and (B) the last day of the Interest Period, for the election of a
new Interest Period, and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the last day of the
Interest Period for conversion to a Base Rate Borrowing. Absent Borrower's
notice of conversion or election of a new Interest Period, a Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing when the applicable
Interest Period expires.
3.11 ORDER OF APPLICATION.
(a) NO DEFAULT. If no Default exists, then except as otherwise
specifically provided in the Loan Documents, any payment shall be applied to the
Obligation in the order and manner as Borrower directs.
(b) DEFAULT. If a Default exists, any payment (including proceeds
from the exercise of any Rights) shall be applied in the following order: (i) to
all fees and expenses for which any Credit Party have not been paid or
reimbursed in accordance with the Loan Documents (and if such payment is less
than all unpaid or unreimbursed fees and expenses, then the payment shall be
paid against unpaid and unreimbursed fees and expenses in the order of
incurrence or due date); (ii) to accrued interest on the Principal Debt; and
(iii) to the remaining Obligation in the order and manner as the Required
Lenders deem appropriate.
(c) PRO RATA. Each payment or prepayment shall be distributed to
each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share of such payment or prepayment.
3.12 SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If any Lender obtains any amount
(whether voluntary, involuntary or otherwise) that exceeds the part of that
payment that such Lender is then entitled to receive under the Loan Documents,
then such Lender shall purchase from the other Lenders participations that will
cause the purchasing Lender to share the excess amount ratably with each other
Lender. If all or any portion of any excess amount is subsequently recovered
from the purchasing Lender, then the purchase shall be
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rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of the recovery.
Borrower agrees that any Lender purchasing a participation from another Lender
under this SECTION may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
exercise all of its Rights of payment with respect to that participation as
fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of
that participation.
3.13 BOOKING BORROWINGS. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
any Lender may make, carry or transfer its Borrowings at, to, or for the account
of any of its branch offices or the office of any of its Affiliates. However, no
Affiliate is entitled to receive any greater payment under SECTION 3.15 than the
transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to those
Borrowings, and a transfer may not be made if, as a direct result of it, SECTION
3.15 or 3.16 would apply to any of the Obligation. If any of the conditions of
SECTIONS 3.15 or 3.16 ever apply to a Lender, then such Lender shall, to the
extent possible, carry or transfer its Borrowings at, to, or for the account of
any of its branch offices or the office or branch of any of its Affiliates so
long as the transfer is consistent with the other provisions of this SECTION,
does not create any burden or adverse circumstance for such Lender that would
not otherwise exist, and eliminates or ameliorates the conditions of SECTIONS
3.15 or 3.16 as applicable.
3.14 BASIS UNAVAILABLE OR INADEQUATE FOR THE EURODOLLAR RATE.
(a) DETERMINATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. If Administrative Agent
determines that, for any Eurodollar Borrowing, the basis for determining the
applicable rate is not available, then Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify Borrower and Lenders of that determination (which is conclusive and
binding on Borrower absent manifest error), and all Borrowings shall bear
interest at the Base Rate. Until Administrative Agent notifies Borrower that
such circumstances no longer exist, Lenders' commitments under this Agreement to
make, or to convert to, Eurodollar Borrowings shall be suspended.
(b) DETERMINATION BY A LENDER. If any Lender determines that, for
any Eurodollar Borrowing and for other similar loans made by such Lender to
similar borrowers, the resulting rate does not accurately reflect the cost to
such Lender of making or converting Borrowings at that rate for the applicable
Interest Period, then such Lender shall promptly notify Administrative Agent and
Borrower, and all Borrowings of such Lender shall bear interest at the Base
Rate. Until Administrative Agent notifies Borrower that such circumstances no
longer exist, such Lender's commitment under this Agreement to make, or to
convert to, Eurodollar Borrowings shall be suspended.
3.15 ADDITIONAL COSTS.
(a) EUROCURRENCY RESERVES. If, after the date hereof, any Lender
shall be required under any Reserve Requirement to maintain reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities, then (i) such Lender (through Administrative Agent) shall, within
sixty (60) days after the end of any Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing during which Lender was so required to maintain reserves,
deliver to Borrower a certificate stating (A) that such Lender was required to
maintain reserves and as a result such Lender incurred additional costs in
connection with making Eurodollar Borrowings and (B) in reasonable detail, such
Lender's computations of the amount of additional interest payable by Borrower,
pursuant to the provisions below, and (ii) Borrower shall, promptly upon receipt
of any such certificate, pay to Administrative Agent, for the account to such
Lender, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar
Borrowing of such Lender made to it outstanding during the Interest Period with
respect to which the above-referenced certificate was delivered to
Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the difference obtained by
subtracting (x) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period from (y) the rate
obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus
the Reserve Requirement of such Lender for such Interest Period. The amount of
interest payable by Borrower to any Lender as stated in any certificate
delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this SECTION
3.15(a) shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
The provisions of this SECTION 3.15(a) shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
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(b) RESERVES. With respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, if (i) any
change in present Governmental Requirement, any change in the interpretation or
application of any present Governmental Requirement, or any future Governmental
Requirement imposes, modifies, or deems applicable (or if compliance by any
Lender with any such requirement of any Governmental Authority results in) any
such requirement that any reserves (including any marginal, emergency,
supplemental or special reserves) be maintained, and (ii) those reserves reduce
any sums receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or increase the costs
incurred by such Lender in advancing or maintaining any portion of any
Eurodollar Borrowing, then (unless the effect is already reflected in the rate
of interest then applicable under this Agreement) such Lender (through
Administrative Agent) shall deliver to Borrower a certificate setting forth in
reasonable detail the calculation of the amount necessary to compensate it for
its reduction or increase (which certificate is conclusive and binding absent
manifest error), and Borrower shall promptly pay that amount to such Lender upon
demand.
(c) CAPITAL ADEQUACY. With respect to any Borrowing and for similar
loans to similar borrowers, if any change in present Governmental Requirement or
any future Governmental Requirement regarding capital adequacy or compliance by
Administrative Agent or any Lender with any request, directive or requirement
now existing or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority regarding
capital adequacy, or any change in its written policies or in the risk category
of this transaction, reduces the rate of return on its capital as a consequence
of its obligations under this Agreement to a level below that which it otherwise
could have achieved (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by it to be material (and it may, in
determining the amount, use reasonable assumptions and allocations of costs and
expenses and use any reasonable averaging or attribution method), then (unless
the effect is already reflected in the rate of interest then applicable under
this Agreement) Administrative Agent or such Lender (through Administrative
Agent) shall notify Borrower and deliver to Borrower a certificate setting forth
in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount necessary to compensate it
(which certificate is conclusive and binding absent manifest error), and
Borrower shall promptly pay that amount to Administrative Agent or such Lender
upon demand.
(d) TAXES. Any Taxes payable by Administrative Agent or any Lender
or ruled (by a Governmental Authority) payable by Administrative Agent or any
Lender in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, if
permitted by Governmental Requirement, be paid by Borrower, together with
interest and penalties, if any (except for Taxes imposed on or measured by the
overall net income of Administrative Agent or such Lender). Administrative Agent
or such Lender (through Administrative Agent) shall notify Borrower and deliver
to Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of
the amount of payable Taxes, which certificate is conclusive and binding (absent
manifest error), and Borrower shall promptly pay that amount to Administrative
Agent for its account or the account of such Lender, as the case may be. If
Administrative Agent or such Lender subsequently receives a refund of the Taxes
paid to it by Borrower, then the recipient shall promptly pay the refund to
Borrower.
(e) SURVIVAL. The provisions of this SECTION 3.15 shall survive the
satisfaction and payment of the Obligation and termination of this Agreement.
3.16 CHANGE IN GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT. If any Governmental
Requirement makes it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar
Borrowings, then such Lender shall promptly notify Borrower and Administrative
Agent, and (a) as to undisbursed funds, that requested Borrowing shall be made
as a Base Rate Borrowing, and (b), as to any outstanding Borrowing, (i) if
maintaining the Borrowing until the last day of the applicable Interest Period
is unlawful, the Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing as of the
date of notice, and Borrower shall pay any related Funding Loss, or (ii) if not
prohibited by all Governmental Requirements, the Borrowing shall be converted to
a Base Rate Borrowing as of the last day of the applicable Interest Period, or
(iii) if any conversion will not resolve the unlawfulness, Borrower shall
promptly prepay the Borrowing, without penalty, together with any related
Funding Loss.
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3.17 FUNDING LOSS. BORROWER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY EACH LENDER AGAINST,
AND PAY TO IT UPON DEMAND, ANY FUNDING LOSS OF SUCH LENDER. When any Lender
demands that Borrower pay any Funding Loss, such Lender shall deliver to
Borrower and Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for imposing Funding Loss and the calculation of the amount,
which calculation is conclusive and binding absent manifest error. The
provisions of this SECTION 3.17 shall survive the satisfaction and payment of
the Obligation and termination of this Agreement.
3.18 FOREIGN LENDERS. Each Lender that is organized under the
Governmental Requirements of any jurisdiction other than the United States of
America or any State thereof (a) represents to Administrative Agent and Borrower
that (i) no Taxes are required to be withheld by Administrative Agent or
Borrower with respect to any payments to be made to it in respect of the
Obligation, and (ii) it has furnished to Administrative Agent and Borrower two
(2) duly completed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 4224, Form 1001,
Form W-8, or any other tax form acceptable to Administrative Agent (wherein it
claims entitlement to complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on
all interest payments under the Loan Documents), and (b) covenants to (i)
provide Administrative Agent and Borrower a new tax form upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form according to Governmental
Requirement, duly executed and completed by it, and (ii) comply from time to
time with all Governmental Requirements with regard to the withholding tax
exemption. If any of the foregoing is not true or the applicable forms are not
provided and such party is obligated by law to withhold, then Borrower or
Administrative Agent (without duplication) may deduct and withhold from interest
payments under the Loan Documents United States federal income tax at the full
rate applicable under the Code.
3.19 FEES.
(a) TREATMENT OF FEES. The fees described in this SECTION 3.19 (i) are
not compensation for the use, detention, or forbearance of money, (ii) are in
addition to, and not in lieu of, interest and expenses otherwise described in
this Agreement, (iii) are payable in accordance with SECTION 3.1(b), (iv) are
non-refundable, (v) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, bear
interest, if not paid when due, at the Default Rate, and (vi) are calculated on
the basis of actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the
last day) elapsed, but computed as if each calendar year consisted of 360 days,
unless computation would result in an interest rate in excess of the Maximum
Rate in which event the computation is made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366
days, as the case may be. The fees described in this SECTION 3.19 are in all
events subject to the provisions of SECTION 3.8.
(b) AGENT FEES. Borrower shall pay to each Agent, solely for their own
accounts, the fees described in the letter agreement(s) between Borrower and
Agents dated the same date as this Agreement, as such letter agreement(s) may be
modified or amended from time to time.
(c) COMMITMENT FEES.
(i) Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the account
of Lenders, the commitment fees described in the letter agreement(s)
between Borrower and Agents.
