REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT among HARTMAN REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. HARTMAN REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III LP and OTHER BORROWERS WHICH MAY BECOME PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. COMPASS...
Exhibit
10.13
among
XXXXXXX
REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, X.X.
XXXXXXX
REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III LP
and
OTHER
BORROWERS WHICH MAY BECOME PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
and
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
COMPASS
BANK
COMERICA
BANK
COMMERCEBANK,
N.A.
and
OTHER
LENDERS WHICH MAY BECOME PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
and
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
and
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
AS
DOCUMENTATION AGENT
with
KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS,
AS
LEAD
ARRANGER AND BOOK MANAGER
Dated
as
of March 11, 2005
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
§1. DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION
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§1.1. Definitions
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§1.2. Rules
of Interpretation
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§2. THE
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
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§2.1. Commitment
to Lend
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§2.2. The
Revolving Credit Notes
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§2.3. Interest
on Revolving Credit Loans; Fees
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§2.4. Requests
for Revolving Credit Loans
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§2.5. Conversion
Options
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§2.6. Funds
for Revolving Credit Loans
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§2.7. Reduction
of Commitment
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§2.8. Increase
in Total Commitment
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§2.9. Reserved
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§3. REPAYMENT
OF THE LOANS
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§3.1. Maturity
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§3.2. Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
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§3.3. Mandatory
Repayment of Loans
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§4. CERTAIN
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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§4.1. Funds
for Payments
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§4.2. Computations
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§0.0. Inability
to Determine Libor Rate
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§4.4. Illegality
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§4.5. Additional
Costs, Etc.
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§4.6. Capital
Adequacy
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§4.7. Certificate;
Limitations
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§4.8. Indemnity
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§4.9. Interest
on Overdue Amounts; Late Charge
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§5. LETTERS
OF CREDIT
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§5.1. Letter
of Credit Commitments
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§5.1.1. Commitment
to Issue Letters of Credit
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§5.1.2. Letter
of Credit Applications
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§5.1.3. Terms
of Letters of Credit
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§5.1.4. Obligations
of Lenders with respect to Letters of Credit
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§5.2. Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower
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§5.3. Letter
of Credit Payments; Funding of a Loan
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§5.4. Obligations
Absolute
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§5.5. Reliance
by Issuer
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§6. RECOURSE
OBLIGATIONS
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§7. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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§7.1. Authority,
Etc.
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§7.2. Governmental
Approvals
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§7.3. Title
to Properties; Leases
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§7.4. Financial
Statements
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§7.5. No
Material Changes, Etc.
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§7.6. Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, Etc.
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§7.7. Litigation
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§7.8. No
Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.
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§7.9. Compliance
With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc.
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§7.10. Tax
Status
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§7.11 No
Event of Default
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§7.12. Investment
Company Acts
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§7.13.
Name;
Jurisdiction of Organization; Absence of UCC Financing Statements,
Etc.
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§7.14. Absence
of Liens
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§7.15. Certain
Transactions
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§7.16. Employee
Benefit Plans; Multiemployer Plans; Guaranteed Pension
Plans
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§7.17. Regulations
U and X
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§7.18. Environmental
Compliance
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§7.19. Subsidiaries
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§7.20. Loan
Documents
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§7.21. REIT
Status
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§8. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE TRUST
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§8.1. Punctual
Payment
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§8.2. Maintenance
of Office; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc.
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§8.3. Records
and Accounts
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§8.4. Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information
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§8.5. Notices
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§8.6. Existence
of Borrower; Maintenance of Properties
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§8.7. Existence
of the Trust; Maintenance of REIT Status of the Trust; Maintenance
of
Properties; Xxxxxxx Management
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§8.8. Insurance
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§8.9. Taxes
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§8.10. Inspection
of Properties and Books
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§8.11. Compliance
with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits
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§8.12. Use
of Proceeds
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§8.13. Additional
Borrower; Solvency of Borrower; Removal of Borrower; Addition
of Real Estate Asset to Borrowing Base Pool
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§8.14. Further
Assurances
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§8.15. Interest
Rate Protection
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§8.16. Environmental
Indemnification
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§8.17. Response
Actions
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§8.18. Environmental
Assessments
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§8.19. Employee
Benefit Plans
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§8.20. No
Amendments to Certain Documents
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§9. CERTAIN
NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE TRUST
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§9.1. Restrictions
on Indebtedness
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§9.2. Restrictions
on Liens, Etc.
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§9.3. Restrictions
on Investments
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§9.4. Merger,
Consolidation and Disposition of Assets; Assets of the
Trust
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§9.5. Compliance
with Environmental Laws
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§9.6. Distributions
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§9.5. Management
Agreement
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§10. FINANCIAL
COVENANTS; COVENANTS
REGARDING ELIGIBLE UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES
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§10.1. Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio
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§10.2. Interest
Coverage Ratio
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§10.3. Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio
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§10.4. Secured
Debt Leverage
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§10.5. Borrowing
Base Pool Asset Value
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§10.6. Borrowing
Base Pool Debt Service Coverage Ratio
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§10.7. Occupancy;
Borrowing Base Pool
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§11. RESERVED
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§12. CONDITIONS
TO THE FIRST ADVANCE
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§12.1. Loan
Documents
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§12.2. Certified
Copies of Organization Documents
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§12.3. By-laws;
Resolutions
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§12.4. Incumbency
Certificate: Authorized Signers
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§12.5.
Title
Policies
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§12.6. Certificates
of Insurance
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§12.7. Hazardous
Substance Assessments
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§12.8. Opinion
of Counsel Concerning Organization and Loan
Documents
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§12.9. Structural
Condition Assurances
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§12.10. Guaranty
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§12.11. Formation
of Xxxxxxx III; Transfer of Eligible Unencumbered
Properties
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§12.12.
Inspection of Eligible Unencumbered Properties
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§12.13.
Certifications from Government Officials; UCC-11
Reports
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§12.14. Proceedings
and Documents; Adverse Changes
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§12.15. Fees
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§12.16. Closing
Certificate
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§12.17. Patriot
Act, Etc.
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§13. CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS
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§13.1. Representations
True; No Event of Default; Compliance Certificate
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§13.2. No
Legal Impediment
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§13.3. Governmental
Regulation
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§13.4. Borrowing
Documents
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§13.5. Reserved
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§13.6. New
Borrowing Base Pool Property
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§13.7. Continued
Compliance
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§14. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.
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§14.1. Events
of Default and Acceleration
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§14.2. Termination
of Commitments
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§14.3. Remedies
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15.
SECURITY INTEREST AND SET-OFF
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15.1
Security
Interest
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15.2
Set-Off
and Debit
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15.3
Right to
Freeze
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15.4
Additional Rights
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§00. THE
AGENT
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§16.1. Authorization
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§16.2. Employees
and Agents
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§16.3. No
Liability
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§16.4. No
Representations
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§16.5. Payments
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§16.6. Holders
of Notes
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§16.7. Indemnity
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§16.8. Agent
as Lender
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§16.9. Notification
of Defaults and Events of Default
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§16.10. Duties
in Case of Enforcement
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§16.11.
Successor Agent
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§16.12.
Notices
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§16.13.
Other
Agents
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§17. EXPENSES
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§18. INDEMNIFICATION
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§19. SURVIVAL
OF COVENANTS, ETC.
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§20. ASSIGNMENT;
PARTICIPATIONS; ETC.
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§20.1. Conditions
to Assignment by Lenders.
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§20.2. Certain
Representations and Warranties; Limitations;
Covenants
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§20.3. Register
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§20.4. New
Notes
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§20.5. Participations
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§00.0. Pledge
by Lender
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§20.7. No
Assignment by Borrower
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§20.8. Disclosure
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§20.9. Syndication
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§21. NOTICES,
ETC.
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§22. XXXXXXX
OP AS AGENT FOR THE BORROWER
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§23. GOVERNING
LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE
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§24. HEADINGS
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§25. COUNTERPARTS
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§26. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT, ETC.
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§27. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS
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§28. CONSENTS,
AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC.
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§29. SEVERABILITY
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§30. INTEREST
RATE LIMITATION
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Exhibits
to Revolving Credit Agreement
Exhibit
A
- Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit
B
- Form of Completed Loan Request
Exhibit
C
- Forms of Compliance Certificates
Exhibit
D
- Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit
E
- Form of Joinder Agreement
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Schedules
to Revolving Credit Agreement
Schedule
1 Borrowers
Schedule
2 Lender’s
Commitments
Schedule
7.1(b) Capitalization
Schedule
7.3(c) Partially-Owned
Entities
Schedule
7.7 Litigation
Schedule
7.13 Legal
Name; Jurisdiction
Schedule
7.15 Affiliate
Transactions
Schedule
7.16 Employee
Benefit Plans
Schedule
7.19 Subsidiaries
Schedule
8.19 Employee
Benefit Plans
Schedule
9.1 Indebtedness
9.1(g) Contingent
Liabilities
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This
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT is made as of the 11th day of March, 2005, by and
among XXXXXXX REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited a partnership
(“Xxxxxxx OP”), XXXXXXX REIT OPERTING PARTNERSHIP III LP, a Texas limited
partnership (“Xxxxxxx III”) and the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (defined below)
which are listed on Schedule 1 hereto (as such Schedule 1 may be (or may be
deemed to be) amended from time to time (Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III and any such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1 being hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “Borrower” unless referred to in their individual
capacities), having their principal place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000; KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(“KeyBank”), having a principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., COMPASS BANK, COMERICA
BANK, COMMERCEBANK, N.A. and the other lending institutions which may become
parties hereto pursuant to §20 (individually, a “Lender” and collectively, the
“Lenders”); KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for itself and
each other Lender (the “Agent”); UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as
Documentation Agent; and KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, as Lead Arranger and Book
Manager.
RECITALS
A. The
Borrower is primarily engaged in the business of owning, acquiring, developing,
renovating and operating retail, office or mixed office/warehouse properties.
Xxxxxxx OP, directly or indirectly, holds 100% of the partnership interests
in
Xxxxxxx III.
X. Xxxxxxx
Commercial Properties REIT, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“Trust”), is the sole general partner of Xxxxxxx OP, holds in excess of 53% of
the partnership interests in Xxxxxxx OP as of the date of this Agreement, and
is
qualified to elect REIT status for income tax purposes and has agreed to
guaranty the obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents (as defined below).
X. Xxxxxxx
OP is the 100% owner and sole member of Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership
III
GP LLC, a Texas limited liability company, which limited liability company
is
the sole general partner of Xxxxxxx III and of Xxxxxxx REIT Operating
Partnership III LP LTD, the sole limited partner of Xxxxxxx III. Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx is the sole manager of Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership III GP LLC,
a
Texas limited liability company.
X. Xxxxxxx
Management, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“Xxxxxxx Management”), is the
sole property manager and advisor for the Borrower and the Trust.
Xxxxxxx
Management is wholly-owned (through Xxxxxxx Property Management Holdings LLC)
by
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
1
E. The
Borrower and the Trust have requested, and the Lenders have agreed to establish,
an unsecured revolving credit facility for use by the Borrower pursuant to
the
terms and conditions hereof.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
§1. DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
§1.1. Definitions.
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this §1 or elsewhere in
the provisions of this Agreement referred to below:
Accountants.
In each
case, independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the
Majority Lenders. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Accountants may
include Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx of Texas PC and any so-called “big-four” accounting
firm.
Accounts
Payable.
Accounts payable of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries,
as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted
Net Operating Income.
For any
period of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Net Operating Income of
the
Borrowing Base Pool for the applicable period; minus
(ii) the
Borrowing Base Pool Capital Reserve for such period.
Affiliate.
With
reference to any Person, (i) any director, officer, general partner, trustee
or
managing member (or the equivalent thereof) of that Person, (ii) any other
Person controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
of
that Person, (iii) any other Person directly or indirectly holding 5% or more
of
any class of the capital stock or other equity interests (including options,
warrants, convertible securities and similar rights) of that Person, (iv) any
other Person 5% or more of any class of whose capital stock or other equity
interests (including options, warrants, convertible securities and similar
rights) is held directly or indirectly by that Person, and (v) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling that Person, whether through a management
agreement, voting agreement, other contract or otherwise.
Agent.
See the
preamble to this Agreement. The Agent shall include any successor agent, as
permitted by §16.
Agent's
Head Office.
The
Agent's office located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, or at such
other location as the Agent may designate from time to time, or the office
of
any successor agent permitted under §16.
Agreement.
This
Revolving Credit Agreement, including the Schedules
and
Exhibits
hereto,
as the same may be from time to time amended, restated, modified and/or
supplemented and in effect.
2
Agreement
of Limited Partnership of the Borrower.
Collectively, (i) the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of
Xxxxxxx OP, dated December 31, 1998, as amended, among the Trust and the limited
partners named therein, (ii) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Xxxxxxx
III, dated on or about the date hereof, (iii) the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Xxxxxxx III LP LTD, dated on or about the date hereof, and (iv)
the Operating Agreement of Xxxxxxx III GP LLC, dated on or about the date
hereof, in each case as amended through the date hereof and as the same may
be
further amended from time to time as permitted by §8.20.
Anti-Terrorism
Order.
Executive Order No. 13,224 66 Fed Reg. 49,079 (2001) issued by the President
of
the United States of America (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support
Terrorism).
Applicable
Base Rate Margin.
The
Applicable Base Rate Margin is set forth in §2.3(c).
Applicable
L/C Percentage.
With
respect to any Letter of Credit, a per annum percentage equal to the Applicable
Libor Margin in effect on each day during the applicable period.
Applicable
Libor Margin.
The
Applicable Libor Margin is set forth in §2.3(c).
Assignment
and Assumption.
See
§20.1.
Availability.
As of
the date that any Loan is to be made hereunder, an amount that would permit
the
Borrower to remain in compliance with the covenants set forth in §§10.5 and 10.6
on a pro forma
basis,
after giving effect to the requested Loan and all other Loans outstanding for
which the amount thereof is not included in the most recent quarterly covenant
calculations for the covenants set forth in §§10.5 and 10.6 submitted by the
Borrower. The amount available to be drawn at any time shall be the Availability
less the Maximum Drawing Amount and all outstanding Loans at such
time.
Base
Rate.
The
higher of (i) the variable per annum rate of interest announced from time to
time by KeyBank as its “base rate” and (ii) one half of one percent (1/2%)
plus
the
Federal Funds Rate. The Base Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily
represent the lowest or best rate being charged to any customer. Any change
in
the Base Rate during an Interest Period shall be effective and result in a
corresponding change on the same day in the rate of interest accruing from
and
after such day on the unpaid balance
of principal of the Base Rate Loans, if any, effective on the day of such change
in the Base Rate, without notice or demand of any kind.
Base
Rate Loan(s).
Those
Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate.
Borrower.
See the
preamble hereto.
3
Borrowing
Base Asset Value.
As of
any date of determination, the result of (i) the Adjusted Net Operating Income
of the Borrowing Base Pool for the most recently completed four consecutive
fiscal quarters, divided by
(ii) the
Capitalization Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to any
Real
Estate Asset acquired during the applicable period, Borrowing Base Asset Value
shall be calculated as follows: (x) from acquisition through the first two
complete fiscal quarters after such acquisition, the Net Operating Income from
such Real Estate Asset shall be excluded and it shall be included in Borrowing
Base Asset Value at its cost basis; (y) once the acquired Real Estate Asset
has
been owned by the Borrower for three complete fiscal quarters, such Real Estate
Asset shall no longer be valued at its cost basis but shall be valued based
upon
its Net Operating Income for such three fiscal quarters, annualized,
less
a
capital reserve equal to the total number of square feet of such Real Estate
Asset multiplied by
$0.15,
with the sum thereof being divided by
the
Capitalization Rate; and (z) once the acquired Real Estate Asset has been owned
by the Borrower for four complete fiscal quarters, such Real Estate Asset shall
no longer be valued at its cost basis but shall be valued based upon its Net
Operating Income for such four fiscal quarters in the manner set forth in the
first sentence above, and (ii) Net Operating Income from Real Estate Assets
removed from the Borrowing Base Pool for any reason during the applicable period
shall be excluded.
Borrowing
Base Pool.
As
determined from time to time, collectively, the Eligible Unencumbered Properties
that the Borrower has designated in writing to be included in the Borrowing
Base
Pool, subject to and in accordance with the terms hereof.
Borrowing
Base Conditions.
See
definition of “Eligible Unencumbered Property(ies)”.
Borrowing
Base Pool Capital Reserve.
For any
period of determination, a capital reserve equal to the total number of square
feet of the Borrowing Base Pool for such period, multiplied by
$0.15
per annum.
Building(s).
Individually and collectively, the buildings, structures and improvements now
or
hereafter located on the Real Estate Assets.
Business
Day.
For all
purposes other than as covered by clause (ii) below, any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in Cleveland, Ohio are
open
for
the conduct of a substantial part of their commercial banking business; and
(ii)
with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments
of principal and interest on, Libor Rate Loans, any day that is a Business
Day
described in clause (i) and that is also a Libor Business Day.
Capital
Expenditures.
Any
expenditure for any item that would be treated or defined as a capital
expenditure under GAAP.
Capital
Reserve.
For any
period, a capital reserve equal to the weighted average square feet of the
Real
Estate Assets during the applicable period, multiplied by
$0.15
per annum.
4
Capitalization
Rate.
The
Capitalization Rate shall be 9.25%.
Capitalized
Leases.
Leases
under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Partially-Owned
Entity is the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental obligations under
which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or
obligor in accordance with GAAP.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents.
As of
any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted
cash then actually held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding
without limitation, until forfeited or otherwise entitled to be retained by
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, tenant security and other restricted
deposits), and (b) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash equivalents (valued
at fair market value) then held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
As
used in this definition, (i) “unrestricted” means the specified asset is not
subject to any Liens in favor of any Person, and (ii) “cash equivalents” means
that such asset has a liquid, par value in cash and is convertible to cash
on
demand. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the term
Cash
and Cash Equivalents shall not include the Commitments of the Lenders to make
Loans or to make any other extension of credit under this
Agreement.
CERCLA.
See
§7.18.
Closing
Date.
March
11, 2005.
Code.
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to
time.
Commitment.
With
respect to each Lender, the amount set forth from time to time on Schedule
2
hereto
as the amount of such Lender's Commitment to make Revolving Credit Loans to,
and
to participate in the issuance, extension and renewal of Letters of Credit
for
the account of, the Borrower as such Schedule
2
may be
updated by the Agent from time to time.
Commitment
Percentage.
With
respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule
2
hereto
as such Lender's percentage of the Total Commitment, as such Schedule 2
may be
updated by the Agent from time to time.
Completed
Loan Request.
A loan
request accompanied by all information required to be supplied under the
applicable provisions of §2.4.
Consolidated
or consolidated.
With
reference to any term defined herein, shall mean that term as applied to the
accounts of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries,
consolidated in accordance with GAAP in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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Consolidated
EBITDA.
In
relation to the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries for any
applicable period, an amount equal to, without double-counting, the net income
or loss of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries determined
in accordance with GAAP (before minority interests and excluding losses
attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets and adjusted to
eliminate the straight-lining of rents) for such period, plus
(x) the
following to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated net income
for
such period: (i) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such period, (ii)
real
estate depreciation and amortization for such period, and (iii) other non-cash
charges for such period; and minus
(y) all
gains attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets or debt
restructurings in such period, in each case adjusted to include the Borrower’s,
the Trust’s or any Subsidiary’s pro rata
share of
EBITDA (and the items comprising EBITDA) from any Partially-Owned Entity in
such
period, based on its percentage ownership interest in such Partially-Owned
Entity (or such other amount to which the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiary
is entitled or for which the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiary is obligated
based on an arm’s length agreement), provided
that for
purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio (§10.2) and the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio (§10.3), Consolidated EBITDA shall only include EBITDA from a
Partially-Owned Entity to the extent cash income is actually received in the
applicable period by the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiary in the form
of
dividends or similar distributions.
Consolidated
Fixed Charges.
For any
applicable period, an amount equal to (i) Consolidated Total Interest
Expense (including, in any event, capitalized interest) for such period
plus
(ii) the
aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments of Indebtedness (excluding
balloon payments at maturity) required to be made during such period by the
Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis
plus
(iii)
the Capital Reserve applicable to such period plus
(iv) the
dividends and distributions, if any, paid or required to be paid during such
period on the Preferred Equity, if any, of the Borrower, the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in the form of capital
stock).
Consolidated
Total Indebtedness.
As of
any date of determination, Consolidated Total Indebtedness means for the
Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries, all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, which should be classified on the obligor’s balance
sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made by footnotes thereto,
all in accordance with GAAP, including, in any event, the sum of (without
double-counting), all Indebtedness outstanding on such date, in each case
whether Recourse, Without Recourse or contingent, provided,
however,
that
amounts not drawn under the Revolving Credit Loans on such date shall not be
included in calculating Consolidated Total Indebtedness, and provided,
further,
that
(without double-counting), each of the following shall be included in
Consolidated Total Indebtedness: (a) all amounts of guarantees, indemnities
for
borrowed money, stop-loss agreements and the like provided by the Borrower,
the
Trust and their respective Subsidiaries, in each case in connection with and
guarantying repayment of amounts outstanding under any other Indebtedness;
(b) all amounts for which a letter of credit (including the Letters
of
Credit) has been issued for the account of the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their respective Subsidiaries; (c) all
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amounts
of bonds posted by the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries guaranteeing performance or payment obligations; (d) all lease
obligations (including under Capital Leases) and (e) all liabilities of the
Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries as partners, members
or the like for liabilities (whether such liabilities are Recourse, Without
Recourse or contingent obligations of the applicable partnership or other
Person) of partnerships or other Persons in which any of them have an equity
interest, which liabilities are for borrowed money or any of the matters listed
in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above. Without limitation of the foregoing
(without double counting), with respect to any Partially-Owned Entity, (x)
to
the extent that the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or such Partially-Owned Entity is providing a completion guaranty in connection
with a construction loan entered into by a Partially-Owned Entity, Consolidated
Total Indebtedness shall include the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such
Subsidiary’s pro rata
liability under the Indebtedness relating to such completion guaranty (or,
if
greater, the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such Subsidiary’s potential liability
under such completion guaranty) and (y) in connection with the liabilities
described in clauses (a) and (d) above (other than completion guarantees, which
are referred to in clause (x)), the Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall
include the portion of the liabilities of such Partially-Owned Entity which
are
attributable to the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such Subsidiary’s percentage
equity interest in such Partially-Owned Entity or such greater amount of such
liabilities for which the Borrower, the Trust or their respective Subsidiaries
are, or have agreed to be, liable by way of guaranty, indemnity for borrowed
money, stop-loss agreement or the like, it being agreed that, in any case,
Indebtedness of a Partially-Owned Entity shall not be excluded from Consolidated
Total Indebtedness by virtue of the liability of such Partially-Owned Entity
being Without Recourse. For purposes hereof, the amount of borrowed money shall
equal the sum of (1) the amount of borrowed money as determined in accordance
with GAAP plus
(2) the
amount of those contingent liabilities for borrowed money set forth in
subsections (a) through (e) above, but shall exclude any adjustment for
so-called “straight-line interest accounting”.
Consolidated
Total Interest Expense.
For any
applicable period, the aggregate amount of interest required in accordance
with
GAAP to be paid, accrued, expensed or, to the extent it could be a cash expense
in the applicable period, capitalized, without double-counting, by the Borrower,
the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries during such period on: (i) all
Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries
(including the Loans, obligations under Capital Leases (to the extent
Consolidated EBITDA has not been reduced by such Capital Lease obligations
in
the applicable period) and any Subordinated Indebtedness and including original
issue discount and amortization of prepaid interest, if any, but excluding
any
Distribution on Preferred Equity), (ii) all amounts available for borrowing,
or
for drawing under letters of credit (including the Letters of Credit), if any,
issued for the account of the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, but only if such interest was or is required to be reflected
as an
item of expense, and (iii) all commitment fees, agency fees, facility fees,
balance deficiency fees and similar fees and expenses in connection with the
borrowing of money.
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Conversion
Request.
A
notice given by the Borrower to the Agent of its election to convert or continue
a Loan in accordance with §2.5.
Corporate
Park.
The
Real Estate Asset owned in fee simple by Xxxxxxx III located at 0000-00 X.
