EXHIBIT 10.14
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 28, 2002
among
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
THE INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS
and
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ARRANGER, AND BOOK MANAGER
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS SYNDICATION AGENT
and
NATIONAL CITY BANK, AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Credit Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2002 (as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time, the "AGREEMENT") is entered into
among SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P., the institutions from time to time a party
hereto as Lenders, whether by execution of this Agreement or an Assignment and
Acceptance, and COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent,
arranger, book manager, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Syndication Agent, and NATIONAL
CITY BANK, as Documentation Agent.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. The following terms used in this Agreement
shall have the following meanings, applicable both to the singular and the
plural forms of the terms defined:
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" is Commerzbank, and each successor
Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE XII of this
Agreement.
"AFFILIATE", as applied to any Person, means any other Person that
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, that Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to vote fifteen percent (15.0%) or more of the
equity Securities having voting power for the election of directors of such
Person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting
equity Securities or by contract or otherwise.
"AGENT" means Commerzbank in its capacity as Administrative Agent,
each Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent, and each successor agent appointed
pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE XII of this Agreement.
"AGREEMENT" is defined in the preamble hereto.
"ANNUAL EBITDA" means, with respect to any Project or Minority
Holding, as of the first day of each fiscal quarter for the immediately
preceding consecutive four fiscal quarters, an amount equal to (i) total
revenues relating to such Project or Minority Holding for such period, LESS
(ii) total operating expenses relating to such Project or Minority Holding for
such period (it being understood that the foregoing calculation shall exclude
non-cash charges as determined in accordance with GAAP). Each of the foregoing
amounts shall be determined by reference to the Borrower's Statement of
Operations for the applicable periods. An example of the foregoing calculation
is set forth on EXHIBIT G hereto.
"APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to a particular
Lender, (i) its Eurodollar Lending Office in respect of provisions relating to
Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (ii) its Domestic Lending Office in respect of
provisions relating to Base Rate Loans.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means, with respect to each Loan, the respective
percentages per annum determined, at any time, based on the range into which
Borrower's Credit Rating then falls, in accordance with the following tables.
Any change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective immediately as of the
date on which any of the rating agencies announces a change in the Borrower's
Credit Rating or the date on which the Borrower has no Credit Rating, whichever
is applicable.
The Applicable Margin, from time to time, depending on Borrower's Credit Rating
shall be as follows:
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Range of Applicable Applicable
Borrower's Margin for Margin for
Credit Rating Eurodollar Rate Loans Base Rate
S&P/Xxxxx'x and IBOR Rate Loans Loans
Ratings) (% per annum) (% per annum)
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below BBB-/Baa3 1.250% 0.00%
BBB-/Baa3 0.900% 0.00%
BBB/Baa2 0.750% 0.00%
BBB+/Baa1 0.650% 0.00%
A-/A3 0.500% 0.00%
If at any time the Borrower has a Credit Rating by both Xxxxx'x and S&P which
Credit Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between such Credit
Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Xxxxx'x and BBB- by S&P), the
Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the
higher of the Credit Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such
Credit Ratings is two ratings category (e.g. Baa1 by Xxxxx'x and BBB- by S&P),
the Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if
the median of the applicable Credit Ratings is used.
"Assignment and Acceptance" means an Assignment and Acceptance in
substantially the form of EXHIBIT A attached hereto and made a part hereof
(with blanks appropriately completed) delivered to the Administrative Agent in
connection with an assignment of a Lender's interest under this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions of SECTION 15.1.
"AUTHORIZED FINANCIAL OFFICER" means a chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, treasurer or other qualified senior officer acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
"BASE EURODOLLAR RATE" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Interest
Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which
deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of the Reference Bank in
London, England to major banks in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Eurodollar Interest Rate Determination Date for
such Eurodollar Interest Period for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest
Period and in an amount
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substantially equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan.
"BASE RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per
annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all
times be equal to the higher of:
(ii) the rate of interest announced publicly by Commerzbank in
New
York City from time to time, as Commerzbank's prime rate; and
(iii) the sum of (A)one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum PLUS (B)
the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time during such period.
"BASE RATE LOAN" means (i) a Loan which bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin as provided
in SECTION 5.1(a) or (ii) an overdue amount which was a Base Rate Loan
immediately before it became due.
"BORROWER" means SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"BORROWER PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT" means the Seventh Amended and
Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Borrower, dated as of August 27,
1999, as such agreement may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from
time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent or as permitted under
Section 10.10.
"BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of Loans of the same type
made, continued or converted on the same day.
"BUSINESS ACTIVITY REPORT" means (i) an Indiana Business Activity
Report from the Indiana Department of Revenue, Compliance Division, or (ii) a
Notice of Business Activities Report from the State of New Jersey Division of
Taxation, (iii) a Minnesota Business Activity Report from the Minnesota
Department of Revenue, or (iv) a similar report to those referred to in clauses
(i) through (iii) hereof with respect to any jurisdiction where the failure to
file such report would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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"BUSINESS DAY" means a day, in the applicable local time, which is not
a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday and on which banks are not required or
permitted by law or other governmental action to close (i) in
New York,
New York
and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, in London, England and/or
New
York,
New York and (iii) in the case of Letter of Credit transactions for a
particular Lender, in the place where its office for issuance or administration
of the pertinent Letter of Credit is located and/or
New York,
New York.
"CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means, for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures (whether payable in cash or other Property or accrued as a
liability (but without duplication)) during such period that, in conformity
with GAAP, are required to be included in or reflected by the Company's, the
Borrower's or any of their Subsidiaries' fixed asset accounts as reflected in
any of their respective balance sheets; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, (i) Capital
Expenditures shall include, whether or not such a designation would be in
conformity with GAAP, (a) that portion of Capital Leases which is capitalized on
the consolidated balance sheet of the Company, the Borrower and their
Subsidiaries and (b) expenditures for Equipment which is purchased
simultaneously with the trade-in of existing Equipment owned by either General
Partner, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, to the extent the gross
purchase price of the purchased Equipment exceeds the book value of the
Equipment being traded in at such time; and (ii) Capital Expenditures shall
exclude, whether or not such a designation would be in conformity with GAAP,
expenditures made in connection with the restoration of Property, to the extent
reimbursed or financed from insurance or condemnation proceeds.
"CAPITALIZATION VALUE" means the sum of (i) Combined EBITDA
capitalized at an annual interest rate equal to 8.25%, and (ii) Cash and Cash
Equivalents, and (iii) Construction Asset Cost.
"CAPITAL LEASE" means any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by a Person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock
of such Person, regardless of class or
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designation, and all warrants, options, purchase rights, conversion or exchange
rights, voting rights, calls or claims of any character with respect thereto.
"CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (i) cash, (ii) marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States
government and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
government; and (iii) domestic and Eurodollar certificates of deposit and time
deposits, bankers' acceptances and floating rate certificates of deposit issued
by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, the District of Columbia, any foreign bank, or its branches or agencies
(fully protected against currency fluctuations), which, at the time of
acquisition, are rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Xxxxx'x;
PROVIDED THAT the maturities of such Cash and Cash Equivalents shall not exceed
one year.
"CASH INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, total interest expense,
whether paid or accrued, but without duplication, (including the interest
component of Capital Leases) of the Borrower, which is payable in cash, all as
determined in conformity with GAAP.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9601 ET SEQ., any amendments
thereto, any successor statutes, and any regulations or guidance promulgated
thereunder.
"CLAIM" means any claim or demand, by any Person, of whatsoever kind
or nature for any alleged Liabilities and Costs, whether based in contract,
tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute,
Permit, ordinance or regulation, common law or otherwise.
"CLOSING DATE" means February 28, 2002.
"COMBINED DEBT SERVICE" means, for any period, the sum of (i)
regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest of the Consolidated
Businesses paid during such period and (ii) the portion of the regularly
scheduled payments of principal and interest of Minority Holdings allocable to
the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, paid during such
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period, in each case including participating interest expense and excluding
balloon payments of principal and extraordinary interest payments and net of
amortization of deferred costs associated with new financings or refinancings of
existing Indebtedness.
"COMBINED EBITDA" means the sum of (i) 100% of the Annual EBITDA from
the Consolidated Businesses; and (ii) the portion of the Annual EBITDA of the
Minority Holdings allocable to the Borrower in accordance with GAAP; and (iii)
for so long as the Borrower owns a majority economic interest in the Management
Company, 100% of the Borrower's share of the actual Annual EBITDA of the
Management Company; provided, however that the Borrower's share of the Annual
EBITDA of the Management Company shall in no event constitute in excess of five
percent (5%) of Combined EBITDA. For purposes of newly opened Projects which are
no longer capitalized, the Annual EBITDA shall be based upon twelve-month
projections of contractual rental revenues multiplied by the EBITDA profit
margin of the Borrower property type (i.e. regional mall or community center)
as such profit margin is reported in the most recently published annual report
or 10-K for the Company, until such time as actual performance data for a
twelve-month period is available.
"COMBINED EQUITY VALUE" means Capitalization Value minus Total
Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness.
"COMBINED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, the sum of (i)
interest expense of the Consolidated Businesses paid during such period and (ii)
interest expense of the Consolidated Businesses accrued for such period and
(iii) the portion of the interest expense of Minority Holdings allocable to the
Borrower in accordance with GAAP and paid during such period and (iv) the
portion of the interest expense of Minority Holdings allocable to the Borrower
in accordance with GAAP and accrued for such period, in each case including
participating interest expense but excluding extraordinary interest expense,
and net of amortization of deferred costs associated with new financings or
refinancings of existing Indebtedness.
"COMMERZBANK" means Commerzbank AG,
New York Branch.
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"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
"COMMITMENT" means, with respect to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender to make Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
which shall not exceed the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender's
name under the heading "Commitment" on the signature pages hereof or the
signature page of the Assignment and Acceptance by which it became a Lender, as
modified from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or to give
effect to any applicable Assignment and Acceptance, and "COMMITMENTS" means the
aggregate principal amount of the Commitments of all the Lenders, the maximum
amount of which shall be $150,000,000, as reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 4.1.
"COMPANY" means Simon Property Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" is defined in SECTION 8.2(b).
"CONSOLIDATED" means consolidated, in accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED BUSINESSES" means the General Partners, the Borrower
and their wholly-owned Subsidiaries.
"CONSTRUCTION ASSET COST" means, with respect to Property on which
construction of Improvements has commenced (such commencement evidenced by
foundation excavation) but has not yet been completed (as such completion shall
be evidenced by such Property being opened for business to the general public),
the aggregate sums expended on the construction of such Improvements (including
land acquisition costs).
"CONTAMINANT" means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic
substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived
substance or waste, radioactive materials, asbestos (in any form or condition),
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), or any constituent of any such substance or
waste, and includes, but is not limited to, these terms as defined in federal,
state or local laws or regulations.
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"CONTINGENT OBLIGATION" as to any Person means, without duplication,
(i) any contingent obligation of such Person required to be shown on such
Person's balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) any obligation required
to be disclosed in the footnotes to such Person's financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, guaranteeing partially or in whole any non-recourse
Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation, exclusive of contractual
indemnities (including, without limitation, any indemnity or price-adjustment
provision relating to the purchase or sale of securities or other assets) and
guarantees of non-monetary obligations (other than guarantees of completion)
which have not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person or of any other
Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation described in clause (ii) shall
be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guaranty of interest or interest and
principal, or operating income guaranty, the sum of all payments required to be
made thereunder (which in the case of an operating income guaranty shall be
deemed to be equal to the debt service for the note secured thereby), calculated
at the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness, through (i) in the case
of an interest or interest and principal guaranty, the stated date of maturity
of the obligation (and commencing on the date interest could first be payable
thereunder), or (ii) in the case of an operating income guaranty, the date
through which such guaranty will remain in effect, and (b) with respect to all
guarantees not covered by the preceding clause (a) an amount equal to the stated
or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
guaranty is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to
perform thereunder) as recorded on the balance sheet and on the footnotes to
the most recent financial statements of the applicable Borrower required to be
delivered pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, guarantees of completion shall not be deemed to be Contingent
Obligations unless and until a claim for payment has been made thereunder, at
which time any such guaranty of completion shall be deemed to be a Contingent
Obligation in an amount equal to any such claim. Subject to the preceding
sentence, (i) in the case of a joint and several guaranty given by such Person
and another Person (but only to the extent such guaranty is recourse, directly
or indirectly to the applicable Borrower), the amount of the guaranty shall be
deemed to be
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100% thereof unless and only to the extent that (X) such other Person has
delivered Cash or Cash Equivalents to secure all or any part of such Person's
guaranteed obligations or (Y) such other Person holds an Investment Grade Credit
Rating from either Xxxxx'x or S&P, and (ii) in the case of a guaranty, (whether
or not joint and several) of an obligation otherwise constituting Debt of such
Person, the amount of such guaranty shall be deemed to be only that amount in
excess of the amount of the obligation constituting Indebtedness of such Person.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, "Contingent
Obligations" shall not be deemed to include guarantees of loan commitments or
of construction loans to the extent the same have not been drawn.
"CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION", as applied to any Person, means any
provision of any Securities issued by that Person or any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, security agreement, pledge agreement, guaranty, contract,
undertaking, agreement or instrument to which that Person is a party or by which
it or any of its properties is bound, or to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
"CREDIT RATING" means the publicly announced rating of a Person given
by Xxxxx'x or S&P.
"CURE LOANS" is defined in SECTION 4.2(b)(v)(C).
"CUSTOMARY PERMITTED LIENS" means
(i) Liens (other than Environmental Liens and Liens in favor of the
PBGC) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or governmental
charges in all cases which are not yet due or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with SECTION 9.4 and
with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are
being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords against any Property of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries and Liens against any Property of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of suppliers, mechanics, carriers,
materialmen, warehousemen or workmen and other Liens
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against any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries imposed by
law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts which, if not
resolved in favor of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, could not result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) Liens (other than any Lien in favor of the PBGC) incurred or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
worker's compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social
security benefits or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, sales,
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), surety, appeal
and performance bonds; PROVIDED THAT (A) all such Liens do not in the
aggregate materially detract from the value of the Borrower's or such
Subsidiary's assets or Property or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of their respective businesses, and (B) all Liens of attachment
or judgment and Liens securing bonds to stay judgments or in connection
with appeals do not secure at any time an aggregate amount of recourse
Indebtedness exceeding $10,000,000; and
(iv) Liens against any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower arising with respect to zoning restrictions, easements,
licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements,
building restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances on the use
of Real Property which do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent it could
not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
"DEBT YIELD" is defined in SECTION 10.12(d).
"DESIGNEE LENDER" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION 15.1(f)
hereof.
"DOCUMENTATION AGENT" means National City Bank, and each successor
Documentation Agent appointed pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE XII of this
Agreement.