(ii) Within five (5) days after Administrative Agent sends
Borrower notice of the amount thereof, Borrower agrees to pay to
Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of Lenders, an unused fee
equal to the sum of the amounts obtained by multiplying the daily
Unused Commitment set forth below times the applicable percentage set
forth opposite such portion below:
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UNUSED COMMITMENTS APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE PER ANNUM
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$0 through $150,000,000 0.15%
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Greater than $150,000,000 0.20%
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Such commitment fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears for
each fiscal quarter ending on March, June, September, and December
during the term hereof, commencing with the quarter ending on March 31,
1998, based upon the Unused Commitment for each day during the quarter
ending on such date. Solely for purposes of this SECTION 3.19(c)(ii),
"ratable" means, for any calculation period, with respect to any
Lender, the proportion that (A) the daily unused Commitment of such
Lender during the period bears to (B) the aggregate amount of the daily
unused Total Commitment during the period.
3.20 OPTION TO REPLACE LENDERS. If any Lender shall make demand for
payment or reimbursement pursuant to SECTION 3.14(b) or SECTIONS 3.15(a), (b),
(c), or (d) or notifies Borrower of the occurrence of the circumstances
described in SECTION 3.16, then, provided that (a) no Default has occurred and
is continuing, and (b) the circumstances resulting in such demand for payment or
reimbursement are not applicable to all Lenders, Borrower may terminate the
Commitment of such Lender, in whole but not in part, by either (i) (A) giving
such Lender and Administrative Agent not less than five (5) Business Days'
written notice thereof, which notice shall be irrevocable and effective only
upon receipt thereof by such Lender and Administrative Agent and shall specify
the date of such termination, and (B) paying such Lender (and there shall become
due and payable) on such date the outstanding Principal Debt of all Borrowings
made by such Lender, all interest thereon, and any other Obligation owed to such
Lender (including any amounts payable under SECTION 3.17), if any, or (ii)
pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 13.11, proposing the introduction of a
replacement Lender satisfactory to Administrative Agent, or obtaining the
agreement of one or more existing Lenders, to assume the entire amount of the
Commitment of the Lender whose Commitment is being terminated, on the effective
date of such termination. Upon the satisfaction of all the foregoing conditions,
such Lender that is being terminated shall cease to be a "Lender" for purposes
of this Agreement, provided that Borrower shall continue to be obligated to such
Lender under SECTION 7.12 with respect to Indemnified Liabilities (as defined in
SECTION 7.12) arising prior to such termination.
SECTION 4
UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES; GUARANTIES
4.1 UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES. Borrower shall not permit, as of any
date, the ratio of the Companies' Unsecured Debt to the Unencumbered Property
Value of all Unencumbered Properties to exceed 0.50 to 1.0. For purposes of the
foregoing, "UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY VALUE" means, as of any determination date,
the sum of (without duplication):
(a) the EBITDA Value of each Unencumbered Property owned by Borrower
or a Subsidiary Guarantor for, or in which construction was completed and a
certificate of occupancy was issued, more than twelve (12) months as of such
determination date; plus
(b) if the Walnut Xxxx Tower is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor and is
an Unencumbered Property, then $50,000,000 until the earlier of (i) such time
that Xx. Xxxxxx Bottling Company is no longer a tenant in occupancy in such
Property and American International Group, Inc. has occupied such Property for
one (1) calendar quarter or (ii) September 30, 1999, and thereafter, the EBITDA
Value of such Property; plus
(c) if Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor holds the World Savings Note
or the World Savings Property, and the World Savings Property is an Unencumbered
Property, then either (i) $37,500,000 if Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor
holds the World Savings Note on such determination date, or (ii) $37,500,000 if
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor owns title to the World Savings Property and
acquired
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the World Savings Note less than twelve (12) months prior to such determination
date, or (iii) the EBITDA Value of the World Savings Property if Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor owns title to the World Savings Property and acquired the
World Savings Note more than twelve (12) months prior to such determination
date; plus
(d) the Approved Costs of each Unencumbered Property owned by Borrower
or a Subsidiary Guarantor for less than twelve (12) months as of such
determination date and that has an Occupancy Rate of at least eighty-five
percent (85%); plus
(e) the lesser of (i) the sum of (A) the Approved Costs of each
Unencumbered Property being actively constructed by Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor on a diligent basis until the earlier of (I) twelve (12) months
following the completion of construction and the issuance of a certificate of
occupancy with respect to such Unencumbered Property, and (II) the date that
such Unencumbered Property has achieved an Occupancy Rate of at least eighty-
five percent (85%) for three (3) consecutive months, and (B) the aggregate
Approved Costs of each Unencumbered Property owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor for, or in which construction work was completed and a certificate of
occupancy was issued, less than twelve (12) months as of such date and that has
an Occupancy Rate of less than eighty-five percent (85%), and (ii) the lesser of
(A) $90,000,000, and (B) fifteen percent (15%) of Unencumbered Property Value.
To the extent that the Unencumbered Property Value with respect to any
Unencumbered Property described in SUBSECTIONS (d) and (e) above is no longer
determined with respect to such SUBSECTIONS, the Unencumbered Property Value
with respect to such Unencumbered Property shall be determined according to
SUBSECTION (a) above. If any Company that owns any Unencumbered Property
described above has any minority interests, then Unencumbered Property Value
shall be adjusted to reflect the minority interests' share of such Unencumbered
Property. As of the Closing Date, the Unencumbered Properties consist of the
Unencumbered Properties listed on SCHEDULE 4.1.
4.2 NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENTS. Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, enter into or permit to exist any
arrangement or agreement that directly or indirectly prohibits Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor from creating or incurring any Lien (other than Permitted
Liens) on any Unencumbered Property, except for the Loan Documents.
4.3 GUARANTIES.
(a) PPT GUARANTY. Pursuant to the PPT Guaranty, PPT shall
unconditionally guarantee in favor of the Credit Parties the full payment and
performance of the Obligation.
(b) SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY. Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty or an
addendum thereto in the form attached to the Subsidiary Guaranty, each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee in favor of the Credit
Parties the full payment and performance of the Obligation.
(c) RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS. If, as of any date, any Property
owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer an Unencumbered Property, then
Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of Borrower, release such
Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to a release of
guaranty in the form attached to the Subsidiary Guaranty, unless a Default
exists or would result from such release.
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SECTION 5
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 CONDITIONS TO INITIAL BORROWING. The obligations of Lenders to make
the initial Borrowing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent on or before the Closing Date:
(a) BORROWER DOCUMENTS. Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to Administrative Agent the following, each, unless otherwise noted, dated as of
the Closing Date:
(i) Certified copies of its Certificate of Limited Partnership,
together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware and each other state in which an Unencumbered
Property owned by Borrower is located (to the extent that qualification
is required by applicable law) and, to the extent generally available,
a certificate or other evidence of good standing as to payment of any
applicable franchise or similar taxes from the appropriate taxing
authority of each of such states, each dated a recent date prior to the
Closing Date;
(ii) An Officer's Certificate of Borrower certifying (A) its
Constituent Documents, (B) resolutions of its Board of Directors
approving and authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, certified as of the
Closing Date as being in full force and effect without modification or
amendment, and (C) signatures and incumbency of its officers executing
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) Executed originals of this Agreement, the Notes, and the
other Loan Documents; and
(iv) Such other documents as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(b) GUARANTOR DOCUMENTS. Borrower shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Administrative Agent the following with respect to each Guarantor,
each, unless otherwise noted, dated as of the Closing Date:
(i) Certified copies of each Guarantor's Constituent Documents,
together with a good standing certificate from each Guarantor's
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and each other state in
which an Unencumbered Property owned by each Guarantor is located (to
the extent that qualification is required by applicable law), and, to
the extent generally available, a certificate or other evidence of good
standing as to payment of any applicable franchise or similar taxes
from the appropriate taxing authority of each of such states, each
dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) Officer's Certificate of each Guarantor certifying (A) its
Constituent Documents, (B) resolutions of its Board of Directors
approving and authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the Closing
Date as being in full force and effect without modification or
amendment, and (C) signatures and incumbency of its officers executing
the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(iii) Executed originals of the Loan Documents to which it is
a party; and
(iv) Such other documents as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(c) OPINIONS OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER AND GUARANTORS. The Credit Parties
and their respective counsel shall have received originally executed copies of a
favorable written opinion of counsel for the Obligors, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agents and their counsel, dated as of the
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Closing Date, and setting forth substantially the matters in the opinions
designated in EXHIBIT F and as to such other matters as Agents, acting on behalf
of the Credit Parties, may reasonably request.
(d) FEES. Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent, for
distribution (as appropriate) to the Credit Parties, the fees payable on the
Closing Date referred to in SECTION 3.19.
(e) UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY REPORT. Borrower shall have delivered an
Unencumbered Property Report dated as of the Closing Date.
(f) COMPLETION OF PROCEEDINGS. All corporate and other proceedings
taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
all documents incidental thereto not previously found acceptable by
Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of Lenders, and its counsel shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and
Administrative Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified copies of such documents as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(g) TERMINATION OF CREDIT FACILITY. Borrower shall have terminated the
commitments of the lenders under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
October 17, 1996, executed by and among Borrower, Administrative Agent, as
Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent, as Documentation Agent, and the Lenders
named therein and Borrower shall have paid to such lenders the Obligation (as
defined in such Credit Agreement) outstanding thereunder.
5.2 CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS. The obligations of Lenders to make
all Borrowings (including the initial Borrowing) are subject to the following
conditions precedent:
(a) NOTICE OF BORROWING. Administrative Agent shall have received, in
accordance with the provisions of SECTION 2.2, an originally executed Borrowing
Request signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
(b) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS. The
representations and warranties in Loan Documents are true, correct, and complete
in all material respects (unless they speak to a specific date or are based on
facts which have changed by transactions expressly contemplated or permitted by
this Agreement).
(c) NO DEFAULT. No Potential Default, Default, or Material Adverse
Event exits or would be caused by the making of such Borrowing.
(d) NO INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER. No order, judgment, or decree
of any Governmental Authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain any Lender
from making the Borrowing to be made by it.
(e) NO VIOLATION. The making of the Borrowing shall not violate any
Governmental Requirement, including, without limitation, Regulation G,
Regulation T, Regulation U, or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
5.3 CONDITIONS. GENERALLY. Each condition precedent in this Agreement
is material to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and time is of
the essence with respect to each condition precedent. Lenders may fund any
Borrowing without all conditions being satisfied, but, to the extent permitted
by Governmental Requirements, such funding shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
the requirement that each condition precedent be satisfied as a prerequisite for
any subsequent funding or issuance, unless Lenders specifically waive each item
in writing.
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SECTION 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to the Credit Parties as follows:
6.1 PURPOSE OF CREDIT FACILITY. Borrower shall use proceeds of the
Borrowings hereunder to pay Indebtedness, acquire, subject to SECTION 8.5,
office and industrial Properties, raw land, properties under construction,
partnership interests, interests in other Persons, investments in mortgages and
loans, and other acquisitions or investments permitted hereunder, and for
construction costs and working capital purposes of the Companies. Borrower is
not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any "margin stock"
within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, as amended. No part of the proceeds of any Borrowing shall be
used, directly or indirectly, for a purpose that violates any Governmental
Requirement, including the provisions of Regulation U.