Xxxxxxx and 0000 XX Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 and commonly referred
to
as Corporate Park Northwest.
Default.
When
used with reference to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, an event
or
condition specified in §14.1 that, but for the requirement that time elapse or
notice be given, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Delinquent
Lender.
See
§16.5(c).
Disqualifying
Environmental Event.
Any
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances, any violation of
Environmental Laws or any other similar environmental event with respect to
any
Eligible Unencumbered Property that will, in the Agent’s reasonable opinion,
cost in excess of $500,000 to remediate or, which, with respect to all of the
Eligible Unencumbered Properties, will, in the Agent’s reasonable opinion cost
in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate to remediate.
Disqualifying
Structural Event.
Any
structural issue which, with respect to any Eligible Unencumbered Property,
will, in the Agent’s reasonable opinion, cost in excess of $500,000 to remediate
or, which, with respect to all of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties, will,
in
the Agent’s reasonable opinion cost in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate to
remediate.
Distribution.
With
respect to:
(i) the
Borrower, any distribution of cash or other cash equivalent, directly or
indirectly, to the partners of the Borrower; or any other distribution on or
in
respect of any partnership interests of the Borrower; and
(ii) the
Trust, the declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any shares
of any class of capital stock or other equity of the Trust, other than dividends
payable solely in shares of common stock by the Trust; the purchase, redemption,
or other retirement of any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity
of the Trust, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of the Trust or
otherwise; the return of capital by the Trust to its shareholders as such;
or
any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital
stock or other equity of the Trust.
Dollars
or $.
Lawful
currency of the United States of America.
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Drawdown
Date.
The
date on which any Revolving Credit Loan is made or is to be made, and the date
on which any Revolving Credit Loan is converted or continued in accordance
with
§2.5.
Eligible
Assignee.
Any of
(a) a commercial bank (or similar financial institution) organized under the
laws of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
and
having total assets in excess of $500,000,000; (b) a savings and loan
association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States,
or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and having a net worth of at
least $100,000,000, calculated in accordance with GAAP; and (c) a commercial
bank (or similar financial institution) organized under the laws of any other
country (including the central bank of such country) which is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”), or a
political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess
of
$500,000,000, provided
that
such bank (or similar financial institution) is acting through a branch or
agency located in the United States of America. In no event will the Borrower
or
any Affiliate of the Borrower be an Eligible Assignee.
Eligible
Unencumbered Property(ies).
As of
any date of determination, an Unencumbered Property that: (i) is a Permitted
Property, (ii) is not the subject of a Disqualifying Environmental Event or
a
Disqualifying Structural Event, (iii) is not a Real Estate Asset Under
Development, (iv) is wholly-owned in fee simple by the Borrower, (v) has been
improved with a Building or Buildings which (a) have been issued a certificate
of occupancy (where available) or are otherwise lawfully occupied for their
intended use and (b) are in good and sound operating condition, (vi) does not
comprise more than 15% of the total Borrowing Base Asset Value (except for
Corporate Park, which may not comprise more than 25% of total Borrowing Base
Asset Value), and (vii) is free of all Liens
other than Permitted Liens (the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) being herein
referred to collectively as the “Borrowing Base Conditions”).
Employee
Benefit Plan.
Any
employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of ERISA maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a
Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental
Laws.
See
§7.18(a).
Environmental
Reports.
See
§7.18.
ERISA.
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from
time to time.
ERISA
Affiliate.
Any
Person which is treated as a single employer with the Borrower under §414 of the
Code.
ERISA
Reportable Event.
A
reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning
of
§4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Event
of Default.
See
§14.1.
Facility
Fee.
See
§2.3(e).
Fair
Market Value of Real Estate Assets.
As of
any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) Consolidated Net Operating
Income for the most recent four (4) consecutive complete fiscal quarters
less
(ii) the
Capital Reserve applicable to such period; with the product thereof being
divided by
(iii)
the Capitalization Rate.
Federal
Funds Rate.
For any
day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day
(or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by
the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any
day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from 3 federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by the Agent.
Financial
Statement Date.
September 30, 2004.
Fronting
Bank.
KeyBank.
“funds
from operations”.
As
defined in accordance with resolutions adopted by the Board of Governors of
the
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, as in effect at the
applicable date of determination.
GAAP.
Generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
GMAC
Loan.
The
term loan in the aggregate principal amount approximately equal to $34,400,000
made to Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership II, L.P. (“Xxxxxxx II”) by General
Motors Acceptance Corp. in December, 2002.
Guaranteed
Pension Plan.
Any
employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of §3(2) of ERISA maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower or the Trust, as the case may be, or any ERISA
Affiliate of any of them the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination
in
full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a
Multiemployer Plan.
Guaranty.
The
Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, made by the Trust, Xxxxxxx III LP LTD
and
Xxxxxxx III GP LLC in favor of the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to which
the
Trust guarantees to the Agent and the Lenders the unconditional payment and
performance of the Obligations.
Xxxxxxx
Group.
Collectively, (i) Xxxxxxx OP, (ii) Xxxxxxx III, (iii) Xxxxxxx III LP LTD, (iv)
Xxxxxxx III GP LLC, (v) the Trust, (vi) the respective Subsidiaries of Xxxxxxx
OP, Xxxxxxx III and the Trust and (vii) the Partially-Owned
Entities.
Xxxxxxx
Management.
See the
preamble to this Agreement.
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Xxxxxxx
Property LLC.
Xxxxxxx
Property Management Holdings LLC, a Texas limited liability
company.
Xxxxxxx
III LP LTD.
Xxxxxxx
REIT Operating Partnership III LP LTD, a Texas limited partnership.
Xxxxxxx
III GP LLC.
Xxxxxxx
REIT Operating Partnership III GP LLC, a Texas limited liability
company.
Hazardous
Substances.
See
§7.18(b).
Implied
Debt Service.
As of
any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the average amount of
Unsecured Consolidated Total Indebtedness outstanding during the applicable
period, multiplied by
(ii) the
Mortgage Constant.
Increase.
See
§2.8.
Increase
Conditions.
The
satisfaction of each of the following:
(a) |
no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(both
before and after giving effect to the Increase) and all representations
and warranties contained in the Loan Documents shall be true and
correct
as of the effective date of the Increase (except to the extent that
such
representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier
date);
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(b) |
the
Increase shall be extended on the same terms and conditions applicable
to
the other Loans;
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(c) |
to
the extent any portion of the Increase is committed to by a
third party financial institution or institutions not already a Lender
hereunder, such financial institution shall be an Eligible Assignee
and
approved by the Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld
or
delayed) and each such financial institution shall have signed a
counterpart signature page becoming a party to this Agreement and
a
“Lender” hereunder; and
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(d) |
one
or more of the existing Lenders or such other financial institutions
which
may become parties hereto incident to the Increase have committed
in
writing pursuant to the terms hereof to lend the full aggregate amount
of
the Increase.
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Indebtedness.
All
obligations, contingent and otherwise, that in accordance with GAAP should
be
classified upon the obligor's balance sheet as liabilities, or to which
reference should be made by footnotes thereto, including in any event and
whether or not so classified: (a) all debt and similar monetary obligations,
whether direct or indirect,
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including,
without limitation, all Obligations and all obligations under any hedge, swap
or
other interest rate protection arrangement, any forward purchase contract or
any
put; (b) all liabilities secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
lien, charge, or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired
subject thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been
assumed; (c) all reimbursement obligations under letters of credit (including
the Letters of Credit); and (d) all guarantees for borrowed money, endorsements
and other contingent obligations, whether direct or indirect, in respect of
indebtedness or obligations of others, including any obligation to supply funds
(including partnership obligations and capital requirements) to or in any manner
to invest in, directly or indirectly, the debtor, to purchase indebtedness,
or
to assure the owner of indebtedness against loss, through an agreement to
purchase goods, supplies, or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor
to
make payment of the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise.
Interest
Payment Date.
As to
any Base Rate Loan and any Libor Rate Loan, the tenth day of any calendar month
in which such Loan is outstanding, and with respect to any Libor Rate Loan,
also
on the last day of the applicable Interest Period.
Interest
Period.
With
respect to each Revolving Credit Loan, but without duplication of any other
Interest Period, (a) initially, the period commencing on the Drawdown Date
of
such Loan and ending (as selected by the Borrower in a Completed Loan Request):
(i) for any Base Rate Loan, the first occurring tenth day of a calendar month
after such Base Rate Loan is made (whether by borrowing or by conversion from
a
Libor Rate Loan), and (ii) for any Libor Rate Loan, 30, 60, 90 or 120 days
after
the Drawdown Date of such Loan; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing
at
the end of the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable
to such Revolving Credit Loan and ending on the last day of the applicable
period set forth in (a)(i) and (ii) above (as selected by the Borrower in a
Conversion Request); provided
that all
of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(A) if
any
Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise end on
a day
that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such Interest Period
shall
end
on the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day, unless such next succeeding LIBOR
Business Day occurs in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding LIBOR Business Day, as determined
conclusively by the Agent in accordance with the then current bank practice
in
London;
(B) any
Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan that begins on the last Business
Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period)
shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
(C) if
the
Borrower shall fail to give notice of conversion or continuation as provided
in
§2.5, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
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requested
a conversion
of the affected Libor Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the
then
current Interest Period with respect thereto;
(D) any
Interest Period relating to any Libor Rate Loan that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period)
shall, subject to subparagraph (E) below, end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month; and
(E) no
Interest Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Investments.
All
expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or otherwise,
but
without double-counting): (i) for the acquisition of stock, partnership or
other
equity interests or for the acquisition of Indebtedness of, or for loans,
advances, capital contributions or transfers of property to, any Person; (ii)
in
connection with Real Estate Assets Under Development; and (iii) for the
acquisition of any other obligations of any Person. In determining the aggregate
amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) there shall be
deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return
of
capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating
dividend or liquidating distribution); (b) there shall not be deducted in
respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment,
whether as dividends, interest or otherwise; and (c) there shall not be deducted
from the aggregate amount of Investments any decrease in the value
thereof.
Joinder
Documents.
The one
or more Joinder Agreements among the Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders)
and any Wholly-owned Subsidiary which is to become a Borrower at any time after
the Closing Date, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
E,
together with all other documents, instruments and certificates required by
any
such Joinder Agreement to be delivered by such Wholly-owned Subsidiary to the
Agent and the Lenders on the date such Wholly-owned Subsidiary becomes a
Borrower hereunder.
Land.
An
undeveloped Real Estate Asset owned in fee by the Borrower.
Lead
Arranger.
Keybanc
Capital Markets.
Leases.
Leases,
licenses and agreements whether written or oral, relating to the use or
occupation of space in or on the Buildings or on the Real Estate Assets by
persons other than the Borrower or any other member of the Xxxxxxx
Group.
Lenders.
Collectively, KeyBank and each other lending institution which may become a
party to this Agreement, and any other Person who becomes an assignee of any
rights of a Lender pursuant to §20 or a Person who acquires all or substantially
all of the stock or assets of a Lender.
Letter
of Credit Application.
See
§5.1.1.
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Letter
of Credit Fee.
See
§2.3(f).
Letter
of Credit Participation.
See
§5.1.4.
Letters
of Credit.
See
§5.1.1.
Libor
Business Day.
Any day
on which commercial banks are open for international business (including
dealings in Dollar deposits) in London, England.
Libor
Breakage Costs.
With
respect to any Libor Rate Loan to be prepaid prior to the end of the applicable
Interest Period or not borrowed, converted or continued (“drawn” and, with
correlative meaning, “draw”) after elected, a prepayment “breakage” fee in an
amount required to compensate the Lenders for any and all additional losses,
costs or expenses that such Lenders incur as a result of such prepayment or
failure to borrow, convert or continue a Libor Rate Loan, including, without
limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits of other
funds
acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Libor Rate Loan.
Libor
Rate.
For any
LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period, the average rate (rounded upwards
to
the nearest 1/16th) as shown in Dow Xxxxx Markets (formerly Telerate) (Page
3750) at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by first class banks in
the
London Interbank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day
that is one (1) LIBOR Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest
Period with a maturity approximately equal to such Interest Period and in an
amount approximately equal to the amount to which such Interest Period relates,
adjusted for reserves and taxes if required by future regulations. If Dow Xxxxx
Markets no longer reports such rate or Agent determines in good faith that
the
rate so reported no longer accurately reflects the rate available to Agent
in
the London Interbank Market, Agent may select a replacement index. For any
period during which a Reserve Percentage shall apply, the LIBOR Rate with
respect to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be equal to the amount determined above
divided by an amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.
Libor
Rate Loan(s).
Loans
bearing interest calculated by reference to the Libor Rate.
Lien.
See
§9.2.
Loan
Documents.
Collectively, this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Notes, the Pledge Agreement,
the
Negative Pledge, the Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit Applications,
the
Joinder Documents and any and all other agreements, instruments, documents
or
certificates now or hereafter evidencing or otherwise relating to the Loans
and
executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
or
the Trust or its Subsidiaries in connection with or in any way relating to
the
Loans or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all schedules,
exhibits and annexes hereto or thereto, as any of the same may from time to
time
be amended and in effect.
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Loans.
The
Revolving Credit Loans.
M&M
Liens.
Mechanic’s and materialmen’s liens.
Majority
Lenders.
As of
any date, any two or more Lenders whose aggregate Commitments constitute more
than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Commitment (or, if the Commitments have
been terminated, any two or more Lenders whose aggregate Commitments,
immediately prior to such termination, constituted more than fifty percent
(50%)
of the Total Commitment).
Management
Agreement.
Collectively, (i) the Amended and Restated Property Management Agreement dated
as of August 31, 2004 among the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx Management, and
(ii) the Advisory Agreement dated as of August 31, 2004 among the Trust and
Xxxxxxx Management, each as in effect on the date hereof.
Maturity
Date.
March
11, 2008, or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans shall become
due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.
Maximum
Drawing Amount.
The
maximum aggregate amount that the beneficiaries may at any time draw under
outstanding Letters of Credit, as such maximum aggregate amount may be reduced
from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit.
Mortgage
Constant.
As at
any date of determination, a ratio that represents the payment of principal
and
interest on an amortizing mortgage loan based on (i) an interest rate equal
to
the greater of (a) the actual weighted average interest rate on the Loans,
(b)
the then 10-year treasury rate plus 2.0% and based on a 25-year mortgage-style
amortization schedule and (c) 6.5%.
Mortgage
Note(s).
A
mortgage note, in which the Borrower holds a direct interest as payee, for
real
estate that is developed, so long as at the relevant date of determination,
such
Mortgage Note is not in default.
Multiemployer
Plan.
Any
multiemployer plan within the meaning of §3(37) of ERISA maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower or the Trust, as the case may be, or any ERISA
Affiliate.
Negative
Pledge.
The one
or more negative pledge agreements entered into by the Borrower and relating
to
the Eligible Unencumbered Properties.
Net
Operating Income.
For any
period, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate rental and other income from the
operation of the applicable Real Estate Assets during such period; minus
(ii) all
expenses and other proper charges incurred in connection with the operation
of
such Real Estate Assets (including, without limitation, real estate taxes,
management fees, payments under ground leases and bad debt expenses) during
such
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period;
but, in any case, before payment of or provision for debt service charges for
such period, income taxes for such period, capital expenses for such period,
and
depreciation, amortization, and other non-cash expenses for such period, all
as
determined in accordance
with GAAP (provided
that,
except for purposes of calculating the covenants set forth in §§10.1, 10.4 and
10.5, any rent leveling adjustments shall be excluded from rental
income).
Note
Record.
A
Record with respect to any Note.
Notes.
The
Revolving Credit Notes.
Obligations.
All
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
to any of the Lenders or the Agent, individually or collectively (but without
double-counting), under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents
and
in respect of any of the Loans, the Notes and Reimbursement Obligations incurred
and the Letter of Credit Applications and the Letters of Credit and other
instruments at any time evidencing any thereof, whether existing on the date
of
this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or indirect, joint
or
several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise, and including any indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Protected Interest Rate Agreement
entered into with any Lender.
Organizational
Documents.
Collectively, (i) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Xxxxxxx OP, (ii)
the
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Xxxxxxx OP, (iii) the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Xxxxxxx III, (iv) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of
Xxxxxxx III, (v) the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust,
(vi) the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Trust, and (vii) all of the
partnership agreements, corporate charters and by-laws, limited liability
company operating agreements, joint venture agreements or similar agreements,
charter documents and certificates or other agreements relating to the
formation, organization or governance of any Borrower (including, without
limitation, any Wholly-owned Subsidiary who becomes a Borrower from time to
time
hereunder), in each case as any of the foregoing may be amended in accordance
with §8.20.
Partially-Owned
Entity(ies).
Any of
the partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies,
trusts, joint ventures or other business entities or Persons in which the
Borrower or the Trust, directly, or indirectly through its full or partial
ownership of another entity, own an equity interest, but which is not required
in accordance with GAAP to be consolidated with the Borrower or the Trust for
financial reporting purposes.
Patriot
Act.
Title
III of Public Law 107-56 of the United States of America, United and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and
Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001.
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PBGC.
The
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any successor
entity or entities having similar responsibilities.
Permits.
All
governmental permits, licenses, and approvals necessary for the lawful operation
and maintenance of the Real Estate Assets.
Permitted
Liens.
Liens
permitted by §9.2.
Permitted
Property.
A
property which is a retail, office or mixed office/warehouse
property.
Person.
Any
individual, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, trust,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, unincorporated
association, business, or other legal entity, and any government (or any
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof).
Pledge
Agreement.
The one
or more pledge agreements entered into by any member of the Potomac Group in
favor of the Agent pursuant to which the equity interests of the owners of
the
Borrowing Base Pool are pledged to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Agent and the Lenders.
Preferred
Equity.
Any
preferred stock, preferred partnership interests, preferred member interests
or
other preferred equity interests issued by the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their respective Subsidiaries.
Protected
Interest Rate Agreement.
An
agreement which evidences the interest protection arrangements required by
§8.15, and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments, substitutions
and replacements thereof.
Rate
Period.
The
period beginning on the first day of any fiscal month following delivery to
the
Agent of the annual or quarterly financial statements required to be delivered
pursuant to §8.4.1(a) or §8.4(b) and ending on the last day of the fiscal month
in which the next such annual or quarterly financial statements are delivered
to
the Agent.
RCRA.
See
§7.18.
Real
Estate Assets.
The
fixed and tangible properties consisting of Land and/or Buildings owned in
fee
simple by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at the relevant time of
reference thereto, including, without limitation, the Eligible Unencumbered
Properties at such time of reference.
Real
Estate Assets Under Development.
Any
Real Estate Assets (including raw land) for which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is actively pursuing (or intends to actively pursue) construction
of one or more Buildings or other improvements and for which
construction, if commenced, is proceeding to completion without undue delay
from
Permit denial, construction delays or otherwise, all pursuant to such Person's
ordinary
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course
of
business, provided
that any
such Real Estate Asset (or, if applicable, any Building comprising a portion
of
any such Real Estate Asset) will no longer be considered a Real Estate Asset
Under Development when a certificate of occupancy has issued for such Real
Estate Asset (or Building) or such Real Estate Asset (or Building) may otherwise
be lawfully occupied for its intended use unless it becomes the subject of
a
redevelopment of any significant portion thereof.
Record.
The
grid attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other
similar record, including computer records, maintained by any Lender with
respect to any Loan.
Recourse.
With
reference to any obligation or liability, any liability or obligation that
is
not Without Recourse to the obligor thereunder, directly or indirectly. For
purposes hereof, a Person shall not be deemed to be “indirectly” liable for the
liabilities or obligations of an obligor solely by reason of the fact that
such
Person has an ownership interest in such obligor, provided
that
such Person is not otherwise legally liable, directly or indirectly, for such
obligor's liabilities or obligations (e.g., without limitation, by reason of
a
guaranty or contribution obligation, by operation of law or by reason of such
Person being a general partner of such obligor).
Reimbursement
Obligation.
The
Borrower's obligation to reimburse the Lenders and the Agent on account of
any
drawing under any Letter of Credit as provided in §5.2. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, unless the Borrower shall notify the Agent of its intent to repay
the
Reimbursement Obligation on the date of the related drawing under any Letter
of
Credit as provided in §5.2 and such Reimbursement Obligation is in fact paid by
the Borrower on such date, such Reimbursement Obligation shall simultaneously
with such drawing be converted to and become a Base Rate Loan as set forth
in
§5.3.
REIT.
A “real
estate investment trust”, as such term is defined in Section 856 of the
Code.
Release.
See
§7.18(c)(iii).
Reserve
Percentage.
The
maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental,
marginal and other reserves) which is imposed on member banks of the Federal
Reserve System against “Euro-currency
Liabilities”
as
defined in Regulation D.
Revolving
Credit Loan(s).
Each
and every revolving credit loan made or to be made by the Lenders to the
Borrower pursuant to §2.
Revolving
Credit Notes.
Collectively, the separate promissory notes of the Borrower in favor of each
Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit
A
hereto,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to $50,000,000, dated as of the date
hereof or as of such later date as any Person becomes a Lender under this
Agreement, and completed with
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appropriate
insertions, as each of such notes may be amended, replaced, substituted and/or
restated from time to time (including in connection with any
Increase).
XXXX.
See
§7.18.
SEC.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.
SEC
Filings.
Collectively, (i) each Form 10-K, 10-Q and Form 8-K filed by the Trust with
the
SEC from time to time and (ii) each of the other public forms and reports filed
by the Trust with the SEC from time to time.
Subsidiary.
Any
corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture or other business entity or Person which is required to be consolidated
with the Borrower or the Trust in accordance with GAAP.
Total
Commitment.
As of
any date, the sum of the then current Commitments of the Lenders. As of the
Closing Date, the Total Commitment is $50,000,000. After the Closing Date,
the
aggregate amount of the Total Commitment may be increased to an amount not
exceeding $100,000,000, provided
that
such Increase is in accordance with the provisions of §2.8.
Total
Funded Revolver Debt.
As of
any date of determination, the average daily outstanding balance of the Loans
during the applicable period ending on such date of determination.
Trust.
See
preamble.
Type.
As to
any Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Libor Rate
Loan.
Unanimous
Lender Approval.
The
written consent of each Lender that is a party to this Agreement at the time
of
reference.
Unencumbered
Asset.
Any
Real Estate Asset that on any date of determination is not subject to any Liens
(except for Permitted Liens).
Unsecured
Consolidated Total Indebtedness.
As of
any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total
Indebtedness outstanding at such date (including all Obligations), that is
not
secured by a lien evidenced by a mortgage, deed of trust, negative pledge,
assignment of partnership interests or other security interest.
Wholly-owned
Subsidiary.
Any
single purpose entity that is a Subsidiary of Xxxxxxx OP and of which Xxxxxxx
OP
at all times owns directly or indirectly (through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries)
100% of the outstanding voting or controlling interests and of the economic
interests.
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“Without
Recourse”
or
“without
recourse”.
With
reference to any obligation or liability, any obligation or liability for which
the obligor thereunder is not liable or obligated other than as to its interest
in a designated Real Estate Asset or other specifically identified asset only,
subject to such limited exceptions to the non-recourse nature of such obligation
or liability, such as fraud, misappropriation and misapplication indemnities,
as
are usual and customary in like transactions involving institutional lenders
at
the time of the incurrence of such obligation or liability, and to usual and
customary environmental indemnification obligations in connection with such
designated Real Estate Asset.
§1.2.
Rules
of Interpretation.
(i) A
reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement
as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance
with its terms or the terms of this Agreement.
(ii)
The
singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(iii)
A
reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such
law.
(iv)
A
reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted
assigns.
(v)
Accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis
by
the accounting entity to which they refer.
(vi) The
words
“include”, “includes” and “including” are not limiting.
(vii)
All
terms
not specifically defined herein or by generally accepted accounting principles,
which terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect
in
Massachusetts, have the meanings assigned to them therein.
(viii)
Reference
to a particular “§” refers to that section of this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated.
(ix)
The
words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or
subdivision
of this Agreement.
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§2.
THE
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.
§2.1
Commitment
to Lend.