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"DOL" means the United States Department of Labor and any Person
succeeding to the functions thereof.
"Dollars" and "$" mean the lawful money of the United States.
"DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, such
Lender's office, located in the United States, specified as the "Domestic
Lending Office" under its name on the signature pages hereof or on the
Assignment and Acceptance by which it became a Lender or such other United
States office of such Lender as it may from time to time specify by written
notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means (i) a Lender or any Affiliate thereof; (ii)
a commercial bank having total assets in excess of $2,500,000,000; (iii) the
central bank of any country which is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development; or (iv) a finance company or other financial
institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which is
regularly engaged in making, purchasing or investing in loans and having total
assets in excess of $300,000,000 or is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
"ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF LAW" means all
Requirements of Law derived from or relating to any federal, state or local law,
ordinance, rule, regulation, Permit, license or other binding determination of
any Governmental Authority relating to, imposing liability or standards
concerning, or otherwise addressing the environment, health and/or safety,
including, but not limited to the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA,
RCRA, any so-called "Superfund" or "Superlien" law, the Toxic Substances Control
Act and OSHA, and public health codes, each as from time to time in effect.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN" means a Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority for any (i) liabilities under any Environmental, Health or Safety
Requirement of Law, or (ii) damages arising from, or costs incurred by such
Governmental Authority in response to, a Release or threatened Release of a
Contaminant into the environment.
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"ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ACT" means any applicable Requirement
of Law that conditions, restricts, prohibits or requires any notification or
disclosure triggered by the transfer, sale, lease or closure of any Property or
deed or title for any Property for environmental reasons, including, but not
limited to, any so-called "Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act" or
"Responsible Property Transfer Act".
"EQUIPMENT" means equipment used in connection with the maintenance of
Projects and Properties.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29
U.S.C. Sections 1000 ET SEQ., any amendments thereto, any successor statutes,
and any regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means (i) any corporation which is a member of the
same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code) as the Borrower; (ii) a partnership or other trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (within the
meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Borrower; and
(iii) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of
Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Borrower, any corporation
described in clause (i) above or any partnership or trade or business described
in clause (ii) above.
"ERISA TERMINATION EVENT" means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to
any Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan
during a plan year in which the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate was a
"substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or the
cessation of operations which results in the termination of employment of 20% of
Plan participants who are employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate;
(iii) the imposition of an obligation on the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
under Section 4041 of ERISA to provide affected parties written notice of intent
to terminate a Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of
ERISA; (iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan; (v)
any event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
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to administer, any Plan; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan.
"EURODOLLAR AFFILIATE" means, with respect to each Lender, the
Affiliate of such Lender (if any) set forth below such Lender's name under the
heading "Eurodollar Affiliate" on the signature pages hereof or on the
Assignment and Acceptance by which it became a Lender or such Affiliate of a
Lender as it may from time to time specify by written notice to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
"EURODOLLAR INTEREST PERIOD" is defined in SECTION 5.2(b)(i).
"EURODOLLAR INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION DATE" is defined in
SECTION 5.2(c)(i).
"EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, such
Lender's office (if any) specified as the "Eurodollar Lending Office" under its
name on the signature pages hereof or on the Assignment and Acceptance by which
it became a Lender or such other office or offices of such Lender as it may from
time to time specify by written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, with respect to any Euro-dollar Interest
Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest rate per annum obtained
by dividing (i) the Base Eurodollar Rate applicable to that Eurodollar Interest
Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage in effect on the relevant Eurodollar Interest Rate Determination
Date.
"EURODOLLAR RATE LOAN" means (i) a Loan which bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate and the Applicable Margin for
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as provided in SECTION 5.1(a) or (ii) an overdue amount
which was a Eurodollar Rate Loan immediately before it became due.
"EURODOLLAR RESERVE PERCENTAGE" means, for any day, that percentage
which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any
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emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank
of the Federal Reserve System in New York, New York with deposits exceeding five
billion Dollars in respect of "Eurocurrency Liabilities" (or in respect of any
other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans is determined or any category of
extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States
office of any bank to United States residents).
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any of the occurrences set forth in
SECTION 11.1 after the expiration of any applicable grace period and the giving
of any applicable notice, in each case as expressly provided in SECTION 11.1.
"EXTENSION FEE" means an amount equal to twenty-five (25) basis points
on the Credit Amount.
"EXTENSION NOTICE" is defined in SECTION 2.5.
"EXTENSION OPTION" is defined in SECTION 2.5.
"FACILITY FEE" is defined in SECTION 5.3(a).
"FACILITY FEE PERCENTAGE" means the applicable percentage per annum
determined, at any time, based on the range into which Borrower's Credit Rating
(if any) then falls, in accordance with the following tables. Any change in the
Facility Fee Percentage shall be effective immediately as of the date on which
any of the rating agencies announces a change in the Borrower's Credit Rating or
the date on which the Borrower has no Credit Rating, whichever is applicable.
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The Facility Fee Percentage shall be as follows:
Range of
Borrower's Percentage of
Credit Rating Maximum Revolving
S&P/Moody's Ratings Credit Commitments
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BBB-/Baa3 0.25%
BBB-/Baa3 0.20%
BBB/Baa2 0.20%
BBB+/Baa1 0.15%
A-/A3 0.15%
If at any time the Borrower has a Credit Rating by both Moody's and S&P
which Credit Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between such Credit
Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P), the
Facility Fee Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if
the higher of the Credit Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between
such Credit Ratings is two ratings category (e.g. Baa1 by Moody's and BBB- by
S&P), the Facility Fee Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be
applicable if the median of the applicable Credit Ratings is used.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal for each day during such period 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 in New York, New York, for the next preceding
Business Day) in New York, New York by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or
if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day in New
York, New York, the average of the quotations for such day on transactions by
the Reference Bank, as determined by the Administrative Agent.
"FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or any Governmental Authority succeeding to its functions.
"FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" means (i) quarterly and annual consolidated
statements of income and retained earnings, statements of cash flow, and
balance sheets, (ii) such other financial statements as any General Partner
shall routinely and regularly prepare on a quarterly or annual
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basis, and (iii) such other financial statements of the Consolidated Businesses
or Minority Holdings as the Requisite Lenders may from time to time reasonably
specify; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Financial Statements referenced in clauses
(i) and (ii) above shall be prepared in form satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
"FISCAL YEAR" means the fiscal year of the Company and the Borrower
for accounting and tax purposes, which shall be the 12-month period ending on
December 31 of each calendar year.
"FUNDING DATE" means, with respect to any Loan, the date of funding of
such Loan.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants' Accounting Principles Board and Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use
by significant segments of the accounting profession as in effect on the
Closing Date (unless otherwise specified herein as in effect on another date or
dates).
"GENERAL PARTNER" or "GENERAL PARTNERS" means SPG, SD, the Company and
any successor general partner(s) of the Borrower.
"GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL" means all right, title and interest in any
existing or future certificates, licenses, permits, variances, authorizations
and approvals issued by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with
respect to any Project.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any nation or government, any federal,
state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
"HOLDER" means any Person entitled to enforce any of the Obligations,
whether or not such Person holds any
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evidence of Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Administrative
Agent, and each other Lender.
"IMPROVEMENTS" means all buildings, fixtures, structures, parking
areas, landscaping and all other improvements whether existing now or hereafter
constructed, together with all machinery and mechanical, electrical, HVAC and
plumbing systems presently located thereon and used in the operation thereof,
excluding (a) any such items owned by utility service providers, (b) any such
items owned by tenants or other third-parties unaffiliated with the Borrower
and (c) any items of personal property.
"INDEBTEDNESS", as applied to any Person, means, at any time, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities of such
Person (whether consolidated or representing the proportionate interest in any
other Person) (i) for borrowed money (including construction loans) or
evidenced by debt securities, debentures, acceptances, notes or other similar
instruments, and any accrued interest, fees and charges relating thereto, (ii)
under profit payment agreements or in respect of obligations to redeem,
repurchase or exchange any Securities of such Person or to pay dividends in
respect of any stock, (iii) with respect to letters of credit issued for such
Person's account, (iv) to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, except accounts payable and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary
course of business, (v) in respect of Capital Leases, (vi) which are Contingent
Obligations or (vii) under warranties and indemnities; (b) all indebtedness,
obligations or other liabilities of such Person or others secured by a Lien on
any property of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness, obligations or
liabilities are assumed by such Person, all as of such time; (c) all
indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities of such Person in respect of
interest rate contracts and foreign exchange contracts, net of liabilities owed
to such Person by the counterparties thereon; (d) all preferred stock subject
(upon the occurrence of any contingency or otherwise) to mandatory redemption;
and (e) all contingent Contractual Obligations with respect to any of the
foregoing.
"INDEMNIFIED MATTERS" is defined in SECTION 15.3.
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"INDEMNITEES" is defined in SECTION 15.3.
"INITIAL FUNDING DATE" means the date on or after February 28, 2002,
on which all of the conditions described in SECTION 6.1 have been satisfied (or
waived) in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
on which the initial Loans under this Agreement are made by the Lenders to the
Borrower.
"INTEREST PERIOD" is defined in SECTION 5.2(b).
"INTEREST RATE XXXXXX" is defined in SECTION 9.9.
"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, any successor
statute and any regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder.
"INVESTMENT" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any purchase or
other acquisition by that Person of Securities, or of a beneficial interest in
Securities, issued by any other Person, (ii) any purchase by that Person of all
or substantially all of the assets of a business conducted by another Person,
and (iii) any loan, advance (other than deposits with financial institutions
available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable,
advances to employees and similar items made or incurred in the ordinary course
of business) or capital contribution by that Person to any other Person,
including, without limitation, all Indebtedness to such Person arising from a
sale of property by such Person other than in the ordinary course of its
business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such
Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto less the amount of any return
of capital or principal to the extent such return is in cash with respect to
such Investment without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value or
write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
"INVESTMENT GRADE" means (i) with respect to Xxxxx'x a Credit Rating
of Baa3 or higher and (ii) with respect to S&P, a Credit Rating of BBB- or
higher.
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"INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING" means (i) a Credit Rating of Baa3 or
higher given by Xxxxx'x or (ii) a Credit Rating of BBB- or higher given by S&P.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service and any Person succeeding to
the functions thereof.
"KNOWLEDGE" with reference to any General Partner, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower, means the actual knowledge of such Person after
reasonable inquiry (which reasonable inquiry shall include, without limitation,
interviewing and questioning such other Persons as such General Partner, the
Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower, as applicable, deems reasonably
necessary).
"LEASE" means a lease, license, concession agreement or other
agreement providing for the use or occupancy of any portion of any Project,
including all amendments, supplements, modifications and assignments thereof and
all side letters or side agreements relating thereto.
"LENDER" means each financial institution a signatory hereto as a
Lender as of the Closing Date and, at any other given time, each financial
institution which is a party hereto as a Lender, whether as a signatory hereto
or pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, and regardless of the capacity in
which such entity is acting (i.e. whether as Administrative Agent, Syndication
Agent, Documentation Agent or Lender).
"LIABILITIES AND COSTS" means all liabilities, obligations,
responsibilities, losses, damages, personal injury, death, punitive damages,
economic damages, consequential damages, treble damages, intentional, willful
or wanton injury, damage or threat to the environment, natural resources or
public health or welfare, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorney, expert and consulting fees and costs of investigation, feasibility or
Remedial Action studies), fines, penalties and monetary sanctions, interest,
direct or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, past, present or
future.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, conditional sale agreement,
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deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other
and including, without limitation, any Environmental Lien), preference, priority
or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever in respect of any property of a Person, whether granted voluntarily
or imposed by law, and includes the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease
or under any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement or similar
notice (other than a financing statement filed by a "true" lessor pursuant to
Section 9-408 of the Uniform Commercial Code), naming the owner of such property
as debtor, under the Uniform Commercial Code or other comparable law of any
jurisdiction.
"LIMITED MINORITY HOLDINGS" means Minority Holdings in which (i)
Borrower has a less than fifty percent (50%) ownership interest and (ii) neither
the Borrower nor the Company directly or indirectly controls the management of
such Minority Holdings, whether as the general partner or managing member of
such Minority Holding, or otherwise. As used in this definition only, the term
"control" shall mean the authority to make major management decisions or the
management of day-to-day operations of such entity and shall include instances
in which the Management Company manages the day-to-day leasing, management,
control or development of the Properties of such Minority Interest pursuant to
the terms of a management agreement.
"LIMITED PARTNERS" means those Persons who from time to time are
limited partners of the Borrower; and "LIMITED PARTNER" means each of the
Limited Partners, individually.
"LOAN ACCOUNT" is defined in SECTION 4.3(b).
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, the Notes and all other
instruments, agreements and written Contractual Obligations between the
Borrower and any of the Lenders pursuant to or in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
"LOAN" means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to SECTION 2.1; provided
that, if any such Loan or Loans (or
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portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant to a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, the term "Loan" shall refer to the combined principal
amount resulting from such combination or to each of the separate principal
amounts resulting from such subdivision, as the case may be.
"MANAGEMENT COMPANY" means, collectively, (i) M.S. Management
Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its wholly-owned or controlled
Subsidiaries and (ii) such other property management companies controlled
(directly or indirectly) by the Company for which the Borrower has previously
provided the Administrative Agent with: (1) notice of such property management
company, and (2) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
that such property management company is controlled (directly or indirectly) by
the Company.
"MARGIN STOCK" means "margin stock" as such term is defined in
Regulation U.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect upon (i) the
financial condition or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents, or (iii) the ability of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
to enforce any of the Loan Documents.
"MIS" means a computerized management information system for recording
and maintenance of information regarding purchases, sales, aging,
categorization, and locations of Properties, creation and aging of receivables,
and accounts payable (including agings thereof).
"MINORITY HOLDINGS" means partnerships, joint ventures and
corporations held or owned by the Borrower or a General Partner which are not
wholly-owned by the Borrower or a General Partner.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investor Services, Inc.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is, or within the immediately preceding six
(6) years was, contributed to by either the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or
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respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has assumed any liability.
"NON PRO RATA LOAN" is defined in SECTION 4.2 (b)(v).
"NOTE" means a promissory note in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT B payable to a Lender, evidencing certain of the Obligations of the
Borrower to such Lender and executed by the Borrower as required by
SECTION 4.3(a), as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified or restated
from time to time; "NOTES" means, collectively, all of such Notes outstanding at
any given time.
"NOTICE OF BORROWING" means a notice substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT C attached hereto and made a part hereof.
"NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION" means a notice substantially in
the form of EXHIBIT D attached hereto and made a part hereof with respect to a
proposed conversion or continuation of a Loan pursuant to SECTION 5.1(c).