6.2 EXISTENCE, GOOD STANDING, AUTHORITY AND COMPLIANCE. Each Company is
duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Governmental
Requirements of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed as
identified on SCHEDULE 6.2 (as supplemented from time to time). Each Company (a)
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign
trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in
each jurisdiction where the nature and extent of its business and properties
require due qualification and good standing, which jurisdictions are identified
on SCHEDULE 6.2 (as supplemented from time to time to reflect changes as a
result of transactions permitted by the Loan Documents), except where the
failure to so qualify could not result in a Material Adverse Event, (b)
possesses all requisite authority, permits and power to conduct its business as
is now being, or is contemplated by this Agreement to be, conducted, and (c) is
in compliance with all applicable Governmental Requirements.
6.3 AFFILIATES. Borrower has no Consolidated Affiliates or
Unconsolidated Affiliates except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 6.2 (as supplemented
from time to time to reflect changes as a result of transactions permitted by
the Loan Documents).
6.4 AUTHORIZATION AND CONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery by each
Company of each Loan Document or related document to which it is a party, and
the performance by it of its obligations thereunder, (a) are within its trust,
corporate, limited liability company, or partnership power, (b) have been duly
authorized by all necessary trust, corporate, limited liability company, or
partnership action of such Person, (c) require no action by or filing with any
Governmental Authority, (d) do not violate any provision of its Constituent
Documents, (e) do not violate any provision of any Governmental Requirement or
order of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, (f) do not violate any
material agreements to which it is a party, or (g) do not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Company, other than pursuant to
the Loan Documents.
6.5 BINDING EFFECT. Upon execution and delivery by all parties thereto,
each Loan Document to which it is a party shall constitute a legal and binding
obligation of each Company, enforceable against such Company in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable Debtor Relief Laws and general principles of
equity.
6.6 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; FISCAL YEAR. The Current Financials were
prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of
the Companies as of, and for the portion of the fiscal year ending on the date
or dates thereof (subject only to normal audit adjustments). All material
liabilities of the Companies as of the date or dates of the Current Financials
are reflected therein or in the notes thereto. Except for transactions directly
related to, or specifically contemplated by, the Loan Documents or disclosed in
the Current Financials, no subsequent material adverse changes have occurred in
the consolidated financial condition of the
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Companies from that shown in the Current Financials. The fiscal year of each
Company ends on December 31.
6.7 LITIGATION. Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 6.7, no Company is
subject to, or aware of the threat of, any Litigation that is reasonably likely
to be determined adversely to such Company or the Companies, taken as a whole
or, if so adversely determined, is a Material Adverse Event. No outstanding and
unpaid final and non-appealable judgments against any Company exist which could
result in a Material Adverse Event.
6.8 TAXES.
(a) All Tax returns of each Company required to be filed have been
filed (or extensions have been granted) before delinquency, and all Taxes
imposed upon each Company that are due and payable have been paid before
delinquency or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which reserves in accordance with GAAP or otherwise
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent have been provided.
(b) As of the date hereof, no United States federal income tax returns
of the "affiliated group" (as defined in the Code) of which any Company is a
member have been examined and closed. The members of such affiliated group have
filed all United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax
returns which are required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes due
pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by or any of
them (except for taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which reserves in accordance with GAAP or otherwise
acceptable to Administrative Agent have been provided). The charges, accruals,
and reserves on the books of the Companies in respect of taxes or other
governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Companies, adequate.
(c) PPT qualifies as a REIT.
6.9 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 6.9, and
except where the breach of any of the following representations could not result
in a Material Adverse Event, (a) no environmental condition or circumstance
exists that materially and adversely affects any Company's properties or
operations, (b) no Company has received any report of any Company's violation of
any Environmental Law that has not been remedied, (c) no Company knows that any
Company is under any obligation to remedy any violation of any Environmental
Law, or (d) to the best of Borrower's knowledge, no facility of any Company is
or has been used for storage, treatment, or disposal of any Hazardous Substance,
except for (i) the storage and use of cleaning and maintenance materials, used
and stored in commercially reasonable quantities and in compliance with
applicable Environmental Laws, and (ii) light manufacturing and distribution
activities of tenants, in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws,
provided that such tenants are not primarily engaged in the treatment,
processing, recycling, or disposal of any Hazardous Substance, or for any other
use that would give rise to the release of any Hazardous Substance on such
facility. Each Company has taken prudent steps to determine that its properties
and operations do not violate any Environmental Law.
6.10 EMPLOYEE PLANS. Except where occurrence or existence could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Event, (a) no Employee
Plan has incurred an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302
of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), (b) no Company has incurred liability
under ERISA to the PBGC in connection with any Employee Plan (other than
required insurance premiums, all of which have been paid), (c) no Company has
withdrawn in whole or in part from participation in a Multi-employer Plan, (d)
no Company has engaged in any "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code), and (e) no "reportable event" (as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred, excluding events for which the
notice requirement is waived under applicable PBGC regulations.
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6.11 PROPERTIES; LIENS. Each Company has good title to all of its
property reflected on the Current Financials (except for property that is
obsolete or that has been disposed in the ordinary course of business or, after
the date of this Agreement, as otherwise permitted by SECTION 8.7 or SECTION
8.8). Except for Permitted Liens, no Lien exists on any Unencumbered Property,
and the execution, delivery, performance, or observance of the Loan Documents
shall not require or result in the creation of any Lien on any Unencumbered
Property.
6.12 LOCATIONS. Each Company's chief executive office is located at the
address set forth on SCHEDULE 6.2 (as supplemented from time to time). Each
Company's books and records are located at its chief executive office.
6.13 GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. No Company is subject to regulation under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended.
6.14 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 6.14
(as supplemented from time to time if the disclosures are approved by
Administrative Agent), no Company is a party to a material transaction with any
of its Affiliates, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business
and upon fair and reasonable terms not materially less favorable than it could
obtain or could become entitled to in an arm's-length transaction with a Person
that was not its Affiliate.
6.15 INSURANCE. Each Company maintains with financially sound,
responsible, and reputable insurance companies or associations (or, as to
workers' compensation or similar insurance, with an insurance fund or by self-
insurance authorized by the jurisdictions in which it operates) insurance
concerning its properties and businesses against casualties and contingencies
and of types and in amounts (and with co-insurance and deductibles) as is
customary in the case of similar businesses.
6.16 LABOR MATTERS. No actual or, to Borrower's knowledge, threatened
strikes, labor disputes, slow downs, walkouts, or other concerted interruptions
of operations by the employees of any Company that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Event exist. All payments due from any Company
for employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a
liability on its books, other than any non-payment that are not, individually or
collectively, a Material Adverse Event.
6.17 SOLVENCY. On each Borrowing Date, each Company is, and after
giving effect to the requested Borrowing will be, Solvent.
6.18 FULL DISCLOSURE. Each material fact or condition relating to the
financial condition or business of the Companies which could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Event has been disclosed to
Administrative Agent. All information previously furnished, furnished on the
date of this Agreement, and furnished in the future, by any Company to
Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents (a) was, is, and will
be, true and accurate in all material respects or based on good faith estimates
on the date the information is stated or certified, and (b) did not, does not,
and will not, fail to state any material fact the existence of which or the
omission of which could be or result in a Material Adverse Event
6.19 EXEMPTION FROM ERISA; PLAN ASSETS. PPT is a "real estate operating
company" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. (S) 2510.3-101(e) (or anY successor
regulation) and the assets of the Companies would not be deemed "plan assets" as
defined in 29 C.F.R. (S) 2510.3-101(a)(1) (or any successor regulation) of any
Employee Plan or Multi-employer Plan.
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SECTION 7
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as Lenders are committed to fund any Borrowings under this
Agreement and until the Obligation is paid in full, Borrower covenants and
agrees as follows:
7.1 ITEMS TO BE FURNISHED. Borrower shall cause the following to be
furnished to Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):
(a) ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Promptly after preparation, and no
later than ninety (90) days after the last day of each fiscal year of PPT,
Financial Statements of PPT showing the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations of PPT as of, and for the year ended on, that last day,
accompanied by: (A) the unqualified opinion of the firm of an accounting firm of
nationally-recognized independent certified public accountants, based on an
audit using generally accepted auditing standards, that the Financial Statements
of PPT were prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of PPT;
and (B) a Compliance Certificate.
(b) PERIODIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Promptly after preparation, and no
later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter
(except the last) of PPT: (i) Financial Statements of PPT showing the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations of PPT for the fiscal
quarter and for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the
last day of the fiscal quarter; and (ii) a Compliance Certificate.
(c) OTHER REPORTS.
(i) Promptly after receipt, a copy of each interim or special
audit report and management letter issued by independent accountants
with respect to Borrower and PPT or their financial records.
(ii) Promptly upon its becoming available, each press release and
each regular or periodic report and any registration statement or
prospectus in respect thereof filed by Borrower or PPT with, or
received by Borrower or PPT in connection therewith from, any
securities exchange or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
successor agency thereof, including, without limitation, each Form 10-
K, 10-Q, and S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iii) Promptly after the mailing or delivery thereof, copies of all
material reports or other information from Borrower or PPT to its
shareholders or partners (other than reports or other information
delivered only to Responsible Officers or other employees of Borrower
or PPT).
(d) UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY REPORT. Promptly after the preparation, and
no later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter of
Borrower, an Unencumbered Property Report and certifying compliance with SECTION
4.1.
(e) UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY INFORMATION. Promptly upon reasonable request
by Administrative Agent, information concerning the Unencumbered Properties,
including, without limitation, rent rolls, operating statements, Capital
Expenditure budgets, copies of leases, copies of tenant financial statements,
agings of rent payments, copies of existing environmental assessments, and
copies of existing property inspection reports.
(f) NOTICES. Notice, promptly after a Responsible Officer of Borrower
knows of (i) the existence and status of any Litigation that, if determined
adversely to any Company, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Event, (ii) any change in any material fact or circumstance represented
or warranted by any Company in any Loan Document which could be or result in a
Material Adverse Event, (iii) the receipt by any Company of notice of any
violation or alleged violation of ERISA or any Environmental Law (which
individually or collectively with other violations or allegations could
reasonably be expected to
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result in a Material Adverse Event), or (iv) a Default or Potential Default,
specifying the nature thereof and what action Borrower has taken, is taking, or
proposes to take.
(g) CHANGE IN CONTROL. Promptly upon any Change in Control, notice of
such event together with a description of the transaction giving rise thereto.
(h) RATINGS. Promptly upon the receipt of notice thereof, and in any
event within five (5) Business Days after any change in the Xxxxx'x Rating or
the S & P Rating, notice of such change.
(i) OTHER INFORMATION. Promptly upon reasonable request by
Administrative Agent, information (not otherwise required to be furnished under
the Loan Documents) respecting the business affairs, assets, and liabilities of
the Companies and opinions, certifications, and documents in addition to those
mentioned in this Agreement.
7.2 USE OF PROCEEDS. Borrower shall use the proceeds of Borrowings only
for the purposes represented in this Agreement.
7.3 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Borrower shall, and shall cause each Company to,
maintain books, records, and accounts necessary to prepare financial statements
in accordance with GAAP.