Subject
to the provisions of §2.4 and the other terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees to lend to the Borrower, and
the
Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow from each Lender from time to time
between the Closing Date and the Maturity Date upon notice by the Borrower
to
the Agent (with copies to the Agent for each Lender) given in accordance with
§2.4, such sums as are requested by the Borrower up to a maximum aggregate
principal amount outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested)
at
any one time equal to such Lender's Commitment minus,
without
double counting, an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage
multiplied by the sum of all Reimbursement Obligations to the extent not yet
deemed Revolving Credit Loans and the Maximum Drawing Amount; provided
that the
sum of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect
to all amounts requested), plus
the
Maximum Drawing Amount and, without double counting the portion, if any, of
any
Letter of Credit which is drawn and included in the Revolving Credit Loans,
all
outstanding Reimbursement Obligations, shall not at any time exceed the lesser
of (i) the Total Commitment and (ii) the Availability at such
time,
and provided,
further,
that at
the time the Borrower requests a Revolving Credit Loan and after giving effect
to the making thereof: (i) in the case of any borrowing or other extension
of
credit, all of the conditions in §13 (and in the case of the initial borrowing
on the Closing Date or other date of initial borrowing, also the conditions
in
§12) have been met at the time of such request, and (ii) there has not
occurred and is not continuing (or will not occur by reason thereof) any Default
or Event of Default.
The
Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro rata
in
accordance with each Lender's Commitment Percentage. Each request for a
Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to §2.4 shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions set forth in §12 have been
satisfied as of the Closing Date (or other date of initial borrowing) and that
the conditions set forth in §13 have been satisfied on the date of such request
and will be satisfied on the proposed Drawdown Date of the requested Loan or
issuance of Letter of Credit, as the case may be, provided
that the
making of such representation and warranty by the Borrower shall not limit
the
right of any Lender not to lend if such conditions have not been met. No
Revolving Credit Loan or other extension of credit shall be required to be
made
by any Lender unless all of the conditions contained in §12 have been satisfied
as of the Closing Date (or other date of initial borrowing) with respect to
the
initial Revolving Credit Loan or issuance of Letter of Credit, and unless all
of
the
conditions set forth in §13 have been satisfied at the time of any request for a
Revolving Credit Loan or other extension of credit and on the Drawdown Date
therefor.
§2.2. The
Revolving Credit Notes.
The
Revolving Credit Loans shall be evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes. A
Revolving Credit Note shall be payable to the order of each Lender in an
aggregate principal amount equal to such Lender's Commitment. The Borrower
irrevocably authorizes each Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about
the
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time
of
the Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loan or at the time of receipt of
any
payment of principal on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note, an appropriate
notation on such Lender's applicable Note Record reflecting the making of such
Revolving Credit Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment.
The
outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans set forth on such applicable
Note Record shall be prima facie
evidence
of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to such Lender, but the failure
to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on such Note Record
shall not limit or otherwise affect the rights and obligations of the Borrower
hereunder or under any Revolving Credit Note to make payments of principal
of or
interest on any Revolving Credit Note when due.
§2.3. Interest
on Revolving Credit Loans; Fees.
(a) Each
Base
Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date
thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest Period with respect
thereto (unless earlier paid in accordance with §3.2) at a rate equal to the
Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Base Rate Margin.
(b) Each
Libor Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown
Date thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest Period with
respect thereto (unless earlier paid in accordance with §3.2) at a rate equal to
the Libor Rate determined for such Interest Period plus
the
Applicable Libor Margin.
(c) With
reference to Base Rate Loans and Libor Rate Loans, the “Applicable Base
Rate Margin” and the “Applicable Libor Margin” shall be equal to (A)
from
the
Closing Date through the end of the fiscal month in which the financial
statements required to be delivered pursuant to §8.4(b)
for
the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending after the initial Loans
are
made hereunder are delivered to the Agent, a percentage based on the Total
Leverage Ratio in effect when such initial Loans are made, as determined by
reference to the Table below, and (B) thereafter, the percentage determined
for
each Rate Period by reference to the Table below:
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Table
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||
Applicable
Margin
|
||
Total
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable
Libor
Margin
|
Applicable
Base
Rate
Margin
|
a)
less
than 60% but
greater than or equal to
50%
|
2.40%
|
1.15%
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c)
less
50% but greater
than or equal to 45%
|
2.15%
|
1.025%
|
d)
less
than 45%
|
1.90%
|
1.00%
|
For
purposes of determining the Applicable Base
Rate
Margin
and the Applicable Libor Margin, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (§10.1
hereof) will be tested quarterly, commencing with the first full fiscal quarter
of the Borrower ending after the initial Loans are made hereunder, based on
the
annual or quarterly financial statements required to be delivered pursuant
to
§8.4(a) or 8.4(b), respectively. For purposes of determining the interest rate
for any Rate Period hereunder, any interest rate change shall be effective
on
the first day of the fiscal month immediately following the date on which the
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to §8.4(a) or §8.4(b) are
delivered to the Agent, together with a notice to the Agent (which shall be
verified by the Agent) specifying any change in the Applicable Base
Rate
Margin
and/or the Applicable Libor Margin. If the Borrower has failed to timely deliver
the financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to §8.4(a) or
§8.4(b), then in addition to the other rights and remedies of the Lenders
hereunder, the Applicable Base
Rate
Margin
and the Applicable Libor Margin that are then in effect shall automatically
be
increased to the highest level until such financial statements are
delivered.
(d) The
Borrower unconditionally promises to pay interest on each Revolving Credit
Loan
in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto,
and when
the
principal of such Revolving Credit Loan is due (whether at maturity, by reason
of acceleration or otherwise).
(e) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, from the Closing
Date
through the Maturity Date, a facility fee (the “Facility Fee”) calculated at the
rate of (i) for any day when the outstanding principal balance of the Loans
is
less than or equal to
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50%
of
the Total Commitment, 0.20% per annum, and (ii) for any day when the outstanding
principal balance of the Loans is greater than 50% of the Total Commitment,
0.10% per annum, in each case calculated on the average daily amount, during
each fiscal quarter or portion thereof, of the unborrowed portion of the Total
Commitment. The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the fifth
Business Day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar
quarter commencing on the first such date following the Closing Date through
the
Maturity Date, with a final payment on the Maturity Date.
(f) The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent the following Letter of Credit fees (in each
case, a “Letter of Credit Fee”): (i) a fee in an amount equal to the
Applicable
L/C Percentage of the daily aggregate undrawn amount of each outstanding Letter
of Credit during the applicable period, which fee shall be for the accounts
of
the Lenders (including the Fronting Bank) pro rata
in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, and (ii) a fee in
an
amount equal to 0.125% per annum for the account of the Fronting Bank. Each
Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the fifth Business
Day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter,
with a final payment on the Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the
Commitments shall terminate (which Letter of Credit Fee shall be pro-rated
for
any calendar quarter in which such Letter of Credit is issued, drawn upon or
otherwise reduced or terminated). In addition, the Borrower shall pay to Issuing
Lender for its own account , upon issuance, the standard issuance, documentation
and service charges for Letters of Credit issued from time to time by Issuing
Lender.
§2.4. Requests
for Revolving Credit Loans.
The
following provisions shall apply to each request by the Borrower for a Revolving
Credit Loan:
(i) The
Borrower shall submit a Completed Loan Request to the Agent, together with
a
duplicate copy of such Completed Loan Request for each Lender
which is then a party to this Agreement at the time such loan request is made.
Except as otherwise provided herein, each Completed Loan Request shall be in
a
minimum amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof. Each Completed Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Revolving Credit Loans
requested from the Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date.
(ii) Each
Completed Loan Request shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Agent by 10:00
a.m., Cleveland, Ohio time, (x) on the Business Day of the
proposed Drawdown Date of any Base Rate Loan, and (y) at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any Libor Rate
Loan.
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(iii) Each
Completed Loan Request shall include a completed certificate in the form of
Exhibit
B
hereto
specifying: (1) the principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Loan requested, (2) the proposed Drawdown Date of such Revolving Credit
Loan, (3) the Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Credit Loan, and
(4)
the Type of such Revolving Credit Loan being requested, and certifying that,
both before and after giving effect to such requested Revolving Credit Loan,
no
Default or Event of Default exists or will exist under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document and that, after giving effect to the Requested Revolving
Credit Loan (and all other outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of
Credit), the Borrower is in compliance with Availability.
(iv) No
Lender
shall be obligated to fund any Revolving Credit Loan unless:
(a) a
Completed Loan Request has been timely received by the Agent as provided in
subsection (i) above; and
(b) both
before and after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Loan to be made pursuant
to the Completed Loan Request, all of the conditions
contained in §12 shall have been satisfied as of the Closing Date, with respect
to the initial advance only, and all of the conditions set forth in §13 shall
have been met, including, without limitation, the condition under §13.1 that
there be no Default or Event of Default under this Agreement.
(v) The
Agent
will promptly notify each Lender of any Completed Loan Request and will cause
a
copy thereof to be delivered to each Lender on the same
Business Day received, or, in the case of a Libor Rate Loan, the next Business
Day, in each case absent circumstances outside of its control.
§2.5. Conversion
Options.
(a) The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any outstanding Revolving Credit
Loan to a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type, provided
that (i)
subject
to the further proviso at the end of this §2.5(a) and subject to §2.5(b) and
§2.5(d), with respect to any conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Libor Rate
Loan
(or a continuation of a Libor Rate Loan, as provided in §2.5(b)), the Borrower
shall give the Agent (with copies to the Agent for each Lender) at least three
(3) Business Days' prior written notice of such election, which such notice
must
be received by the Agent by 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day; and (ii) no Loan
may
be converted into a Libor Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. All or any part of outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans of any Type may be converted as provided herein,
provided
that
each Conversion Request relating to the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a
Libor Rate Loan shall be for an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and shall be irrevocable by the
Borrower.
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(b) Any
Revolving Credit Loan of any Type may be continued as such upon the expiration
of the Interest Period with respect thereto (i) in the case of Base Rate
Loans, automatically and (ii) in the case of Libor Rate Loans by compliance
by
the Borrower with the notice provisions contained in §2.5(a)(i); provided
that no
Libor Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing but shall be automatically converted to a Base
Rate Loan on the last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto ending
during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default. The Borrower shall
notify the Agent promptly when any such automatic conversion contemplated by
this §2.5(b) is scheduled to occur.
(c) In
the
event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent of its election hereunder
with
respect to any Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with the terms
hereof, such Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan at the
end of the applicable Interest Period.
(d) The
Borrower may not request or elect a Libor Rate Loan pursuant to §2.4, elect to
convert a Base Rate Loan to a Libor Rate Loan pursuant to §2.5(a) or
elect
to
continue a Libor Rate Loan pursuant to §2.5(b) if, after giving effect thereto,
there would be greater than six (6) Libor Rate Loans then outstanding. Any
Loan
Request or Conversion Request for a Libor Rate Loan that would create greater
than six (6) Libor Rate Loans outstanding shall be deemed to be a Loan Request
or Conversion Request for a Base Rate Loan. By way of explanation of the
foregoing, in the event that the Borrower wishes to convert or continue two
or
more Loans into one Libor Rate Loan on the same day and for identical Interest
Periods (or borrow an additional Revolving Credit Loan simultaneously with
converting or continuing a Revolving Credit Loan for identical Interest
Periods), such Libor Rate Loan shall constitute one single Libor Rate Loan
for
purposes of this clause (d).
§2.6. Funds
for Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Subject
to the other provisions of this §2, not later than 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland, Ohio
time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loan, each
of
the Lenders will make available to the Agent, at the Agent’s Head Office, in
immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender's Commitment Percentage
of the amount of the requested Revolving Credit Loan. Upon receipt from each
Lender of such amount, the Agent will make available to the Borrower the
aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loan made available to the Agent
by
the Lenders. All such funds received by the Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland,
Ohio
time) on any Business Day will be made available to the Borrower not later
than
2:00 p.m. on the same Business Day; funds received
after such time will be made available by not later than 11:00 a.m. on the
next
Business Day. The failure or refusal of any Lender to make available to the
Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any Drawdown Date the amount of its
Commitment Percentage of the requested Revolving Credit Loan shall not relieve
any other Lender from its several obligation hereunder to make available to
the
Agent the amount of its Commitment Percentage of any requested Revolving Credit
Loan but in no event shall the
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Agent
(in
its capacity as Agent) have any obligation to make any funding or shall any
Lender be obligated to fund more than its Commitment Percentage of the requested
Revolving Credit Loan or to increase its Commitment Percentage on account of
such failure or otherwise.
(b) The
Agent
may, unless notified to the contrary by any Lender prior to a Drawdown Date,
assume that such Lender has made available to the Agent on such
Drawdown Date the amount of such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the Revolving
Credit Loan to be made on such Drawdown Date, and the Agent may (but it shall
not be required to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. If any Lender makes available to the Agent
such
amount on a date after such Drawdown Date, such Lender shall pay to the Agent
on
demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the average, computed for the
period referred to in clause (iii) below, of the weighted average interest
rate
paid by the Agent for federal funds acquired by the Agent during each day
included in such period, multiplied
by
(ii) the
amount of such Lender's Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan,
multiplied
by
(iii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that elapsed from and
including such Drawdown Date to the date on which the amount of such Lender's
Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan shall become immediately
available to the Agent, and the denominator of which is 365. A statement of
the
Agent submitted to such Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this
paragraph shall be prima facie
evidence
of the amount due and owing to the Agent by such Lender.
§2.7. Reduction
of Commitment.
The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon five (5)
Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent (with copies to the Agent for
each Lender) to reduce by $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000
in
excess thereof (but not below $25,000,000 or, if greater, the Maximum Drawing
Amount) or terminate entirely the unborrowed portion of the then Total
Commitment, whereupon the Commitments of the Lenders shall be reduced
pro rata
in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages by the amount specified
in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated. Upon the effective date
of
any such reduction or termination, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for
the
respective accounts of the Lenders all accrued and unpaid interest on the amount
of such reduction and the full amount of the Facility Fee then accrued and
unpaid on the amount of the reduction. No reduction or termination of the
Commitments may be reinstated.
§2.8. Increase
in Total Commitment.
At
any
time (but at least 60 days prior to the Maturity Date), the Borrower shall
have
the right, upon written notice to the Agent and satisfaction of the Increase
Conditions, to cause the Total Commitment to increase by an amount not at any
time exceeding $50,000,000 (the “Increase”), in which event Schedule
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will be
deemed to be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of each Lender, if
any,
that has agreed in writing to an increase and to add any third party financial
institution that may have become a party to, and a “Lender” under, this
Agreement in connection with the Increase (and the Agent is hereby authorized
to
effect
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such
amendment on behalf of the Lenders and the Borrower); provided,
however,
that it
shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Increase that the
Increase Conditions shall have been satisfied. In the event that the Increase
results in any change to the Commitment Percentage of any Lender, then on the
effective date of such Increase in the Total Commitment (i) any new Lender,
and
any existing Lender whose Commitment has increased, shall pay to the Agent
such
amounts as are necessary to fund its new or increased Commitment Percentage
of
all existing Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the Agent will use the proceeds
thereof to pay to all Lenders whose Commitment Percentage is decreasing such
amounts as are necessary so that each such Lender’s participation in existing
Revolving Credit Loans will be equal to its adjusted Commitment Percentage,
and
(iii) if the effective date of such Increase in the Total Commitment occurs
on a
date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to any outstanding
Libor Rate Loan, the Borrower will be responsible for Libor Breakage Costs
and
any other amounts payable pursuant to §4.8 on account of the payments made
pursuant to clause (ii) above. No Lender shall have any obligation to increase
its Commitment in connection with the Increase.
§2.9. [Reserved].
§3.
REPAYMENT
OF THE LOANS.
§3.1. Maturity.
The
Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity Date, and there shall become absolutely
due and payable on the Maturity Date, all unpaid principal of the Revolving
Credit Loans outstanding on such date, together with any and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, the unpaid balance of the Facility Fee accrued through
such date, and any and all other unpaid amounts due under this Agreement, the
Notes or any other of the Loan Documents.
§3.2. Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.
The
Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to prepay the outstanding amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty
or premium; provided
that the
outstanding amount of any Libor Rate Loans may not be prepaid on a date other
than the last day of an Interest Period unless the Borrower pays the Libor
Breakage Costs for each Libor Rate Loan so prepaid at the time of such
prepayment. The Borrower shall give the Agent (with copies to the Agent for
each
Lender), no later than 10:00 a.m., Cleveland, Ohio time, at least two (2)
Business Days' prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant
to this §3.2 of any Base Rate Loans, and at least four (4) Business Days' notice
of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this §3.2 of Libor Rate Loans, specifying
the proposed date of prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans and the principal
amount to be prepaid. Each such partial prepayment of the Loans shall be in
an
amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof or, if less, the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loans
then
being repaid, shall be accompanied by the payment of all charges, if any,
outstanding on all Revolving Credit Loans so prepaid and of all accrued interest
on the principal prepaid to the date of
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payment,
and shall be applied, in the absence of instruction by the Borrower, first
to
the principal of Base Rate Loans and then to the principal of Libor Rate
Loans.
§3.3 Mandatory
Repayment of Loans.
If at
any time the sum of the outstanding amount of the Loans, plus
the
Maximum Drawing Amount, plus
without
double counting any Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Reimbursement
Obligations, if any, exceeds the lesser of (i) the Total Commitment at such
time, or (ii) the Availability at such time, the Borrower shall immediately
pay
to the Agent an amount in cash necessary to eliminate such excess, such amount
to be applied, in the absence of instruction by the Borrower, first to the
principal of Base Rate Loans and then to the principal of Libor Rate
Loans.
§4. CERTAIN
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§4.1. Funds
for Payments.
(a) All
payments of principal, interest, fees, and any other amounts due hereunder
or
under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made to the Agent, for
the
respective accounts of the Lenders or (as the case may be) the Agent, at the
Agent's Head Office, in each case in Dollars and in immediately available funds.
The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of and interest on the Loans
and Reimbursement Obligations which are not converted to a Loan hereunder and
of
fees hereunder not later than 12:00 p.m. (Cleveland, Ohio time) on the due
date
thereof.
(b) All
payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents
shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and
without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions, withholdings, compulsory liens, restrictions or conditions of any
nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof or taxing or other authority therein unless the Borrower
is
compelled by law to make such deduction or withholding. If the Borrower is
compelled by law to make any such deduction or withholding with respect to
any
amount payable by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (except
with respect to taxes on the income or profits of the Agent or any Lender),
the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the
case
may be) the Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and payable hereunder
or under such other Loan Document, such additional amount in Dollars as shall
be
necessary
to enable the Lenders to receive the same net amount which the Lenders would
have received on such due date had no such deduction or withholding obligation
been imposed upon the Borrower. The Borrower will deliver promptly to the Agent
(with copies to the Agent for each Lender) certificates or other valid vouchers
for all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect to payments
made by the Borrower hereunder or under such other Loan Document.
§4.2. Computations.
All
computations of interest on Loans and of fees to the extent applicable shall
be
based on a 360-day year, in each case paid for the actual number of days
elapsed. Except as otherwise provided in the definition of the term
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“Interest
Period” with respect to Libor Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business
Day,
the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension. The outstanding amount
of
the Loans as reflected on the Note Records or record attached to any other
Note
from time to time shall constitute prima facie evidence of the principal amount
thereof.
§4.3. Inability
to Determine Libor Rate.
In the
event, prior to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to any Libor
Rate Loan, the Agent shall determine that adequate and reasonable methods do
not
exist for ascertaining the Libor Rate that would otherwise determine the rate
of
interest to be applicable to any Libor Rate Loan during any Interest Period,
the
Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination (which shall be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower) to the Borrower and the Lenders. In
such
event (a) any Loan Request with respect to Libor Rate Loans shall be
automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a request for Base Rate Loans,
(b)
each Libor Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day of the then current
Interest Period applicable thereto, become a Base Rate Loan, and (c) the
obligations of the Lenders to make Libor Rate Loans shall be suspended, in
each
case unless and until the Agent determines that the circumstances giving rise
to
such suspension no longer exist, whereupon the Agent shall so notify the
Borrower and the Lenders.
§4.4. Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or future law,
regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or application thereof
shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Libor Rate Loans,
such
Lender shall forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Agent and the
Borrower and thereupon (a) the Commitment of such Lender to make Libor
Rate
Loans or convert Base Rate Loans to Libor Rate Loans shall forthwith be
suspended and (b) such Lender's Commitment Percentage of Libor Rate Loans then
outstanding shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last
day
of each Interest Period applicable to such Libor Rate Loans or within such
earlier period as may be required by law, all until such time as it is no longer
unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Libor Rate Loans. The Borrower
hereby agrees promptly to pay the Agent for the account of such Lender, upon
demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for
Libor Breakage Costs incurred by such Lender in making
any
conversion required by this §4.4 prior to the last day of an Interest
Period.
§4.5. Additional
Costs, Etc.
If any
present or future applicable law, which expression, as used herein, includes
statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any
competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official
charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests,
directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter
made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the Agent by any central bank
or
other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force
of
law, but if not having the
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force
of
law, then generally applied by the Lenders or the Agent with respect to similar
loans), shall:
(a) subject
any Lender or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction
or withholding of any nature with respect to this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, any Letters of Credit, such Lender's Commitment or the Loans
(other than taxes based upon or measured by the income or profits of such Lender
or the Agent), or
(b) change
the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on income or profits) of
payments to any Lender of the principal of or the interest on any Loans
or
any
other amounts payable to the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, or
(c) impose
or
increase or render applicable (other than to the extent specifically provided
for elsewhere in this Agreement) any special deposit, reserve, assessment,
liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar requirements (whether or not having
the force of law) against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account
of,
or loans by, or letters of credit issued by, or commitments of an office of
any
Lender, or
(d) impose
on
any Lender or the Agent any other conditions or requirements with respect to
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, such Lender's
Commitment, or any class of loans or commitments of which any of the Loans
or
such Lender's Commitment forms a part;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing is
(i) to
increase the cost to any Lender of making, funding, issuing, renewing, extending
or maintaining any of the Loans or such Lender's Commitment or any Letter of
Credit, or
(ii) to
reduce
the amount of principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligation or other amount
payable to such Lender or the Agent hereunder on
account of such Lender's Commitment, any Letter of Credit or any of the Loans,
or
(iii) to
require such Lender or the Agent to make any payment or to forego any interest
or Reimbursement Obligation or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which
payment or foregone interest or Reimbursement Obligation or other sum is
calculated by reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed
received by such Lender or the Agent from the Borrower hereunder,
then,
and
in each such case, the Borrower will, upon demand made by the Agent or such
Lender (such demand to be made promptly by the Agent or such Lender upon the
making of any such determination), at any time and from time to time and as
often as the occasion
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therefor
may arise, pay to such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as such
Lender or the Agent shall determine in good faith to be sufficient to compensate
such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost, reduction, payment or
foregone interest or other sum, provided
that
such Lender or the Agent is generally imposing similar charges on its other
similarly situated borrowers. The Agent shall provide the Borrower with a
calculation, in reasonable detail, of such amounts in accordance with its
customary practices.
§4.6. Capital
Adequacy.
If any
future law, governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law, but if not having the force of law,
then generally applied by the Lenders with respect to similar loans) or the
interpretation thereof by a court or governmental authority with appropriate
jurisdiction affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained
by banks or bank holding companies and any Lender or the Agent determines that
the amount of capital required to be maintained by it is increased by or based
upon the existence of Loans made or deemed to be made pursuant hereto, then
such
Lender or the Agent may notify the Borrower of such fact, and the Borrower
shall
pay to such Lender or the Agent from time to time, upon demand made by the
Agent
or such Lender (such demand to be made promptly by the Agent or such Lender
upon
the making of any such determination), as an additional fee payable hereunder,
such amount as such Lender or the Agent shall determine reasonably and in good
faith and certify in a notice to the Borrower to be an amount that will
adequately compensate such Lender in light of these circumstances for its
increased costs of maintaining such capital. Each Lender and the Agent shall
allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and on an
equitable basis, and will not charge the Borrower unless it is generally
imposing a similar charge on its other similarly situated borrowers. The Agent
shall provide the Borrower with a calculation, in reasonable detail, of such
amounts in accordance with its customary practices.
§4.7. Certificate;
Limitations.
A
certificate setting forth any additional amounts payable pursuant to §§4.5 or
4.6 and a brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by any
Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be prima facie
evidence
that such
amounts are due and owing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in
this Article 5, to the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate
an alternate lending office in the continental United States to make the Loans
in order to reduce any liability of Borrower to such Lender under §§4.4, 4.5 or
4.6 or to avoid the unavailability of a Libor Rate Loan, so long as such
designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender.