"OBLIGATIONS" means all Loans, advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent, any other Lender, any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, any other
Lender, or any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to SECTION 15.3 of
this Agreement, of any kind or nature, arising under this Agreement, the Notes
or any other Loan Document. The term includes, without limitation, all interest,
charges, expenses, fees, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and any
other sum chargeable to the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means, as to a corporation, a certificate
executed on behalf of such corporation by the chairman of its board of directors
(if an officer of such corporation) or its chief executive officer, president,
any of its vice-presidents, its chief financial officer, or its treasurer and,
as to a partnership, a certificate executed on behalf of such partnership by
the chairman of the board of directors (if an officer of such corporation) or
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chief executive officer, president, any vice-president, or treasurer of the
general partner of such partnership.
"OPERATING LEASE" means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which is not
a Capital Lease.
"ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS" means, with respect to any corporation,
limited liability company, or partnership (i) the articles/certificate of
incorporation (or the equivalent organizational documents) of such corporation
or limited liability company, (ii) the partnership agreement executed by the
partners in the partnership, (iii) the by-laws (or the equivalent governing
documents) of the corporation, limited liability company or partnership, and
(iv) any document setting forth the designation, amount and/or relative rights,
limitations and preferences of any class or series of such corporation's Capital
Stock or such limited liability company's or partnership's equity or ownership
interests.
"OSHA" means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C.
Sections 651 ET SEQ., any amendments thereto, any successor statutes and any
regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person
succeeding to the functions thereof.
"PERMITS" means any permit, consent, approval, authorization, license,
variance, or permission required from any Person, including any Governmental
Approvals.
"PERMITTED SECURITIES OPTIONS" means the subscriptions, options,
warrants, rights, convertible Securities and other agreements or commitments
relating to the issuance of the Borrower's Securities or the Company's Capital
Stock identified as such on SCHEDULE 1.1.4.
"PERSON" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint
venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust,
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business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any
Governmental Authority.
"PLAN" means an employee benefit plan defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA
in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is, or within the
immediately preceding six (6) years was, an "employer" as defined in Section
3(5) of ERISA or the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has assumed any liability.
"POTENTIAL EVENT OF DEFAULT" means an event that has occurred with
respect to the Borrower which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time,
or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"PREPAYMENT DATE" is defined in SECTION 4.1(d).
"PROCESS AGENT" is defined in SECTION 15.17(a).
"PROJECT" means any shopping center, retail property and mixed-use
property owned, directly or indirectly, by any of the Consolidated Businesses or
Minority Holdings.
"PROPERTY" means any Real Property or personal property, plant,
building, facility, structure, underground storage tank or unit, equipment,
general intangible, receivable, or other asset owned, leased or operated by any
Consolidated Business or any Minority Holding (including any surface water
thereon or adjacent thereto, and soil and groundwater thereunder).
"PRO RATA SHARE" means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) the sum of such Lender's Commitment (in each case, as
adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
or any Assignment and Acceptance to which such Lender is a party) by (ii) the
aggregate amount of all of the Commitments.
"RCRA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42
U.S.C. Sections 6901 ET SEQ., any amendments thereto, any successor statutes,
and any regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder.
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"REAL PROPERTY" means all of the Borrower's present and future right,
title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in (i)
any plots, pieces or parcels of land, (ii) any Improvements of every nature
whatsoever (the rights and interests described in clauses (i) and (ii) above
being the "Premises"), (iii) all easements, rights of way, gores of land or any
lands occupied by streets, ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water courses,
water rights and powers, and public places adjoining such land, and any other
interests in property constituting appurtenances to the Premises, or which
hereafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto, (iv) all
hereditaments, gas, oil, minerals (with the right to extract, sever and remove
such gas, oil and minerals), and easements, of every nature whatsoever, located
in, on or benefitting the Premises and (v) all other rights and privileges
thereunto belonging or appertaining and all extensions, additions,
improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutions and replacements to or of any
of the rights and interests described in CLAUSES (iii) and (iv) above.
"REFERENCE BANK" means Commerzbank.
"REGISTER" is defined in SECTION 15.1(c).
"REGULATION A" means Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board as in
effect from time to time.
"REGULATION T" means Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board as in
effect from time to time.
"REGULATION U" means Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as in
effect from time to time.
"REGULATION X" means Regulation X of the Federal Reserve Board as in
effect from time to time.
"REIT" means a domestic trust or corporation or association that
qualifies as a real estate investment trust under the provisions of Sections
856, et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code.
"RELEASE" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
pouring, dumping, injection, deposit,
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disposal, abandonment, or discarding of barrels, containers or other
receptacles, discharge, emptying, escape, dispersal, leaching or migration into
the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any Property, including the
movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water,
groundwater or Property.
"REMEDIAL ACTION" means actions required to (i) clean up, remove,
treat or in any other way address Contaminants in the indoor or outdoor
environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release or minimize the
further Release of Contaminants; or (iii) investigate and determine if a
remedial response is needed and to design such a response and post-remedial
investigation, monitoring, operation and maintenance and care.
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means any of the events described in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder as in effect
from time to time but not including any such event as to which the thirty (30)
day notice requirement has been waived by applicable PBGC regulations.
"REQUIREMENTS OF LAW" means, as to any Person, the charter and by-laws
or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, rule
or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject
including, without limitation, the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act,
Regulations T, U and X, ERISA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and any certificate of occupancy, zoning ordinance, building,
environmental or land use requirement or Permit and Environmental, Health or
Safety Requirement of Law.
"REQUISITE LENDERS" means Lenders (without regard to such Lenders'
performance of their respective obligations hereunder) whose aggregate ratable
shares (stated as a percentage) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance
of all Loans are greater than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66.67%).
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"RETAINED PROPERTIES" shall mean those real properties more
particularly described on SCHEDULE 15.23 hereto.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Service.
"SD" means SD Property Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation (formerly
known as XxXxxxxxx Realty Corporation).
"SECURED INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
"SECURITIES" means any stock, shares, voting trust certificates,
partnership interests, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or
in general any instruments commonly known as "securities", including, without
limitation, any "security" as such term is defined in Section 8-102 of the
Uniform Commercial Code, or any certificates of interest, shares, or
participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or
acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire any of the
foregoing, but shall not include the Notes or any other evidence of the
Obligations.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute.
"SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"SOLVENT", when used with respect to any Person, means that at the
time of determination:
(i) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of the total
amount of its liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent
liabilities); and
(ii) the present fair saleable value of its assets is greater than its
probable liability on its existing debts as such debts become absolute and
matured; and
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(iii) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts
(including, without limitation, contingent debts and other commitments) as
they mature; and
(iv) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted
and as proposed to be conducted.
"SPG" means SPG Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means any corporation, limited liability
company, general or limited partnership, or other entity of which securities or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the
time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, one or more of
the other subsidiaries of such Person or any combination thereof.
"SYNDICATION AGENT" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, and each successor
Syndication Agent appointed pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE XII of this
Agreement.
"TAXES" is defined in SECTION 13.1(a).
"TENANT ALLOWANCE" means a cash allowance paid to a tenant by the
landlord pursuant to a Lease.
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier to occur of (i) February 28, 2003
(or, if not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Termination Date may be extended until February 28,2004 (or, if not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) in accordance with the provisions
of SECTION 2.5 hereof; and (ii) the date of termination of the Commitments
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"TI WORK" means any construction or other "build-out" of tenant
leasehold improvements to the space demised to such tenant under Leases
(excluding such tenant's furniture, fixtures and equipment) performed pursuant
to the terms of such Leases, whether or not such tenant improvement work is
performed by or on behalf of the landlord or as part of a Tenant Allowance.
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"TOTAL ADJUSTED OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS" means, for any period, the
sum of (i) the amount of Indebtedness of the Consolidated Businesses set forth
on the then most recent quarterly financial statements of the Borrower and (ii)
the outstanding amount of Minority Holding Indebtedness allocable in accordance
with GAAP to any of the Consolidated Businesses as of the time of determination
and (iii) the Contingent Obligations of the Consolidated Businesses and, to the
extent allocable to the Consolidated Businesses in accordance with GAAP, of the
Minority Holdings, exclusive of Contingent Obligations of any Consolidated
Business with an Investment Grade Credit Rating.
"TOTAL UNSECURED OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS" means that portion of Total
Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness that is not secured by a Lien.
"UNENCUMBERED COMBINED EBITDA" means that portion of Combined EBITDA
which represents revenues earned from the Management Company (up to 5% of
Combined EBITDA) or from Real Property that is not subject to or encumbered by
Secured Indebtedness and is not subject to any agreements (other than those
agreements more particularly described on SCHEDULE 1.1.5), the effect of which
would be to restrict, directly or indirectly, the ability of the owner of such
Property from granting Liens thereon, calculated on the first day of each fiscal
quarter for the four immediately preceding consecutive fiscal quarters.
"UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE" means the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted in the State of New York, as it may be amended from time to time.
"UNSECURED DEBT YIELD" is defined in SECTION 10.12(e).
"UNSECURED INTEREST EXPENSE" means the interest expense incurred on
the Total Unsecured Outstanding Indebtedness.
1.2. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS. In this Agreement, in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
mean "to
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but excluding". Periods of days referred to in this Agreement shall be counted
in calendar days unless Business Days are expressly prescribed. Any period
determined hereunder by reference to a month or months or year or years shall
end on the day in the relevant calendar month in the relevant year, if
applicable, immediately preceding the date numerically corresponding to the
first day of such period, PROVIDED THAT if such period commences on the last
day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month during which such period is to end),
such period shall, unless otherwise expressly required by the other provisions
of this Agreement, end on the last day of the calendar month.
1.3. ACCOUNTING TERMS. Subject to SECTION 15.4, for purposes of this
Agreement, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP.
1.4. OTHER TERMS. All other terms contained in this Agreement shall,
unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings assigned to such
terms by the Uniform Commercial Code to the extent the same are defined
therein.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1. LOANS.
(a) AVAILABILITY. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, each Lender hereby severally and not jointly agrees to make
loans, in Dollars (each individually, a "Loan" and, collectively, the "LOANS")
to the Borrower as of the Initial Funding Date, in an amount not to exceed such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Commitments. All Loans comprising the same
Borrowing under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their then respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood
that no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to
perform its obligation to make a Loan hereunder nor shall the Commitment of any
Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any such failure.
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Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may repay any
outstanding Loan on any day which is a Business Day and any amounts so repaid
may not be reborrowed.
(b) NOTICE OF BORROWING. The Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing, signed by it no later than 12:00
noon (New York time) at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the Initial
Funding Date, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Such Notice
of Borrowing shall specify (i) the proposed Closing Date (which shall be a
Business Day), (ii) whether the proposed Borrowing will be of Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the requested
Eurodollar Interest Period, and (iv) instructions for the disbursement of the
proceeds of the proposed Borrowing. The Notice of Borrowing given pursuant to
this SECTION 2.1(b) shall be irrevocable.
(c) MAKING OF LOANS. (i) Promptly after receipt of the Notice of
Borrowing under SECTION 2.1(b), the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender by facsimile transmission, or other similar form of transmission, of the
proposed Borrowing (which notice to the Lenders, in the case of a Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, shall be at least three (3) Business Days in advance of
the Initial Funding Date). Each Lender shall deposit an amount equal to its Pro
Rata Share of the Borrowing requested by the Borrower with the Administrative
Agent at its office in New York, New York, in immediately available funds, not
later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Initial Funding Date. Subject to
the fulfillment of the conditions precedent set forth in SECTION 6.1 or
SECTION 6.2, as applicable, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of
such amounts received by it available to the Borrower at the Administrative
Agent's office in New York, New York on the Initial Funding Date (or on the date
received if later than the Initial Funding Date) and shall disburse such
proceeds in accordance with the Borrower's disbursement instructions set forth
in the Notice of Borrowing. The failure of any Lender to deposit the amount
described above with the Administrative Agent on the Initial Funding Date shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder to make its Loan on
the Initial Funding Date. In the event the conditions precedent set forth in
SECTION 6.1 or 6.2 are not fulfilled
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as of the Initial Funding Date for the Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly return, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the
amount deposited by each Lender to such Lender.
(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any
Lender on the Business Day immediately preceding the Initial Funding Date that
such Lender does not intend to fund its Loan requested to be made on the Initial
Funding Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has funded
its Loan and is depositing the proceeds thereof with the Administrative Agent on
the Initial Funding Date, and the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion
may, but shall not be obligated to, disburse a corresponding amount to the
Borrower on the Initial Funding Date. If the Loan proceeds corresponding to that
amount are advanced to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent but are not in
fact deposited with the Administrative Agent by such Lender on or prior to the
Initial Funding Date, such Lender agrees to pay, and in addition the Borrower
agrees to repay, to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date
such amount is disbursed to or for the benefit of the Borrower until the date
such amount is paid or repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the interest rate
applicable to such Borrowing. If such Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent the corresponding amount, the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender's Loan, and if both such Lender and the Borrower shall pay and repay such
corresponding amount, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
Borrower such corresponding amount. This SECTION 2.1(c)(ii) does not relieve any
Lender of its obligation to make its Loan on the Funding Date.
2.2. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
2.3. USE OF PROCEEDS OF LOANS. The proceeds of the Loans issued for
the account of the Borrower hereunder may be used for the purposes of:
(a) acquisition of Projects, portfolios of Projects, or interests in
Projects, similar to and consistent with the types of Projects owned and/or
operated by the Borrower on the Initial Funding Date;
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(b) acquisition of Persons or interests in Persons that own or have
direct or indirect interests in Projects or portfolios of Projects similar to
and consistent with the types of Projects owned and/or operated by the Borrower
on the Initial Funding Date;
(c) renovation of Properties owned and operated by the Borrower;
(d) funding of TI Work and Tenant Allowances;
(e) financing construction related to Properties owned and operated by
the Borrower; and
(f) refinancing of existing Indebtedness; each of which purposes
described in clauses (a) through (f) above shall be lawful general corporate,
partnership and working capital purposes of the Borrower.
2.4. TERMINATION DATE. The Commitments shall terminate, and all
outstanding Obligations shall be paid in full, on the Termination Date.
2.5. EXTENSION OPTION.
(a) The Borrower shall have one option (the "EXTENSION OPTION") to
extend the maturity of the Commitments for a period of one (1) year. Subject to
the conditions set forth in clause (b) below, Borrower may exercise the
Extension Option by delivering written notice (the "EXTENSION NOTICE"), together
with the payment of the Extension Fee for the account of the Lenders (based on
their respective Pro Rata Shares), to the Administrative Agent on or before
January 31, 2003 but not before October 31, 2002, stating that Borrower will
extend the Termination Date for one (1) year. Borrower's delivery of the
Extension Notice shall be irrevocable. In no event shall the Termination Date
occur later than February 28, 2004.