7.4 INSPECTIONS. Upon reasonable notice and during normal business
hours, Borrower shall, and shall cause each Company to, allow Administrative
Agent (or its Representatives) to inspect any of their respective properties
(subject to the inspection rights in any tenant leases), to review reports,
files, and other records and to make and take away copies, and to discuss in the
presence of Borrower or such other Company any of its affairs, conditions and
finances with its other creditors, directors, officers, employees, or
representatives from time to time, during reasonable business hours.
7.5 TAXES. Borrower shall, and shall cause each Company to, promptly
pay prior to delinquency any and all Taxes, other than Taxes that are being
contested in good faith by lawful proceedings diligently conducted, against
which reserves or other provisions required by GAAP have been made, and in
respect of which levy and execution of any Lien have been and continue to be
stayed.
7.6 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Company to, promptly pay (or renew and extend) all of their respective
obligations as they become due (unless any such obligations are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and against which reserves or other
provisions required by GAAP have been made, except where the failure to so pay
(or renew or extend) could not result in a Material Adverse Event).
7.7 EXPENSES. Borrower shall promptly pay following demand (a) all
costs, fees, and expenses paid or incurred by Agents in connection with the
arrangement, syndication, and negotiation of the loan evidenced by this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the negotiation, preparation,
delivery, and execution of the Loan Documents and any related amendment, waiver,
or consent (including in each case the reasonable fees and expenses of any
Agent's counsel), and (b) all costs, fees, and expenses of Agents and, after a
Default, Lenders incurred by any Agent or, after a Default, any Lender in
connection with the enforcement of the obligations of any Obligor arising under
the Loan Documents or the exercise of any Rights arising under the Loan
Documents (including reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs paid or
incurred in connection with any workout or restructure and any action taken in
connection with any Debtor Relief Laws), all of which shall be a part of the
Obligation and shall bear interest, if not paid upon demand, at the Default Rate
until repaid.
7.8 MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE, ASSETS, AND BUSINESS. Each Company shall
(a) maintain its trust, partnership, limited liability company, or corporate
existence in good standing in its state of
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organization, and (b) except where not a Material Adverse Event (i) maintain its
authority to transact business in good standing in all other states, (ii)
maintain all licenses, permits, franchises, and Governmental Requirements
necessary for its business, and (iii) keep all of its material assets that are
useful in and necessary to its business in good working order and condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary repairs and
replacements.
7.9 INSURANCE. Borrower shall, and shall cause each Company to,
maintain with financially sound, responsible, and reputable insurance companies
or associations (or, as to workers' compensation or similar insurance, with an
insurance fund or by self-insurance authorized by the jurisdictions in which it
operates) insurance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent concerning its
properties and businesses against casualties and contingencies and of types and
in amounts (and with co-insurance and deductibles) as is customary in the case
of similar businesses. At Administrative Agent's request, Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Company to, deliver to Administrative Agent evidence of
insurance for each policy of insurance and evidence of payment of all premiums.
7.10 PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF RIGHTS. Borrower shall, and shall
cause each other Obligor to, perform the acts and duly authorize, execute,
acknowledge, deliver, file, and record any additional writings as any Agent may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect the Rights of
the Credit Parties under any Loan Document.
7.11 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Borrower shall, and shall cause each Company
to, (a) operate and manage its businesses and otherwise conduct its affairs in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except to the extent noncompliance could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Event, (b) promptly
deliver to Administrative Agent a copy of any written notice received from any
Governmental Authority alleging that any Company is not in compliance with any
Environmental Law, where such notice or non-compliance could result in a
Material Adverse Event, and (c) promptly deliver to Administrative Agent a copy
of any written notice received from any Governmental Authority alleging that any
Company has any potential environmental Liability that could result in a
Material Adverse Event.
7.12 INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) AS USED IN THIS SECTION: (i) "INDEMNITOR" MEANS THE OBLIGORS; (ii)
"INDEMNITEE" MEANS EACH AGENT, EACH LENDER, EACH PRESENT AND FUTURE AFFILIATE OF
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EACH AGENT OR ANY LENDER, EACH PRESENT AND FUTURE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH AGENT,
EACH LENDER, OR ANY OF SUCH AFFILIATES, AND EACH PRESENT AND FUTURE SUCCESSOR
AND ASSIGN OF EACH AGENT, EACH LENDER, OR ANY OF SUCH AFFILIATES OR
REPRESENTATIVES; AND (iii) "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES" MEANS ALL PRESENT AND
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FUTURE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, FIXED AND CONTINGENT, ADMINISTRATIVE, INVESTIGATIVE,
JUDICIAL, AND OTHER CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, INVESTIGATIONS,
SUITS, PROCEEDINGS, AMOUNTS PAID IN SETTLEMENT, DAMAGES, JUDGMENTS, PENALTIES,
COURT COSTS, LIABILITIES, AND OBLIGATIONS -- AND ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE COSTS,
EXPENSES, AND DISBURSEMENTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL REASONABLE
ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES WHETHER OR NOT SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING EXISTS OR
ANY INDEMNITEE IS PARTY TO ANY SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING) IN ANY WAY RELATED TO
ANY OF THE FOREGOING -- THAT MAY AT ANY TIME BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY, OR
ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE AND IN ANY WAY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF ANY
(A) LOAN DOCUMENT, TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY
PROPERTY, (B) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY IN ANY WAY RELATED TO ANY COMPANY, ANY
PROPERTY, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION, STATUS, OWNERSHIP, OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP,
CONDITION, OR CIRCUMSTANCE CONTEMPLATED BY, CREATED UNDER, OR ARISING PURSUANT
TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR (C) INDEMNITEE'S SOLE OR
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CONCURRENT ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE.
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(b) EACH INDEMNITOR SHALL JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY INDEMNIFY EACH
INDEMNITEE FROM AND AGAINST, PROTECT AND DEFEND EACH INDEMNITEE FROM AND
AGAINST, HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST, AND ON DEMAND PAY OR
REIMBURSE EACH INDEMNITEE FOR, ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES.
(c) THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS (i) ARE NOT LIMITED IN AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE
OBLIGATION, (ii) INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE FEES AND EXPENSES OF
ATTORNEYS AND OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARING FOR LITIGATION
AND DAMAGES OR INJURY TO PERSONS, PROPERTY, OR NATURAL RESOURCES ARISING UNDER
ANY STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, FINES, AND OTHER PENALTIES, AND
(iii) ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE SOURCE OR ORIGIN OF ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, AND
(iv) ARE NOT AFFECTED BY ANY INDEMNITEE'S INVESTIGATION, ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE
KNOWLEDGE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR WAIVER.
(d) No Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified under the Loan
Documents for its or its Representatives' own fraud, gross negligence, or
willful misconduct.
(e) THE PROVISIONS OF AND INDEMNIFICATION AND OTHER UNDERTAKINGS UNDER
THIS SECTION SURVIVE THE SATISFACTION OF THE OBLIGATION AND THE TERMINATION OF
THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
7.13 REIT STATUS. At all times, PPT (including its organization and
method of operations and those of its Consolidated Affiliates) shall qualify as
a REIT.
7.14 ERISA EXEMPTIONS. PPT shall qualify as a "real estate operating
company" under the 29 C.F.R. (S) 2510.3-101(e) (or any successor regulation) or
other appropriate exemption such that its assets shall not be deemed "plan
assets" as defined in 29 C.F.R. (S) 2510.3-101(a)(1) (or any successor
regulation) of any Employee Plan or Multi-employer Plan.
7.15 LISTED COMPANY. The common shares of beneficial interest of PPT
shall at all times be listed for trading and be traded on either the New York
Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange.
SECTION 8
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as Lenders are committed to fund any Borrowings under this
Agreement and until the Obligation is paid in full, Borrower covenants and
agrees as follows:
8.1 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any Company to, voluntarily prepay principal of, or interest on, any Liabilities
other than the Obligation, if a Default exists.
8.2 EMPLOYEE PLANS. Except where a Material Adverse Event would not
result, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Company to, permit any of
the events or circumstances described in SECTION 6.10 to exist or occur.
8.3 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 6.14
(as supplemented from time to time to reflect changes as a result of
transactions permitted by this Agreement or approved by the Required Lenders),
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Company to, enter into any material
transaction with any of its Affiliates, other than transactions in the ordinary
course of business and upon fair and reasonable terms not materially less
favorable than it could obtain or could become entitled to in an arm's-length
transaction with a Person that was not its Affiliate.
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8.4 COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND DOCUMENTS. Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Company to, (a) violate the provisions of
any Governmental Requirements applicable to it or of any material agreement to
which it is a party if that violation alone, or when aggregated with all other
violations, could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Event,
(b) violate the provisions of its Constituent Documents where such violation
could result in a Material Adverse Event, or (c) repeal, replace, or amend any
provision of its Constituent Documents if that action could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Event.
8.5 LOANS, ADVANCES, AND INVESTMENTS. Without the prior written consent
of the Required Lenders, no Company shall have or make any investments in:
(a) Properties consisting of raw land exceeding in the aggregate five
percent (5%) of Total Assets;
(b) Properties under construction having actual and budgeted costs
exceeding in the aggregate twenty percent (20%) of Total Assets (including the
total budgeted project costs for all Properties under construction); provided
that the Companies may not have Properties under construction that are less than
fifty percent (50%) pre-leased having actual and budgeted costs exceeding in the
aggregate fifteen percent (15%) of Total Assets (including the total budgeted
project costs for all Properties under construction);
(c) Except for Borrower's investment in Broadmoor Austin Associates,
partnerships, joint ventures, and similar entities that are not Consolidated
Affiliates accounted for on an equity basis (determined in accordance with GAAP)
exceeding in the aggregate twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of Total Assets;
(d) Loans, mortgages, advances, and extensions of credit to Persons
exceeding in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of Total Assets;
(e) The stock of any Persons that are not Consolidated Affiliates
exceeding in the aggregate five percent (5%) of Total Assets; or
(f) The investments described in (A) through (E) above exceeding in the
aggregate thirty percent (30%) of Total Assets.
8.6 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Company to, declare, make or pay any Distribution other than (a)
Permitted Distributions, and (b) Distributions declared, made or paid by (i)
Borrower or PPT wholly in the form of its capital stock or partnership
interests, (ii) any Company (other than Borrower) to Borrower or to PPT.
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Company to, enter into or permit to
exist any arrangement or agreement (other than this Agreement) that prohibits it
from paying distributions to its shareholders, partners, or members.
8.7 SALE OF ASSETS. Neither Borrower nor PPT shall sell, assign, lease,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.
8.8 MERGERS AND DISSOLUTIONS. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any Obligor to, merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate, wind
up, or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent mergers or consolidations of any
Company into Borrower or another Company (if such transaction does not reduce
the net worth of the Companies determined in accordance with GAAP).
8.9 ASSIGNMENT. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Company
to, assign or transfer any of its Rights, duties, or obligations under any of
the Loan Documents.
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8.10 FISCAL YEAR AND ACCOUNTING METHODS. Without the prior written
consent of Administrative Agent, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Company to, change its fiscal year or its method of accounting (other than
immaterial changes in methods or as required by GAAP).
8.11 NEW BUSINESSES. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Company to, engage in any type of business except the types of businesses in
which they are presently engaged and any other reasonably related business.
8.12 GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any Company to, conduct its business in a way that it becomes regulated under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended.