§4.8. Indemnity.
In
addition to the other provisions of this Agreement regarding such matters,
the
Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agent and each Lender and to hold the Agent
and
each Lender harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense (including
loss
of anticipated profits) that the Agent or such Lender may sustain or incur
as a
consequence of (a) a default by the Borrower in the payment of any principal
amount of or any interest on any Libor Rate Loans as and when due and payable,
including any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by
the
Agent or such Lender to
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lenders
of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its Libor Rate Loans, (b) the
failure by the Borrower to make a borrowing or conversion after the Borrower
has
given a Completed Loan Request for a Libor Rate Loan or a Conversion Request
for
a Libor Rate Loan, and (c) the making of any payment of a Libor Rate Loan or
the
making of any conversion of any such Loan to a Base Rate Loan on a day that
is
not the last day of the applicable Interest Period with respect thereto,
including interest or fees payable by the Agent or a Lender to lenders of funds
obtained by it in order to maintain any such Libor Rate Loans.
§4.9. Interest
on Overdue Amounts; Late Charge.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, upon the occurrence
and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the option of the Majority
Lenders, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the unpaid balance of all
Obligations shall bear interest at the rate otherwise applicable thereto
plus
2%,
compounded daily until such Event of Default is cured or waived to the
satisfaction of the Agent and the required Lenders. In addition, the Borrower
shall pay a late charge equal to five percent (5%) of any amount of interest
charges on the Loans which is not paid within ten (10) days of the date when
due.
§5. LETTERS
OF CREDIT.
§5.1. Letter
of Credit Commitments.
§5.1.1. Commitment
to Issue Letters of Credit.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any time and from
time to time from the Closing Date through the day that is one-hundred twenty
(120) days prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuing Lender shall issue such
Letters of Credit as the Borrower may request upon the delivery of a written
request on the Fronting Bank's customary form as part of a Completed Loan
Request (a “Letter of Credit Application”), the Fronting Bank on behalf of the
Lenders and in reliance upon the agreement of the Lenders set forth in §5.1.4
and upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained herein,
agrees, in its individual capacity, to issue, extend and renew for the account
of the Borrower one or more
letters of credit (individually, a “Letter of Credit”), in such form as may be
requested from time to time by the Borrower and agreed to by the Fronting Bank;
provided,
however,
that,
after giving effect to such Completed Loan Request, (a) the Maximum Drawing
Amount plus all Reimbursement Obligations (to the extent, if any, not yet deemed
a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §5.3), shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any
one time and (b) the sum of (i) the Maximum Drawing Amount and, without double
counting, all Reimbursement Obligations (to the extent, if any, not yet deemed
a
Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §5.3) and (ii) the amount of all Loans
outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Total Commitment in effect
at
such time and (y) the Availability at such time.
Each
Letter of Credit Application shall be executed by an officer of Borrower. The
Issuing Lender shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Person’s authority
to
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request
a
Letter of Credit on behalf of Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall have no duty
to
verify the authenticity of any signature appearing on a Letter of Credit
Request. The Borrower assumes all risks with respect to the use of the Letters
of Credit. Unless the Issuing Lender and the Required Lenders otherwise consent,
the term of any Letter of Credit shall not exceed a period of time commencing
on
the issuance of the Letter of Credit and ending on the date which is sixty
(60)
days prior to the Maturity Date (but in any event the term shall not extend
beyond the Maturity Date). The amount available to be drawn under any Letter
of
Credit shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the amount available to be
drawn under the Total Commitment as a Loan. Each Letter of Credit Application
shall be submitted to the Issuing Lender at least ten (10) Business Days (or
such shorter period as the Issuing Lender may approve) prior to the date upon
which the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued. Each such Letter of Credit
Application shall contain (i) a statement as to the purpose for which such
Letter of Credit shall be used (which purpose shall be in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement), and (ii) a certification by the chief financial or
chief accounting officer of Borrower that the Borrower is and will be in
compliance with all covenants under the Loan Documents after giving effect
to
the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall further deliver to
the
Issuing Lender such additional applications and documents as the Issuing Lender
may require, in conformity with the then standard practices of its letter of
credit department, in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit;
provided that in the event of any conflict, the terms of this Agreement shall
control. The Issuing Lender shall, if it approves of the content of the Letter
of Credit request (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, issue the Letter of
Credit on or before ten (10) Business Days following receipt of the documents
last due pursuant to §2.10(b). Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its reasonable
discretion. Upon issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall
provide notice of the issuance of such Letter of Credit to the Lenders and
shall
provide a copy of such Letter of Credit to any Lender that requests a copy.
Upon
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed
to have purchased a participation therein from Issuing Lender in an amount
equal
to its respective Commitment Percentage of the amount of such
Letter of Credit. No Lender’s obligation to participate in a Letter of Credit
shall be affected by any other Lender’s failure to perform as required herein
with respect to such Letter of Credit or any other Letter of Credit. The
issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment, renewal or extension to
or
of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all respects the same as the
issuance of a new Letter of Credit.
§5.1.2. Letter
of Credit Applications.
Each
Letter of Credit Application shall be completed to the satisfaction of the
Agent
and the Fronting Bank.
§5.1.3.
Terms
of Letters of Credit.
Each
Letter of Credit issued, extended or renewed hereunder shall, among other
things, (i) provide for the payment of sight drafts for honor thereunder when
presented in accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the
documents described therein, and (ii) shall have an expiry date
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no
later than one year after its issuance. Each Letter of Credit so
issued, extended or renewed shall be subject to the Uniform Customs.
§5.1.4. Obligations
of Lenders with respect to Letters of Credit.
Each
Lender severally agrees that it shall be absolutely liable, without regard
to
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or any other condition
precedent whatsoever, to the extent of such Lender's Commitment Percentage,
to
reimburse the Fronting Bank on demand for the amount of each draft paid by
the
Fronting Bank under each Letter of Credit (such agreement for a Lender being
called herein the “Letter of Credit Participation” of such Lender). Each such
payment made by a Lender shall be treated as a purchase by such Lender of a
participation in the Fronting Bank’s interest in such Letter of Credit and each
Lender shall share, in accordance with its respective Commitment Percentage,
in
any interest (but not any fee payable solely for the account of the Fronting
Bank) which accrues and is payable by the Borrower pursuant to §5.2 or otherwise
in connection with such Letter of Credit.
§5.2. Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower.
In
order to induce the Fronting Bank to issue, extend and renew each Letter of
Credit and the Lenders to participate therein, the Borrower hereby agrees to
reimburse or pay to the Fronting Bank, for the account of the Fronting Bank
or
(as the case may be) the Lenders, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued,
extended or renewed by the Fronting Bank hereunder,
(a) promptly
upon notification by the Fronting Bank or the Agent that any draft presented
under such Letter of Credit is honored by the Fronting Bank, or
the
Fronting Bank otherwise makes a payment with respect thereto, (i) the amount
paid by the Fronting Bank under or with respect to such Letter of Credit, and
(ii) any amounts payable pursuant to §5.5 under, or with respect to, such Letter
of Credit, and
(b) upon
the
termination of the Total Commitment, or the acceleration of the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to all Letters of Credit in accordance
with
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an amount equal to the then Maximum Drawing Amount on all Letters of Credit,
which
amount shall be held by the Agent in an interest-bearing account (with interest
to be added to such account) as cash collateral for the benefit of the Lenders
and the Agent for all Reimbursement Obligations. Upon the expiration,
termination or surrender without draw of any Letter of Credit, the Agent shall
release to the Borrower the cash collateral amount applicable to such Letter
of
Credit.
Each
such
payment shall be made to the Agent for the benefit of the Fronting Bank or
the
Lenders, as applicable, at the Agent's Head Office in immediately available
funds. Interest on any and all amounts not converted to a Revolving Credit
Loan
pursuant to §5.3 and remaining unpaid by the Borrower under this §5.2 at any
time from the date such amounts become due and payable (whether as stated in
this §5.2, by acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full (whether before
or after judgment) shall be payable to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
on demand at the rate specified in §4.9 for overdue principal on the
Loans.
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§5.3. Letter
of Credit Payments; Funding of a Loan.
If any
draft shall be presented or other demand for payment shall be made under any
Letter of Credit, the Fronting Bank will use its reasonable efforts to notify
the Borrower and the Lenders, on or before the date the Fronting Bank intends
to
honor such drawing, of the date and amount of the draft presented or demand
for
payment and of the date and time when it expects to pay such draft or honor
such
demand for payment and, except to the extent the amount of such draft becomes
a
Revolving Credit Loan as set forth in this §5.3, Borrower shall reimburse Agent,
as set forth in §5.2. Notwithstanding anything contained in §5.2 or this §5.3 to
the contrary, however, unless Borrower shall have notified the Agent and
Fronting Bank prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day
immediately prior to the date of such drawing that Borrower intends to reimburse
Fronting Bank for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds
of Revolving Credit Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a
Completed Loan Request pursuant to §2.4 to Agent, requesting a Base Rate Loan on
the date on which such drawing is honored and in an amount equal to the amount
of such drawing. The Borrower may thereafter convert any such Base Rate Loan
to
a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type in accordance with §2.5. Each Lender
shall, in accordance with §2.6, make available such Lender's Commitment
Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan to Agent, the proceeds of which shall
be applied directly by Agent to reimburse Fronting Bank for the amount of such
draw. In the event that any Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount
of such Lender's Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan on the
date
of any drawing, Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from
such Lender plus any additional amounts payable under §2.6(b) in the event of a
late funding by a Lender. Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned
any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans, amounts due
with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit and any other amounts
due to it hereunder to the Agent to fund the amount of any drawn Letter of
Credit which such Lender was required to fund pursuant to this section until
such amount has been funded (as a result of such assignment or otherwise).
If
after the issuance of a Letter of Credit pursuant to §2.10(c) by the
Issuing
Lender, but prior to the funding of any portion thereof by a Lender, one of
the
events described in §14.1(g) or (h) shall have occurred, each Lender will, on
the date such Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made, purchase an undivided
participation interest in the Letter of Credit in an amount equal to its
Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Lender will
immediately transfer to the Issuing Lender in immediately available funds the
amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Issuing Lender will
deliver to such Lender a Letter of Credit participation certificate dated the
date of receipt of such funds and in such amount. The Fronting Bank is
irrevocably authorized by the Borrower and each of the Lenders to honor draws
on
each Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof in accordance with the terms
of
such Letter of Credit. The responsibility of the Fronting Bank to the Borrower
and the Lenders shall be only to determine that the documents (including each
draft) delivered under each Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment
shall be in conformity in all material respects with such Letter of Credit
in
accordance with the Fronting Bank’s customary practices.
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§5.4. Obligations
Absolute.
The
obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders under this Agreement with respect
to
Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
be
paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the following
circumstances: (i) any improper use which may be made of any Letter of Credit
or
any improper acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter
of
Credit in connection therewith; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off,
defense or any right which the Borrower may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or persons or entities
for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting) or the
Lenders (other than the defense of payment to the Lenders in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement) or any other person, whether in connection with any
Letter of Credit, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any unrelated
transaction; (iii) any statement or any other documents presented under any
Letter of Credit proving to be insufficient, forged, fraudulent or invalid
in
any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
whatsoever; (iv) any breach of any agreement between Borrower and any
beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit; (v) any irregularity in
the
transaction with respect to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including
any
fraud by the beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit; (vi)
payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation
of
a sight draft or a certificate which does not comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit, provided that such payment shall not have constituted gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable
appeal periods, and (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, provided that such other
circumstances or happenings shall not have been the result of gross negligence
or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender as determined by a
court
of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods.
Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions, or misuse of any Letter
of
Credit by the beneficiary thereof. Neither Agent, Issuing Lender nor any Lender
will be responsible for (i)
the
form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Letter
of Credit or any document submitted by any party in connection with the issuance
of any Letter of Credit, even if such document should in fact prove to be in
any
or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii)
the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof in
whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
(iii) failure of any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with
the conditions required in order to demand payment under a Letter of Credit;
(iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery
of
any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise; (v) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission
or
otherwise of any document or draft required by or from a beneficiary in order
to
make a disbursement under a Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; (vii)
for
the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of
any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any
consequences
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arising
from causes beyond the control of Agent or any Lender. None of the foregoing
will affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the rights or powers
granted to Agent, Issuing Lender or the Lenders hereunder. In furtherance and
extension and not in limitation or derogation of any of the foregoing, any
act
taken or omitted to be taken by Agent, Issuing Lender or the other Lenders
in
good faith will be binding on Borrower and will not put Agent, Issuing Lender
or
the other Lenders under any resulting liability to Borrower.
§5.5. Reliance
by Issuer.
The
Fronting Bank and the Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, any Letter of Credit, draft, writing, resolution,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy,
telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document believed by it
to
be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper
Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent
accountants and other experts selected by the Fronting Bank or the Agent. The
Agent and the Fronting Bank shall be fully justified in failing or refusing
to
take any action under this §5 (other than the issuance of a Letter of Credit
pursuant to a Letter of Credit Application and otherwise in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement) unless it shall first have received such advice or
concurrence of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the
Lenders as may be required by this Agreement) as it reasonably deems appropriate
or it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agent and any Fronting
Bank
shall in all cases be fully protected by the Lenders in acting, or in refraining
from acting, under this §5 in accordance with a request of the Majority Lenders
(or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as may be required by this
Agreement), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant
thereto shall be binding upon the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes
or
of a Letter of Credit Participation.
§6. RECOURSE
OBLIGATIONS.
The
Obligations are full recourse obligations of the Borrower, and all of the
respective assets and properties of the Borrower shall be available for the
payment in full in cash and performance of the Obligations. The obligations
of
the Trust under the Guaranty are full recourse obligations of the Trust, and
all
of the respective assets and properties of the Trust shall be available for
the
payment in full in cash and performance thereof.
§7. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.
The
Borrower and the Trust, on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective
Subsidiaries, jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and
the
Lenders all of the statements contained in this §7.
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§7.1. Authority,
Etc.
(a) Organization:
Good Standing.
(i) Each
of
Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III is a limited partnership duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization;
each
of Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III has all requisite limited partnership power to
own
its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently
contemplated; and each of Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III is in good standing as
a
foreign entity and is duly authorized to do business in the jurisdictions where
the Eligible Unencumbered Properties owned by it are located and in each other
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary except where a failure to
be
so qualified would not have a materially adverse effect on its business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties. Each
Borrower (other than Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III) is a limited partnership,
general partnership, nominee trust or limited liability company, as the case
may
be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its
state of organization; each such Borrower has all requisite limited partnership,
general partnership, trust, limited liability company or corporate, as the
case
may be, power to own its respective properties and conduct its respective
business as now conducted and as presently contemplated; and each such Borrower
is in good standing as a foreign entity and is duly authorized to do business
in
the jurisdictions where the Eligible Unencumbered Properties owned by it are
located and in each other jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary
except where a failure to be so qualified in such other jurisdiction would
not
have a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or properties of such Borrower.
(ii) the
Trust
is a real estate investment trust duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Maryland; each Subsidiary of the Trust
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation,
nominee trust, limited liability company, limited partnership or general
partnership, as the case may be, under the laws of the state of its
organization; the Trust and each of its Subsidiaries has all requisite
corporate, trust, limited liability company, limited partnership or general
partnership, as the case may be, power to own its respective properties and
conduct its respective business as now conducted and as presently contemplated;
and the Trust is in good standing as a foreign entity and is duly authorized
to
do business in the jurisdictions where such qualification is
necessary,
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except
where a failure to be so qualified in such other would not have a materially
adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or properties of the Trust or any such Subsidiary.
(b) Capitalization.
The
outstanding equity of each of Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III is comprised of a
general partner interest and limited partner interests, all of which
have been duly issued and are outstanding and fully paid and non-assessable.
All
of the issued and outstanding general partner interests of Xxxxxxx OP are owned
and held of record by the Trust and all of the issued and outstanding general
partner interests of Xxxxxxx III are owned and held of record by Xxxxxxx OP.
As
of the Closing Date, all of the issued and outstanding limited partner interests
of Xxxxxxx OP are owned and held of record as set forth on Schedule
7.1(b).
There
are no outstanding securities or agreements exchangeable for or convertible
into
or carrying any rights to acquire a general partner interest in Xxxxxxx OP
or
Xxxxxxx III. There are no outstanding commitments, options, warrants, calls
or
other agreements (whether written or oral) binding on Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III
or
the Trust which require or could require Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or the Trust
to
sell, grant, transfer, assign, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any
general partner interest in Xxxxxxx OP or Xxxxxxx III. No general partner
interests of Xxxxxxx OP or Xxxxxxx III are subject to any restrictions on
transfer or any partner agreements, voting agreements, trust deeds, irrevocable
proxies; or any other similar agreements or interests (whether written or oral).
For so long as any Borrower which is a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Xxxxxxx OP
is
a Borrower, Xxxxxxx OP owns, directly or indirectly, 100% (by number of votes
or
controlling interests) of the outstanding voting interests and of the economic
interests in each such Borrower. All of the issued and outstanding equity
interests of each Borrower other than Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III are owned
and
held of record by the Persons set forth on Schedule
7.1(b)
attached
hereto, and all of such equity interests have been duly issued and are
outstanding and fully paid and non-assessable. There are no outstanding
securities or agreements exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying any
rights to acquire any equity interests in any Borrower (other than Xxxxxxx
OP
and
Xxxxxxx III). There are no outstanding commitments, options, warrants, calls
or
other agreements (whether written or oral) binding on any Borrower (other than
Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III) which require or could require any Borrower (other
than Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III) to sell, grant, transfer, assign, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of any equity interest in such Borrower. Except
as
set forth on Schedule
7.1(b),
no
equity interests of any Borrower are subject to any restrictions on transfer
or
any partner agreements, voting agreements, trust deeds, irrevocable proxies;
or
any other similar agreements or interests (whether written or oral). All of
the
Preferred Equity which exists as of the date of this Agreement, and each of
the
agreements or other documents entered into and/or setting forth the terms,
rights and restrictions applicable to any such Preferred Equity, are listed
and
described on Schedule
7.1(b)
attached
hereto. All of the agreements and other documents relating to the Preferred
Equity in effect on the Closing Date have been furnished to the
Agent.
(c) Due
Authorization.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or the Trust is or
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is
to
become
a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are within
the
authority of the Borrower and the Trust, (ii) have been duly authorized by
all
necessary proceedings on the part of the Borrower or the Trust and any general
partner or member thereof, (iii) do not conflict with or result in any breach
or
contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which
the
Borrower or the Trust is subject or any judgment, order, writ, injunction,
license or permit applicable to the Borrower or the Trust, (iv) do not conflict
with any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or the Trust
or any general partner thereof, and (v) do not contravene any provisions of,
or
constitute Default or Event of Default hereunder or a failure to comply with
any
term, condition or provision of, (x) the GMAC Loan, (y) the Management Agreement
or (z) any other agreement, instrument, judgment, order, decree, permit, license
or undertaking binding upon or applicable to the Borrower or the Trust or any
of
the Borrower's or the Trust's properties (except for any such failure to comply
under any such other agreement, instrument, judgment, order, decree, permit,
license, or undertaking as would not materially and adversely affect the
business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties
of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group)
or result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien,
encumbrance or charge upon any of the properties or assets of the Borrower
or
the Trust.
(d) Enforceability.
Each of
the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Trust is a party has been duly
executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid
and
binding obligations of the Borrower and the Trust, as the case may be, subject
only to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors'
rights.
§7.2. Governmental
Approvals.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the Trust of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower
or the Trust is or is to become a party and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not require (i) the approval or consent of any governmental
agency or authority other than those already obtained and delivered to the
Agent, or (ii) filing with any governmental agency or authority, other than
filings which will be made with the SEC when and as required by law or deemed
appropriate by the Trust.
§7.3. Title
to Properties; Leases.
The
Borrower and the Trust each has good fee to all of its respective properties,
assets and rights of every name and nature purported to be owned by it,
including, without limitation, that:
(a) The
Borrower holds good and clear record and marketable fee simple title to the
Eligible Unencumbered Properties and all assets or properties relating
thereto,
subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
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(b) The
Borrower and the Trust will, as of the Closing Date, own all of the assets
as
reflected in the financial statements of the Borrower and the Trust described
in §7.4, or acquired since the date of such financial statements (except
property and assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of
business since that date).
(c) Each
of
the direct or indirect interests of the Borrower in any Partially-Owned Entity
is set forth on Schedule
7.3(c)
attached
hereto, including the type of entity
in
which the interest is held, the percentage interest owned by the Borrower in
such entity, the capacity in which the Borrower holds the interest, and the
Borrower’s ownership interest therein.
§7.4. Financial
Statements.
The
Borrower has furnished to each of the Lenders the audited Consolidated balance
sheet of the Trust and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 (together with
the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Trust and its Subsidiaries
as of
September 30, 2004 and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, changes
in
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year or other period then
ended, as applicable (collectively, the “Initial Financials”). Such Initial
Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and, in the case of the
December 31, 2003 financial statements, accompanied by an auditors’ report
prepared without qualification by the Accountants. The Initial Financials fairly
present the financial condition of the Trust and its Subsidiaries as at the
close of business on the date thereof and the results of operations for the
fiscal year then ended. There are no contingent liabilities of the Trust or
any
of its Subsidiaries as of such date known to the officers of the Trust or any
of
its Subsidiaries not disclosed in the Initial Financials.
§7.5 No
Material Changes, Etc.
Since
the Financial Statement Date, there has occurred no materially adverse change
in
the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member
of
the Xxxxxxx Group. Since the Financial Statement Date and the Closing Date
(or
such later date upon which a Real Estate Asset became part of the Borrowing
Base
Pool), there has been no material adverse change to the Net Operating Income
of
any Real Estate Asset that is part of the Borrowing Base Pool.
§7.6. Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, Etc.
The
Borrower, the Trust and each of their respective Subsidiaries possess all
franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses and permits,
and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of their
respective businesses substantially as now conducted without known conflict
with
any rights of others, except where the failure to so possess could not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the
Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group. The
Borrower, the Trust and each of their respective Subsidiaries possess all
material Permits relating to each of the Unencumbered Assets comprising part
of
the Borrowing Base Pool.
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§7.7 Litigation.
Except
as disclosed on Schedule
7.7,
there
are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or,
to
the Borrower’s or the Trust’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower, the
Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries before any court, tribunal or
administrative agency or board that, if adversely determined, could reasonably
be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely
affect the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or
properties of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the
Xxxxxxx Group, or materially impair the right of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx
III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group, to carry on its businesses
substantially as now conducted by it, or result in any substantial liability
not
fully covered by insurance, or for which adequate reserves are not maintained,
as reflected in the applicable consolidated financial statements or SEC Filings
of the Borrower and the Trust, or which question the validity of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, or any action taken or to be taken pursuant
hereto or thereto.
§7.8. No
Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.
Neither
the Borrower, the Trust nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject
to
any charter, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other legal
restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation that has or
could reasonably expected in the future to have a materially adverse effect
on
the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the
Xxxxxxx Group. None of the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement that has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, any materially adverse effect on the business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the
Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx
Group.
§7.9. Compliance
With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc.
Neither
the Borrower, the Trust nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is in violation
of any provision of its partnership agreement, operating agreement, charter
or
other Organizational Document, as the case may be, or any agreement or
instrument to which it may be subject or by which it or any of its properties
may be bound or any decree, order, judgment, statute, license, rule or
regulation, in any of the foregoing cases in a manner that could reasonably
be
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in the imposition of
substantial penalties or materially and adversely affect the business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the
Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group. Without
limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower is in compliance with, and neither
the
entering into of the Loan Documents or the use of the proceeds of the Loans
will
violate: any law, rule or regulation relating to anti-terrorism or money
laundering, including the Anti-Terrorism Order, the Patriot Act, the Trading
with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations
of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating
thereto.
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§7.10. Tax
Status.
(i)
Each of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries (a) has made
or filed all federal, state and local income and all other tax returns, reports
and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (b) has
paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and (c) has set
aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes
for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply, and (ii) there are no unpaid taxes claimed to be due by
the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the respective officers of the
Borrower and the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries know of no basis for
any such claim.