(b) The Borrower's right to exercise the Extension Option shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions: (i) no Potential Event of Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either on the
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date Borrower delivers the Extension Notice to the Administrative Agent or on
the date that this Agreement would otherwise have terminated, (ii) the Borrower
shall be in full compliance with all covenants and conditions set forth in this
Agreement as of the date Borrower delivers the Extension Notice to the Agent and
on the date that this Agreement would otherwise have terminated, and (iii) the
Borrower shall have paid the Extension Fee to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders (based on their respective Pro Rata Shares).
2.6. MAXIMUM CREDIT FACILITY. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate principal Obligations
exceed the aggregate Commitments.
2.7. AUTHORIZED AGENTS. On the Closing Date and from time to time
thereafter, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the names of the employees and agents authorized to
request Loans and to request a conversion/continuation of any Loan and
containing a specimen signature of each such employee or agent. The employees
and agents so authorized shall also be authorized to act for the Borrower in
respect of all other matters relating to the Loan Documents. The Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such employee's
or agent's authority to request such Loan or such conversion/continuation until
the Administrative Agent receive written notice to the contrary. The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to verify the authenticity of the
signature appearing on any written Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation or any other document, and, with respect to an oral
request for such conversion/continuation, the Administrative Agent shall have no
duty to verify the identity of any person representing himself or herself as
one of the employees or agents authorized to make such request or otherwise to
act on behalf of the Borrower. None of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
shall incur any liability to the Borrower or any other Person in acting upon any
telephonic or facsimile notice referred to above which the Administrative Agent
believes to have been given by a person duly authorized to act on behalf of the
Borrower and the Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds harmless the
Administrative Agent and each
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other Lender from any loss or expense the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
might incur in acting in good faith as provided in this SECTION 2.7.
ARTICLE III
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
4.1. Prepayments.
(a) VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENTS. The Borrower may, at any time and from time
to time, prepay the Loans in part or in their entirety, subject to the following
limitations. The Borrower shall give at least five (5) Business Days' prior
written notice to the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent
shall promptly transmit to each Lender) of any prepayment in the entirety to be
made prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, which notice of prepayment
shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) of prepayment. When
notice of prepayment is delivered as provided herein, the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans on the prepayment date specified in the notice shall become
due and payable on such prepayment date. Each voluntary partial prepayment of
the Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples
of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Eurodollar Rate Loans may be prepaid in
part or in their entirety only upon payment of the amounts described in
SECTION 5.2(f). Any amount so prepaid pursuant to this SECTION 4.1(a) may not be
reborrowed.
(b) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
(c) NO PENALTY. The prepayments and payments in respect of reductions
described in clause (a) of this SECTION 4.1 may be made without premium or
penalty (except as provided in SECTION 5.2(f)).
(d) MANDATORY PREPAYMENT. If at any time from and after the Closing
Date: (i) the Borrower merges or
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consolidates with another Person and the Borrower is not the surviving entity,
or (ii) the Borrower or any Consolidated Business sells, transfers, assigns or
conveys assets, the book value of which (computed in accordance with GAAP but
without deduction for depreciation), in the aggregate of all such sales,
transfers, assignments, foreclosures, or conveyances exceeds 30% of the
Capitalization Value, or (iii) the portion of Capitalization Value attributable
to the aggregate Limited Minority Holdings (but excluding the Borrower's
interest in Pentagon Fashion Center) of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Businesses exceed 20% of Capitalization Value, or (iv) the Borrower or the
Management Company ceases to provide directly or through their Affiliates
property management and leasing services to at least 33% of the total number of
shopping centers in which the Borrower has an ownership interest (the date any
such event shall occur being the "PREPAYMENT DATE"), the Borrower shall be
required to prepay the Loans in their entirety as if the Prepayment Date were
the Termination Date. The Borrower shall immediately make such prepayment
together with interest accrued to the date of the prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid. In connection with the prepayment of any Loan prior to the
maturity thereof, the Borrower shall also pay any applicable expenses pursuant
to SECTION 5.2(f). Each such prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the
Loans of the Lenders. Amounts prepaid pursuant to this SECTION 4.1(d) may not be
reborrowed. As used in this SECTION 4.1(d) only, the phrase "sells, transfers,
assigns or conveys" shall not include (i) sales or conveyances among Borrower
and any Consolidated Businesses, or (ii) mortgages secured by Real Property.
4.2. PAYMENTS.
(a) MANNER AND TIME OF PAYMENT. All payments of principal of and
interest on the Loans and other Obligations (including, without limitation, fees
and expenses) which are payable to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
shall be made without condition or reservation of right, in immediately
available funds, delivered to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon
(New York time) on the date and at the place due, to such account of the
Administrative Agent as it may designate, for the account of the Administrative
Agent or such other Lender, as the case may be; and funds received by the
Administrative Agent, not later than
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12:00 noon (New York time) on any given Business Day shall be credited against
payment to be made that day and funds received by the Administrative Agent after
that time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day.
Payments actually received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, or any of them, shall be paid to them by the Administrative Agent
promptly after receipt thereof, in immediately available funds, and in any
event, on the same Business Day as received, if received by 12:00 noon (New York
time), on on or before the immediately succeeding Business Day, if received
after 12:00 noon (New York time).
(b) APPORTIONMENT OF PAYMENTS. (i) Subject to the provisions of
SECTION 4.2(b)(v), all payments of principal and interest in respect of
outstanding Loans, all payments of fees and all other payments in respect of
any other Obligations, shall be allocated among such of the Lenders as are
entitled thereto, in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares or otherwise
as provided herein. Subject to the provisions of SECTION 4.2(b)(ii), all such
payments and any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from or for
the benefit of the Borrower shall be applied in the following order:
(A) to pay principal of and interest on any portion of the Loans
which the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender
other than itself for which the Administrative Agent has not then been
reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower,
(B) to pay all other Obligations then due and payable and
(C) as the Borrower so designates.
Unless otherwise designated by the Borrower, all principal payments in respect
of Loans shall be applied FIRST, to repay outstanding Base Rate Loans, and then
to repay outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate Loans
which have earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those which
have later expiring Interest Periods.
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(ii) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and while the same is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall apply all payments in respect of any
Obligations in the following order:
(A) first, to pay principal of and interest on any portion of the
Loans which the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any
Lender other than itself for which the Administrative Agent has not then
been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower;
(B) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any fees, expense
reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent;
(C) third, to pay Obligations in respect of any fees, expense
reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Lenders;
(D) fourth, to pay interest due in respect of Loans;
(E) fifth, to the ratable payment or prepayment of principal
outstanding on Loans; and
(F) sixth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.
The order of priority set forth in this SECTION 4.2(b)(ii) and the related
provisions of this Agreement are set forth solely to determine the rights and
priorities of the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and other Holders as
among themselves. The order of priority set forth in clauses (C) through (G) of
this SECTION 4.2(b)(ii) may at any time and from time to time be changed by the
Requisite Lenders without necessity of notice to or consent of or approval by
the Borrower, any Holder which is not a Lender, or any other Person. The order
of priority set forth in clauses (A) and (B) of this SECTION 4.2(b)(ii) may be
changed only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
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(iii) Subject to SECTION 4.2(b)(v), the Administrative Agent shall
promptly distribute to each other Lender at its primary address set forth on the
appropriate signature page hereof or the signature page to the Assignment and
Acceptance by which it became a Lender, or at such other address as a Lender or
other Holder may request in writing, such funds as such Person may be entitled
to receive, subject to the provisions of ARTICLE XII; PROVIDED that the
Administrative Agent shall under no circumstances be bound to inquire into or
determine the validity, scope or priority of any interest or entitlement of any
Holder and may suspend all payments or seek appropriate relief (including,
without limitation, instructions from the Requisite Lenders or an action in the
nature of interpleader) in the event of any doubt or dispute as to any
apportionment or distribution contemplated hereby.
(iv) In the event that any Lender fails to fund its Pro Rata Share of
any Loan requested by the Borrower which such Lender is obligated to fund under
the terms of this Agreement (the funded portion of such Loan being here-inafter
referred to as a "NON PRO RATA LOAN"), until the earlier of such Lender's cure
of such failure and the termination of the Commitments, the proceeds of all
amounts thereafter repaid to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower and
otherwise required to be applied to such Lender's share of all other Obligations
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be advanced to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender to cure, in full or in part, such
failure by such Lender, but shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid to
such Lender in satisfaction of such other Obligations. Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary:
(A) the foregoing provisions of this SECTION 4.2(b)(v) shall apply
only with respect to the proceeds of payments of Obligations and shall not
affect the conversion or continuation of Loans pursuant to SECTION 5.1(c);
(B) a Lender shall be deemed to have cured its failure to fund its Pro
Rata Share of any Loan at such time as an amount equal to such Lender's
original Pro Rata Share of the requested principal
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portion of such Loan is fully funded to the Borrower, whether made by such
Lender itself or by operation of the terms of this SECTION 4.2(b)(v), and
whether or not the Non Pro Rata Loan with respect thereto has been repaid,
converted or continued;
(C) amounts advanced to the Borrower to cure, in full or in part, any
such Lender's failure to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Loan ("CURE
LOANS") shall bear interest at the Base Rate in effect from time to time,
and for all other purposes of this Agreement shall be treated as if they
were Base Rate Loans; and
(D) regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred or
is continuing, and not-withstanding the instructions of the Borrower as to
its desired application, all repayments of principal which, in accordance
with the other terms of this SECTION 4.2, would be applied to the
outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be applied FIRST, ratably to all Base
Rate Loans constituting Non Pro Rata Loans, SECOND, ratably to Base Rate
Loans other than those constituting Non Pro Rata Loans or Cure Loans and,
THIRD, ratably to Base Rate Loans constituting Cure Loans.
(c) PAYMENTS ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS. Whenever any payment to be made by
the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes is stated to be due on a day which is
not a Business Day, the payment shall instead be due on the next succeeding
Business Day (or, as set forth in SECTION 5.2(b)(iii), the next preceding
Business Day).
4.3. PROMISE TO REPAY; EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS.
(a) PROMISE TO REPAY. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay when due the
principal amount of each Loan which is made to it, and further agrees to pay all
unpaid interest accrued thereon, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and the Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Lender on the
Closing Date, a promissory note, in form and substance acceptable to the
Administrative Agent
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and such Lender, evidencing the Loans and thereafter shall execute and deliver
such other promissory notes as are necessary to evidence the Loans owing to the
Lenders after giving effect to any assignment thereof pursuant to SECTION 15.1,
all in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
parties to such assignment (all such promissory notes and all amendments
thereto, replacements thereof and substitutions therefor being collectively
referred to as the "NOTES"; and "NOTE" means any one of the Notes).
(b) LOAN ACCOUNT. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice an account or accounts (a "LOAN ACCOUNT") evidencing the
Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan owing to
such Lender from time to time, including the amount of principal and interest
payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder and under the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure by any Lender to maintain a Loan
Account shall in no way affect the Borrower's obligations hereunder, including,
without limitation, the obligation to repay the Obligations.
(c) CONTROL ACCOUNT. The Register maintained by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to SECTION 15.1(c) shall include a control account, and a
subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts (taken together) shall be
recorded (i) the date and amount of each Borrowing made hereunder, the type of
Loan comprising such Borrowing and any Eurodollar Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the effective date and amount of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to and accepted by it and the parties thereto, (iii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder or under the Notes and (iv) the amount of any
sum received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower hereunder and each
Lender's share thereof.
(d) ENTRIES BINDING. The entries made in the Register and each Loan
Account shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(e) NO RECOURSE TO LIMITED PARTNERS OR GENERAL PARTNERS.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this
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Agreement to the contrary, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing
herein or in the Notes shall be construed as creating any liability on any
Limited Partner, any General Partner, or any partner, officer, shareholder or
director of any Limited Partner or any General Partner, to pay any of the
Obligations other than liability arising from or in connection with (i) fraud or
(ii) the misappropriation or misapplication of proceeds of the Loans; but
nothing contained in this SECTION 4.3(e) shall be construed to prevent the
exercise of any remedy allowed to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by law
or by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which does not
relate to or result in such an obligation by any Limited Partner or any General
Partner (or any partner, officer, shareholder or director of any Limited Partner
or any General Partner) to pay money.
ARTICLE V
INTEREST AND FEES
5.1. INTEREST ON THE LOANS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
(a) RATE OF INTEREST. All Loans and the outstanding principal balance
of all other Obligations shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof from the date such Loans are made and such other Obligations are due and
payable until paid in full, except as otherwise provided in SECTION 5.1(d), as
follows:
(i) If a Base Rate Loan or such other Obligation, at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate, as in effect from time to time as
interest accrues, PLUS (B) the then Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans;
and
(ii) If a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of (A) the Eurodollar Rate determined for the applicable Eurodollar
Interest Period, plus (B) the then Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate
Loans.
The applicable basis for determining the rate of interest on the Loans shall be
selected by the Borrower at the time the
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Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is delivered by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, the Borrower may not
select the Eurodollar Rate as the applicable basis for determining the rate of
interest on such a Loan if at the time of such selection an Event of Default or
a Potential Event of Default would occur or has occurred and is continuing and
FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a
Potential Event of Default, each Eurodollar Rate Loan then outstanding may, at
the Administrative Agent's option, convert to a Base Rate Loan. If on any day
any Loan is outstanding with respect to which notice has not been timely
delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement specifying the basis for determining the rate of interest on that day,
then for that day interest on that Loan shall be determined by reference to the
Base Rate.
(b) INTEREST PAYMENTS. (i) Interest accrued on each Loan shall be
calculated on the last day of each calendar month and shall be payable in
arrears (A) on the first day of each calendar month, commencing on the first
such day following the making of such Loan, and (B) if not theretofore paid in
full, at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of such Loan.
(ii) Interest accrued on the principal balance of all other
Obligations shall be calculated on the last day of each calendar month and shall
be payable in arrears (A) on the first day of each calendar month, commencing on
the first such day following the incurrence of such Obligation, (B) upon
repayment thereof in full or in part, and (C) if not theretofore paid in full,
at the time such other Obligation becomes due and payable (whether by
acceleration or otherwise).
(c) CONVERSION OR CONTINUATION. (i) The Borrower shall have the
option (A) to convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Base Rate Loans
to Eurodollar Rate Loans; (B) to convert all or any part of outstanding
Eurodollar Rate Loans having Eurodollar Interest Periods which expire on the
same date to Base Rate Loans on such expiration date; (C) to continue all or any
part of out-standing Eurodollar Rate Loans having Eurodollar Interest
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Periods which expire on the same date as Eurodollar Rate Loans, and the
succeeding Eurodollar Interest Period of such continued Loans shall commence on
such expiration date; provided, HOWEVER, no such outstanding Loan may be
continued as, or be converted into, a Eurodollar Rate Loan (i) if the
continuation of, or the conversion into, would violate any of the provisions of
SECTION 5.2 or (ii) if an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default would
occur or has occurred and is continuing. Any conversion into or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans under this SECTION 5.1(c) shall be in a minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount,
except in the case of a conversion into or a continuation of an entire Borrowing
of Non Pro Rata Loans.