8.13 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS. No Subsidiary Guarantor shall: (a) create,
incur, assume, guarantee, or suffer to exist any Liabilities, other than (i) the
Obligation, (ii) trade payables created in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) endorsements of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) contingent Liabilities covered by reserves or insurance, and (v) equipment
leases incurred in the ordinary course of business; or (b) create, incur, or
suffer or permit to be created or incur or exist any Lien upon any of its
Assets, except Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary
Guarantor may guarantee any Unsecured Debt of Borrower or PPT, which guarantee
shall be pari passu with the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Guaranty.
8.14 AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS. Borrower shall not permit any
amendment of any Company's Constituent Documents, if any, which would materially
and adversely affect Agents or Lenders or their respective Rights under the Loan
Documents.
8.15 INTEREST RATE AGREEMENTS. Borrower shall not permit the Companies'
Indebtedness that is not either subject to a fixed interest rate or hedged
pursuant to an Interest Rate Agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent
("VARIABLE RATE DEBT") to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets as of
such date; provided that the Companies' Variable Rate Debt may exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets for a period of time not to exceed
ninety (90) days if Borrower is diligently seeking Interest Rate Agreements with
respect to such Indebtedness or is in the process of incurring fixed rate
Indebtedness or an Equity Issuance in order to comply with the requirements of
this SECTION 8.15.
SECTION 9
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
So long as Lenders are committed to fund Borrowings under this
Agreement and until the Obligation is paid and performed in full, Borrower
covenants and agrees with Administrative Agent and Lenders that Borrower shall
not directly or indirectly permit:
9.1 MINIMUM TANGIBLE NET WORTH. As of any date, the Tangible Net Worth
to be less than the sum of (a) $718,000,000, and (b) eighty percent (80%) of the
amount of Net Proceeds of any Equity Issuances subsequent to the date hereof.
9.2 TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS TO TOTAL ASSETS. As of any date, the ratio of
(a) all Indebtedness of the Companies, on a consolidated basis, to (b) Total
Assets to exceed 0.55 to 1.0.
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9.3 MAXIMUM SECURED DEBT. As of any date during the following periods,
the ratio of (a) Secured Debt of the Companies, on a consolidated basis, to (b)
Total Assets to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such period below:
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PERIOD Maximum Ratio
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Closing Date through the 0.45 to 1.0
Change Date
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Change Date and thereafter 0.40 to 1.0
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For purposes of this SECTION 9.3, the term "CHANGE DATE" means the earlier to
occur of (a) December 31, 1998, and (b) the date in which Borrower achieves a
Investment Grade Rating; provided that the Change Date may be a later date as
shall be agreed to by the Majority Lenders.
9.4 RECOURSE DEBT. As of any date prior to the Change Date, Recourse
Debt of the Companies, on a consolidated basis, (other than Permitted Recourse
Debt) to exceed $350,000,000. For purposes of this SECTION 9.4, the term "CHANGE
DATE" means the date in which Borrower achieves an Investment Grade Rating;
provided that the Change Date may be an earlier date as shall be agreed to by
the Majority Lenders.
9.5 INTEREST AND DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIOS.
(a) As of any date, the ratio of (i) Aggregate EBITDA, to (ii) Interest
Expense of the Companies, on a consolidated basis, in each case for the twelve
(12) month period ending on the date of determination, to be less than 2.0 to
1.0. For purposes of the foregoing, Aggregate EBITDA and Interest Expense shall
include each Company's (as the case may be, but without duplication) Share of
Aggregate EBITDA and Interest Expense of their respective Unconsolidated
Affiliates.
(b) As of any date, the ratio of (i) Adjusted Property EBITDA for the
Unencumbered Properties owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor as of such
date, to (ii) Assumed Interest Expense, on a consolidated basis, to be less than
2.0 to 1.0.
(c) As of any date, the ratio of (i) (A) Aggregate EBITDA, minus (B)
Non-Incremental Capital Expenditures, to (ii) Debt Service, in each case for the
twelve (12) month period ending on the date of determination, to be less than
1.75 to 1.0. For purposes of the foregoing, Aggregate EBITDA, Non-Incremental
Capital Expenditures, and Debt Service shall include each Company's (as the case
may be, but without duplication) Share of Aggregate EBITDA, Capital
Expenditures, and Debt Service of their respective Unconsolidated Affiliates.
(d) As of any date, the ratio of (i) Adjusted Property EBITDA for the
Unencumbered Properties owned by a Company as of the date of determination that
have an Occupancy Rate of at least eighty-five percent (85%), to (ii) the
outstanding Unsecured Debt of the Companies as of such date, to be less than
0.13 to 1.0.
(e) As of any date, the ratio of (i) Adjusted Aggregate EBITDA, to (ii)
Fixed Charges, in each case for the twelve (12) month period ending on the date
of determination, to be less than 1.25 to 1.0.
SECTION 10
DEFAULT
The term "DEFAULT" means the occurrence of any one or more of the
following events:
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10.1 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATION. The failure of Borrower or PPT to pay any
principal of or any interest on the Obligation when it becomes due and payable
under the Loan Documents, and (a) for the first (1st) and second (2nd) such
failures, if any, occurring during any calendar year, such failure shall
continue for three (3) days after written notice thereof from Administrative
Agent to Borrower, and (b) for any other such failures, if any, such failure
shall continue for five (5) days after such payment became due and payable.
10.2 COVENANTS. The failure of Borrower (and, if applicable, any
Company) to punctually and properly perform, observe, and comply with:
(a) any covenant or agreement contained in SECTION 7.1; or
(b) any other covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document
(other than the covenants to pay the principal of and interest on the Obligation
and the covenants in (A) preceding), and such failure shall continue for (i)
thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of the date (A) Borrower knows of,
or (B) Borrower receives notice from Administrative Agent of, such failure, or
(ii) seventy-five (75) days after such earlier date if such failure is not
capable of being cured within thirty (30) days and Borrower is diligently
pursuing cure thereof.
10.3 DEBTOR RELIEF. Any Company (a) is not Solvent, (b) fails to pay
its Liabilities generally as they become due, (c) voluntarily seeks, consents
to, or acquiesces in the benefit of any Debtor Relief Law, or (d) becomes a
party to or is made the subject of any proceeding provided for by any Debtor
Relief Law, other than as a creditor or claimant, that could suspend or
otherwise adversely affect the Rights of any Credit Party granted in the Loan
Documents (unless, if the proceeding is involuntary, the applicable petition is
dismissed within sixty (60) days after its filing).
10.4 JUDGMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS. Any Company fails, within sixty (60)
days after entry, to pay, bond, or otherwise discharge any judgment or order for
the payment of money in excess of $1,000,000 (individually or collectively) or
any warrant of attachment, sequestration, or similar proceeding against such
Company's assets having a value (individually or collectively) of $1,000,000
unless such judgment, order for payment, warrant of attachment, sequestration,
or similar proceeding is (a) stayed on appeal, (b) diligently contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves have been set aside on
its books in accordance with GAAP, or (c) covered by insurance acceptable to
Administrative Agent.
10.5 GOVERNMENT ACTION.
(a) A final non-appealable order is issued by any Governmental
Authority (including the United States Justice Department) requiring any Company
to divest all or a substantial portion of its assets under any antitrust,
restraint of trade, unfair competition, industry regulation, or similar
Governmental Requirements, or
(b) any Governmental Authority seizes or otherwise appropriates, or
takes custody or control of, all or any substantial portion of the assets of any
Company, other than through condemnation proceeding.
10.6 MISREPRESENTATION. Any material representation or warranty made by
any Company contained in any Loan Document at any time proves to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made and such misrepresentation shall
continue for thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of the date (a)
Borrower knows of, or (b) Borrower receives notice from Administrative Agent of,
such misrepresentation.
10.7 DEFAULT UNDER OTHER AGREEMENTS.
(a) Any Company shall fail to make any payment in respect of any
Recourse Debt in excess of $5,000,000 when due or within any applicable grace
period or otherwise granted by the lender thereof; or
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(b) A default shall occur in respect of credit agreement, note,
mortgage, indenture, or other agreement or document evidencing, securing, or
otherwise relating to any Recourse Debt in excess of $5,000,000 (other than a
failure to make any payment when due in respect of any such Recourse Debt) and
such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified
therein or otherwise granted by the lender thereof; or
(c) The acceleration of the maturity of any Non-Recourse Debt in
excess of $25,000,000 of any Company.
10.8 VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF LOAN DOCUMENTS. Except in
accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement,
any Loan Document at any time after its execution and delivery ceases to be in
full force and effect in any material respect or is declared by a Governmental
Authority to be null and void or its validity or enforceability is contested by
any Company, or any Company denies that it has any further liability or
obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.
10.9 MANAGEMENT CHANGES. During any period of twelve (12) consecutive
calendar months, individuals who were directors or trustees of PPT on the first
day of such period shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of
directors of PPT; provided, however, that the directors or trustees of PPT may
include new or replacement directors or trustees that (a) are an officer or
employee of an Affiliate, (b) are required in order (as a practical matter) for
the majority of the board of directors or trustees of PPT to be independent
directors or trustees, or (c) are independent directors or trustees that are
replacing another independent director or trustee whose term has expired or who
has voluntarily resigned.
10.10 CHANGE IN CONTROL. A Change in Control shall occur.
10.11 PLAN ASSETS. The assets of the Companies at any time constitute
assets, within the meaning of ERISA, the Code, and the respective regulations
promulgated thereunder, of any Employee Plan or Multi-employer Plan.
SECTION 11
RIGHTS AND REMEDEMIES
11.1 REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT.
(a) DEBTOR RELIEF. If a Default (i) occurs under SECTION 10.3(c) or
(ii) occurs and is continuing under SECTION 10.3(a), (b) OR (d), the commitment
to extend credit under this Agreement automatically terminates, the entire
unpaid balance of the Obligation automatically becomes due and payable without
any action of any kind whatsoever.
(b) OTHER DEFAULTS. If a Default occurs and is continuing, subject to
the terms of SECTION 13.9(b), then Administrative Agent, upon the request of the
Required Lenders, may do any one or more of the following: (i) if the maturity
of the Obligation has not already been accelerated under SECTION 11.1(A), then
declare the entire unpaid balance of all or any part of the Obligation
immediately due and payable, whereupon it is due and payable; (ii) terminate the
commitments of Lenders to extend credit under this Agreement; (iii) reduce any
claim to judgment; and (iv) exercise any and all other legal or equitable Rights
afforded by the Loan Documents, the Governmental Requirements of the State of
Texas, or any other applicable jurisdiction.
11.2 WAIVERS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Company
waives presentment and demand for payment, protest, notice of intention to
accelerate, notice of acceleration, and notice of protest and
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nonpayment, and agrees that its liability with respect to all or any part of the
Obligation is not affected by any renewal or extension in the time of payment of
all or any part of the Obligation, by any indulgence, or by any release or
change in any security for the payment of all or any part of the Obligation.
11.3 PERFORMANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. If any covenant, duty, or
agreement of Borrower is not performed in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents, Administrative Agent may, while a Default exists, at its option,
perform, or attempt to perform that covenant, duty, or agreement on behalf of
Borrower (and any amount expended by Administrative Agent in its performance or
attempted performance is payable by Borrower to Administrative Agent on demand,
becomes part of the Obligation, and bears interest at the Default Rate from the
date of Administrative Agent's expenditure until paid). However, neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes or shall have, except by its express
written consent, any liability or responsibility for the performance of any
covenant, duty, or agreement of Borrower.