§7.11
No
Event of Default.
No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
§7.12. Investment
Company Acts.
None of
the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries is an
“investment company”, or an “affiliated company” or a “principal underwriter” of
an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940.
§7.13. Name;
Jurisdiction of Organization; Absence of UCC Financing Statements,
Etc.
The
exact legal name of the Borrower and the Trust, and their respective
jurisdictions of organization, are set forth on Schedule
7.13
attached
hereto. Except for Permitted Liens, there is no financing statement, security
agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage, equipment lease, financing
lease, option, encumbrance or other document filed or recorded with any filing
records, registry, or other public office, that purports to cover, affect or
give notice of any present or possible future lien or encumbrance on, or
security interest in, any Eligible Unencumbered Property. Except
in favor
of
the Agent, neither the Borrower nor the Trust has pledged or granted any lien
on
or security interest in or otherwise encumbered or transferred any of their
respective interests in any Subsidiary (including in the case of the Trust,
its
interests in Xxxxxxx OP).
§7.14. Absence
of Liens.
The
Borrower is the owner of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties free from any
Lien, except for Permitted Liens.
§7.15. Certain
Transactions.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
7.15,
none of
the officers, partners, directors, or employees of the Trust, the Borrower
or
any of their Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the
Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to
or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, partner, member, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Trust, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity in which any
officer, partner, director, or any such
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employee
or natural Person related to such officer, partner, director or employee or
other Person in which such officer, partner, member, director or employee has
a
direct or indirect beneficial interest has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, member, trustee or partner.
§7.16. Employee
Benefit Plans; Multiemployer Plans; Guaranteed Pension Plans.
Except
as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on Schedule
7.16,
none of
the Borrower, the Trust nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to
any
Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension
Plan.
§7.17. Regulations
U and X.
No
portion of any Loan is to be used, and no portion of any Letter of Credit is
to
be obtained, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or
“margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and
224.
§7.18. Environmental
Compliance.
The
Borrower has caused Phase I and other environmental assessments or similar
assessments (collectively, the “Environmental Reports”) to be conducted to
investigate the past and present environmental condition and usage of the Real
Estate Assets, true and complete copies of which have been delivered to the
Agent if so requested by the Agent. To the Borrower's knowledge, except as
otherwise expressly disclosed on Schedule
7.18,
the
Borrower makes the following representations and warranties:
(a) None
of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Trust or any operator of the Real Estate
Assets or any portion thereof, or any operations thereon is in violation,
or alleged violation, of any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or
regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation,
those arising under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended (“CERCLA”), the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“XXXX”), the Federal Clean
Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or
any
state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, order or decree relating to
health, safety or the environment (hereinafter “Environmental Laws”), which
violation or alleged violation has, or its remediation would have, by itself
or
when aggregated with all such other violations or alleged violations, a material
adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise), properties or prospects of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or
any
other member of the Xxxxxxx Group, or constitutes a Disqualifying Environmental
Event with respect to any of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties.
(b) None
of
the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries has received
written notice from any third party, including, without limitation, any
federal,
state or local governmental authority, (i) that it has been identified by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA) as a potentially
responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National
Priorities
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List,
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C.F.R. Part 000 Xxxxxxxx X (1986), (ii) that any hazardous waste, as defined
by
42 U.S.C. § 9601(5), any hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C. §
9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(33) or any
toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances
regulated by any Environmental Laws (“Hazardous Substances”) which it has
generated, transported or disposed of have been found at any site at which
a
federal, state or local agency or other third party has conducted or has ordered
that the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries conduct
a
remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any
Environmental Law, or (iii) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim,
action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in
each case, contingent or otherwise) arising out of any third party's incurrence
of costs, expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection
with
the release of Hazardous Substances, which event described in any such notice
would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise), properties or prospects of the Trust,
Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group, or constitutes
a Disqualifying Environmental Event with respect to any of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties.
(c) (i)
No
portion of the Real Estate Assets has been used for the handling, processing,
storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except in accordance with
applicable Environmental Laws; and no underground tank or other underground
storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances is located on any portion of any
Real Estate Assets except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws,
(ii)
in the course of any activities conducted by the Borrower, the Trust, their
respective Subsidiaries or the operators of their respective properties or
any
ground or space tenants on any Real Estate Asset, no Hazardous Substances have
been generated or are being used on such Real Estate
Asset except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws, (iii) there
has
been no present or past releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping
(a
“Release”) or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or from
the Real Estate Assets in violation of applicable Environmental Laws, (iv)
there
have been no Releases in violation of applicable Environmental Laws upon, from
or into any real property in the vicinity of any of the Real Estate Assets
which, through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located
on
such Real Estate Asset, and (v) to the best of Borrower’s Knowledge, any
Hazardous Substances that have been generated on any of the Real Estate Assets
during ownership thereof by the Borrower, the Trust, their respective
Subsidiaries or the operations of their respective properties have been
transported off-site only in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
any of which events described in clauses (i) through (v) above would have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise), properties or prospects of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP,
Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group, or constitutes a
Disqualifying Environmental Event with respect to any of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties.
(d) None
of
the Borrower, the Trust or any of the Real Estate Assets is subject to any
applicable Environmental Law requiring the performance of Hazardous
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Substances
site assessments, or the removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances, or
the
giving of notice to any governmental agency or the recording or delivery to
other Persons of an environmental disclosure document or statement, by virtue
of
the transactions set forth herein and contemplated hereby, or as a condition
to
the effectiveness of any other transactions contemplated hereby.
§7.19. Subsidiaries.
Schedule
7.19
sets
forth, as of the Closing Date, all of the respective Subsidiaries of Xxxxxxx
OP,
Xxxxxxx III and each other member of the Xxxxxxx Group and the
Trust.
§7.20. Loan
Documents.
All of
the representations and warranties by or on behalf of the Borrower and the
Trust
and their respective Subsidiaries made in this Agreement and in the other Loan
Documents or any document or instrument delivered to the Agent or the Lenders
pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan Documents are true and
correct in all material respects and do not include any untrue statement of
a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or
necessary to make such representations and warranties not materially
misleading.
§7.21. REIT
Status.
The
Trust is qualified as a REIT and has not taken any action that would prevent
it
from maintaining its qualification as a REIT for its tax years ending December
31, 2003 or December 31, 2004, or from maintaining such qualification at all
times during the term of this Agreement.
§8. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE TRUST.
The
Borrower and the Trust, on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective
Subsidiaries, jointly and severally covenant and agree that:
§8.1. Punctual
Payment.
The
Borrower will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal and
interest on the Loans and all interest, fees, charges and other amounts and
Obligations provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents.
§8.2. Maintenance
of Office; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc..
Each of
the Borrower and the Trust will maintain its chief executive office in Houston,
Texas, or at such other place in the United States of America as each of them
shall designate by written notice to the Agent to be delivered at least thirty
(30) days prior to any change of chief executive office, where, subject to
§21,
notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Borrower and the Trust in
respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made. Neither the Trust nor the
Borrower will change its jurisdiction of organization, name or corporate
structure without giving the Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of such change, and, in the case of a change in corporate structure,
without the prior written consent of the Agent, which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld.
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§8.3. Records
and Accounts.
Each of
the Borrower and the Trust will (a) keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries
to
keep, true and accurate records and books of account in which full, true and
correct entries will be made in accordance with GAAP and (b) maintain adequate
accounts and reserves for all taxes (including income taxes), contingencies,
depreciation and amortization of its properties and the properties of its
Subsidiaries.
§8.4. Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information.
The
Borrower and the Trust will deliver to the Agent (with copies to the Agent
for
each Lender):
(a) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after the
end
of each fiscal year of the Trust, the audited consolidated balance sheet
of
the Trust and its Subsidiaries at the end of such year, and the related audited
consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholder’s equity (or the
equivalent thereof) and cash flows for the year then ended, in each case,
setting forth in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the
previous fiscal year and all such statements to be in reasonable detail,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, accompanied by an auditor's
report prepared without qualification by the Accountants; together with, at
the
Agent’s request, a written statement from such Accountants to the effect that
they have read a copy of this Agreement, and that, in making the examination
necessary to said certification, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default under §10 or otherwise under the provisions of this
Agreement relating to the financial condition of the Trust or any of its
Subsidiaries, or of any facts or circumstances that
would cause the Trust not to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income
tax purposes, or, if such Accountants shall have obtained knowledge of any
then
existing Default, Event of Default or such facts or circumstances, they shall
make disclosure thereof in such statement;
(b) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after
the
end of each of its March 31, June 30 and September 30 fiscal quarters,
copies
of
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Trust and its Subsidiaries,
as
at the end of such quarter, and the related unaudited consolidated statements
of
income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the portion of the
Trust’s fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in
accordance with GAAP (which may be provided by inclusion in the Form 10-Q of
the
Trust filed with the SEC for such period provided pursuant to clause (i) below),
together with a certification by the principal financial or accounting officer
of the Borrower and the Trust that the information contained in such financial
statements fairly presents the financial position of the Trust and its
Subsidiaries on the date thereof (subject to year-end adjustments none of which
shall be materially adverse and the absence of footnotes);
(c) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after the
end
of each of its fiscal years, statements of Net Operating Income and outstanding
Indebtedness as at the end of such fiscal year and for the fiscal year then
ended in respect of each Real Estate Asset (including each Eligible Unencumbered
Property), each prepared in accordance with GAAP consistent with the definitions
of Net
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Operating
Income and outstanding Indebtedness used in this Agreement and a rent roll
and
operating statement in respect of each Eligible Unencumbered Property, in each
case certified by the chief financial or accounting officer of the Borrower
as
true and correct;
(d) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after
the
end of each of the fiscal quarters of the Borrower, (i) copies of the
unaudited
statements of Net Operating Income and outstanding Indebtedness as at the end
of
such quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then elapsed in respect
of
each Real Estate Asset (including each Eligible Unencumbered Property), each
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistent with the definitions of Net
Operating Income and outstanding Indebtedness used in this Agreement, and a
rent
roll and operating statement in respect of each Eligible Unencumbered Property,
in each case certified by the chief financial or accounting officer of the
Borrower to present fairly the Net Operating Income and outstanding Indebtedness
and rent roll in respect of each such Real Estate Asset, (ii) an occupancy
analysis in respect of each Real Estate Asset (including each Eligible
Unencumbered Property) certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower
to be true and complete, and (iii) from Xxxxxxx III, a schedule of revenues
and
expenses for each Eligible Unencumbered Property;
(e) simultaneously
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a)
and
(b) above, a statement in the form of Exhibit
C-1
hereto
signed
by
the chief financial or accounting officer of the Borrower, and setting forth
in
reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the covenants
contained in §10;
(f) promptly
as they become available, a copy of each report submitted to the Borrower,
the
Trust or any of their respective subsidiaries by the Accountants in
connection with each annual audit of the books of the Borrower, the Trust or
such Subsidiary by such Accountants or in connection with any interim audit
thereof pertaining to any phase of the business of the Borrower, the Trust
or
any such Subsidiary;
(g) contemporaneously
with (or promptly after) the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all material
of a financial nature sent to the holders of any Indebtedness
of the Trust or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Loans) for borrowed
money, to the extent that the information or disclosure contained in such
material refers to or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or properties of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of
the
Xxxxxxx Group;
(h) contemporaneously
with the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all material of a financial nature
filed with the SEC or sent to the equityholders of the Trust;
(i) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after the
end
of each fiscal year of the Trust, copies of the Form 10-K statement filed
by
the Trust with the SEC for such fiscal year, and as soon as practicable, but
in
any event not later than fifty (50) days after the end of each fiscal quarter
of
the Trust copies of the Form 10-Q statement filed by the Trust with the SEC
for
such fiscal quarter;
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(j) in
the
case of the Borrower and the Trust, as soon as practicable, but in any event
not
later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of each of their respective
fiscal
years, a business plan for the next fiscal year (including pro forma
projections for such period);
(k) together
with the financial statements delivered pursuant to §8.4(a), a certification by
the chief financial or accounting officer of the Borrower of the state
and
federal taxable income of the Trust and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the
applicable fiscal year;
(l) in
the
event that the definition of “funds from operations” is revised by the Board of
Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
a
report, certified by the chief financial or accounting officer of the Borrower,
of the “funds from operations” of the Borrower based on the definition as in
effect on the date of this Agreement and based on the definition as so revised
from time to time, which such report shall be delivered to the Agent (with
copies to the Agent for each Lender) with
the
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to §8.4(a) or §8.4(b)
above, as applicable; and
(m) from
time
to time such other financial data and other information about the Borrower,
the
Trust, their respective Subsidiaries, the Real Estate Assets and the
Partially-Owned Entities as the Agent or any Lender (through the Agent) may
reasonably request.
§8.5. Notices.
(a) Defaults.
The
Borrower and the Trust will, promptly after obtaining knowledge of the same,
notify the Agent in writing (with copies to the Agent for each Lender)
of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. If any Person shall give
any notice or take any other action in respect of (x) a claimed Default (whether
or not constituting an Event of Default) under this Agreement or (y) a claimed
failure by the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
as
applicable, to comply with any term, condition or provision of or under any
note, evidence of Indebtedness, indenture or other obligation (i) in excess
of
$5,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, in respect of Indebtedness that
is
Without Recourse and (ii) in excess of $1,000,000, individually or in the
aggregate, in respect of Indebtedness that is Recourse, to which or with respect
to which any of them is a party or obligor, whether as principal obligor,
guarantor or surety, and such failure to comply would permit the holder of
such
note or obligation or other evidence of Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity
thereof, the Borrower shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Agent
and each of the Lenders, describing the notice or action and the nature of
the
claimed failure to comply.
(b) Environmental
Events.
The
Borrower and the Trust will promptly give notice in writing to the Agent (with
copies to the Agent for each Lender) (i) upon Borrower's
or the Trust's obtaining knowledge of any material violation (as determined
by
the Borrower or the Trust in the exercise of its reasonable discretion) of
any
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Environmental
Law regarding any Real Estate Asset or Borrower's or the Trust's operations,
(ii) upon Borrower's or the Trust's obtaining knowledge of any known Release
of
any Hazardous Substance at, from, or into any Real Estate Asset which it reports
in writing or is reportable by it in writing to any governmental authority
and
which is material in amount or nature or which could materially affect the
value
of such Real Estate Asset, (iii) upon Borrower's or the Trust's receipt of
any
notice of material violation of any Environmental Laws or of any material
Release of Hazardous Substances in violation of any Environmental Laws or any
matter that may be a Disqualifying Environmental Event with respect to any
of
the Eligible Unencumbered Properties, including a notice or claim of liability
or potential responsibility from any third party (including without limitation
any federal, state or local governmental officials) and including notice of
any
formal inquiry, proceeding, demand, investigation or other action with regard
to
(A) Borrower's or the Trust's or any other Person's operation of any Real Estate
Asset, (B) contamination on, from or into any Real Estate Asset, or (C) investigation
or remediation of off-site locations at which Borrower or the Trust or any
of
its predecessors are alleged to have directly or indirectly disposed of
Hazardous Substances, or (iv) upon Borrower's or the Trust’s obtaining knowledge
that any expense or loss has been incurred by such governmental authority in
connection with the assessment, containment, removal or remediation of any
Hazardous Substances with respect to which Borrower or the Trust or any
Partially-Owned Entity may be liable or for which a lien may be imposed on
any
Real Estate Asset.
(c) Notification
of Claims against Eligible Unencumbered Properties.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, promptly upon becoming aware
thereof,
notify the Agent in writing (with copies to the Agent for each Lender) of any
setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses to which any of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties are subject, which (i) could reasonably be expected
to
have a material adverse effect on (x) the business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise), properties or prospects of the Trust,
Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group, or (y) the
value of any such Eligible Unencumbered Property, or (ii) with respect to such
Eligible Unencumbered Property, constitute a Disqualifying Environmental Event,
a Disqualifying Structural Event or a Lien.
(d) Notice
of Litigation and Judgments.
The
Borrower and the Trust will give notice to the Agent in writing (with copies
to
the Agent for each Lender) within three
(3)
days of becoming aware of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing
or
any pending litigation and proceedings an adverse determination in which could
materially adversely affect Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any other
member of the Xxxxxxx Group, or any Eligible Unencumbered Property, or to which
the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries is or is to
become a party involving a claim against the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their
respective Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a materially
adverse effect on the respective business, operations, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or properties of the Trust, Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III
or
any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group or on the value or operation of the
Eligible Unencumbered Properties and stating the nature and status of
such
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litigation
or proceedings. The Borrower and the Trust will give notice to the Agent and
each of the Lenders, in writing, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory
to
the Agent, within three (3) days of any judgment not covered by insurance,
final
or otherwise, against the Borrower, the Trust or any of such Subsidiaries in
an
amount in excess of $1,000,000.
(e) Acquisition
of Real Estate Assets.
The
Borrower shall notify the Agent (with copies to the Agent for each Lender)
in
its financial reports delivered pursuant
to §§8.4(a) and (b) of the acquisition of Real Estate Assets during the
applicable quarter by the Borrower or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Group
(other than the Trust, which will not directly own any Real Estate Assets)
(whether or not such acquisition was made with proceeds of the Loans), which
notice shall include, with respect to each such Real Estate Asset, its address,
a brief description and recent photograph, a rent roll summary,
a pro forma
and
historic (if available) income statement and a summary of the key business
terms
of such acquisition.
§8.6. Existence
of Borrower; Maintenance of Properties.
The
Borrower and the Trust will do or cause to be done all things necessary to,
and
shall, preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective existence
in
its jurisdiction of organization and will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force all of its respective rights and
franchises and those of its respective Subsidiaries which may be necessary
to
properly and advantageously conduct the businesses conducted by it. The Borrower
(a) will cause all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements to be made to all Real Estate Assets owned or controlled by it,
all
as in the judgment of the Borrower may be necessary so that the business carried
on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at
all
times, and in any event, will keep all of the Real Estate Assets (for so long
as
such Real Estate Assets are owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries)
in
a condition consistent with the Real Estate Assets currently owned or controlled
by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (b) will cause all of its other properties
and those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business
or
the business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition,
repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, (c) will
not
permit the Trust to directly own or lease any Real Estate Asset, and (d) will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to continue to engage primarily in
the
businesses now conducted by it.
§8.7. Existence
of the Trust; Maintenance of REIT Status of the Trust; Maintenance of
Properties; Xxxxxxx Management; Etc.
(a)
The
Trust
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect the Trust’s existence as a Maryland real estate investment
trust. The Trust will at all times (i) maintain its status as a REIT and not
take any action which could lead to its disqualification as a REIT and (ii)
continue to operate as a self-directed and self-administered REIT and make
public reports and filings as though it were listed on a nationally-recognized
stock exchange. The Trust will not engage in any business other than the
business of acting as a REIT and serving as the general partner
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and
limited partner of the Borrower and matters directly relating thereto, and
shall
(x) conduct all or substantially all of its business operations through the
Borrower or through subsidiary partnerships or other entities in which the
Borrower owns 100% of the legal and economic interests and (y) own no real
property or material personal property other than through its ownership
interests in the Borrower. The Trust will (a) cause all of its properties and
those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or
the
business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair
and working order, and supplied with all necessary equipment, (b) cause to
be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Trust may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times and (c) cause
each of its Subsidiaries to continue to engage primarily in the businesses
now
conducted by it.
(b) Xxxxxxx
Management will continue to perform its services, duties and obligations under
the Management Agreement in good faith and consistent with the manner in which
such services, duties and obligations have been performed prior to the date
hereof. Each of Xxxxxxx OP and the Trust will continue to perform its
obligations under the Management Agreement consistent with the manner in which
such services, duties and obligations have been performed prior to the date
hereof. No payments will be made by the Borrower or the Trust to Xxxxxxx
Management, Xxxxxxx Property LLC or Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx for the services intended
to be provided under the Management Agreement except as contemplated by the
Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. Neither Borrower will
enter into any transactions after the Closing Date that, if in effect on the
Closing Date, would have required disclosure on Schedule
7.15
without
the consent of the Agent.
(c) Neither
of Xxxxxxx III LP LTD and Xxxxxxx III GP LLC will engage in any business other
than the business of serving as the general partner or limited partner, as
the
case may be, of Xxxxxxx III and matters directly relating thereto and shall
not
own any real property or material personal property other than through its
ownership interests in Xxxxxxx III.
§8.8. Insurance.
The
Borrower and the Trust will maintain with respect to their other properties,
and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, insurance with respect to such properties and its business
against such casualties and contingencies as shall be in accordance with the
general practices of businesses engaged in similar activities in similar
geographic areas and in amounts, containing such terms, in such forms and for
such periods as may be reasonable and prudent.
§8.9. Taxes.
The
Borrower will, and will cause the Trust and each of their respective
Subsidiaries to, pay or cause to be paid real estate taxes, other taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges against the Real Estate Assets before
the same become delinquent and will duly pay and discharge, or cause to be
paid
and
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discharged,
before the same shall become overdue, all taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges imposed upon its sales and activities, or any part thereof,
or upon the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor,
materials, or supplies that if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge
upon
any of the Real Estate Assets; provided
that any
such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if the validity
or
amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if the Borrower or the Trust shall have set aside on its books
adequate reserves with respect thereto; and provided
further
that the Borrower or the Trust will pay all such taxes, assessments, charges,
levies or claims forthwith prior to the attachment of any lien as security
therefor. Promptly upon request by the Agent if required for bank regulatory
compliance purposes or similar bank purposes, the Borrower will provide evidence
of the payment of real estate taxes, other taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges against the Real Estate Assets in the form of receipted
tax
bills or other form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, or evidence of the
existence of applicable contests as contemplated herein.
§8.10. Inspection
of Properties and Books.
(a)
Subject to the rights of tenants to limit or prohibit such access, as denoted
in
the applicable Leases, the Borrower and the Trust will permit the Agent or
any
of its designated representatives upon reasonable notice (which notice may
be
given orally or in writing and provided
that no
notice shall be required if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing), to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower, the
Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Xxxxxxx Management to examine
the books of account of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective
Subsidiaries and Xxxxxxx Management (and to make copies thereof and extracts
therefrom) and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower,
the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the
same by, its officers, all at such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent
may reasonably request.
(b) The
Borrower hereby agrees that each of the Lenders and the Agent (and each of
their
respective, and their respective affiliates’, employees, officers, directors,
agents and advisors (collectively, “Representatives”) is, and has
been from
the
commencement of discussions with respect to the facility established by the
Agreement (the “Facility”), permitted to disclose to any and all Persons,
without limitation of any kind, the structure and tax aspects (as such terms
are
used in Code sections 6011 and 6111) of the Facility, and all materials of
any
kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are or have been provided
to such Lender or the Agent related to such structure and tax aspects.
In
this
regard, the Lenders and the Agent intend that this transaction will not be
a
“confidential transaction” under Code sections 6011, 6111 or 6112, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. Neither
Borrower, any Guarantor, nor any Subsidiary of any of the foregoing intends
to
treat the Loan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as being a "reportable transaction" (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4). If the Borrower or the Guarantor
determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention,
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the
Borrower will promptly notify the Agent thereof. If the Borrower so notifies
the
Agent, the Borrower acknowledges that the Agent may treat the Loan as part
of a
transaction that is subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1, and
the
Agent will maintain the lists and other records, including the identity of
the
applicable party to the Loan as required by such Treasury
Regulation.
§8.11. Compliance
with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits.
The
Borrower and the Trust will comply with, and will cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries to comply with (a) all applicable laws and regulations now or
hereafter in effect wherever its business is conducted that are material in
any
respect to the operation of their respective businesses
in the ordinary course and consistent with past practices, including, without
limitation, all such Environmental Laws and all such applicable federal and
state securities laws, (b) the provisions of its partnership agreement, trust
agreement, operating agreement or corporate charter and other Organizational
Documents, as applicable, (c) all material agreements and instruments to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound (including
the Real Estate Assets and the Leases) and (d) all applicable decrees, orders,
and judgments. If at any time while any Loan or Note or other Obligations is
outstanding or the Lenders have any obligation to make Loans or issue Letters
of
Credit hereunder, any Permit shall become necessary or required in order that
the Borrower may fulfill any of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower and
the
Trust and their respective Subsidiaries will immediately take or cause to be
taken all reasonable steps within the power of the Borrower or the Trust, as
applicable, to obtain such Permit and furnish the Agent with evidence thereof.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower will continue to comply with
all laws, rules and regulations relating to anti-terrorism or money laundering,
including the Anti-Terrorism Order, the Patriot Act, the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, and the foreign assets control regulations of the United States
Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and the enabling
legislation or executive orders relating thereto.