(ii) To convert or continue a Loan under SECTION 5.1(c)(i), the
Borrower shall deliver a Notice of Conversion/ Continuation to the
Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least three (3)
Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date. A Notice
of Conversion/Continuation shall specify (A) the proposed
conversion/continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the principal
amount of the Loan to be converted/continued, (C) whether such Loan shall be
converted and/or continued, and (D) in the case of a conversion to, or
continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the requested Eurodollar Interest
Period. In lieu of delivering a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Borrower
may give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice of any proposed
conversion/continuation by the time required under this SECTION 5.1(c)(ii), if
the Borrower confirms such notice by delivery of the Notice of
Conversion/Continuation to the Administrative Agent by facsimile transmission
promptly, but in no event later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the same day.
Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion/ Continuation under this
SECTION 5.1(c)(ii) (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof), the Administrative
Agent shall notify each Lender by facsimile transmission, or other similar form
of transmission, of the proposed conversion/ continuation. Any Notice of
Conversion/Continuation for conversion to, or continuation of, a Loan (or
telephonic notice in lieu thereof) given pursuant to this SECTION 5.1(c)(ii)
shall be irrevocable, and the Borrower shall be bound to convert or continue in
accordance therewith. In
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the event no Notice of Conversion/Continuation is delivered as and when
specified in this SECTION 5.1(c)(ii) with respect to outstanding Eurodollar
Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period applicable thereto, such
Loans shall automatically be continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans with a
Eurodollar Interest Period of thirty (30) days; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, no such
outstanding Loan may be continued as, or be converted into, a Eurodollar Rate
Loan (i) if the continuation of, or the conversion into, would violate any of
the provisions of SECTION 5.2 or (ii) if an Event of Default or a Potential
Event of Default would occur or has occurred and is continuing.
(d) DEFAULT INTEREST. Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified
in SECTION 5.1(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement, effective immediately upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, and for as long thereafter as such Event of
Default shall be continuing, the principal balance of all Loans and other
Obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate,
as in effect from time to time as interest accrues, PLUS (B) four percent (4.0%)
per annum.
(e) COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Interest on all Obligations shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the period during
which interest accrues and a year of 360 days. In computing interest on any
Loan, the date of the making of the Loan or the first day of a Eurodollar
Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be included and the date of payment
or the expiration date of a Eurodollar Interest Period, as the case may be,
shall be excluded; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on
which it is made, one (1) day's interest shall be paid on such Loan.
(f) EURODOLLAR RATE INFORMATION. Upon the reasonable request of the
Borrower from time to time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to
the Borrower such information with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate as
may be so requested.
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5.2. SPECIAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS.
(a) AMOUNT OF EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS. Each Euro-dollar Rate Loan shall
be in a minimum principal amount of $1,500,000 and in integral multiples of
$100,000 in excess of that amount.
(b) DETERMINATION OF EURODOLLAR INTEREST PERIOD. By giving notice as
set forth in SECTION 2.1(b) (with respect to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate
Loans), or SECTION 5.1(c) (with respect to a conversion into or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans), the Borrower shall have the option, subject to the other
provisions of this SECTION 5.2, to select an interest period (each, an "INTEREST
PERIOD") to apply to the Loans described in such notice, subject to the
following provisions:
(i) The Borrower may only select, as to a particular Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, an Interest Period (each, a "EURODOLLAR INTEREST
PERIOD") of one, two, three or six months in duration or, with the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, a shorter or a longer
duration
(ii) In the case of immediately successive Eurodollar Interest Periods
applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, each successive
Eurodollar Interest Period shall commence on the day on which the next
preceding Eurodollar Interest Period expires;
(iii) If any Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise expire on a
day which is not a Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be
extended to expire on the next succeeding Business Day if the next
succeeding Business Day occurs in the same calendar month, and if there
will be no succeeding Business Day in such calendar month, the Eurodollar
Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(iv) The Borrower may not select an Interest Period as to any Loan if
such Interest Period terminates later than the Termination Date;
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(v) The Borrower may not select an Interest Period with respect to any
portion of principal of a Loan which extends beyond a date on which the
Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of such portion of
principal; and
(vi) There shall be no more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect
at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(c) DETERMINATION OF EURODOLLAR INTEREST RATE. As soon as practicable
on the second Business Day prior to the first day of each Eurodollar Interest
Period (the "EURO-DOLLAR INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION DATE"), the Administrative
Agent shall determine (pursuant to the procedures set forth in the definition of
"Eurodollar Rate") the interest rate which shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate
Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable
Eurodollar Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or
by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to each Lender. The
Administrative Agent's determination shall be presumed to be correct, absent
manifest error, and shall be binding upon the Borrower.
(d) INTEREST RATE UNASCERTAINABLE, INADEQUATE OR UNFAIR. In the event
that at least one (1) Business Day before a Eurodollar Interest Rate
Determination Date:
(i) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Reference Bank that
deposits in Dollars (in the applicable amounts) are not being offered by
the Reference Bank in the London interbank market for such Eurodollar
Interest Period; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent determines that adequate and fair means
do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference
to which the Eurodollar Rate then being determined is to be fixed; or
(iii) the Requisite Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that the
Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans comprising such Borrowing
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will not adequately reflect the cost to such Requisite Lenders of
obtaining funds in Dollars in the London interbank market in the amount
substantially equal to such Lenders' Eurodollar Rate Loans in Dollars and
for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the
Borrower, whereupon (until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that
the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist) the right of
the Borrower to elect to have Loans bear interest based upon the Eurodollar Rate
shall be suspended and each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be converted
into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period
therefor, notwithstanding any prior election by the Borrower to the contrary.
(e) ILLEGALITY. (i) If at any time any Lender determines (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding
upon all parties) that the making or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan
has become unlawful or impermissible by compliance by that Lender with any law,
governmental rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority (whether or
not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would
be unlawful or would result in costs or penalties), then, and in any such event,
such Lender may give notice of that determination, in writing, to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
transmit the notice to each other Lender.
(ii) When notice is given by a Lender under SECTION 5.2(e)(i), (A) the
Borrower's right to request from such Lender and such Lender's obligation, if
any, to make Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be immediately suspended, and such
Lender shall make a Base Rate Loan as part of any requested Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) if the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans are then
outstanding, the Borrower shall immediately, or if permitted by applicable law,
no later than the date permitted thereby, upon at least one (1) Business Day's
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the affected Lender,
convert each such Loan into a Base Rate Loan.
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(iii) If at any time after a Lender gives notice under SECTION
5.2(e)(i) such Lender determines that it may lawfully make Eurodollar Rate
Loans, such Lender shall promptly give notice of that determination, in writing,
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly transmit the notice to each other Lender. The Borrower's right to
request, and such Lender's obligation, if any, to make Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall thereupon be restored.
(f) COMPENSATION. In addition to all amounts required to be paid by
the Borrower pursuant to SECTION 5.1 and ARTICLE XIII, the Borrower shall
compensate each Lender, upon demand, for all losses, expenses and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any loss or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender
to fund or maintain such Lender's Eurodollar Rate Loans to the Borrower but
excluding any loss of Applicable Margin on the relevant Loans) which that Lender
may sustain (i) if for any reason a Borrowing, conversion into or continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice
of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation given by the Borrower or in
a telephonic request by it for borrowing or conversion/ continuation or a
successive Eurodollar Interest Period does not commence after notice therefor is
given pursuant to SECTION 5.1(c), including, without limitation, pursuant to
SECTION 5.2(d), (ii) if for any reason any Eurodollar Rate Loan is prepaid
(including, without limitation, mandatorily pursuant to SECTION 4.1(d)) on a
date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, (iii) as a
consequence of a required conversion of a Euro-dollar Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan as a result of any of the events indicated in SECTION 5.2(d), or (iv) as a
consequence of any failure by the Borrower to repay a Eurodollar Rate Loan when
required by the terms of this Agreement. The Lender making demand for such
compensation shall deliver to the Borrower concurrently with such demand a
written statement in reasonable detail as to such losses, expenses and
liabilities, and this statement shall be conclusive as to the amount of
compensation due to that Lender, absent manifest error.
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(g) BOOKING OF EURODOLLAR RATE LOANS. Any Lender may make, carry or
transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of, its Eurodollar
Lending Office or Euro-dollar Affiliate or its other offices or Affiliates. No
Lender shall be entitled, however, to receive any greater amount under SECTIONS
4.2 or 5.2(f) or ARTICLE XIII as a result of the transfer of any such Eurodollar
Rate Loan to any office (other than such Eurodollar Lending Office) or any
Affiliate (other than such Eurodollar Affiliate) than such Lender would have
been entitled to receive immediately prior thereto, unless (i) the transfer
occurred at a time when circumstances giving rise to the claim for such greater
amount did not exist and (ii) such claim would have arisen even if such transfer
had not occurred.
(h) AFFILIATES NOT OBLIGATED. No Eurodollar Affiliate or other
Affiliate of any Lender shall be deemed a party to this Agreement or shall have
any liability or obligation under this Agreement.
(i) ADJUSTED EURODOLLAR RATE. Any failure by any Lender to take into
account the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage when calculating interest due on
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall not constitute, whether by course of dealing or
otherwise, a waiver by such Lender of its right to collect such amount for any
future period.
5.3. FEES.
(a) FACILITY FEE. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Lenders based on their respective Pro Rata Shares, a fee
(the "FACILITY FEE"), accruing at a per annum rate equal to the then applicable
Facility Fee Percentage on the aggregate Commitments, such fee being payable
quarterly, in arrears, commencing on the first day of the fiscal quarter next
succeeding the Closing Date and on the first day of each fiscal quarter
thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Lender fails to
fund its Pro Rata Share of any Loan requested by the Borrower which such Lender
is obligated to fund under the terms of this Agreement, (A) such Lender shall
not be entitled to any portion of the Facility Fee with respect to its
Commitment until such failure has been cured in accordance with SECTION
4.2(b)(iv)(b) and (B) until
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such time, the Facility Fee shall accrue in favor of the Lenders which have
funded their respective Pro Rata Shares of such requested Loan, shall be
allocated among such performing Lenders ratably based upon their relative
Commitments, and shall be calculated based upon the average amount by which the
aggregate Commitments of such performing Lenders exceeds the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans owing to such performing Lenders.
(b) CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES. All fees shall be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year. All fees shall
be payable in addition to, and not in lieu of, interest, compensation, expense
reimbursements, indemnification and other Obligations. Fees shall be payable to
the Administrative Agent at its office in New York, New York in immediately
available funds. All fees shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when paid. All
fees due to any other Lender, including, without limitation, those referred to
in this SECTION 5.3, shall bear interest, if not paid when due, at the interest
rate specified in Section 5.1(d) and shall constitute Obligations.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO LOANS
6.1. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOANS. The obligation of each Lender
on the Initial Funding Date to make any Loan requested to be made by it shall be
subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:
(a) DOCUMENTS. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or
before the Initial Funding Date all of the following:
(i) this Agreement, the Notes, and, to the extent not otherwise
specifically referenced in this SECTION 6.1(a), all other Loan Documents
and agreements, documents and instruments described in the List of Closing
Documents attached hereto as EXHIBIT E and made a part hereof, each duly
executed and in recordable form, where appropriate,
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and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; without
limiting the foregoing, the Borrower hereby directs its legal counsel to
prepare and deliver to the Agents, the Lenders, and Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP the legal opinions referred to in such List of Closing
Documents; and
(ii) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
(b) NO LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS. No law, regulation, order, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Authority shall, and the Administrative Agent shall
not have received any notice that litigation is pending or threatened which is
likely to (i) enjoin, prohibit or restrain the making of the Loans on the
Initial Funding Date or (ii) impose or result in the imposition of a Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. No change in the business, assets,
management, operations, financial condition or prospects of the Borrower or any
of its Properties shall have occurred since September 30, 2001, which change, in
the judgment of the Administrative Agent, will have or is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) INTERIM LIABILITIES AND EQUITY. Except as disclosed to the
Lenders, since September 30, 2001, neither the Borrower nor the Company shall
have (i) entered into any material (as determined in good faith by the
Administrative Agent) commitment or transaction, including, without limitation,
transactions for borrowings and capital expenditures, which are not in the
ordinary course of the Borrower's business, (ii) declared or paid any dividends
or other distributions other than in the ordinary course of business, (iii)
established compensation or employee benefit plans, or (iv) redeemed or issued
any equity Securities.
(e) NO LOSS OF MATERIAL AGREEMENTS AND LICENSES. Since September 30,
2001, no agreement or license relating to the business, operations or employee
relations of the Borrower or any of its Properties shall have been terminated,
modified, revoked, breached or declared to be in default, the termination,
modification, revocation, breach
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or default under which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent,
would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) NO MARKET CHANGES. Since September 30, 2001, no material adverse
change shall have occurred in the conditions in the capital markets or the
market for loan syndications generally.
(g) NO DEFAULT. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the
Loans.
(h) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All of the representations and
warranties contained in SECTION 7.1 and in any of the other Loan Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Initial Funding
Date.
(i) FEES AND EXPENSES PAID. There shall have been paid to the
Administrative Agent, for the accounts of the Agents and the other Lenders, as
applicable, all fees due and payable on or before the Initial Funding Date and
all expenses due and payable on or before the Initial Funding Date, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, and other costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER. In order to
induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and the
other financial accommodations to the Borrower described herein, the Borrower
hereby represents and warrants to each Lender that the following statements are
true, correct and complete:
(a) ORGANIZATION; POWERS. (i) The Borrower (A) is a limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, (B) is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which
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failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have or is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) has filed and maintained effective
(unless exempt from the requirements for filing) a current Business Activity
Report with the appropriate Governmental Authority in each state in which
failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect, (D) has all requisite
power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its
business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in connection
with and following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (E) is a partnership for federal income tax purposes.
(ii) The Company (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) is
duly authorized and qualified to do business and is in good standing under the
laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good
standing will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and (C) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and
encumber its Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted.
(iii) SD (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, (B) is duly authorized and
qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have
or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its
Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted.
(iv) SPG (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, (B) is duly authorized
and qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have
or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its
Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted.