11.4 NOT IN CONTROL. None of the covenants or other provisions
contained in any Loan Document shall, or shall be deemed to, give Agents or
Lenders the Right to exercise control over the assets (including real property),
affairs, or management of any Company.
11.5 COURSE OF DEALING. The acceptance by Agents or any Lender of any
partial payment on the Obligation shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
Default then existing. No waiver by any Credit Party of any Default shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any other then-existing or subsequent Default. No delay
or omission by any Credit Party in exercising any Right under the Loan Documents
will impair that Right or be construed as a waiver thereof or any acquiescence
therein, nor will any single or partial exercise of any Right preclude other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other Right under the Loan
Documents or otherwise.
11.6 CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. All Rights available to the Credit Parties
under the Loan Documents are cumulative of and in addition to all other Rights
granted to the Credit Parties at law or in equity, whether or not the Obligation
is due and payable and whether or not Agents or Lenders have instituted any suit
for collection, foreclosure, or other action in connection with the Loan
Documents.
11.7 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Any and all proceeds ever received by
any Credit Party from the exercise of any Rights pertaining to the Obligation
shall be applied to the Obligation according to SECTION 3.11.
11.8 CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. Borrow shall promptly execute and deliver, or
cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates,
instruments, and all other documents and papers any Agent reasonably requests in
connection with the obtaining of any consent, approval, registration,
qualification, permit, license, or authorization of any Governmental Authority
or other Person necessary or appropriate for the effective exercise of any
Rights under the Loan Documents. Because Borrower agrees that Agents' and
Lenders' remedies at law for failure of Borrower to comply with the provisions
of this paragraph would be inadequate and that failure would not be adequately
compensable in damages, Borrower agrees that the covenants of this SECTION 11.8
may be specifically enforced.
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SECTION 12
AGENTS AND LENDERS
12.1 AGENTS.
(a) APPOINTMENT. Each Lender appoints Administrative Agent (including,
without limitation, each successor Agent in accordance with this SECTION 12) as
its nominee and agent to act in its name and on its behalf (and Administrative
Agent and each such successor accepts that appointment): (i) to act as its
nominee and on its behalf in and under all Loan Documents; (ii) to arrange the
means whereby its funds are to be made available to Borrower under the Loan
Documents; (iii) to take any action that it properly requests under the Loan
Documents (subject to the concurrence of other Lenders as may be required under
the Loan Documents); (iv) to receive all documents and items to be furnished to
it under the Loan Documents; (v) to be the secured party, mortgagee,
beneficiary, recipient, and similar party in respect of any collateral, for the
benefit of Lenders; (vi) to promptly distribute to it all Financial Statements,
Unencumbered Property Reports, notices received hereunder, and other items
specifically required to be delivered to it hereunder, and, upon request, such
other material information, requests, documents, and items received under the
Loan Documents; (vii) to promptly distribute to it its ratable part of each
payment or prepayment (whether voluntary, as proceeds of collateral upon or
after foreclosure, as proceeds of insurance thereon, or otherwise) in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents; and (viii) to deliver to the appropriate
Persons requests, demands, approvals, and consents received from it. However,
Administrative Agent may not be required to take any action that exposes it to
personal liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable
Governmental Requirement.
(b) SUCCESSOR. Administrative Agent may assign all of its Rights and
obligations as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents to any of its
Affiliates, which Affiliate shall then be the successor Administrative Agent
under the Loan Documents. Administrative Agent may also voluntarily resign by
giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to Borrower and Lenders, and shall
resign upon the request of the Required Lenders for cause (i.e., Administrative
Agent is continuing to fail to perform its responsibilities as Administrative
Agent under the Loan Documents). If the initial or any successor Administrative
Agent ever ceases to be a party to this Agreement or if the initial or any
successor Administrative Agent ever resigns (whether voluntarily or at the
request of the Required Lenders), then the Required Lenders shall (which, if no
Default or Potential Default exists, is subject to Borrower's approval that may
not be unreasonably withheld) appoint the successor Administrative Agent from
among Lenders (other than the resigning Administrative Agent). If the Required
Lenders fail to appoint a successor Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days
after the resigning Administrative Agent has given notice of resignation or the
Required Lenders have removed the resigning Administrative Agent, then the
resigning Administrative Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent (which, if no Default or Potential Default exists, is
subject to Borrower's approval that may not be unreasonably withheld), which
must be a commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$1,000,000,000 (as shown on its most recently published statement of condition)
and whose debt obligations (or whose parent's debt obligations) are rated not
less than Baa1 by Xxxxx'x or BBB+ by S & P. Upon its acceptance of appointment
as successor Administrative Agent, the successor Administrative Agent succeeds
to and becomes vested with all of the Rights of the prior Administrative Agent,
and the prior Administrative Agent is discharged from its duties and obligations
of Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and each Lender shall execute
the documents that any Lender, the resigning or removed Administrative Agent, or
the successor Administrative Agent reasonably request to reflect the change.
After any Administrative Agent's resignation or removal as Administrative Agent
under the Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section inure to its benefit as
to any actions taken or not taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents. If Borrower fails to respond to any written request for any
consent required in this Section 12.1(b) within ten (10) days after the date
that Borrower receives such request, then Borrower shall be deemed to have given
its consent to such request.
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(c) RIGHTS AS LENDER. Each Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, has the
same Rights under the Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise those
Rights as if it were not acting as an Agent. The term "Lender," unless the
context otherwise indicates, includes Agents. Administrative Agent's resignation
or removal does not impair or otherwise affect any Rights that it has or may
have in its capacity as an individual Lender. Each Lender and Borrower agree
that Agents are not a fiduciary for Lenders or for Borrower but are simply
acting in the capacities described in this Agreement to alleviate administrative
burdens for Borrower and Lenders, that Agents have no duties or responsibilities
to Lenders or Borrower except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents,
and that each Agent in its capacity as a Lender has the same Rights as any other
Lender.
(d) OTHER ACTIVITIES. Any Credit Party may now or in the future be
engaged in one or more loan, letter of credit, leasing, or other financing
transactions with Borrower or another Company, act as trustee or depositary for
Borrower or another Company, or otherwise be engaged in other transactions with
Borrower (collectively, the "OTHER ACTIVITIES") not the subject of the Loan
Documents. Without limiting the Rights of Lenders specifically set forth in the
Loan Documents, no Credit Party is responsible to account to the other Credit
Parties for those other activities, and no Credit Party shall have any interest
in any other Credit Party's activities, any present or future guaranties by or
for the account of Borrower that are not contemplated by or included in the Loan
Documents, any present or future offset exercised by any Credit Party in respect
of those other activities, any present or future property taken as security for
any of those other activities, or any property now or hereafter in any Credit
Party's possession or control that may be or become security for the obligations
of Borrower arising under the Loan Documents by reason of the general
description of indebtedness secured or of property contained in any other
agreements, documents, or instruments related to any of those other activities
(but, if any payments in respect of those guaranties or that property or the
proceeds thereof is applied by any Credit Party to reduce the Obligation, then
each Lender is entitled to share ratably in the application as provided in the
Loan Documents).
(e) SYNDICATION AGENT. Syndication Agent, in such capacity, shall have
no rights, duties, or obligations hereunder, except as specifically provided in
this Agreement. Syndication Agent (a) may voluntarily resign by notice to
Administrative Agent, Lenders, and Borrower, and (b) shall resign upon the
request of the Required Lenders for cause. Upon the resignation of Syndication
Agent, the Required Lenders may elect to designate a successor Syndication Agent
(which, if no Default or Potential Default exists, is subject to Borrower's
approval that may not be unreasonably withheld), which must be a Lender who is a
commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000
(as shown on its most recently published statement of condition) and whose debt
obligations (or whose parent's debt obligations) are rated not less than Baa1 by
Xxxxx'x or BBB+ by S & P.
(f) CO-AGENTS. Co-Agents, in such capacity, shall have no rights,
duties, or obligations hereunder.
12.2 EXPENSES. Should Administrative Agent commence any proceeding or
in any way seek to enforce its Rights under the Loan Documents, irrespective of
whether as a result thereof Administrative Agent shall acquire title to any
collateral, either through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or
otherwise, each Lender, upon demand therefor from time to time, shall contribute
its share (based on its Pro Rata Share) of the reasonable costs and/or expenses
of any such enforcement or acquisition, including, but not limited to, fees of
receivers or trustees, court costs, title company charges, filing and recording
fees, appraisers' fees and fees and expenses of attorneys to the extent not
otherwise reimbursed by Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Lender shall contribute its share (based on its Pro Rata Share)
of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) if Administrative Agent employs counsel
for advice or other representation (whether or not any suit has been or shall be
filed) with respect to any collateral or any part thereof, or any of the Loan
Documents, or the attempt to enforce any Lien in any of the collateral, or to
enforce any rights of Administrative Agent or any of Borrower's or any other
Company's obligations under any of the Loan Documents, but not with respect
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to any dispute between Administrative Agent and any other Lender(s). Any loss of
principal and interest resulting from any Default shall be shared by Lenders in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share. It is understood and agreed
that if Administrative Agent determines that it is necessary to engage counsel
for Lenders from and after the occurrence of a Potential Default or Default,
then said counsel shall be selected by Administrative Agent and written notice
of the same shall be delivered to Lenders.
12.3 PROPORTIONATE ABSORPTION OF LOSSES. Except as otherwise provided
in the Loan Documents, nothing in the Loan Documents gives any Lender any
advantage over any other Lender insofar as the Obligation is concerned or
relieves any Lender from ratably absorbing any losses sustained with respect to
the Obligation (except to the extent unilateral actions or inactions by any
Lender result in Borrower or any other Obligor on the Obligation having any
credit, allowance, setoff, defense, or counterclaim solely with respect to all
or any part of that Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Obligation).
12.4 DELEGATION OF DUTIES; RELIANCE. Lenders may perform any of their
duties or exercise any of their Rights under the Loan Documents by or through
Administrative Agent, and Lenders and Administrative Agent may perform any of
their duties or exercise any of their Rights under the Loan Documents by or
through their respective Representatives. Administrative Agent, Lenders, and
their respective Representatives (a) are entitled to rely upon (and shall be
protected in relying upon) any written or oral statement believed by it or them
to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or made by the proper Person
and, with respect to legal matters, upon opinion of counsel selected by
Administrative Agent or that Lender (but nothing in this CLAUSE (A) permits
Administrative Agent to rely on (i) oral statements if a writing is required by
this Agreement or (ii) any other writing if a specific writing is required by
this Agreement), (b) are entitled to deem and treat each Lender as the owner and
holder of its portion of the Obligation for all purposes until written notice of
the assignment or transfer is given to and received by Administrative Agent (and
any request, authorization, consent, or approval of any Lender is conclusive and
binding on each subsequent holder, assignee, or transferee of or Participant in
that Lender's portion of the Obligation until that notice is given and
received), (c) are not deemed to have notice of the occurrence of a Default
unless a Responsible Officer of Administrative Agent, who handles matters
associated with the Loan Documents and transactions thereunder, has actual
knowledge or Administrative Agent has been notified by a Lender or Borrower, and
(d) are entitled to consult with legal counsel (including counsel for Borrower),
independent accountants, and other experts selected by Administrative Agent and
are not liable for any action taken or not taken in good faith by it in
accordance with the advice of counsel, accountants, or experts.