§8.12. Use
of
Proceeds.
Subject
at all times to the other provisions of this Agreement, including without
limitation §7.17, the Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely to
repay in full its obligations under its existing revolving credit facility
agented by Union Planters, to finance acquisitions of Permitted Properties
and
for its working capital and general corporate purposes.
§8.13. Additional
Borrower; Solvency of Borrower; Removal of Borrower; Addition of Real Estate
Asset to Borrowing Base Pool.
(a) If,
after
the Closing Date, Xxxxxxx OP or Xxxxxxx III wishes to designate as an Eligible
Unencumbered Property a Real Estate Asset that otherwise qualifies
as an Eligible Unencumbered Property but is owned by a Person other than the
Borrower, Xxxxxxx OP and/or Xxxxxxx III shall cause such Person (which Person
must be a direct or indirect Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Xxxxxxx OP) to become
a
party to this Agreement and the other applicable Loan Documents prior to such
Real Estate Asset
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becoming
an Eligible Unencumbered Property hereunder. The liability of each Person which
is from time to time a Borrower hereunder shall be joint and several with each
other Borrower for all Obligations for so long as such Borrower is a Borrower
hereunder (provided
that
Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III shall at all times be a Borrower hereunder). In
accordance with §11.3, at any time and from time to time but only for so long as
no Default or Event of Default shall then exist, Xxxxxxx OP may notify Agent,
in
writing (each, a “Release Notice”), that the Borrower would like one (1) or more
Eligible Unencumbered Properties to be removed from the Borrowing Base Pool.
Such Release Notice shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Compliance in
the
form of Exhibit
C-2,
evidencing compliance with §2.1 and §10 after giving effect to the requested
release.
Upon
the
Agent’s receipt of such Release Notice and its satisfaction with the Certificate
of Compliance, such Eligible Unencumbered Properties (each, a “Released
Property”) shall be removed from the Borrowing Base Pool and any Wholly-owned
Subsidiary which is the owner of a Released Property (and is not the owner
of
any other an Eligible Unencumbered Property) and which is then a Borrower (other
than Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III) hereunder shall be released from its
obligations hereunder (including the Obligations). Xxxxxxx OP will not permit
any Borrower (other than Xxxxxxx OP and Xxxxxxx III) that owns any Eligible
Unencumbered Property to have any Subsidiaries unless such Subsidiary's
business, obligations and undertakings are exclusively related to the business
of such Borrower.
(b) The
Borrower, the Trust and Xxxxxxx Management shall remain solvent at all
times.
(c)
Prior
to
the addition of any Real Estate Asset to the Borrowing Base Pool, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Agent (i) a written request to add such Real
Estate Asset to the Borrowing Base Pool, (ii) the Joinder Documents, if
applicable, (iii) a current rent roll and operating statement for such Real
Estate Asset, (iv) a Certificate of Compliance in the form of Exhibit
C-2
evidencing compliance with §2.1 and §10 after giving effect to the requested
addition, (v) a certification that such Real Estate Asset is not the subject
of
a Disqualifying Environmental Event or a Disqualifying Structural Event, and
(vi) any other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements reasonably
requested by the Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing clauses (a) - (c) or any other provision of this Agreement, in
the
event the Borrower wishes to add a Real Estate Asset to
the
Borrowing Base Pool which does not meet one or more of the Unencumbered Property
Conditions or the provisions of §8.13(c), such Real Estate Asset may be included
in the Borrowing Base Pool with the approval of the Majority Lenders.
§8.14. Further
Assurances.
The
Borrower and the Trust will cooperate with the Agent and the Lenders and execute
such further instruments and documents as the Lenders or the Agent shall
reasonably request to carry out to their satisfaction the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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§8.15. Interest
Rate Protection.
No
later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall obtain and
thereafter maintain in effect interest rate protection arrangements (by means
of
hedging techniques or vehicles such as interest rate swaps, interest rate caps,
interest rate corridors or interest rate collars, in each case to be capped
at a
rate reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) covering all Indebtedness for borrowed
money in excess of $40,000,000 until the point at which the ratio of variable
rate Indebtedness to fixed rate Indebtedness is no more than 50% of Consolidated
Total Indebtedness, and containing terms otherwise reasonably satisfactory
to
the Agent. Once obtained, the Borrower
shall maintain such arrangements in full force and effect as provided therein,
and shall not, without the approval of the Agent, modify, terminate, or transfer
such arrangements during any period in which the Borrower’s variable rate
Indebtedness exceeds fifty percent (50%) of Consolidated Total Indebtedness
for
borrowed money.
§8.16. Environmental
Indemnification.
The
Borrower and the Trust each covenants and agrees that it will indemnify and
hold
the Agent and each Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates, harmless
from and against any and all claims, expense, damage, loss or liability incurred
by the Agent or any Lender (including all reasonable costs of legal
representation incurred by the Agent or any Lender, but excluding, as
applicable, for the Agent or a Lender any claim, expense, damage, loss or
liability as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Agent
or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates) relating to (a) any
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances on any Real Estate Asset;
(b) any violation of any Environmental Laws with respect to conditions at any
Real Estate Asset or the operations conducted thereon; (c) the investigation
or
remediation of off-site locations at which the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or their predecessors are alleged to have directly
or indirectly disposed of Hazardous Substances; or (d) any action, suit,
proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with respect to any Hazardous
Substances relating to Real Estate Assets (including, but not limited to, claims
with respect to wrongful death, personal injury or damage to property). It
is
expressly acknowledged by the Borrower that, notwithstanding the introductory
paragraph of this §8, this covenant of indemnification shall survive the
repayment of the amounts owing under the Notes and this Agreement and the
termination of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders hereunder
and
shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and their respective
Affiliates, their respective successors, and their respective assigns under
the
Loan Documents permitted under this Agreement.
§8.17. Response
Actions.
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that if any Release or disposal of Hazardous
Substances shall occur or shall have occurred on any Real Estate Asset owned
directly or indirectly by the Borrower or the Trust, in violation of applicable
Environmental Laws, the Borrower will cause the prompt containment and removal
of such Hazardous Substances and remediation of such Real Estate Asset as
necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws or to preserve the value of
any
applicable Eligible Unencumbered Property.
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§8.18. Environmental
Assessments.
If the
Agent reasonably believes, after discussion with the Borrower and review of
any
environmental reports provided by the Borrower, that a Disqualifying
Environmental Event has occurred with respect to any one or more of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties, whether or not a Default or an Event of Default shall
have occurred, the Agent may, from time to time, for the purpose of assessing
and determining whether a Disqualifying Environmental Event has in fact
occurred, cause the Borrower to obtain one or more environmental assessments
or
audits of such Eligible Unencumbered Property prepared by a hydrogeologist,
an
independent engineer
or other qualified consultant or expert approved by the Agent to evaluate or
confirm (i) whether any Hazardous Substances are present in the soil or water
at
such Eligible Unencumbered Property and (ii) whether the use and operation
of
such Eligible Unencumbered Property complies with all Environmental Laws.
Environmental assessments may include without limitation detailed visual
inspections of such Eligible Unencumbered Property including, without
limitation, any and all storage areas, storage tanks, drains, dry xxxxx and
leaching areas, and, if and to the extent reasonable, appropriate and required
pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws, the taking of soil samples, surface
water samples and ground water samples, as well as such other investigations
or
analyses as the Agent deems appropriate. All such environmental assessments
shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.
§8.19. Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Notice.
The
Borrower and the Trust will notify the Agent (with copies to the Agent for
each
Lender) at least thirty (30) days prior to the establishment of
any
Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan by any
of
them or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates other than those disclosed
on
Schedule
8.19
attached
hereto or disclosed in the SEC Filings, and neither the Borrower nor the Trust
will establish any Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed
Pension Plan which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any member of the Xxxxxxx
Group.
(b) In
General.
Each
Employee Benefit Plan maintained by the Borrower, the Trust or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates will be operated in compliance with
the
provisions of ERISA and, to the extent applicable, the Code, including but
not
limited to the provisions thereunder respecting prohibited
transactions.
(c) Terminability
of Welfare Plans.
With
respect to each Employee Benefit Plan maintained by the Borrower, the Trust
or
any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
which is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of §3(l) or
§3(2)(B) of ERISA, the Borrower, the Trust, or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates, as the case may be, shall have the right to terminate each such
plan
at any time (or at any time subsequent to the expiration of any applicable
bargaining agreement) without liability other than liability to pay claims
incurred prior to the date of termination.
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(d) Unfunded
or Underfunded Liabilities.
The
Borrower and the Trust will not at any time have accruing or accrued unfunded
or
underfunded liabilities with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan, Guaranteed Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan, or permit any condition to exist under any Multiemployer Plan that would
create a withdrawal liability.
§8.20. No
Amendments to Certain Documents.
The
Borrower and the Trust will not at any time cause or permit its certificate
of
limited partnership, agreement of limited partnership
(including without limitation the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the
Borrower), articles of incorporation, by-laws, operating agreement, trust
agreement or other Organizational Documents, as the case may be, to be modified,
amended or supplemented in any respect whatever, without (in each case) the
express prior written consent or approval of the Agent, if such changes could
affect the Trust’s REIT status or otherwise adversely affect the rights of the
Agent and the Lenders hereunder or under any other Loan Document. Any such
modification, amendment or supplement shall, in any event, be subject to the
other terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
§9.
CERTAIN
NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE TRUST.
The
Borrower and the Trust, on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective
Subsidiaries, jointly and severally covenant and agree that neither the Borrower
nor the Trust will:
§9.1. Restrictions
on Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise,
with
respect to any Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness
to the Agent and the Lenders (and their respective Affiliates) arising under
any
of the Loan Documents;
(b) current
liabilities of the Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of business other
than through (i) the borrowing of money, or (ii) the obtaining of credit
except
for credit on an open account basis customarily extended and in fact extended
in
connection with normal purchases of goods and services;
(c) Indebtedness
(other than relating to the Eligible Unencumbered Properties) in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $500,000 in respect of taxes, assessments,
governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies
to
the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made
in
accordance with the provisions of §8.9 (but including, in any event, any
Indebtedness secured by an M&M Lien);
(d) Indebtedness
(other than relating to the Eligible Unencumbered Properties) in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $1,000,000 in respect of judgments or awards
that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal
so long as execution is not levied thereunder or in respect of which, at the
time, a good faith
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appeal
or
proceeding for review is being prosecuted, and in respect of which a stay of
execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review;
(e) endorsements
for collection, deposit or negotiation incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(f) Secured
term loan Indebtedness of Xxxxxxx OP and its Subsidiaries (but not Xxxxxxx
III)
disclosed on Schedule 9.1(f) or incurred after the Closing Date, provided
that:
(i) such Indebtedness is Without Recourse to the Borrower or the Trust and
is
Without Recourse to any of the respective assets of any of the Borrower or
the
Trust other than to the specific Real Estate Asset or Assets acquired,
refinanced or rehabilitated with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, and (ii)
at
the time any such Indebtedness is incurred and after giving effect thereto,
there exists no Default or Event of Default hereunder;
(g) contingent
liabilities of the Borrower disclosed in the financial statements referred
to in
§7.4 or on Schedule
9.1(g)
hereto,
and such other contingent liabilities
of the Borrower having a combined aggregate potential liability of not more
than
$1,000,000 at any time;
(h) Indebtedness
of the Borrower for the purchase price of capital assets (other than Real Estate
Assets but including Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases)
incurred in the ordinary course of business, provided
that the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (i) shall
not exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding; and
(i) Recourse
Indebtedness of Xxxxxxx OP (but not Xxxxxxx III) incurred after the Closing
Date
(other than Indebtedness relating to or affecting the Eligible Unencumbered
Properties) in connection with the purchase of or the construction of or
renovation of improvements on any Real Estate Asset, provided
that (i)
the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (i)
shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (ii) at the time
any
such Indebtedness is incurred and after giving effect thereto, there exists
no
Default or Event of Default hereunder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall the Borrower, the Trust or any of their
respective Subsidiaries incur or have outstanding (i) unhedged variable rate
Indebtedness in excess of fifty percent (50%) of Consolidated Total
Indebtedness, or (ii) any other revolving credit facility, whether secured
or
unsecured, or any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money.
It
is
understood and agreed that the provisions of this §9.1 shall not apply to
Indebtedness of any Partially-Owned Entity that is Without Recourse to the
Borrower or the Trust, or any of their respective assets.
The
terms
and provisions of this §9.1 are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the
covenants set forth in §10.
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§9.2. Restrictions
on Liens, Etc.
(a)
Create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any lien,
mortgage, pledge, attachment, security interest or other rights of third parties
of any kind upon any of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties, whether
now
owned
or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) acquire,
or
agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional
sale
or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or
arrangement in connection with the operation of the Eligible Unencumbered
Properties; (c) suffer to exist with respect to the Eligible Unencumbered
Properties, any taxes, assessments, governmental charges and claims for labor,
materials and supplies for which payment thereof is not being contested or
for
which payment notwithstanding a contest is required to be made in accordance
with the provisions of §8.9 and has not been timely made; or (d) sell, assign,
pledge or otherwise transfer for security any accounts, contract rights, general
intangibles, chattel paper or instruments, with or without recourse, relating
to
the Eligible Unencumbered Properties (the foregoing types of liens and
encumbrances described in clauses (a) through (d) being sometimes referred
to
herein collectively as “Liens”), provided
that the
Borrower may create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist
the
following (“Permitted Liens”):
(i) Liens
securing taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies which are not yet
due and payable or which are not yet required to be paid under
§8.9;
(ii) Liens
arising out of deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment
of, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions
or other social security obligations; and deposits with utility companies and
other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) Liens
(other than affecting the Eligible Unencumbered Properties or the equity
interests of the Borrower or the Trust) in respect of judgments or awards,
the
Indebtedness with respect to which is not prohibited by §9.1(d);
(iv) Encumbrances
on properties consisting of easements, rights of way, covenants, zoning and
other land-use restrictions, building restrictions, restrictions on
the
use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto;
landlord's or lessor's Liens under Leases to which the Borrower is a party
or
bound; purchase options granted at a price not less than the market value of
such property; and other minor Liens or encumbrances on properties, none of
which interferes materially with the use of the property affected in the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower, and which matters (x) do
not
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business
of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any member of the Xxxxxxx Group and
(y)
do not make title to such property unmarketable by the conveyancing standards
in
effect where such property is located;
(v) any
Leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) as
to
Real Estate Assets which are acquired after the date of this Agreement, Liens
and other encumbrances or rights of others which exist on the date
of
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acquisition
and which do not otherwise constitute a breach of this Agreement (including
the
other
provisions of this §9.2); provided
that
nothing in this clause (vi) shall be deemed or construed to permit an Eligible
Unencumbered Property to be subject to a Lien to secure
Indebtedness;
(vii) Liens
affecting the Eligible Unencumbered Properties (but not the equity interests
of
the Borrower or the Trust ) in respect of judgments or awards not in
excess
of $250,000 that are under appeal or have been in force for less than the
applicable period for taking an appeal, so long as execution is not levied
thereunder or in respect of which, at the time, a good faith appeal or
proceeding for review is being diligently prosecuted, and in respect of which
a
stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review;
provided
that the
Borrower shall have obtained a bond or insurance or made other arrangements
with
respect thereto, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(viii)
Liens
securing Indebtedness for the purchase price of capital assets (other than
Real
Estate Assets but including Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized
Leases for equipment and other equipment leases) to the extent not otherwise
prohibited by §9.1;
(ix)
M&M
Liens securing an aggregate amount not in excess of $500,000 at any time, so
long as each such M&M Lien is bonded within 30 days of attachment;
and
(x) other
Liens (other than Liens affecting the Eligible Unencumbered Properties or the
equity interests of the Borrower or the Trust) in connection with any
Indebtedness
permitted under §9.1.
Nothing
contained in this §9.2 shall restrict or limit the Borrower or any of their
respective Wholly-owned Subsidiaries from creating a Lien in connection with
any
Real Estate Asset which is not an Eligible Unencumbered Property and otherwise
in compliance with the other terms of this Agreement, provided
that in
no event will the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries
create, incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien, other
than in favor of the Agent, on the equity interests of the Borrower or the
Trust. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Trust shall not create or incur
or suffer to be created or incurred any Lien on any of its directly-owned
properties or assets, including, in any event, its general partner interests
and
limited partner interests in the Borrower.
§9.3. Restrictions
on Investments.
Make or
permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except, with respect
to
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries only, Investments in:
(a) (i)
marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America
that
mature within one (1) year from the date of purchase (including investments
in
securities guaranteed by the United States of America such as securities in
so-called
“overseas private investment corporations”) and (ii) demand
deposits,
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certificates
of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of United States banks having
total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000;
(b) (i)
preferred stock or public bonds issued by companies listed on a nationally
recognized exchange and having a rating of at least AAA, and (ii) shares in
public REITs so long as such REIT is listed on a nationally recognized exchange
and has a rating of at least AAA, provided
that the
aggregate investments in all such items described in clauses (i) and (ii) above
will not at any time exceed five percent (5%) of the Fair Market Value of Real
Estate Assets, and provided,
further,
that no
such investment shall be outstanding for longer than 90 days;
(c) securities
commonly known as “commercial paper” issued by a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof
that at the time of purchase have been rated and the ratings for which are
not
less than ”P 1” if rated by Xxxxx'x, and not less than “A 1” if rated by
S&P;
(d) Investments
existing on the Closing Date and listed in the financial statements referred
to
in §7.4;
(e) other
Investments hereafter in connection with the acquisition and development of
Permitted Properties by the Borrower or any Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower, provided
that the
aggregate amounts actually invested by Borrower (or if not invested directly
by
Borrower, actually invested by an Affiliate of the Borrower for which the
Borrower has any funding obligation) and such Wholly-owned Subsidiary at any
time in Real Estate Assets under Development (including all development costs)
will not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Fair Market Value of Real Estate
Assets at the time of any such Investment, and provided,
further,
that
Investments in unimproved Land may at no time exceed fifteen percent (15%)
of
the Fair Market Value of Real Estate Assets;
(f) (i)
any
Investments now or hereafter made in any Wholly-owned Subsidiary; and (ii)
Investments now or hereafter made in any Partially-Owned Entity (or other Person
for which the Borrower has any funding obligation) so long as such Investment
is
made in connection with Permitted Properties and provided
that the
aggregate amounts actually invested by Borrower (or if not invested directly
by
Borrower, actually invested by an Affiliate of the Borrower for which the
Borrower has any funding obligation) and such Wholly-owned Subsidiary at any
time in any Partially-Owned Entity (or other such Person) will not exceed thirty
percent (30%) of the Fair Market Value of Real Estate Assets at the time of
any
such Investment; and
(g) Investments
in respect of (1) equipment, inventory and other tangible personal property
acquired in the ordinary course of business, (2) current trade and customer
accounts receivable for services rendered in the ordinary course of business
and
payable in accordance with customary trade terms, (3) advances in the ordinary
course of business to employees for travel expenses, drawing accounts and
similar expenditures, (4) prepaid expenses made in the ordinary course of
business.
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(h) Investments
by the Borrower in Mortgage Notes, provided
that the
aggregate investment in such Mortgage Notes will not exceed twenty percent
(20%)
of the Fair Market Value of Real Estate Assets at the time of any such
Investment.
In
no
event shall the aggregate of Investments (1) made pursuant to subclauses (a),
(b) or (c) above (or otherwise in marketable securities to the extent permitted
under this §9.3) exceed ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of Real
Estate Assets, and (2) made pursuant to subclauses (a), (b), (c), (d) to the
extent relating to any of the types of Investments otherwise described in this
clause (2), (e) to the extent relating to Real Estate Assets under Development,
(f)(ii), or (h) exceed thirty percent (30%) of the Fair Market Value of Real
Estate Assets at any time.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trust shall be permitted to make and maintain Investments
in
the Borrower and the Trust shall contribute to the Borrower, promptly upon,
and
in any event within 3 Business Days of, the Trust’s receipt thereof, 100% of the
aggregate proceeds received by the Trust in connection with any offering of
stock or debt in the Trust (net of fees and expenses customarily incurred in
such offerings).
§9.4. Merger,
Consolidation and Disposition of Assets; Assets of the Trust.
(a) Become
a
party to any merger, consolidation, spin-off or other material business change
without the prior written approval of the Majority Lenders (other than the
merger or consolidation of a Borrower with and into Xxxxxxx OP (with Xxxxxxx
OP
being the surviving entity) so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, or would occur and be continuing after giving effect
to such merger or consolidation); or
(b) sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any Real Estate Assets or other property,
including any equity interest in any Person, except (i) the sale, transfer
or
other
disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) the sale or issuance of equity interests of the Trust and Xxxxxxx OP in
the
ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale of Permitted Investments in the
ordinary course of business and (iv) the sale, transfer or other disposition
of
property, provided
that (A)
such sale, transfer or disposition is at fair market value, (B) such sale,
transfer or disposition will not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (C)
in
connection with the sale of any material Real Estate Asset, the Borrower shall
have provided to the Agent a compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit
C-2,
hereto
signed by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the
Borrower, setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance
with the covenants contained in §10 hereof and certifying that no Default or
Event
of
Default would exist or occur and be continuing after giving effect to all such
proposed such sale, transfer or disposition.
§9.5. Compliance
with Environmental Laws.
(a) Use
any of the Real Estate Assets or any portion thereof as a facility for the
handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except for
quantities of Hazardous Substances used in the ordinary course of business
and
in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws,
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§9.6. Distributions.
(a) The
Borrower will not declare or make (i) annual Distributions in excess of 95%
of
“funds from operations”; or (ii) any Distributions during any period
after
any
Event of Default has occurred; provided,
however,
(a)
that the Borrower may at all times (including while an Event of Default is
continuing) make Distributions to the extent (after taking into account all
available funds of the Trust from all other sources) required in order to enable
the Trust to continue to qualify as a REIT and (b) in the event that the
Borrower cures any such Event of Default in clause (ii) above and the Agent
has
accepted such cure prior to accelerating the Loan, the limitation of clause
(ii)
above shall cease to apply with respect to such Event of Default.
(b) The
Trust
will not, during any period when any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, make any Distributions in excess of the minimum Distributions
required to be made by the Trust in order to maintain its status as a
REIT.
§9.7. Management
Agreement.
Terminate or fail to renew the Management Agreement or modify, amend or
otherwise supplement in any respect the Management Agreement, in each case
without the prior written consent of the Agent.
§10. FINANCIAL
COVENANTS; COVENANTS REGARDING ELIGIBLE UNENCUMBERED PROPERTIES.
The
Borrower and the Trust, on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective
Subsidiaries, jointly and severally covenant and agree that:
§10.1.
Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio.
At any
time, (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as at the last day of any fiscal
quarter shall not exceed 60% of (ii) the Fair Market Value of Real Estate
Assets.
§10.2. Interest
Coverage Ratio.
As at
the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the
four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter to
(ii) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter must exceed 2.00 to
1.0.
§10.3. Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
As at
the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the
four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter to
(ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending
on the last day of such fiscal quarter must exceed 1.50 to 1.0.
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§10.4. Secured
Debt Leverage.
At any
time, (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (less any Unsecured Consolidated
Total
Indebtedness) as at the last day of any fiscal quarter shall not exceed 40%
of
(ii) the Fair Market Value of Real Estate Assets.
§10.5. Borrowing
Base Pool Asset Value.
As at
the end of any fiscal quarter or any other date of measurement, the Borrower
shall not permit the ratio of (i) Borrowing Base Asset Value to (ii) Total
Funded Revolver Debt to be equal to or less than 1.67 to 1.0.
§10.6. Borrowing
Base Pool Debt Service Coverage Ratio.
As at
the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Adjusted Net Operating Income
of
the Borrowing Base Pool for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
the
last day of such fiscal quarter; divided by
(ii) the
Implied Debt Service applicable in such four fiscal quarter period shall not
be
less than 1.50 to 1.00.