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(v) True, correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents
identified on SCHEDULE 7.1-A have been delivered to the Administrative Agent,
each of which is in full force and effect, has not been modified or amended
except to the extent set forth indicated therein and, to the best of the
Borrower's knowledge, there are no defaults under such Organizational Documents
and no events which, with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, would
constitute a default under such Organizational Documents.
(vi) Neither the Borrower, the Company nor any of their Affiliates are
"foreign persons" within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(b) AUTHORITY. (i) Each General Partner has the requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement on behalf of the
Borrower and each of the other Loan Documents which are required to be executed
on behalf of the Borrower as required by this Agreement. Each General Partner is
the Person who has executed this Agreement and such other Loan Documents on
behalf of the Borrower and are the sole general partners of the Borrower.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan
Documents which must be executed in connection with this Agreement by the
Borrower and to which the Borrower is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby are within the Borrower's partnership powers,
have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action (and, in the case
of the General Partners acting on behalf of the Borrower in connection
therewith, all necessary corporate action of such General Partner) and such
authorization has not been rescinded. No other partnership or corporate action
or proceedings on the part of the Borrower or any General Partner is necessary
to consummate such transactions.
(iii) Each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party has
been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower and constitutes the
Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against the
Borrower in accordance with its terms, is in full force and effect and all the
terms, provisions, agreements and conditions set forth therein and required to
be performed or
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complied with by the Company, the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries on
or before the Initial Funding Date have been performed or complied with, and no
Potential Event of Default, Event of Default or breach of any covenant by any of
the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower exists thereunder.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES; OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK AND PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS. (i) SCHEDULE 7.1-C (A) contains a diagram indicating the corporate
structure of the Company, the Borrower, and any other Person in which the
Company or the Borrower holds a direct or indirect partnership, joint venture or
other equity interest indicating the nature of such interest with respect to
each Person included in such diagram; and (B) accurately sets forth (1) the
correct legal name of such Person, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization and the jurisdictions in which it is qualified to transact business
as a foreign corporation, or otherwise, and (2) the authorized, issued and
outstanding shares or interests of each class of Securities of the Company, the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the owners of such shares or
interests. None of such issued and outstanding Securities is subject to any
vesting, redemption, or repurchase agreement, and there are no warrants or
options (other than Permitted Securities Options) outstanding with respect to
such Securities, except as noted on SCHEDULE 7.1-C. The outstanding Capital
Stock of the Company is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and the outstanding Securities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are duly authorized and validly issued. Attached hereto as part of
SCHEDULE 7.1-C is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Borrower Partnership
Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and such Partnership Agreement has
not been amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified in any
respect since the Closing Date.
(ii) Except where failure may not have a Material Adverse Effect, each
Subsidiary: (A) is a corporation or partnership, as indicated on SCHEDULE 7.1-C,
duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (B) is duly qualified to do
business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing would
limit its
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ability to use the courts of such jurisdiction to enforce Contractual
Obligations to which it is a party, and (C) has all requisite power and
authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its business
as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted hereafter.
(d) NO CONFLICT. The execution, delivery and performance of each of
the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not (i)
conflict with the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower, (ii) constitute a tortious interference with any Contractual
Obligation of any Person or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of the Borrower, the General
Partners, any Limited Partner, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any general or
limited partner of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or require termination of any
such Contractual Obligation which may subject the Administrative Agent or any of
the other Lenders to any liability, (iii) result in or require the creation or
imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of the Property or assets of the
Borrower, any General Partner, any Limited Partner, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower, or any general partner or limited partner of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower, or (iv) require any approval of shareholders of the Company or any
general partner (or equity holder of any general partner) of any Subsidiary of
the Borrower.
(e) GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS. The execution, delivery and performance of
each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not
require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other
action to, with or by any Governmental Authority, except filings, consents or
notices which have been made, obtained or given.
(f) GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. Neither the Borrower nor any General
Partner is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, or the Investment
Company Act of 1940, or any other federal or state statute or regulation which
limits its ability to incur indebtedness
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or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) FINANCIAL POSITION. Complete and accurate copies of the following
financial statements and materials have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent: (i) annual audited financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, and (ii) quarterly
financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal
quarter ending September 30, 2001. All financial statements included in such
materials were prepared in all material respects in conformity with GAAP, except
as otherwise noted therein, and fairly present in all material respects the
respective consolidated financial positions, and the consolidated results of
operations and cash flows for each of the periods covered thereby of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof. Neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Contingent Obligation, contingent
liability or liability for any taxes, long-term leases or commitments, not
reflected in its audited financial statements delivered to the Administrative
Agent on or prior to the Closing Date or otherwise disclosed to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing, which will have or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) INDEBTEDNESS. SCHEDULE 7.1-H sets forth, as of September 30, 2001,
all Indebtedness for borrowed money of each of the Borrower, the General
Partners and their respective Subsidiaries and, except as set forth on SCHEDULE
7.1-H, there are no defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any such
Indebtedness and no payments thereunder have been deferred or extended beyond
their stated maturity and there has been no material change in the type or
amount of such Indebtedness (except for the repayment of certain Indebtedness)
since September 30, 2001.
(i) LITIGATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE
7.1-I, as of the Closing Date, there is no action, suit, proceeding, Claim,
investigation or arbitration before or by any Governmental Authority or private
arbitrator pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the
Company, the Borrower, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any Property
of any of
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them (i) challenging the validity or the enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents, (ii) which will or is reasonably likely to result in any Material
Adverse Effect, or (iii) under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act or any similar federal or state statute where such Person is a
defendant in a criminal indictment that provides for the forfeiture of assets to
any Governmental Authority as a potential criminal penalty. There is no material
loss contingency within the meaning of GAAP which has not been reflected in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Borrower. None of the
Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is (A) in violation of
any applicable Requirements of Law which violation will have or is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) subject to or in default with
respect to any final judgment, writ, injunction, restraining order or order of
any nature, decree, rule or regulation of any court or Governmental Authority
which will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. Since September 30, 2001, there has
occurred no event which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(k) TAX EXAMINATIONS. The IRS has examined (or is foreclosed from
examining by applicable statutes) the federal income tax returns of any of the
Company's, the Borrower's or its Subsidiaries' predecessors in interest with
respect to the Projects for all tax periods prior to and including the taxable
year ending December 31, 1997 and the appropriate state Governmental Authority
in each state in which the Company's, the Borrower's or its Subsidiaries'
predecessors in interest with respect to the Projects were required to file
state income tax returns has examined (or is foreclosed from examining by
applicable statutes) the state income tax returns of any of such Persons with
respect to the Projects for all tax periods prior to and including the taxable
year ending December 31, 1997. All deficiencies which have been asserted against
such Persons as a result of any federal, state, local or foreign tax examination
for each taxable year in respect of which an examination has been conducted have
been fully paid or finally settled or are being contested in good faith, and no
issue has been raised in any such examination which, by application of
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similar principles, reasonably can be expected to result in assertion of a
material deficiency for any other year not so examined which has not been
reserved for in the financial statements of such Persons to the extent, if any,
required by GAAP. No such Person has taken any reporting positions for which it
does not have a reasonable basis nor anticipates any further material tax
liability with respect to the years which have not been closed pursuant to
applicable law.
(l) PAYMENT OF TAXES. All tax returns, reports and similar statements
or filings of each of the Persons described in SECTION 7.1(k), the Company, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be filed have been timely filed, and,
except for Customary Permitted Liens, all taxes, assessments, fees and other
charges of Governmental Authorities thereupon and upon or relating to their
respective Properties, assets, receipts, sales, use, payroll, employment,
income, licenses and franchises which are shown in such returns or reports to be
due and payable have been paid, except to the extent (i) such taxes,
assessments, fees and other charges of Governmental Authorities are being
contested in good faith by an appropriate proceeding diligently pursued as
permitted by the terms of SECTION 9.4 and (ii) such taxes, assessments, fees and
other charges of Governmental Authorities pertain to Property of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries and the non-payment of the amounts thereof would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All other
taxes (including, without limitation, real estate taxes), assessments, fees and
other governmental charges upon or relating to the respective Properties of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are due and payable have been paid, except
for Customary Permitted Liens and except to the extent described in clauses (i)
and (ii) hereinabove. The Borrower has no knowledge of any proposed tax
assessment against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the Projects
that will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) PERFORMANCE. Neither the Company, the Borrower nor any of their
Affiliates has received any notice, citation or allegation, nor has actual
knowledge, that (i) it is in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
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conditions contained in any Contractual Obligation applicable to it, (ii) any of
its Properties is in violation of any Requirements of Law or (iii) any condition
exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default with respect to any such Contractual Obligation, in each
case, except where such default or defaults, if any, will not have or is not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) DISCLOSURE. The representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained in the Loan Documents, and all certificates and other documents
delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms thereof, do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Borrower has not intentionally withheld any fact from the Administrative Agent
or the other Lenders in regard to any matter which will have or is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Lenders acknowledge that the Borrower shall not have liability under this
clause (o) with respect to its projections of future events.
(o) REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is
in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it and its respective
businesses and Properties, in each case where the failure to so comply
individually or in the aggregate will have or is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(p) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(i) Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 7.1-P:
(A) the operations of the Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries,
and their respective Properties comply with all applicable Environmental, Health
or Safety Requirements of Law;
(B) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained
all material environmental, health and safety Permits necessary for their
respective
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operations, and all such Permits are in good standing and the holder of each
such Permit is currently in compliance with all terms and conditions of such
Permits;
(C) none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective present or past Property or operations are subject to or are
the subject of any investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, order,
judgment, decree, dispute, negotiations, agreement or settlement respecting (I)
any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law, (II) any Remedial
Action, (III) any Claims or Liabilities and Costs arising from the Release or
threatened Release of a Contaminant into the environment, or (IV) any violation
of or liability under any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirement of Law;
(D) none of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any
notice under any applicable Requirement of Law (I) reporting a Release of a
Contaminant; (II) indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a
hazardous waste, as that term is defined under 40 C.F.R. Part 261 or any state
equivalent; or (III) reporting a violation of any applicable Environmental,
Health or Safety Requirement of Law;
(E) none of the Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' present
or past Property is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities
List ("NPL") pursuant to CERCLA or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation Liability Information System List ("CERCLIS") or any similar state
list of sites requiring Remedial Action;
(F) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has sent
or directly arranged for the transport of any waste to any site listed or
proposed for listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar state list;
(G) to the best of Borrower's knowledge, there is not now, and
to Borrower's knowledge there has never been on or in any Project (I) any
treatment, recycling, storage or disposal of any hazardous waste, as that term
is defined under 40 C.F.R. Part 261 or any state equivalent; (II) any landfill,
waste pile, or surface
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impoundment; (III) any underground storage tanks the presence or use of which is
or, to Borrower's knowledge, has been in violation of applicable Environmental,
Health or Safety Requirements of Law, (IV) any asbestos-containing material
which such Person has any reason to believe could subject such Person or its
Property to Liabilities and Costs arising out of or relating to environmental,
health or safety matters that would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (V)
any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) used in hydraulic oils, electrical
transformers or other Equipment which such Person has any reason to believe
could subject such Person or its Property to Liabilities and Costs arising out
of or relating to environmental, health or safety matters that would result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(H) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any notice or Claim to the effect that any of such Persons is or may be
liable to any Person as a result of the Release or threatened Release of a
Contaminant into the environment;
(I) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
contingent liability in connection with any Release or threatened Release of any
Contaminants into the environment;
(J) no Environmental Lien has attached to any Property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(K) no Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower is subject to any Environmental Property Transfer Act, or to the extent
such acts are applicable to any such Property, the Borrower and/or such
Subsidiary whose Property is subject thereto has fully complied with the
requirements of such acts; and
(L) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or
operates, or, to Borrower's knowledge has ever owned or operated, any
underground storage tank, the presence or use of which is or has been in
violation of applicable Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law, at
any Project.
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(ii) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries are conducting and
will continue to conduct their respective businesses and operations and maintain
each Project in compliance with Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of
Law and no such Person has been, and no such Person has any reason to believe
that it or any Project will be, subject to Liabilities and Costs arising out of
or relating to environmental, health or safety matters that would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q) ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or
contributes to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan other than those listed on
SCHEDULE 7.1-Q hereto. Each such Plan which is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as currently in effect has been
determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to any such
Plan has been determined to be exempt from federal income tax under Section
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as currently in effect. Except as disclosed
in SCHEDULE 7.1-Q, neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affilates maintains
or contributes to any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(1) of ERISA which provides benefits to employees after termination of
employment other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA. The Borrower and each
of its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with the
responsibilities, obligations and duties imposed on it by ERISA, the Internal
Revenue Code and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to all Plans.
No Plan has incurred any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Sections
302(a)(2) of ERISA and 412(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) whether or not
waived. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate nor any fiduciary of any
Plan which is not a Multiemployer Plan (i) has engaged in a nonexempt prohibited
transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code or (ii) has taken or failed to take any action which would constitute or
result in a Termination Event. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is
subject to any liability under Sections 4063, 4064, 4069, 4204 or 4212(c) of
ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability
to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums, and
there are no premium payments which have become due which are unpaid. Schedule B
to the most recent
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annual report filed with the IRS with respect to each Plan and furnished to the
Administrative Agent is complete and accurate in all material respects. Since
the date of each such Schedule B, there has been no material adverse change in
the funding status or financial condition of the Plan relating to such Schedule
B. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has (i) failed to make a
required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan or (ii) made a complete
or partial withdrawal under Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA from a Multiemployer
Plan. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required
installment or any other required payment under Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment.
Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is required to provide security to
a Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of the Internal Revenue Code due to a Plan
amendment that results in an increase in current liability for the plan year.
Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 7.1-Q, neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates has, by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby, any
obligation to make any payment to any employee pursuant to any Plan or existing
contract or arrangement.
(r) SECURITIES ACTIVITIES. The Borrower is not engaged in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(s) SOLVENCY. After giving effect to the Loans to be made on the
Initial Funding Date or such other date as Loans requested hereunder are made,
and the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the Borrower's
instructions, the Borrower is Solvent.
(t) INSURANCE. SCHEDULE 7.1-T accurately sets forth as of the Closing
Date all insurance policies and programs currently in effect with respect to the
respective Property and assets and business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, specifying for each such policy and program, (i) the amount
thereof, (ii) the risks insured against thereby, (iii) the name of the insurer
and each insured party thereunder, (iv) the policy or other identification
number thereof, and (v) the expiration date thereof. The Borrower has delivered
to the Administrative Agent copies of all insurance policies set forth on
SCHEDULE 7.1-T. Such
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insurance policies and programs are currently in full force and effect, in
compliance with the requirements of SECTION 9.5 hereof and, together with
payment by the insured of scheduled deductible payments, are in amounts
sufficient to cover the replacement value of the respective Property and assets
of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries.