12.5 LIMITATION OF AGENTS' LIABILITY.
(a) EXCULPATION. No Agent nor any of their Affiliates or
Representatives will be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
or them under the Loan Documents in good faith and believed by it or them to be
within the discretion or power conferred upon it or them by the Loan Documents
or be responsible for the consequences of any error of judgment (except for
fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct), and no Agent nor any of its
Affiliates or Representatives has a fiduciary relationship with any Lender by
virtue of the Loan Documents (but nothing in this Agreement negates the
obligation of Administrative Agent to account for funds received by it for the
account of any Lender).
(b) INDEMNITY. Unless indemnified to its satisfaction against loss,
cost, liability, and expense, no Agent may be compelled to do any act under the
Loan Documents or to take any action toward the execution or enforcement of the
powers thereby created or to prosecute or defend any suit in respect of the Loan
Documents. If an Agent requests instructions from Lenders, or the Required
Lenders, as the case may be, with respect to any act or action in connection
with any Loan Document, then such Agent is entitled to refrain (without
incurring any liability to any Person by so refraining) from that act or action
unless and until it has received instructions. In no event, however, may any
Agent or any of its Representatives be required to take any action that it or
they determine could incur for it or them criminal or onerous civil liability.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Lender has any right of
action against any Agent as a
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result of such Agent's acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement in
accordance with instructions of the Required Lenders.
(c) RELIANCE. No Agent is responsible to any Lender or any
Participant for, and each Lender represents and warrants that it has not relied
upon any Agent in respect of, (i) the creditworthiness of Borrower or PPT and
the risks involved to that Lender, (ii) the effectiveness, enforceability,
genuineness, validity, or the due execution of any Loan Document (except by such
Agent), (iii) any representation, warranty, document, certificate, report, or
statement made therein (except by such Agent) or furnished thereunder or in
connection therewith, (iv) the adequacy of any collateral now or hereafter
securing the Obligation or the existence, priority, or perfection of any Lien
now or hereafter granted or purported to be granted on any collateral under any
Loan Document, or (v) observation of or compliance with any of the terms,
covenants, or conditions of any Loan Document on the part of any Company. EACH
LENDER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES AND HOLD THEM
HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST (BUT LIMITED TO SUCH LENDER'S PRO RATA SHARE OF) ANY
AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS,
JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, REASONABLE EXPENSES, AND REASONABLE DISBURSEMENTS OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON, ASSERTED AGAINST, OR
INCURRED BY THEM IN ANY WAY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR
ANY ACTION TAKEN OR OMITTED BY THEM UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS IF SUCH AGENT AND
ITS REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT REIMBURSED FOR SUCH AMOUNTS BY ANY COMPANY. ALTHOUGH
EACH AGENT AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INDEMNIFIED UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT FOR ITS OR THEIR OWN ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, EACH AGENT AND ITS
REPRESENTATIVES DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INDEMNIFIED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR
ITS OR THEIR OWN FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
12.6 DEFAULT. While a Default exists, Lenders agree to promptly confer
in order that the Required Lenders or Lenders, as the case may be, may agree
upon a course of action for the enforcement of the Rights of Lenders.
Administrative Agent is entitled to act or refrain from taking any action
(without incurring any liability to any Person for so acting or refraining)
unless and until it has received instructions from the Required Lenders. In
actions with respect to any Company's property, Administrative Agent is acting
for the ratable benefit of each Lender.
12.7 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. No Lender or any Participant will incur
any liability to any other Lender or Participant except for acts or omissions in
bad faith, and neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender or Participant will
incur any liability to any other Person for any act or omission of any other
Lender or any Participant.
12.8 RELATIONSHIP OF LENDERS. The Loan Documents do not create a
partnership or joint venture among the Credit Parties.
12.9 BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT. None of the provisions of this SECTION
inure to the benefit of any Company or any other Person except the Credit
Parties. Therefore, no Company nor any other Person is responsible or liable
for, entitled to rely upon, or entitled to raise as a defense -- in any manner
whatsoever -- the failure of any Credit Party to comply with these provisions.
12.10 APPROVAL OF LENDERS.
(a) All communications from Administrative Agent to Lenders
requesting Lenders' determination, consent, approval, or disapproval (i) shall
be given in the form of a written notice to each Lender, (ii) shall be
accompanied by a description of the matter or thing as to which such
determination, approval, consent, or disapproval is requested, or shall advise
each Lender where such matter or thing may be inspected, or shall otherwise
describe the matter or issue to be resolved, (iii) shall include, if reasonably
requested by a Lender and to the extent not previously provided to such Lender,
written materials and a
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summary of all oral information provided to Administrative Agent by Borrower in
respect of the matter or issue to be resolved, and (iv) shall include
Administrative Agent's recommended course of action or determination in respect
thereof. Each Lender shall reply promptly, but in any event (x) within thirty
(30) days (or such lesser period as may be required under the Loan Documents for
Administrative Agent to respond) for those matters requiring the consent by all
Lenders, and (y) within fifteen (15) Business Days (or such lesser period as may
be required under the Loan Documents for Administrative Agent to respond) for
those matters requiring the consent by the Majority Lenders or the Required
Lenders, in each instance, after receipt of the request therefore by
Administrative Agent (in either event, the "LENDER REPLY PERIOD").
(b) Unless a Lender shall give written notice to Administrative Agent
that it objects to the recommendation or determination of Administrative Agent
within the Lender Reply Period, such Lender shall be deemed to have approved of
or consented to such recommendation or determination.
SECTION 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 HEADINGS. The headings, captions and arrangements used in any of
the Loan Documents are, unless specified otherwise, for convenience only and
shall not be deemed to limit, amplify, or modify the terms of the Loan
Documents, nor affect the meaning thereof.
13.2 NONBUSINESS DAYS; TIME. Any payment or action that is due under
any Loan Document on a non-Business Day may be delayed until the next-succeeding
Business Day (but interest shall continue to accrue on any applicable payment
until payment is in fact made) unless the payment concerns a Eurodollar
Borrowing, in which case if the next-succeeding Business Day is in the next
calendar month, then such payment shall be made on the next-preceding Business
Day.
13.3 COMMUNICATIONS. Unless otherwise specifically provided, whenever
any Loan Document requires or permits any consent, approval, notice, request,
demand, or other communication from one party to another, communication must be
in writing (which may be by telex or telecopy) to be effective and shall be
deemed to have been given (a) if by telex, when transmitted to the appropriate
telex number and the appropriate answerback is received, (b) if by telecopy,
when transmitted to the appropriate telecopy number (and all communications sent
by telecopy must be confirmed promptly thereafter by telephone; but any
requirement in this parenthetical shall not affect the date when the telecopy
shall be deemed to have been delivered), (c) if by mail, on the fifth (5th)
Business Day after it is enclosed in an envelope and properly addressed,
stamped, sealed, certified mail, return receipt requested, and deposited in the
appropriate official postal service, or (d) if by any other means, when actually
delivered. Until changed by notice pursuant to this Agreement, the address (and
telecopy number) for each party to a Loan Document is set forth on SCHEDULE 1.
13.4 FORM AND NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS. The form, substance, and number of
counterparts of each writing to be furnished under this Agreement must be
satisfactory to Agents and their counsel.
13.5 SURVIVAL. All covenants, agreements, undertakings,
representations, and warranties made in any of the Loan Documents survive all
closings under the Loan Documents and, except as otherwise indicated, are not
affected by any investigation made by any party.
13.6 GOVERNING LAW. Except as expressly provided in a Loan Document,
the Governmental Requirements (other than conflict-of-laws provisions) of the
Xxxxx xx Xxxxx xxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America govern the Rights and duties
of the parties to the Loan Documents and the validity, construction,
enforcement, and interpretation of the Loan Documents.
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13.7 INVALID PROVISIONS. Any provision in any Loan Document held to be
illegal, invalid, or unenforceable is fully severable; the appropriate Loan
Document shall be construed and enforced as if that provision had never been
included; and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and
shall not be affected by the severed provision. Agents, Lenders, and Borrower
agree to negotiate, in good faith, the terms of a replacement provision as
similar to the severed provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and
enforceable. However, if the provision held to be illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable is a material part of this Agreement, such invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable provision shall be, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
replaced by a clause or provision judicially construed and interpreted to be as
similar in substance and content to the original terms of such illegal, invalid,
or unenforceable clause or provision as the context thereof would reasonably
allow, so that such clause or provision would thereafter be legal, valid, and
enforceable.
13.8 VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT, IN EACH CASE FOR ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (AND IN THE CASE
OF BORROWER, FOR EACH OF ITS CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES), (a) IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS, (b) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY
LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE
OBLIGATION BROUGHT IN DISTRICT COURTS OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, OR IN THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, DALLAS DIVISION, (c)
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIMS THAT ANY LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (d) IRREVOCABLY
CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THOSE COURTS IN ANY LITIGATION
BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED,
POSTAGE PREPAID, BY HAND-DELIVERY, OR BY DELIVERY BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
COURIER SERVICE, AND SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE UPON DELIVERY OF THE LEGAL
PROCESS AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, (e) IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE OBLIGATION MAY BE BROUGHT IN ONE OF
THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS, AND (f) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT. The scope of each of the
foregoing waivers is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes
that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this
transaction, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and
all other common law and statutory claims. Borrower (for itself and on behalf of
each of its Consolidated Affiliates) acknowledges that these waivers are a
material inducement to Administrative Agent's and each Lender's agreement to
enter into a business relationship, that Administrative Agent and each Lender
has already relied on these waivers in entering into this Agreement, and that
Administrative Agent and each Lender will continue to rely on each of these
waivers in related future dealings. Borrower (for itself and on behalf of each
of its Consolidated Affiliates) further warrants and represents that it has
reviewed these waivers with its legal counsel, and that it knowingly and
voluntarily agrees to each waiver following consultation with legal counsel. THE
WAIVERS IN THIS SECTION 13.8 ARE IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE
MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THESE WAIVERS SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS, OR REPLACEMENTS TO OR OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT. In the event of Litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a
written consent to a trial by the court.
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13.9 AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS, CONFLICTS, AND WAIVERS.
(a) REQUIRED LENDERS. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, or waived, only by an
instrument in writing executed by Borrower and the Required Lenders and
supplemented only by documents delivered or to be delivered in accordance with
the express terms of this Agreement.