§10.7. Occupancy;
Borrowing Base Pool.
Eligible Unencumbered Properties shall at all times maintain a stabilized
occupancy of 80% in the aggregate. There shall at all times be at least ten
(10)
Eligible Unencumbered Properties in the Borrowing Base Xxxx.
§00.
[Reserved.]
§12.
CONDITIONS
TO THE FIRST ADVANCE.
The
obligations of any Lender to make the initial Revolving Credit Loans and of
the
Fronting Bank to issue any initial Letters of Credit (and to maintain the
existing outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit) shall be subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the Closing
Date with, in each instance, the Agent having approved in its sole discretion
each matter submitted to it in compliance with such conditions:
§12.1. Loan
Documents.
Each of
the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective
parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect.
§12.2. Certified
Copies of Organization Documents.
The
Agent shall have received (i) from the Borrower a copy, certified as of a recent
date by a duly authorized officer of the Trust, in its capacity as general
partner of Xxxxxxx OP, to be true and complete, of the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Xxxxxxx OP and any other Organizational Document or other
agreement governing the rights of the partners or other equity owners of Xxxxxxx
OP, (ii) from the Borrower a copy, certified as of a recent date by a duly
authorized officer of Xxxxxxx OP, in its capacity as general partner of Xxxxxxx
III, to be true and complete, of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Xxxxxxx
III and any other Organizational Document or other agreement governing the
rights of the partners or other equity owners of Xxxxxxx III, and (iii) from
the
Trust a copy, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate officer of the
State of Maryland to be true and correct,
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of
the
trust agreement of the Trust, in each case along with any other organization
documents of the Borrower or the Trust and their respective general partners,
as
the case may be, and each as in effect on the date of such
certification.
§12.3. By-laws;
Resolutions.
All
action on the part of the Borrower and the Trust necessary for the valid
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the Trust of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any of them is or is to become
a
party shall have been duly and effectively taken, and evidence thereof
satisfactory to the Agent shall have been provided to the Agent. The Agent
shall
have received from the Trust and the Borrower true copies of its by-laws and
the
resolutions adopted by its board of directors or trustees authorizing the
transactions described herein and evidencing the due authorization, execution
and delivery of the Loan Documents to which the Trust and/or the Borrower is
a
party, each certified by the secretary as of a recent date to be true and
complete.
§12.4. Incumbency
Certificate: Authorized Signers.
The
Agent shall have received from the Trust and the Borrower an incumbency
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized officer
of the Trust and the Borrower, as applicable, and giving the name of each
individual who shall be authorized: (a) to sign, in the name and on behalf
of
the Borrower and the Trust, as the case may be, each of the Loan Documents
to
which the Borrower or the Trust is or is to become a party; (b) to make Loan
and
Conversion Requests on behalf of the Borrower and (c) to give notices and to
take other action on behalf of the Borrower or the Trust, as applicable, under
the Loan Documents.
§12.5. Title
Policies.
The
Agent shall have received copies of the owner’s title policies for each of the
Eligible Unencumbered Properties for which the Agent has requested
copies.
§12.6. Certificates of Insurance.
The
Agent shall have received (a) certificates of insurance as to all of the
insurance maintained by Borrower on the Eligible Unencumbered Properties
(including flood insurance if necessary) from the insurer or an independent
insurance broker identifying insurers, types of insurance, insurance limits,
and
policy terms; and (b) such further information and certificates from Borrower,
its insurers and insurance brokers as the Agent may reasonably
request.
§12.7. Hazardous Substance Assessments.
To the
extent requested by the Agent, the Agent shall have received hazardous waste
site assessment reports concerning Hazardous Substances (or the threat thereof)
and asbestos with respect to the Eligible Unencumbered Properties, from
environmental engineers acceptable to the Agent, such reports to be in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall have the right to obtain
third-party review of the reports at the Borrower's expense.
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§12.8. Opinion
of Counsel Concerning Organization and Loan Documents.
The
Agent shall have received favorable opinions addressed to the Lenders and the
Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent from counsel
to
the Borrower and each Guarantor and, if any, state specific local counsel who
are reasonably satisfactory to Agent, each as counsel to the Borrower, the
Trust
and their respective Subsidiaries, with respect to applicable law.
§12.9. Structural
Condition Assurances.
To the
extent requested by the Agent, the Agent shall have received evidence
satisfactory to the Agent as to the good physical condition of the Buildings
and
that utilities and public water and sewer service is available at the lot lines
of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties and connected directly to the Buildings
with all necessary permits.
§12.10
Guaranty.
The
Guaranty shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Trust.
§12.11 Formation
of Xxxxxxx III; Transfer of Eligible Unencumbered Properties.
The
Agent shall be satisfied that Xxxxxxx III has been duly formed pursuant to
organizational documents reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and that fee
title
each of the Eligible Unencumbered Properties has been fully transferred to
Xxxxxxx III by Xxxxxxx OP in a manner satisfactory to the Agent. The Borrower
shall furnish to the Agent all such documentation reasonably required by the
Agent to evidence compliance with the foregoing.
§12.12 Inspection of Eligible Unencumbered Properties.
The
Agent shall have completed to its satisfaction an inspection of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties at the Borrower's expense.
§12.13. Certifications from Government Officials;
UCC-11 Reports.
The
Agent
shall have received (i) long-form certifications from government officials
evidencing the legal existence, good standing and foreign qualification of
the
Borrower and the Trust, along with a certified copy of the certificate of
limited partnership of the Borrower,
all as of the most recent practicable date; and (ii) UCC-11 search results
from
the appropriate jurisdictions for the Borrower and the Trust.
§12.14. Proceedings and Documents;
Adverse Changes.
All
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and all other documents incident thereto shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent's counsel, and the Agent and
such counsel shall have received all information and such counterpart originals
or certified or other copies of such documents as the Agent may reasonably
request. There shall have occurred no material adverse change in government
regulations or policies affecting the Borrower, the Agent, the Lead Arranger
or
any Lender. No disruption or material adverse change in the financial
or
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capital
markets in general that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the market for loan syndications.
§12.15. Fees.
The
Borrower shall have paid to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders or for
its own account, as applicable, all of the fees and expenses that are due and
payable as of the Closing Date in accordance with this Agreement or any separate
fee letter entered into by the Borrower and the Trust and the
Agent.
§12.16. Closing
Certificate.
The
Borrower and the Guarantor shall have delivered a bringdown Closing Certificate
to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
§12.17. Patriot
Act, Etc.
The
Borrower and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Agent, sufficiently
in
advance of the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required
by
bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot
Act.
§13. CONDITIONS
TO ALL BORROWINGS.
The
obligations of any Lender to make any Loan, and of the Fronting Bank to issue
any Letter of Credit, whether on or after the Closing Date, shall also be
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
§13.1. Representations
True; No Event of Default; Compliance Certificate.
Each of
the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the
Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement,
the
other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to
or
in connection with this Agreement shall be true as of the date as of which
they
were made and shall also be true at and as of the time of the making of each
Loan, and the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit, with
the
same effect as if made at and as of that time (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date); and no
Default or Event of Default under this Agreement shall have occurred and
be
continuing on the date of any Completed Loan Request or on the Drawdown Date
of
any Loan or Letter of Credit.
§13.2. No
Legal Impediment.
No
change shall have occurred any law or regulations thereunder or interpretations
thereof that in the reasonable opinion of the Agent or any Lender or the
Fronting Bank would make it illegal for any Lender to make such Loan or to
participate in the issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit
or,
in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, would make it illegal to issue, extend
or renew such Loan or Letter of Credit. No disruption or material adverse change
in the financial or capital markets in general that could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the market for loan
syndications.
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§13.3. Governmental
Regulation.
Each
Lender shall be satisfied that the making of such Loan or participation in
the
issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit is in compliance with
any applicable regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Board
of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
§13.4. Borrowing
Documents.
In the
case of any request for a Revolving Credit Loan or a Letter of Credit, the
Agent
shall have received the Completed Loan Request and required
certificates.
§13.5. [Reserved.]
§13.6. New
Borrowing Base Pool Property.
To the
extent the Completed Loan Request is for a funding based upon any new Real
Estate Asset being part of the Borrowing Base Pool, the Agent shall have
determined that the Unencumbered Property Conditions and the terms of Section
8.13(c) have been satisfied with respect to such Real Estate Asset.
§13.7. Continued
Compliance.
To the
extent deemed applicable by the Agent, the conditions of Section 12 shall remain
or be satisfied.
§14. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC..
§14.1. Events
of Default and Acceleration.
If any
of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loans when the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated
date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment);
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans or any other sums due
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or any fee letter
(including,
without limitation, amounts due under §8.16) when the same shall become due and
payable, and such failure continues for three (3) days;
(c) the
Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to
comply, or to cause the Trust to comply, as the case may be, with any of the
respective
covenants contained in the following: §8.1 (except with respect to principal,
interest and other sums covered by clauses (a) or (b) above); §8.2; §§8.4
through §810, inclusive; §8.12; §8.13; §8.15; §8.19; §8.20; §9; §10 and
§11;
(d) the
Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to
perform any other term, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of
the
other
Loan Documents (other than those specified elsewhere in this §14) and such
failure continues for thirty (30) days;
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(e) any
representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Trust
or
any of their respective Subsidiaries in this Agreement or any of the
other
Loan Documents shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon
the
date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated;
(f) the
Borrower, the Trust or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the extent of Recourse
to
the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiaries thereunder, any
Partially-Owned
Entity or other of their respective Affiliates, shall fail to pay when due,
or
within any applicable period of grace, any Consolidated Total Indebtedness
which
is in excess of (i) $5,000,000, either individually or in the aggregate, if
such
Indebtedness is without Recourse and (ii) $1,000,000, either individually or
in
the aggregate, if such Indebtedness is Recourse, or fail to observe or perform
any material term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement,
document or instrument by which it is bound evidencing, securing or otherwise
relating to such Consolidated Total Indebtedness for such period of time (after
the giving of appropriate notice if required) as would permit the holder or
holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder in excess of (i)
$5,000,000, either individually or in the aggregate, if such Indebtedness is
without Recourse and (ii) $1,000,000, either individually or in the aggregate,
if such Indebtedness is Recourse, to accelerate the maturity
thereof;
(g) any
of
Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
Xxxxxxx Management or Xxxxxxx Property LLC shall make an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or
generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition
or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or
receiver of any of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of the properties or assets of any
of
such parties or shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to any
of
Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries
under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt,
dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or
hereafter
in effect, or shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of
the
foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or any such
case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx
III, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries and (i) any of Xxxxxxx
OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or (ii)
any such petition, application, case or other proceeding shall continue
undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of forty-five (45)
days;
(h) a
decree
or order is entered appointing any trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver
or
adjudicating any of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, Xxxxxxx Management or Xxxxxxx Property LLC bankrupt
or
insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or
a
decree or order for relief is entered in respect of any of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx
III, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Xxxxxxx Management
or
Xxxxxxx Property LLC in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as
now
or hereafter constituted;
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(i) there
shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than
thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment that
is
not
fully insured against any of Xxxxxxx OP, Xxxxxxx III, the Trust or any of their
respective Subsidiaries that, with other outstanding uninsured final judgments,
undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, against any of such parties exceeds
in
the aggregate $1,000,000;
(j) any
of
the Loan Documents or any provision of any Loan Document shall be canceled,
terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with
the
terms thereof (other than the Guaranty, which may not be terminated without
the
prior consent of the Agent) or with the express prior written agreement, consent
or approval of the Agent, or any action at law, suit or in equity or other
legal
proceeding to make unenforceable, cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Loan
Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Trust or any of its Subsidiaries, or any court or any other
governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall
make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to
the
effect that, any one or more of the Loan Documents is illegal, invalid or
unenforceable as to any material terms thereof; the Guaranty shall be
terminated, revoked or rescinded; or the Agent shall at any time fail to have
a
perfected, first-priority pledge of and security interest in the equity
interests of each entity owning any Eligible Unencumbered Property;
(k) any
“Event of Default” or default (after notice and expiration of any period of
grace, to the extent provided), as defined or provided in any of the other
Loan
Documents, shall occur and be continuing;
(l) with
respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, an ERISA Reportable Event shall have
occurred and the Agent shall have determined in their reasonable discretion
that such event reasonably could be expected to result in liability of
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the Trust or any of its Subsidiaries
to
the PBGC or such Guaranteed Pension Plan in an aggregate amount exceeding
$1,000,000 and such event in the circumstances occurring reasonably could
constitute grounds for the termination of such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the
PBGC or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court
of a
trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or a trustee shall have
been
appointed by the United States District Court to administer such Plan; or the
PBGC shall have instituted proceedings to terminate such Guaranteed Pension
Plan;
(m) subject
to the Borrower’s ability to remove Real Estate Assets from the Borrowing Base
Pool in accordance with the provisions set forth below in this §14,
the
failure of any of the Real Estate Assets being included from time to time as
part of the Borrowing Base Pool to comply with any of the conditions set forth
in the definition of Eligible Unencumbered Properties;
(n) the
failure of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, for any reason, to cease to retain the titles
of
President of Xxxxxxx Management and Chairman of Xxxxxxx OP and to perform
the functions typically performed under such respective offices and to be
actively involved in strategic planning and decision-making for the Trust,
unless within six (6)
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months
after such failure, the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees has duly elected
or appointed a qualified substitute to replace such individual who is acceptable
to the Agent in its sole discretion (as notified to the Borrower by the Agent
in
writing); or the occurrence of any transaction in which any “person” or “group”
(within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of a sufficient number
of voting rights applicable to the Trust ordinarily entitled to vote in the
election of directors or trustees, empowering such “person” or “group” to elect
a majority of the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees of the Trust, who
did
not have such power before such transaction; or during any twelve-month period
on or after the Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the Board of Trustees of the Trust (together with any new directors
whose election by the Board of Trustees or whose nomination for election by
the
shareholders of the Trust was approved by a vote of at least a majority of
the
members of the Board of Trustees then in office who either were members of
the
Board of Trustees at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) ceased for any reason to
constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Trust
then
in office; or
(o) without
limitation of the other provisions of this §14.1, (i) the Trust shall at any
time fail to be the sole general partner of Xxxxxxx OP or shall at any
time
be
in contravention of any of the requirements contained in the last paragraph
of
§9.2 hereof, or §9.3 (including, without limitation, the last paragraph of
§9.3), (ii) Xxxxxxx OP shall at any time fail to be the sole general partner
and
the sole limited partner of Xxxxxxx III, (iii) the Management Agreement shall
be
terminated, amended or modified
without the prior written consent of the Agent, or (iv) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx shall
fail to be the 100% legal and beneficial equity interests in Xxxxxxx Management
or Xxxxxxx Property LLC;
then,
and
in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Agent may, and
upon the request of the Majority Lenders shall, declare all amounts owing
with respect to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to be,
and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, the Trust and each of their respective
Subsidiaries; provided
that in
the event of any Event of Default specified in §14.1(g) or 14.1(h), all such
amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without
any
requirement of notice from any of the Lenders or the Agent or action by the
Lenders or the Agent. Without limitation of the foregoing, upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default and/or the acceleration of the Loans or other enforcement
action under any Loan Document (including the Pledge Agreement), the Agent
shall
have the right to terminate the Management Agreement, effective on the date
of
such termination (or such later date as the Agent may elect).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this §14.1, in the event of a Default or Event of
Default arising as a result of the inclusion of any Real Estate Asset in
the
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Borrowing
Base Pool at any particular time of reference, if such Default or Event of
Default is capable of being cured by the exclusion of such Real Estate Asset
from the Borrowing Base Pool in accordance with, and subject to, §8.13 and from
all other covenant calculations under §10 or otherwise, the Borrower shall be
permitted a period not to exceed five (5) days to submit to the Agent (with
copies to the Agent for each Bank) a compliance certificate in the form of
Exhibit
C-1
hereto
evidencing compliance with §2.1 and with all of the covenants set forth in §10
(with calculations evidencing such compliance after excluding from such
covenants all Net Operating Income and Consolidated EBITDA generated by the
Real
Estate Asset to be excluded from the Borrowing Base Pool) and with the
Unencumbered Property Conditions, and otherwise certifying that, after giving
effect to the exclusion of such Real Estate Asset from the Borrowing Base Pool,
no Default or Event of Default will be continuing.
§14.2. Termination
of Commitments.
If any
one or more Events of Default specified in §14.1(g) or §14.1(h) shall occur, any
unused portion of the Commitments or other commitments to extend credit
hereunder shall forthwith terminate and the Lenders shall be relieved of all
obligations to make Loans to the Borrower and the Agent and the Fronting Bank
shall be relieved of all further obligations to issue, extend or renew Letters
of Credit. If any other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Agent may, and upon the request of the Majority Lenders shall, terminate
the
unused portion of the Commitments or other commitment to extend credit
hereunder. No such termination of the Commitments or other commitment to extend
credit hereunder shall relieve the Borrower
of any of the Obligations or any of its existing obligations to the Agent or
the
Lenders arising under other agreements or instruments.
§14.3. Remedies.
In the
event that one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
whether or not the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans
pursuant to §14.1, the Majority Lenders may direct the Agent to proceed to
protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under
this Agreement, the Notes, any or all of the other Loan Documents or under
applicable law by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding
(including for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained
in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to
which the Obligations are evidenced and, to the full extent permitted by
applicable law, the obtaining of the ex
parte
appointment of a receiver), and, if any amount shall have become due, by
declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other
legal or equitable right or remedy of the Agent and the Lenders under the Loan
Documents or applicable law. No remedy herein conferred upon the Lenders or
the
Agent or the holder of any Note or purchaser of any Letter of Credit
Participation is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and
every
remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing
at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law.
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§15. SECURITY
INTEREST AND SET-OFF.
§15.1 Security
Interest.
Borrower hereby grants to the Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Lenders, and to each Lender, a lien, security interest and right of setoff
as
security for all liabilities and obligations to the Lenders, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits, credits,
collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody,
safekeeping or control of the Agent or any Lender or any entity under the
control of KeyCorp. and its successors and assigns, or in transit to any of
them.
§15.2 Set-Off
and Debit.
(i) If
any Event of Default or other event which would entitle the Agent to accelerate
the Loans occurs, or (ii) at any time, whether or not any Default or Event
of
Default exists, in the event any attachment, trustee process, garnishment,
or
other levy or lien is, or is sought to be, imposed on any property of the
Borrower; then, in any such event, any such deposits, balances or other sums
credited by or due from the Agent or any Lender, or from any such affiliate
of
the Agent or any Lender, to the Borrower may to the fullest extent not
prohibited by applicable law at any time or from time to time, without regard
to
the existence, sufficiency or adequacy of any other collateral, and without
notice or compliance with any other condition precedent now or hereafter imposed
by statute, rule of law or otherwise, all of which are hereby waived, be set
off, debited and appropriated, and applied by the Agent or any Lender, as the
case may be, against any or all of the Obligations irrespective of whether
demand shall have been made and although such Obligations may be unmatured,
in
such manner as the Agent
or
the applicable Lender in its sole and absolute discretion may determine. Within
five (5) Business Days of making any such set off, debit or appropriation and
application, the Agent agrees to endeavor to notify the Borrower thereof,
provided
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off,
debit
or appropriation and application. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE AGENT OR
ANY
LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL
WHICH SECURES THE LOANS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT
TO
SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE BORROWER, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED. Each of the Lenders agrees with each other
Lender that (a) if an amount to be set off is to be applied to indebtedness
of
the Borrower to such Lender, other than the obligations evidenced by the Note
held by such Lender, such amount shall be applied ratably to such other
indebtedness and to the obligations evidenced by the Note held by such Lender,
and (b) if such Lender shall receive from the Borrower, whether by voluntary
payment, exercise of the right of setoff, counterclaim, cross action,
enforcement of the claim evidenced by the Note held by such Lender by
proceedings against the Borrower at law or in equity or by proof thereof in
bankruptcy, reorganization liquidation, receivership or similar proceedings,
or
otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note held by such
Lender any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments received
by
all of the Lenders with respect to the Note held by all of the Lenders, such
Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with
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the
other
Lenders with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto
assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Lender
receiving in respect of the Note held by it its proportionate payment as
contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such excess
payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such disposition and
arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest.
§15.3 Right
to Freeze.
The
Agent and each of the Lenders shall also have the right, at its option, upon
the
occurrence of any event which would entitle the Agent or any Lender to set
off
or debit as set forth in §15.2, to freeze, block or segregate any such deposits,
balances and other sums so that the Borrower may not access, control or draw
upon the same.
§15.4 Additional
Rights.
The
rights of the Agent, the Lenders and each affiliate of Administrative Agent
and
each of the Lenders under this Section 15 are in addition to, and not in
limitation of, other rights and remedies, including other rights of set off,
which the Agent or any Lender may have.
§16. THE
AGENT.
§16.1. Authorization.
(a) The
Agent is authorized to take such action on behalf of each of the Lenders and
to
exercise all such powers as are hereunder and under any of the
other
Loan Documents and any related documents delegated to the Agent, together with
such
powers as are reasonably incident thereto, provided
that no
duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be
implied to have been assumed by the Agent. The relationship between the Agent
and the Lenders is and shall be that of agent and principal only, and nothing
contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be
construed to constitute the Agent as a trustee or fiduciary for any
Lender.
(b) The
Borrower, without further inquiry or investigation, shall, and is hereby
authorized by the Lenders to, assume that all actions taken by the Agent
hereunder
and in connection with or under the Loan Documents are duly authorized by the
Lenders. The Lenders shall notify Borrower of any successor to Agent by a
writing signed by Majority Lenders, which successor shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Borrower so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. The Borrower acknowledges that any lender that
acquires KeyBank is acceptable as a successor to the Agent.
§16.2. Employees
and Agents.
The
Agent may exercise its powers and execute its duties by or through employees
or
agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on, advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. The Agent may utilize the services of such Persons
as the Agent in its sole discretion may reasonably determine, and all reasonable
fees and expenses of any such Persons shall be paid by the
Borrower.
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§16.3. No
Liability.
Neither
the Agent, nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor
any
other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent or employee thereof,
shall be liable for any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken,
or omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any
of
the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, or be
responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment
whatsoever, except that the Agent may be liable for losses due to its willful
misconduct or gross negligence, as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
§16.4. No
Representations.
The
Agent shall not be responsible for the execution or validity or enforceability
of this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or for the
validity, enforceability or collectibility of any such amounts owing with
respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or
representations made herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or in any
certificate or instrument hereafter furnished to it by or on behalf of the
Trust
or the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or be bound to
ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms,
conditions, covenants or agreements in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents. The Agent shall not be bound to ascertain whether any notice,
consent, waiver or request delivered to it by the Borrower or the Trust or
any
holder of any of the Notes shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate
and complete. The Agent has not made nor does it now make any representations
or
warranties,
express or implied, nor does it assume any liability to the Lenders, with
respect to the credit worthiness or financial condition of the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries or the Trust or any of the Subsidiaries or any tenant under
a Lease or any other entity. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently
and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based upon such
information and documents as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.
§16.5. Payments.
(a) A
payment
by the Borrower to the Agent hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents for
the account of any Lender shall constitute a payment to such
Lender. The Agent agrees to distribute to each Lender such Lender's pro
rata
share of
payments received by the Agent for the accounts of all the Lenders, as provided
herein or in any of the other Loan Documents. All such payments shall be made
on
the date received, if before 1:00 p.m., and if after 1:00 p.m., on the next
Business Day. If payment is not made on the day received, the funds shall be
invested by the Agent in overnight obligations, and interest thereon paid
pro rata
to the
Lenders.