(u) REIT STATUS. The Company qualifies as a REIT under the Internal
Revenue Code.
(v) OWNERSHIP OF PROJECTS, MINORITY HOLDINGS AND PROPERTY. Ownership
of substantially all wholly-owned Projects, Minority Holdings and other Property
of the Consolidated Businesses is held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
is not held directly by any General Partner.
ARTICLE VIII
REPORTING COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Commitments are
outstanding and thereafter until payment in full of all of the Obligations
(other than indemnities pursuant to SECTION 15.3 not yet due), unless the
Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent thereto:
8.1. BORROWER ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. The Borrower shall maintain, and
cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established
and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit
preparation of consolidated and consolidating financial statements in conformity
with GAAP, and each of the financial statements and reports described below
shall be prepared from such system and records and in form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
8.2. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.
(i) BORROWER QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. As soon as practicable, and
in any event within fifty (50) days
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after the end of each fiscal quarter in each Fiscal Year (other than the last
fiscal quarter in each Fiscal Year), a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the
Borrower (to be prepared and delivered quarterly in conjunction with the other
reports delivered hereunder at the end of each fiscal quarter) for each such
fiscal quarter, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and, in comparative form, the corresponding figures for the
corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, certified by an Authorized
Financial Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the consolidated and
consolidating financial position of the Borrower as of the dates indicated and
the results of their operations and cash flow for the months indicated in
accordance with GAAP, subject to normal quarterly adjustments.
(ii) COMPANY QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS. As soon as practicable, and
in any event within fifty (50) days after the end of each fiscal quarter in each
Fiscal Year (other than the last fiscal quarter in each Fiscal Year), the
Financial Statements of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on Form
10-Q as at the end of such period and a report setting forth in comparative form
the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the previous Fiscal
Year, certified by an Authorized Financial Officer of the Company as fairly
presenting the consolidated and consolidating financial position of the Company,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date indicated and the results of
their operations and cash flow for the period indicated in accordance with GAAP,
subject to normal adjustments.
(iii) QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. Together with each delivery
of any quarterly report pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this SECTION 8.2, the
Borrower shall deliver Officer's Certificates of the Borrower and the Company
(the "QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES"), signed by the Borrower's and the
Company's respective Authorized Financial Officers representing and certifying
(1) that the Authorized Financial Officer signatory thereto has reviewed the
terms of the Loan Documents, and has made, or caused to be made under his/her
supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and consolidated
and consolidating
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financial condition of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, during
the fiscal quarter covered by such reports, that such review has not disclosed
the existence during or at the end of such fiscal quarter, and that such officer
does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such Officer's
Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or
Potential Event of Default or mandatory prepayment event, or, if any such
condition or event existed or exists, and specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof and what action the General Partners and/or the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect
thereto, (2) the calculations (with such specificity as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request) for the period then ended which demonstrate compliance
with the covenants and financial ratios set forth in ARTICLES IX AND X and, when
applicable, that no Event of Default described in SECTION 11.1 exists, (3) a
schedule of the Borrower's outstanding Indebtedness, including the amount,
maturity, interest rate and amortization requirements, as well as such other
information regarding such Indebtedness as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, (4) a schedule of Combined EBITDA, (5) a schedule of
Unencumbered Combined EBITDA, (6) calculations, in the form of EXHIBIT G
attached hereto, evidencing compliance with each of the financial covenants set
forth in ARTICLE X hereof, and (7) a schedule of the estimated taxable income of
the Borrower for such fiscal quarter.
(iv) HEDGING STATUS REPORT. The Borrower shall deliver, within fifty
(50) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each Fiscal Year, a written
report which sets forth the details of the "Interest Rate Xxxxxx" required under
SECTION 9.9.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.
(i) BORROWER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ninety-five (95) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the
Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
Fiscal Year, (ii) a report with respect thereto of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co. or
other independent certified public accountants acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, which
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report shall be unqualified and shall state that such financial statements
fairly present the consolidated and consolidating financial position of each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and cash flow for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except for changes with which
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co. or any such other independent certified public
accountants, if applicable, shall concur and which shall have been disclosed in
the notes to the financial statements), and (iii) in the event that the report
referred to in clause (ii) above is qualified, a copy of the management letter
or any similar report delivered to the General Partners or to any officer or
employee thereof by such independent certified public accountants in connection
with such financial statements (which letter or report shall be subject to the
confidentiality limitations set forth herein). The Administrative Agent and each
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may, with the consent of the Borrower
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), communicate directly with
such accountants, with any such communication to occur together with a
representative of the Borrower, at the expense of the Administrative Agent (or
the Lender requesting such communication), upon reasonable notice and at
reasonable times during normal business hours.
(ii) COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ninety-five (95) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the
Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries on Form 10-K as at the
end of such Fiscal Year and a report setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures from the consolidated Financial Statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for the prior Fiscal Year; (ii) a report with respect
thereto of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co. or other independent certified public
accountants acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report shall be
unqualified and shall state that such financial statements fairly present the
consolidated and consolidating financial position of each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and
cash flow for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent with prior years (except for changes with which Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Co.
or any such other independent certified
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public accountants, if applicable, shall concur and which shall have been
disclosed in the notes to the financial statements)(which report shall be
subject to the confidentiality limitations set forth herein); and (iii) in the
event that the report referred to in clause (ii) above is qualified, a copy of
the management letter or any similar report delivered to the Company or to any
officer or employee thereof by such independent certified public accountants in
connection with such financial statements. The Administrative Agent and each
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may, with the consent of the Company
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), communicate directly with
such accountants, with any such communication to occur together with a
representative of the Company, at the expense of the Administrative Agent (or
the Lender requesting such communication), upon reasonable notice and at
reasonable times during normal business hours.
(iii) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. Together with each delivery of
any annual report pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this SECTION 8.2(b), the
Borrower shall deliver Officer's Certificates of the Borrower and the Company
(the "ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES" and, collectively with the Quarterly
Compliance Certificates, the "COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES"), signed by the
Borrower's and the Company's respective Authorized Financial Officers,
representing and certifying that (1) the officer signatory thereto has reviewed
the terms of the Loan Documents, and has made, or caused to be made under
his/her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and
consolidated and consolidating financial condition of the General Partners, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, during the accounting period covered by such
reports, that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end
of such accounting period, and that such officer does not have knowledge of the
existence as at the date of such Officer's Certificate, of any condition or
event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or
mandatory prepayment event, or, if any such condition or event existed or
exists, and specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what
action the General Partners and/or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has
taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto, (2) the calculations
(with such specificity as the Administrative Agent may
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reasonably request) for the period then ended which demonstrate compliance with
the covenants and financial ratios set forth in ARTICLES IX and X and, when
applicable, that no Event of Default described in SECTION 11.1 exists, (3) a
schedule of the Borrower's outstanding Indebtedness including the amount,
maturity, interest rate and amortization requirements, as well as such other
information regarding such Indebtedness as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, (4) a schedule of Combined EBITDA, (5) a schedule of
Unencumbered Combined EBITDA, (6) calculations, in the form of EXHIBIT G
attached hereto, evidencing compliance with each of the financial covenants set
forth in ARTICLE X hereof, and (7) a schedule of the estimated taxable income
of the Borrower for such fiscal year.
(iv) TENANT BANKRUPTCY REPORTS. As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ninety-five (95) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the
Borrower shall deliver a written report, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, of all bankruptcy proceedings filed by or against any
tenant of any of the Projects, which tenant occupies 3% or more of the gross
leasable area in the Projects in the aggregate. The Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, immediately upon the Borrower's
learning thereof, of any bankruptcy proceedings filed by or against, or the
cessation of business or operations of, any tenant of any of the Projects which
tenant occupies 3% or more of the gross leasable area in the Projects in the
aggregate.
(v) PROPERTY REPORTS. When reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, a rent roll, tenant sales report and income statement with respect to any
Project.
8.3. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Promptly upon the Borrower obtaining knowledge
(a) of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default, or becoming aware that any Lender or the Administrative Agent
has given any notice to the Borrower with respect to a claimed Event of Default
or Potential Event of Default under this Agreement; (b) that any Person has
given any notice to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or taken any
other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type
referred to in SECTION 11.1(e);
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or (c) of any condition or event which has or is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders an Officer's Certificate specifying (i) the nature and
period of existence of any such claimed default, Event of Default, Potential
Event of Default, condition or event, (ii) the notice given or action taken by
such Person in connection therewith, and (iii) what action the Borrower has
taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto.
8.4. LAWSUITS. (i) Promptly upon the Borrower's obtaining knowledge of
the institution of, or written threat of, any action, suit, proceeding,
governmental investigation or arbitration against or affecting the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries not previously disclosed pursuant to SECTION 7.1(i),
which action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration
exposes, or in the case of multiple actions, suits, proceedings, governmental
investigations or arbitrations arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances which expose, in the Borrower's reasonable judgment, the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries to liability in an amount aggregating $1,000,000 or
more and is not covered by Borrower's insurance, the Borrower shall give written
notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and provide such
other information as may be reasonably available to enable each Lender and the
Administrative Agent and its counsel to evaluate such matters; (ii) as soon as
practicable and in any event within fifty (50) days after the end of each fiscal
quarter of the Borrower, the Borrower shall provide a written quarterly report
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders covering the institution of, or
written threat of, any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or
arbitration (not previously reported) against or affecting the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
not previously disclosed by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, and shall provide such other information at such time as may be
reasonably available to enable each Lender and the Administrative Agent and its
counsel to evaluate such matters; and (iii) in addition to the requirements set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this SECTION 8.4, the Borrower upon request of
the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders shall promptly give written
notice of the status of any action, suit, proceeding
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governmental investigation or arbitration covered by a report delivered pursuant
to clause (i) or (ii) above and provide such other information as may be
reasonably available to it to enable each Lender and the Administrative Agent
and its counsel to evaluate such matters.
8.5. INSURANCE. As soon as practicable and in any event by January 1st
of each calendar year, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders (i) a report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders outlining all insurance coverage
maintained as of the date of such report by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and the duration of such coverage and (ii) evidence that all premiums with
respect to such coverage have been paid when due.
8.6. ERISA NOTICES. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at the Borrower's
expense, the following information and notices as soon as reasonably possible,
and in any event:
(a) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate knows or has reason to know that an ERISA Termination Event has
occurred, a written statement of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower describing such ERISA Termination Event and the action, if any,
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has taken, is taking or proposes
to take with respect thereto, and when known, any action taken or
threatened by the IRS, DOL or PBGC with respect thereto;
(b) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower knows or has
reason to know that a prohibited transaction (defined in Sections 406 of
ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) has occurred, a
statement of the chief financial officer of the Borrower describing such
transaction and the action which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has
taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
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(c) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the filing of the same
with the DOL, IRS or PBGC, copies of each annual report (form 5500 series),
including Schedule B thereto, filed with respect to each Plan;
(d) within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of each actuarial report for any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan and each annual report for any Multiemployer Plan, copies of each such
report;
(e) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the filing of the same
with the IRS, a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to
any Plan and all communications received by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate with respect to such request;
(f) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the occurrence of any
material increase in the benefits of any existing Plan or Multiemployer
Plan or the establishment of any new Plan or the commencement of
contributions to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan to which the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate was not previously contributing, notification of such
increase, establishment or commencement;
(g) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate receives notice of the PBGC's intention to terminate a Plan or to
have a trustee appointed to administer a Plan, copies of each such notice;
(h) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries receives notice of any unfavorable determination letter from
the IRS regarding the qualification of a Plan under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, copies of each such letter;
(i) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate receives notice
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from a Multiemployer Plan regarding the imposition of withdrawal liability,
copies of each such notice;
(j) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to make a required installment or any other required
payment under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code on or before the due
date for such installment or payment, a notification of such failure; and
(k) within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate knows or has reason to know (i) a Multiemployer Plan has been
terminated, (ii) the administrator or plan sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan
intends to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, or (iii) the PBGC has instituted
or will institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a
Multiemployer Plan, notification of such termination, intention to
terminate, or institution of proceedings.
For purposes of this SECTION 8.6, the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate shall be
deemed to know all facts known by the "Administrator" of any Plan of which the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is the plan sponsor.
8.7. ENVIRONMENTAL NOTICES. The Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing, promptly upon any
representative of the Borrower or other employee of the Borrower responsible for
the environmental matters at any Property of the Borrower learning thereof, of
any of the following (together with any material documents and correspondence
received or sent in connection therewith):
(a) notice or claim to the effect that the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the Release
or threatened Release of any Contaminant into the environment, if such
liability would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(b) notice that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating whether any Remedial
Action is needed to respond to the Release or threatened Release of any
Contaminant into the environment;
(c) notice that any Property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to an Environmental Lien if the claim to which such
Environmental Lien relates would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) notice of violation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirement of Law;
(e) any condition which might reasonably result in a violation by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any Environmental, Health or
Safety Requirement of Law, which violation would result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(f) commencement or threat of any judicial or administrative
proceeding alleging a violation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirement of Law, which would
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) new or proposed changes to any existing Environmental, Health or
Safety Requirement of Law that could result in a Material Adverse Effect;
or
(h) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, real estate, or leasing
of Property, or any other action by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
that could subject the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to
environmental, health or safety Liabilities and Costs which could result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
8.8. LABOR MATTERS. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders in writing,
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promptly upon the Borrower's learning thereof, of any labor dispute to which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may become a party (including, without
limitation, any strikes, lockouts or other disputes relating to any Property of
such Persons' and other facilities) which could result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
8.9. NOTICES OF ASSET SALES AND/OR ACQUISITIONS. The Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice of each of
the following upon the occurrence thereof: (a) a sale, transfer or other
disposition of assets, in a single transaction or series of related
transactions, for consideration in excess of $50,000,000, (b) an acquisition of
assets, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, for
consideration in excess of $50,000,000, and (c) the grant of a Lien with respect
to assets, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, in
connection with Indebtedness aggregating an amount in excess of $50,000,000.
8.10. TENANT NOTIFICATIONS. The Borrower shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent upon obtaining knowledge of the bankruptcy or cessation of
operations of any tenant to which greater than 3% of the Borrower's share of
consolidated minimum rent is attributable.
8.11. OTHER REPORTS. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders copies of all
financial statements, reports, notices and other materials, if any, sent or made
available generally by any General Partner and/or the Borrower to its respective
Securities holders or filed with the Commission, all press releases made
available generally by any General Partner and/or the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of
any General Partner, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary and all notifications
received by the General Partners, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder.