(b) ALL LENDERS. Except as specifically otherwise provided in this
SECTION 13.9, any amendment to or consent or waiver under this Agreement or any
Loan Document that purports to accomplish any of the following must be by an
instrument in writing executed by Borrower and executed (or approved, as the
case may be) by each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender): (i) extends the
scheduled Termination Date; (ii) extends the due date or decreases the amount of
any scheduled payment or amortization of the Obligation beyond the date
specified in the Loan Documents; (iii) decreases any rate or amount of interest,
fees, principal, or other sums payable to Agents or Lenders under this Agreement
(except such reductions as are contemplated by this Agreement); (iv) changes the
definition of "Adjusted Property EBITDA," "Approved Costs," "Commitment,"
"EBITDA Adjustments," "EBITDA Value," "Majority Lenders," "Occupancy Rate,"
"Required Lenders," "Pro Rata Share," "Total Commitment," or "Unencumbered
Property;" (v) increases any one or more Lenders' Commitment; (vi) waives
compliance with, amends, or fully or partially releases the PPT Guaranty; (vii)
permits Borrower to assign any of its rights hereunder; (viii) amends SECTION
4.1; or (ix) changes this SECTION 13.9(B) or any other matter specifically
requiring the consent of all Lenders under this Agreement.
(c) AGENTS. No amendment, modification, consent, or waiver which
modifies the rights, duties, or obligations of any Agent shall be effective
without the consent of such Agent.
(d) CONFLICTS. Any conflict or ambiguity between the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and terms and provisions in any other Loan Document
is controlled by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(e) COURSE OF DEALING. No course of dealing or any failure or delay
by any Credit Party or any of its Representatives with respect to exercising any
Right of any Credit Party under this Agreement operates as a waiver thereof. A
waiver must be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders or Lenders, as
appropriate, to be effective, and a waiver will be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given.
13.10 MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS. Any Loan Document may be executed in a
number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for
all purposes and all of which constitute, collectively, one agreement; but, in
making proof of thereof, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for
more than one counterpart. Each Lender need not execute the same counterpart of
this Agreement so long as identical counterparts are executed by Borrower, each
Lender, and each Agent. This Agreement shall become effective when counterparts
of this Agreement have been executed and delivered to Administrative Agent by
each Lender, each Agent, and Borrower, or, in the case only of Lenders, when
Administrative Agent has received telecopied, telexed, or other evidence
satisfactory to it that each Lender has executed and is delivering to
Administrative Agent a counterpart of this Agreement.
13.11 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; PARTICIPATIONS.
(a) Each Loan Document binds and inures to the benefit of the parties
thereto, any intended beneficiary thereof, and each of their respective
successors and permitted assigns. No Lender may transfer, pledge, assign, sell
any participation in, or otherwise encumber its portion of the Obligation,
except as permitted by this SECTION 13.11.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of this SECTION and in accordance with
applicable law, any Lender having a Commitment equal to or greater than
$10,000,000, or if the Total Commitments have been terminated, then Notes having
outstanding Principal Debt equal to or greater than $10,000,000, may, in the
ordinary course of its commercial banking business, at any time sell to one (1)
or more Eligible Assignees (each a "PARTICIPANT") participating interests in its
portion of the Obligation; provided that (i) each such participation is not less
than $10,000,000, and (ii) after giving effect to such participation, the Lender
granting such participation shall retain a Commitment of at least $10,000,000,
or if the Total Commitments have been terminated, then Notes having outstanding
principal debt of at least $10,000,000. The selling Lender shall remain a
"Lender" under this Agreement (and the Participant shall not constitute a
"Lender" under this Agreement) and its obligations under this Agreement shall
remain unchanged. The selling Lender shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents and shall remain the
holder of its share of the Principal Debt for all purposes under this Agreement.
Borrower and Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly
with the selling Lender in connection with such Lender's Rights and obligations
under the Loan Documents. Participants have no Rights under the Loan Documents,
other than certain voting Rights as provided below. Subject to the following,
each Lender may obtain (on behalf of its Participants) the benefits of SECTION 3
with respect to all participations in its part of the Obligation outstanding
from time to time so long as Borrower is not obligated to pay any amount in
excess of the amount that would be due to such Lender under SECTION 3 calculated
as though no participations have been made. No Lender may sell any participating
interest under which the Participant has any Rights to approve any amendment,
modification, or waiver of any Loan Document, except to the extent the
amendment, modification, or waiver extends the due date for payment of any
principal, interest, or fees due under the Loan Documents, reduces the interest
rate or the amount of principal or fees applicable to the Obligation (except
reductions contemplated by this Agreement), or releases any guaranty or
collateral, if any, for the Obligation. However, if a Participant is entitled to
the benefits of SECTION 3 or a Lender grants Rights to its Participants to
approve amendments to or waivers of the Loan Documents respecting the matters
described in the previous sentence, then such Lender must include a voting
mechanism in the relevant participation agreement whereby a majority of its
portion of the Obligation (whether held by it or participated) shall control the
vote for all of such Lender's portion of the Obligation. Except in the case of
the sale of a participating interest to another Lender, the relevant
participation agreement shall prohibit the Participant from transferring,
pledging, assigning, selling participations in, or otherwise encumbering its
portion of the Obligation.
(c) Subject to the provisions of this section, any Lender having a
Commitment equal to or greater than $15,000,000, or if the Total Commitments
have been terminated, then Notes having outstanding Principal Debt equal to or
greater than $15,000,000, may at any time, in the ordinary course of its
commercial banking business, (i) without the consent of Borrower or Agents,
assign all or any part of its Rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to
any of its Affiliates (each a "PURCHASER"), and (ii) upon the prior written
consent of Agents, and so long as no Default or Potential Default exists,
Borrower, such consents not to be unreasonably withheld, assign to any Eligible
Assignee (each of which is also a "PURCHASER") a proportionate part (not less
than $15,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000) of all or any part of
its Rights and obligations under the Loan Documents; provided that unless the
Lender granting such assignment is assigning all of its Commitments and Notes
hereunder, after giving effect to such assignment, the Lender granting such
assignment shall retain a Commitment of at least $15,000,000 (or if the Total
Commitments have been terminated, then Notes having outstanding Principal Debt
of at least $15,000,000). Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Agent shall, at
all times prior to its resignation or replacement as an Agent hereunder, retain
a minimum Commitment of $25,000,000, or if the Total Commitments have been
terminated, then Notes having outstanding Principal Debt of at least
$25,000,000. In each case, the Purchaser shall assume those Rights and
obligations under an assignment agreement substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
E. Upon (i) delivery of an executed copy of the assignment agreement to Borrower
and Administrative Agent and (ii) payment of a fee of $3,000 from the transferor
to Administrative Agent, from and after the assignment's effective date (which
shall be after the date of delivery), the Purchaser shall for all purposes be a
Lender party to this Agreement and shall have all the Rights and obligations of
a Lender under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party
to this Agreement with commitments as set forth in the assignment
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agreement, and the transferor Lender shall be released from its obligations
under this Agreement to a corresponding extent, and, except as provided in the
following sentence, no further consent or action by Borrower, Lenders or
Administrative Agent shall be required. Upon the consummation of any transfer to
a Purchaser under this SECTION 13.11(C), the then-existing SCHEDULE 1 shall
automatically be deemed to reflect the name, address, and Commitment of such
Purchaser, Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrower and Lenders an amended
SCHEDULE 1 reflecting those changes, Borrower shall execute and deliver to each
of the transferor Lender and the Purchaser a Note in the face amount of its
respective Commitment following transfer, and, upon receipt of its new Note, the
transferor Lender shall return to Borrower the Note previously delivered to it
under this Agreement. A Purchaser is subject to all the provisions in this
SECTION as if it were a Lender signatory to this Agreement as of the date of
this Agreement.
(d) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of Borrower or
Administrative Agent, assign all or any part of its Rights under the Loan
Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank without releasing the transferor Lender from
its obligations thereunder.
(e) Until January 31, 1998, each Agent shall identify and solicit
prospective Purchasers or Participants to be assignees of or participants in the
Rights and obligations of each Agent under this Agreement (in such capacity,
"SYNDICATING LENDERS") in an amount of up to $240,000,000. During such period,
the Syndicating Lenders shall (i) not solicit or enter into any such assignment
or participation except as provided in this SECTION 13.11(e), and (ii) refer
each prospective Purchaser or Participant that expresses an interest in
purchasing or acquiring any such assignment or participation to the other
Syndicating Lender. Each Syndicating Lender, upon identifying any prospective
Purchaser or Participant desiring to be an assignee of or participant in any
portion of the Rights and obligations of the Syndicating Lenders under this
Agreement, shall deliver written notice to the other Syndicating Lender of the
terms of such transaction ("PROPOSED SYNDICATION TRANSACTION"). Each Syndicating
Lender shall have the right to participate in such Proposed Syndication
Transaction on the terms set forth in such notice by so notifying the other
Syndicating Lender within five (5) days of receiving such notice. The assignment
or participation effected by such Proposed Syndication Transaction shall be
allotted equally to each participating Syndicating Lender. Notwithstanding
anything contained to the contrary in SECTION 13.11(c), the aggregate
assignments to a Purchaser by the Syndicating Lenders shall be in an aggregate
amount of not less than $15,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of
$1,000,000.
(f) No Lender may assign or participate all or any portion of its
Rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Company or any Affiliate of
any Company.
(g) Borrower acknowledges that the Syndicating Lenders may use their
Affiliates (other than a real estate development or management company) (and in
the case of Syndication Agent, may use NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Inc.)
to assist in the syndication of their Rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Borrower acknowledges and consents that the Syndicating Lenders may
share information relating to Borrower, PPT, and the other Companies or the
transactions contemplated hereby with their respective Affiliates (other than a
real estate development or management company), and that such Affiliates may
likewise share information relating to Borrower, PPT, and the other Companies or
such transactions with the Syndicating Lenders.
13.12 DISCHARGE ONLY UPON PAYMENT IN FULL; REINSTATEMENT IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. Borrower's obligations under the Loan Documents remain in full
force and effect until the Total Commitment is terminated and the Obligation is
paid in full (except for provisions under the Loan Documents which by their
terms expressly survive payment of the Obligation and termination of the Loan
Documents). If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any
Note or any other amount payable by Borrower or any other obligor on the
Obligation under any Loan Document is rescinded or must be restored or returned
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise,
then the obligations of Borrower
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under the Loan Documents with respect to that payment shall be reinstated as
though the payment had been due but not made at that time.
13.13 ENTIRETY. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS
(EACH AS AMENDED IN WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME) EXECUTED BY BORROWER AND/OR ANY
CREDIT PARTY REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG BORROWER AND THE CREDIT PARTIES
AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDEN CE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT
ORAL AGREEMENTS BY THE PAR TIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG
THE PARTIES.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
EXECUTED as of the day and year first mentioned.
XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.
a Delaware limited partnership,
as Borrower
By: XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES I, INC.,
General Partner
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 49
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
By:
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Vice President
CREDIT AGREEMENT 50
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
By:
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President
CREDIT AGREEMENT 51
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ATLANTA
AGENCY, as a Co-Agent and a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 52
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
CRESTAR BANK,
as a Co-Agent and a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 53
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH AND
GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH,
as a Co-Agent and a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 54
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
SOCIETE GENERALE, SOUTHWEST AGENCY,
as a Co-Agent and a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 55
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
COMERICA BANK,
as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 56
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 57
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
AMSOUTH BANK,
as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 58
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
BAYERISCHE HYPOTHEKEN- UND WECHSEL-BANK
AKTIENGESELLSCAFT, as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 59
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 60
SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXXXX PROPERTIES ACQUISITION PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK ONE, TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS SYNDICATION AGENT,
AND THE LENDERS DEFINED THEREIN
MELLON BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT 61