(b) If
in the
reasonable opinion of the Agent the distribution of any amount received by
it in
such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other
Loan Documents might involve it in material liability, it may refrain from
making distribution until its right to make distribution shall have been
adjudicated by a court of
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competent
jurisdiction, provided
that the
Agent shall invest any such undistributed amounts in overnight obligations
on
behalf of the Lenders and interest thereon shall be paid pro rata
to the
Lenders. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount
received and distributed by the Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom
any
such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the Agent its
proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over
the
same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such
court.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, any Lender that fails (i) to make available to
the
Agent its pro rata
share of
any Loan or to purchase any Letter of Credit Participation or (ii) to adjust
promptly such Lender's outstanding principal and its pro
rata
Commitment Percentage as provided in §2.1, shall be deemed delinquent (a
“Delinquent Lender”) and shall be deemed a Delinquent Lender until such time as
such delinquency is satisfied. A Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have
assigned any and all payments due to it from the Borrower, whether on account
of
outstanding Loans, interest, fees or otherwise, to the remaining nondelinquent
Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their respective pro rata
shares
of all outstanding Loans. The Delinquent Lender hereby authorizes the Agent
to
distribute such payments to the nondelinquent Lenders in proportion to their
respective pro rata
shares
of all outstanding Loans. If not previously satisfied directly by the Delinquent
Lender, a Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have satisfied
in full a delinquency when and if, as a result of application of the assigned
payments to all outstanding Loans of the nondelinquent Lenders, the Lenders'
respective pro
rata
shares
of all outstanding Loans have returned to those in effect immediately prior
to
such delinquency and without giving effect to the nonpayment causing such
delinquency.
§16.6. Holders
of Notes.
The
Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Notes or the Purchaser of any Letter
of Credit Participation as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof for all
purposes hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different
name by such payee or by a subsequent holder, assignee or
transferee.
§16.7. Indemnity.
The
Lenders ratably and severally agree hereby to indemnify and hold harmless the
Agent and its Affiliates from and against any and all claims, actions and suits
(whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses (including
any expenses for which the Agent has not been reimbursed by the Borrower as
required by §17), and liabilities of every nature and character arising out of
or related to this Agreement, the Notes, or any of the other Loan Documents
or
the transactions contemplated or evidenced hereby or thereby, or the Agent's
actions taken hereunder or thereunder, except to the extent that any of the
same
shall be directly caused by the Agent's willful misconduct or gross negligence,
as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
§16.8. Agent
as Lender.
In its
individual capacity as a Lender, KeyBank shall have the same obligations and
the
same rights, powers and privileges in respect to its
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Commitment
and the Loans made by it, and as the holder of any of the Notes and as the
purchaser of any Letter of Credit Participation, as it would have were it not
also the Agent.
§16.9. Notification
of Defaults and Events of Default.
Each
Lender hereby agrees that, upon learning of the existence of a Default or an
Event of Default, it shall (to the extent notice has not previously been
provided) promptly notify the Agent thereof. The Agent hereby agrees that upon
receipt of any notice under this §16.9 it shall promptly notify the other
Lenders of the existence of such Default or Event of Default.
§16.10. Duties
in Case of Enforcement.
In the
case one or more Events of Default have occurred and shall be continuing, and
whether or not acceleration of the Obligations shall have occurred, the Agent
shall, at the request, or may, upon the consent, of the Majority Lenders, and
provided that the Lenders have given to the Agent such additional indemnities
and assurances against expenses and liabilities as the Agent may reasonably
request, proceed to enforce the provisions of this Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and the exercise of any other legal or equitable rights or
remedies as it may have hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise
by virtue of applicable law, or to refrain from so acting if similarly requested
by the Majority Lenders. The Agent shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting upon the instruction
of the Majority Lenders, and such instruction shall be binding upon all the
Lenders. The Majority Lenders may direct the Agent in writing as to the method
and the extent of any such foreclosure, sale or other disposition or the
exercise of any other right or remedy, the Lenders hereby agreeing to severally
indemnify and hold the Agent harmless from all costs and liabilities incurred
in
respect of all actions taken or omitted in accordance with such direction,
provided
that the
Agent need not comply with any such direction to the extent that the Agent
reasonably believes the Agent’s compliance with such direction to be unlawful or
commercially unreasonable in any applicable jurisdiction. The Agent may, in
its
discretion but without obligation, in the absence of direction from the Majority
Lenders, take such interim actions as it believes reasonably necessary to
preserve the rights of the Lenders hereunder, including but not limited to
petitioning a court for injunctive relief or appointment of a receiver. Each
of
the Lenders acknowledges and agrees that no individual Lender may separately
enforce or exercise any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents,
including without limitation the Notes, other than through the Agent. The Agent
shall advise the Lenders of all such action taken by the Agent.
§16.11. Successor
Agent.
KeyBank, or any successor Agent, may resign as Agent at any time by giving
at
least 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and to the Borrower.
Any such resignation shall be effective upon appointment and acceptance of
a
successor Agent, as hereinafter provided. Upon any such resignation, the
Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent, which is
a
Lender under this Agreement, provided
that so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing the
Borrower shall have the right to approve any successor Agent, which
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approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. If, in the case of a resignation by the
Agent, no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders
and approved by the Borrower, and shall have accepted such appointment, within
thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation,
then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint any one of the
other Lenders as a successor Agent. The Borrower acknowledges that any lender
that acquires KeyBank is acceptable as a successor Agent. Upon the acceptance
of
any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent
shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from all further duties and obligations as Agent under this
Agreement. After any Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions
of
this §16 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. The Agent may be removed
at
the direction of the Majority Lenders in the event of a final judicial
determination (in which the Agent had an opportunity to be heard) by a court
of
competent jurisdiction that the Agent had acted in a grossly negligent manner
or
in willful misconduct.
§16.12. Notices.
Any
notices or other information required hereunder to be provided to the Agent
(with copies to the Agent for each Lender) shall be forwarded by the Agent
to
each of the Lenders promptly.
§16.13.
[Reserved].
§17. EXPENSES.
The
Borrower agrees to pay (a) the reasonable costs of producing and reproducing
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements and
instruments mentioned herein, (b) the reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of the Agent's outside counsel or any local counsel to the Agent
incurred in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation
of
the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, each closing
hereunder, and amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereto
or hereunder, (c) the fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent incurred
by
the Agent in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation
of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, including, without
limitation, the costs incurred by the Agent in connection with its inspection
of
the Eligible Unencumbered Properties, and, without double-counting amounts
under
clause (b) above, the fees and disbursements of the Agent's counsel in preparing
the documentation, (d) all, if any, title insurance premiums, appraisal fees,
engineer’s, inspector’s and surveyor’s fees, (e) the fees, costs, expenses and
disbursements of the Agent and its Affiliates incurred in connection with the
syndication and/or participations of the Loans (whether occurring before or
after the closing hereunder), including, without limitation, reasonable legal
fees, travel costs, costs of preparing syndication materials and photocopying
costs, (f) all reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs, which attorneys may be employees of any Lender or the Agent, and the
fees
and costs of engineers, appraisers, surveyors, investment bankers, or other
experts retained by any Lender or the Agent in connection
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with
any
such enforcement proceedings) incurred by any Lender or the Agent in connection
with (i) the enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Loan
Documents against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the Trust or the
administration thereof after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default or Event of Default (including, without limitation, expenses incurred
in
any restructuring and/or “workout” of the Loans), and (ii) any litigation,
proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise, in any way related
to any Lender's or the Agent's relationship with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Trust, (g) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements
of the Agent incurred in connection with UCC searches and filings, UCC
terminations or mortgage discharges, and the like, and (h) all costs incurred
by
the Agent in the future in connection with its inspection of the Eligible
Unencumbered Properties (or any proposed Eligible Unencumbered Property) or
with
the addition of any Eligible Unencumbered Property. The covenants of this §17
shall survive the repayment of the amounts owing under the Notes and this
Agreement and the termination of this Agreement and the obligations of the
Lenders hereunder.
§18. INDEMNIFICATION.
The
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each of the Lenders
and the shareholders, directors, agents, officers, subsidiaries and affiliates
of the Agent and each of the Lenders from and against any and all claims,
actions and suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against
any and all liabilities, losses (including amounts, if any, owing to any Lender
pursuant to §§4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.8), settlement payments, obligations, damages
and expenses of every nature and character in connection therewith, arising
out
of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or which otherwise arise in connection with
the
financing, including, without limitation, (a) any actual or proposed use by
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any of the Loans, (b)
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries entering into or performing this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, or (c) pursuant to §8.16, in each case
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
and allocated costs of internal counsel incurred in connection with any such
investigation, litigation or other proceeding, provided,
however,
that
the Borrower shall not be obligated under this §18 to indemnify any Person for
liabilities arising from such Person's own gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. In
litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Borrower shall be entitled to
select counsel reasonably acceptable to the Majority Lenders, and the Agent
(as
approved by the Majority Lenders) shall be entitled to select their own
supervisory counsel, and, in addition to the foregoing indemnity, the Borrower
agrees to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses of each such counsel.
If
and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower under this §18 are
unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum
contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which is
permissible under applicable law. The provisions of this §18 shall survive the
repayment of the amounts owing under the Notes and this Agreement and the
termination of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders hereunder
and
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shall
continue in full force and effect as long as the possibility of any such claim,
action, cause of action or suit exists.
§19. SURVIVAL
OF COVENANTS, ETC.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes,
in any of the other Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers delivered
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the Trust pursuant
hereto shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lenders and the Agent,
notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any of them,
and shall survive the making by the Lenders of any of the Loans and the
issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit, as herein contemplated,
and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Letter of Credit
or
any amount due under this Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan
Documents remains outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any
Loans
or purchase Letter of Credit Participations or the Fronting Bank has any
obligation to issue, extend or renew Letters of Credit. The indemnification
obligations of the Borrower provided herein and in the other Loan Documents
shall survive the full repayment of amounts due and the termination of the
obligations of the Lenders hereunder and thereunder to the extent provided
herein and therein. All statements contained in any certificate or other paper
delivered to any Lender or the Agent at any time by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or the Trust pursuant hereto or in connection with
the transactions contemplated
hereby shall constitute representations and warranties by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary or the Trust hereunder.
§20.
ASSIGNMENT;
PARTICIPATIONS; ETC.
§20.1. Conditions
to Assignment by Lenders.
Except
as provided herein, each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees
(or
to any other financial institution approved by the Agent) all or a portion
(in a
minimum amount of $5,000,000) of its interests, rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment Percentage and
Commitment and the same portion of the Loans at the time owing to it, the Notes
held by it and its participating interest in the risk relating to any Letters
of
Credit); provided
that (a)
the Agent and, other than during an Event of Default, the Borrower each shall
have the right to approve any Eligible Assignee (or such other financial
institution), which approval, in the case of an Eligible Assignee, shall not
be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, (b) subject to the provisions of §2.7, each
Lender shall have at all times an amount of its Commitment of not less than
$5,000,000 unless otherwise consented to by the Agent and (c) the parties to
such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for recording in the
Register (as hereinafter defined), an assignment and assumption, substantially
in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto
(an “Assignment and Assumption”), together with any Notes subject to such
assignment. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, which
effective date shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the execution
thereof unless otherwise agreed or accepted by the Agent (provided
any
assignee has assumed the obligation to fund any outstanding
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Libor
Rate Loans), (i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereunder and thereunder, and (ii) the assigning Lender
shall, to the extent provided in such assignment and upon payment to the Agent
of the registration fee referred to in §20.3, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement. Any such Assignment and Assumption shall run to the
benefit of the Borrower and a copy of any such Assignment and Assumption shall
be delivered by the Assignor to the Borrower.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of subclause (a) of the preceding paragraph, any Lender may,
without the consent of the Borrower, make an assignment otherwise permitted
hereunder to (x) another Lender, and (y) an Affiliate of such Lender,
provided
that
such Affiliate is an Eligible Assignee (unless otherwise approved by the Agent).
§20.2. Certain
Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants.
By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the parties to the
assignment thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties
hereto as follows: (a) other than the representation and warranty that it is
the
legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and
clear
of any adverse claim, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with this Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument
or
document furnished pursuant hereto; (b) the assigning Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Trust or any
other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the
Obligations, or the performance or observance by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or the Trust or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable
in
respect of any of the Obligations of any of their obligations under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (c) such assignee confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent
financial statements referred to in §7.4 and §8.4 and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (d) such assignee will,
independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, the Agent or
any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking
or
not taking action under this Agreement; (e) such assignee represents and
warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee (unless otherwise approved by the
Agent); (f) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action
as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (g)
such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all
of
the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed
by it as a Lender; (h) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into such
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Assignment
and Assumption; and (i) such assignee acknowledges that it has made arrangements
with the assigning Lender satisfactory to such assignee with respect to its
pro
rata share of Letter of Credit Fees in respect of outstanding Letters of
Credit.
§20.3. Register.
The
Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to
it
and a register or similar list (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment Percentages of, and principal
amount of the Loans owing to, the Lenders from time to time. The entries in
the
Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and the Lenders
at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Upon
each such recordation, the assigning Lender agrees to pay to the Agent a
registration fee in the sum of $3,500 and all legal fees and expenses incurred
by the Agent in connection with such assignment.
§20.4. New
Notes.
Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by the parties to such
assignment, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the Agent shall
(a) record the information contained therein in the Register, and (b) give
prompt notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders (other than the assigning
Lender). Unless
done simultaneously with the Assignment and Assumption, within three (3)
Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense,
shall execute and deliver to the Agent, in exchange for each surrendered
Revolving Credit Note, a new Revolving Credit Note to the order of such Eligible
Assignee in an amount equal to the amount assumed by such Eligible Assignee
pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption and, if the assigning Lender has
retained some portion of its obligations hereunder, a new Revolving Credit
Note
and other Note, if applicable, to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount
equal to the amount retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall provide
that
they are replacements for the surrendered Notes, shall be in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the surrendered
Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Assumption
and
shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned Notes. The
surrendered Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.
§20.5. Participations.
Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more lending institutions or other
entities in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided
that (a)
each such participation shall be in an amount of not less than $5,000,000,
(b)
any such sale or participation shall not affect the rights and duties of the
selling Lender hereunder to the Borrower and the Agent and the Lender shall
continue to exercise all approvals, disapprovals and other functions of a
Lender, (c) the only rights granted to the participant pursuant to such
participation arrangements with respect to waivers, amendments or modifications
of, or approvals under, the Loan Documents shall be the rights to approve
waivers, amendments or modifications that would reduce the principal of or
the
interest
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rate
on
any Loans, extend the term or increase the amount of the Commitment of such
Lender as it relates to such participant, reduce the amount of any fees to
which
such participant is entitled or extend any regularly scheduled payment date
for
principal or interest, and (d) no participant shall have the right to grant
further participations or assign its rights, obligations or interests under
such
participation to other Persons without the prior written consent of the Agent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
§20.6. Pledge
by Lender.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Lender at no cost
to
the Borrower may at any time pledge all or any portion of its interest and
rights under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Notes) to
any
of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under §4 of the Federal Reserve
Act, 12 U.S.C. §341. No such pledge or the enforcement thereof shall release the
pledgor Lender from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents.
§20.7. No
Assignment by Borrower.
The
Borrower shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
any
of the Loan Documents without prior Unanimous Lender Approval.
§20.8. Disclosure.
The
Borrower agrees that, in addition to disclosures made in accordance with
standard banking practices, any Lender may disclose information obtained by
such
Lender pursuant to this Agreement to assignees or participants and potential
assignees or participants hereunder.
§20.9. Syndication.
The
Borrower acknowledges that each of the Agent and the Lead Arranger intends,
and
shall have the right, by itself or through its Affiliates, to syndicate or
enter
into co-lending arrangements with respect to the Loans and the Total Commitment.
The Lead Arranger, in cooperation with the Borrower, will manage all aspects
of
the syndication, including the selection of co-lenders, the determination of
when Lead Arranger will approach potential co-lenders and the final allocations
among co-lenders. Each of the Borrower and the Trust agrees to assist Lead
Arranger actively in achieving a timely syndication that is reasonably
satisfactory to the Lead Arranger, such assistance to include, among other
things, (a) direct contact during the syndication between the Borrower’s and the
Trust’s senior officers, representatives and advisors, on the one hand, and
prospective co-lenders, on the other hand at such times and places as Lead
Arranger may reasonably request, (b) providing to Lead Arranger all financial
and other information with respect to the Borrower and the Trust and the
transactions contemplated hereby that Lead Arranger may reasonably request,
including but not limited to financial projections relating to the foregoing,
and (c) assistance in the preparation of a confidential information memorandum
and other marketing materials to be used in connection with the syndication,
and
the Borrower and the Trust agree to cooperate with the Agent's and the Lead
Arranger’s and their Affiliate's syndication and/or co-lending efforts, such
cooperation to include, without limitation, the provision of information
reasonably requested by potential syndicate members. The Agent shall
be
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entitled
with the consent of Xxxxxxx OP (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), to change the structure or terms of the Loans if the Agent determines
that such changes are advisable in order to ensure a successful syndication
or
an optimal credit structure for the Loans, provided
the
Total Commitment will not be reduced. In addition, the Borrower and the Trust
agree that, prior to and during the syndication of the Total Commitment (which
for purposes hereof shall be deemed to be completed 90 days after the Closing
Date), the Borrower nor the Trust will permit any offering, placement or
arrangement of any competing issues of debt securities or commercial bank
facilities of the Borrower, the Trust and any of their Subsidiaries, unless
approved by the Agent.
§21. NOTICES,
ETC.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all notices and other
communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement or the
Notes shall be in writing and shall be delivered in hand, mailed by United
States registered or certified first class mail, postage prepaid, sent by
overnight courier, or sent by facsimile and confirmed by delivery via courier
or
postal service, addressed as follows:
(a) if
to the
Borrower or the Trust, at 0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxx XX 00000, attention Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, (facsimile: 000-
000-0000),
with a copy to General Counsel, Xxxxxxx Management L.P., 0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx XX 00000, or to such other address for notice
as the Borrower or the Trust shall have last furnished in writing to the
Agent;
(b) if
to the
Agent, to KeyBank National Association, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx XX, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, attention Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Vice President (facsimile:
(000) 000-0000), with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, KeyBank National Association,
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, or such other address for notice as
the
Agent shall have last furnished in writing to the Borrower, with a copy to
Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (facsimile: (000)-000-0000), or at such other address
for notice as the Agent shall last have furnished in writing to the Person
giving the notice; and
(c) if
to any
Lender, at such Lender's address set forth on Schedule
2
hereto,
or such other address for notice as such Lender shall have last furnished in
writing
to the Person giving the notice.
Any
such
notice or demand shall be deemed to have been duly given or made and to have
become effective (i) if delivered by hand, overnight courier, or facsimile
to
the party to which it is directed, at the time of the receipt thereof by such
party or the sending of such facsimile and (ii) if sent by registered or
certified first-class mail, postage prepaid, on the third Business Day following
the mailing thereof.
§22. XXXXXXX
OP AS AGENT FOR THE BORROWER.
The
Borrower (other than Xxxxxxx OP) hereby appoints Xxxxxxx OP as its agent with
respect to the receiving and giving of any notices, requests, instructions,
reports, certificates (including, without limitation, compliance certificates),
schedules, revisions, financial statements
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or
any
other written or oral communications hereunder. The Agent and each Lender is
hereby entitled to rely on any communications given or transmitted by Xxxxxxx
OP
as if such communication were given or transmitted by each and every Borrower;
provided however,
that
any communication given or transmitted by any Borrower other than Xxxxxxx OP
shall be binding with respect to such Borrower. Any communication given or
transmitted by the Agent or any Lender to Xxxxxxx OP shall be deemed given
and
transmitted to each and every Borrower.
§23. GOVERNING
LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY
PROVIDED THEREIN, ARE CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO AND SHALL
FOR ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF
SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW). EACH
OF THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS
OF
THE
STATE OF OHIO, THE STATE OF GEORGIA OR ANY OTHER COURT HAVING JURISDICTION
OVER
THE BORROWER AND CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS
AND
THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON THE BORROWER OR ITS
SUBSIDIARIES BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN §21. THE BORROWER AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT ANY OF THEM MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT.
§24. HEADINGS.
The
captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
define or limit the provisions hereof.
§25. COUNTERPARTS.
This
Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts
and
by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute
one
instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce
or
account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought.
§26. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT, ETC.
The
Loan Documents and any other documents executed in connection herewith or
therewith express the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof
may
be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in
§28.
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§27. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS.
EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION
OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE
NOTES
OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES HEREBY
WAIVE ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION
REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL
DAMAGES. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY LENDER OR THE AGENT HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH LENDER OR THE AGENT WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THE
AGENT AND
THE
LENDERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE PARTIES BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN.
§28. CONSENTS,
AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any consent or approval
required or permitted by this Agreement may be given, and any term of this
Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents may be amended, and the
performance or observance by the Borrower or the Trust or any of their
respective Subsidiaries of any terms of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived
(either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Majority Lenders.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Unanimous Lender Approval shall be required for any amendment,
modification or waiver of this Agreement that:
(i) reduces
or forgives any principal of any unpaid Loan or any interest thereon (including
any general waiver of interest “breakage” costs) or any fees due any Lender
hereunder, or permits any prepayment not otherwise permitted hereunder;
or
(ii) changes
the unpaid principal amount of any Loan, reduces the rate of interest applicable
to any Loan, or reduces any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder;
or
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(iii) changes
the date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on any Loan
(including, without limitation, any extension of the Maturity Date) or any
fees
payable hereunder (including, without limitation, the waiver of any monetary
Event of Default); or
(iv) changes
the amount of any Lender's Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment
permitted under §20.1) or increases the amount of the Total Commitment except as
permitted hereunder; or
(v) modifies
any provision herein or in any other Loan Document which by the terms thereof
expressly requires Unanimous Lender Approval; or
(vi) changes
the definitions of Majority Lenders or Unanimous Lender Approval;
or
(vii) releases
the Guaranty.
No
waiver
shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any
right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the
part
of the Agent or the Lenders or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate
as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial to such right or any other
rights of the Agent or the Lenders. No notice to or demand upon the Borrower
shall entitle the Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar
or
other circumstances.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower requests any consent, waiver
or
approval under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or an amendment or
modification hereof or thereof, and one or more Lenders determine not to consent
or agree to such consent, waiver, approval, amendment or modification, then
the
Lender then acting as Agent hereunder shall have the right to purchase the
Commitment of such non-consenting Lender(s) at a purchase price equal to the
then outstanding amount of principal, interest and fees then owing to such
Lender(s) by the Borrower hereunder, and such non-consenting Lender(s) shall
immediately upon request, sell and assign its Commitment and all of its other
right, title and interest in the Loans and other Obligations to the Lender
then
acting as Agent pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption (provided that the
selling Lender(s) shall not be responsible to pay any assignment fee in
connection therewith).
§29. SEVERABILITY.
The
provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any one clause or provision
hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such
clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in
any
manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other
clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction.
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§30. INTEREST
RATE LIMITATION.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest
rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts
which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively,
the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender
holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest
payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable
in
respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful,
the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan
but were not payable as a result of the operation of this §30 shall be cumulated
and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans
or
periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until
such
cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate
to
the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
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[Signature
pages to Revolving Credit Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as a sealed
instrument as of the date first set forth above.
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Individually
and as Administrative Agent
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
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UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
Individually
and as Documentation Agent
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
COMPASS
BANK
By: /s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
COMERICA
BANK
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
COMMERCEBANK,
N.A.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
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XXXXXXX
REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
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By:
Xxxxxxx Commercial Properties REIT,
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its sole general partner
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By:
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
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XXXXXXX
REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III LP
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By:
Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership III GP LLC, a Texas
limited liability company, its sole general partner
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By: Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership, its sole member
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By: Xxxxxxx Commercial Properties REIT, a Maryland
real estate investment trust, its sole general partner
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, President
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XXXXXXX
REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III GP
LLC,
a Texas limited liability
company, Guarantor
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By:
Xxxxxxx REIT Operating Partnership, LP., a Delaware
limited partnership, its sole member
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By: Xxxxxxx Commercial Properties REIT, a Maryland
real
estate investment trust, its sole general partner
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, President
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REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III LP
LTD,
a
Texas limited partnership, Guarantor
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By:
Xxxxxxx Reit Operating Partnership III GP LLC, a Texas
limited liability company, its sole general partner
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By: Xxxxxxx Reit Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, its sole member
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By: Xxxxxxx Commercial Properties REIT, a
Maryland Real
Estate investment trust, its sole
general partner
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, President
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED, as to each of the provisions
contained
in the foregoing agreement applicable to it:
XXXXXXX
MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By:
Xxxxxxx Property Management
Holdings
LLC, its sole general partner
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, its sole member
and
manager
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
HOLDINGS
LLC
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx, its sole member
and
manager
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