8.12. OTHER INFORMATION. Promptly upon receiving a request therefor
from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall prepare and deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the other Lenders such other information with respect
to
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any General Partner, the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, as from time to
time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Commitments are
outstanding and thereafter until payment in full of all of the Obligations
(other than indemnities pursuant to Section 15.3 not yet due), unless the
Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent:
9.1. EXISTENCE, ETC. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain its corporate existence or existence as a
limited partnership or joint venture, as applicable, and preserve and keep, or
cause to be preserved and kept, in full force and effect its rights and
franchises material to its businesses, except where the loss or termination of
such rights and franchises is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.2. POWERS; CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. The Borrower shall remain qualified,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to qualify and remain qualified, to do
business and maintain its good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of its business and the ownership of its Property requires it to be so qualified
and in good standing.
9.3. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ETC. The Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply with all Requirements of Law and all
restrictive covenants affecting such Person or the business, Property, assets or
operations of such Person, and (b) obtain and maintain as needed all Permits
necessary for its operations (including, without limitation, the operation of
the Projects) and maintain such Permits in good standing, except where
noncompliance with either CLAUSE (a) or (b) above is not reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Borrower shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Environmental, Health
or Safety Requirements of Law affecting such Person
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or the business, Property, assets or operations of such Person.
9.4. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND CLAIMS. (a) The Borrower shall pay, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, (i) all taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges imposed upon it or on any of its Property or assets
or in respect of any of its franchises, licenses, receipts, sales, use, payroll,
employment, business, income or Property before any penalty or interest accrues
thereon, and (ii) all Claims (including, without limitation, claims for labor,
services, materials and supplies) for sums which have become due and payable and
which by law have or may become a Lien (other than a Lien permitted by SECTION
10.3 or a Customary Permitted Lien for property taxes and assessments not yet
due upon any of the Borrower's or any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries' Property
or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with
respect thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such taxes, assessments, fees and
governmental charges referred to in clause (i) above or Claims referred to in
clause (ii) above need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently instituted and conducted and if such reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP
shall have been made therefor.
9.5. INSURANCE. The Borrower shall maintain for itself and its
Subsidiaries, or shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force
and effect the insurance policies and programs listed on SCHEDULE 7.1-U or
substantially similar policies and programs or other policies and programs as
are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. All such policies and
programs shall be maintained with insurers reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
9.6. INSPECTION OF PROPERTY; BOOKS AND RECORDS; DISCUSSIONS. The
Borrower shall permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, any
authorized representative(s) designated by either the Administrative Agent or
other Lender to visit and inspect any of the Projects or inspect the MIS of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which relates to the Projects, to examine,
audit, check and make
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copies of their respective financial and accounting records, books, journals,
orders, receipts and any correspondence and other data relating to their
respective businesses or the transactions contemplated hereby (including,
without limitation, in connection with environmental compliance, hazard or
liability), and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with their
officers and independent certified public accountants, all with a representative
of the Borrower present, upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times
during normal business hours, as often as may be reasonably requested. Each such
visitation and inspection shall be at such visitor's expense. The Borrower shall
keep and maintain, and cause its Subsidiaries to keep and maintain, in all
material respects on its MIS and otherwise proper books of record and account in
which entries in conformity with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to their respective businesses and activities.
9.7. ERISA COMPLIANCE. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates to, establish, maintain and operate all Plans
to comply in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA, the Internal
Revenue Code, all other applicable laws, and the regulations and interpretations
thereunder and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such
Plans.
9.8. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, maintain in all material respects all of their
respective owned and leased Property in good, safe and insurable condition and
repair and in a businesslike manner, and not permit, commit or suffer any waste
or abandonment of any such Property and from time to time shall make or cause to
be made all material repairs, renewal and replacements thereof, including,
without limitation, any capital improvements which may be required to maintain
the same in a businesslike manner; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Property may be
altered or renovated in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such
applicable Subsidiary. Without any limitation on the foregoing, the Borrower
shall maintain the Projects in a manner such that each Project can be used in
the manner and substantially for the purposes such Project is used on the
Closing Date, including, without limitation, maintaining all
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utilities, access rights, zoning and necessary Permits for such Project.
9.9. HEDGING REQUIREMENTS. The Borrower shall maintain "Interest Rate
Xxxxxx" (as defined below) on a notional amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries which, when added to the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which bears interest at a
fixed rate, equals or exceeds 75% of the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. "INTEREST RATE XXXXXX" shall
mean interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, adjustable strike cap,
adjustable strike corridor or similar agreements having terms, conditions and
tenors reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into by the
Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize
the impact upon, the Borrower and/or such Subsidiaries of increasing floating
rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
9.10. COMPANY STATUS. The Company shall at all times (1) remain a
publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other national
stock exchange; (2) maintain its status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue
Code, (3) retain direct or indirect management and control of the Borrower, and
(4) own, directly or indirectly, no less than ninety-nine percent (99%) of the
equity Securities of SD (or any other General Partner of the Borrower).
9.11. OWNERSHIP OF PROJECTS, MINORITY HOLDINGS AND PROPERTY. The
ownership of substantially all wholly-owned Projects, Minority Holdings and
other Property of the Consolidated Businesses shall be held by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries and shall not be held directly by any General Partner.
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ARTICLE X
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall comply with the following
covenants so long as any Commitments are outstanding and thereafter until
payment in full of all of the Obligations (other than indemnities pursuant to
SECTION 15.3 not yet due), unless the Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give
prior written consent:
10.1. INDEBTEDNESS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain
directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except
Indebtedness which, when aggregated with Indebtedness of the General Partners,
the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries and Minority Holdings
Indebtedness allocable in accordance with GAAP to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower as of the time of determination, would not exceed (i) sixty
percent (60%) of Capitalization Value as of the date of incurrence, or (ii) in
the case of Secured Indebtedness of the Consolidated Businesses and the
Borrower's proportionate share of Secured Indebtedness of its Minority Holdings,
fifty-five percent (55%) of the Capitalization Value. In addition, neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall incur, directly or indirectly,
Indebtedness for borrowed money from any of the General Partners, unless such
Indebtedness is unsecured and expressly subordinated to the payment of the
Obligations.
10.2. SALES OF ASSETS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
any Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits
therefrom, or enter into any agreement to do so which would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
10.3. LIENS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or
with respect to any Property, except:
(a) Liens with respect to Capital Leases of Equipment entered into in
the ordinary course of
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business of the Borrower pursuant to which the aggregate Indebtedness under
such Capital Leases does not exceed $100,000 for any Project;
(b) Liens securing permitted Secured Indebtedness; and
(c) Customary Permitted Liens.
10.4. INVESTMENTS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall directly or indirectly make or own any Investment except:
(a) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(b) Subject to the limitations of clause (e) below, Investments in the
Borrower's Subsidiaries, the Borrower's Affiliates and the Management
Company;
(c) Investments in the form of advances to employees in the ordinary
course of business; PROVIDED THAT the aggregate principal amount of all
such advances at any time outstanding shall not exceed $1,000,000;
(d) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and lessees and in settlement of delinquent
obligations of, and other disputes with, lessees and suppliers arising in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments (i) in any individual Project (other than Mall of
America), which when combined with like Investments of the General Partners
in such Project, do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Capitalization
Value after giving effect to such Investments of the Borrower or (ii) in a
single Person owning a Project or Property, or a portfolio of Projects or
Properties, which when combined with like Investments of the General
Partners in such Person, do not exceed thirty-three percent (33%) of the
Capitalization Value after giving effect to such Investments of
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the Borrower, it being understood that no Investment in any individual
Person will be permitted if the Borrower's allocable share of the
Investment of such Person in any individual Project would exceed the
limitation described in clause (i) hereinabove.
10.5. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall engage in any business, enterprise or activity other than (a)
the businesses of acquiring, developing, re-developing and managing
predominantly retail and mixed use Projects and portfolios of like Projects and
(b) any business or activities which are substantially similar, related or
incidental thereto.
10.6. TRANSACTIONS WITH PARTNERS AND AFFILIATES. Neither the Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly enter into or permit to
exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease
or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder or
holders of more than five percent (5%) of any class of equity Securities of the
Borrower, or with any Affiliate of the Borrower which is not its Subsidiary, on
terms that are determined by the respective Boards of Directors of the General
Partners to be less favorable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, than those that might be obtained in an arm's length transaction at
the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate. Nothing contained
in this SECTION 10.6 shall prohibit (a) increases in compensation and benefits
for officers and employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are
customary in the industry or consistent with the past business practice of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, PROVIDED THAT no Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) payment of customary
partners' indemnities; or (c) performance of any obligations arising under the
Loan Documents.
10.7. RESTRICTION ON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Neither the Borrower nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any merger or consolidation, or liquidate,
wind-up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey,
lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in
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one transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of the
Borrower's or any such Subsidiary's business or Property, whether now or
hereafter acquired, except in connection with issuance, transfer, conversion or
repurchase of limited partnership interests in Borrower. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Borrower shall be permitted to merge with another Person so long
as the Borrower is the surviving Person following such merger.
10.8. MARGIN REGULATIONS; SECURITIES LAWS. Neither the Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall use all or any portion of the proceeds of any
credit extended under this Agreement to purchase or carry Margin Stock.
10.9. ERISA. The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates to:
(a) engage in any prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of
ERISA or 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code for which a statutory or class
exemption is not available or a private exemption has not been previously
obtained from the DOL;
(b) permit to exist any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in
Sections 302 of ERISA and 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), with respect
to any Plan, whether or not waived;
(c) fail to pay timely required contributions or annual installments
due with respect to any waived funding deficiency to any Plan;
(d) terminate any Plan which would result in any liability of Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA;
(e) fail to make any contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan
which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under any
agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining
thereto;
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(f) fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required
under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code on or before the due date
for such installment or other payment; or
(g) amend a Plan resulting in an increase in current liability for the
plan year such that the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to
provide security to such Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
10.10. ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS. Neither the General Partners, the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall amend, modify or otherwise change any
of the terms or provisions in any of their respective Organizational Documents
as in effect on the Closing Date, except amendments to effect (a) a change of
name of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, PROVIDED THAT the Borrower shall
have provided the Administrative Agent with sixty (60) days prior written notice
of any such name change, or (b) changes that would not affect such
Organizational Documents in any material manner not otherwise permitted under
this Agreement.
10.11. FISCAL YEAR. Neither the Company, the Borrower nor any of its
Consolidated Businesses shall change its Fiscal Year for accounting or tax
purposes from a period consisting of the 12-month period ending on December 31
of each calendar year.
10.12. OTHER FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
(a) MINIMUM COMBINED EQUITY VALUE. The Combined Equity Value shall at
no time be less than $5,000,000,000.
(b) CONSOLIDATED INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO. As of the first day of each
fiscal quarter for the immediately preceding consecutive four fiscal quarters,
the ratio of (i) Combined EBITDA to (ii) Combined Interest Expense shall not be
less than 1.8 to 1.0.
(c) MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO. As of the first day of each
fiscal quarter for the immediately preceding consecutive four fiscal quarters,
the ratio of
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Combined EBITDA to Combined Debt Service shall not be less than 1.60 to 1.00.
(d) MINIMUM DEBT YIELD. As of the first day of each fiscal quarter for
the immediately preceding consecutive four fiscal quarters, the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) (the "DEBT YIELD") of (1) Combined EBITDA to (2) Total Adjusted
Outstanding Indebtedness (less unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the
Borrower) shall not be less than 13.5%.
(e) UNENCUMBERED COMBINED EBITDA TO TOTAL UNSECURED OUTSTANDING
INDEBTEDNESS. As of the first day of each fiscal quarter for the immediately
preceding consecutive four fiscal quarters, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) (the "UNSECURED DEBT YIELD") of (i) the Unencumbered Combined EBITDA
to (ii) Total Unsecured Outstanding Indebtedness (less unrestricted Cash and
Cash Equivalents of the Borrower) shall not be less than 11%.
(f) UNENCUMBERED COMBINED EBITDA TO UNSECURED INTEREST EXPENSE. As of
the first day of each fiscal quarter for the immediately preceding consecutive
four fiscal quarters, the ratio of (i) the Unencumbered Combined EBITDA to (ii)
Unsecured Interest Expense shall not be less than 1.5 to 1.0.
10.13. PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS. In connection with an acquisition of a
Project, a Property, or a portfolio of Projects or Properties, by any of the
Consolidated Businesses or any Minority Holding (whether such acquisition is
direct or through the acquisition of a Person which owns such Property), the
financial covenants contained in this Agreement shall be calculated as follows
on a PRO FORMA basis (with respect to the PRO RATA share of the Borrower in the
case of an acquisition by a Minority Holding), which PRO FORMA calculation shall
be effective until the last day of the fourth fiscal quarter following such
acquisition (or such earlier test period, as applicable), at which time actual
performance shall be utilized for such calculations.
(a) ANNUAL EBITDA. Annual EBITDA for the acquired Property shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to (i) the net purchase price of the acquired
Property (or the
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Borrower's pro rata share of such net purchase price in the event of an
acquisition by a Minority Holding) for the first fiscal quarter following such
acquisition, multiplied by 8.25% and (ii) for the succeeding three fiscal
quarters, Annual EBITDA shall be deemed the greater of (A) the net purchase
price multiplied by 8.25%, or (B) the actual EBITDA from such acquired Property
during the period following Borrower's (direct or indirect) acquisition,
computed on an annualized basis, provided that such annualized EBITDA shall in
no event exceed the final product obtained after multiplying (1) the net
purchase price by (2) 1.1, and then by (3) 8.25%.
(b) COMBINED EBITDA. The pro forma calculation of Annual EBITDA for
the acquired Property shall be added to the calculation of Combined EBITDA.
(c) UNENCUMBERED COMBINED EBITDA. If, after giving effect to the
acquisition, the acquired Property will not be encumbered by Secured
Indebtedness, then the pro forma Annual EBITDA for the acquired Property shall
be added to the calculation of Unencumbered Combined EBITDA.
(d) SECURED INDEBTEDNESS. Any Indebtedness secured by a Lien incurred
and/or assumed in connection with such acquisition of a Property shall be added
to the calculation of Secured Indebtedness.
(e) TOTAL ADJUSTED OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS. Any Indebtedness incurred
and/or assumed in connection with such acquisition shall be added to the
calculation of Total Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness.
(f) COMBINED INTEREST EXPENSE. If any Indebtedness is incurred or
assumed in connection with such acquisition, then the amount of interest expense
to be incurred on such Indebtedness during the period following such
acquisition, computed on an annualized basis during the applicable period, shall
be added to the calculation of Combined Interest Expense.
(g) TOTAL UNSECURED OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS. Any Indebtedness which
is not secured by a Lien and which is incurred and/or assumed in connection with
such acquisition
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shall be added to the calculation of Total Unsecured Outstanding Indebtedness.
(h) UNSECURED INTEREST EXPENSE. If any unsecured Indebtedness is
incurred or assumed in connection with such acquisition, then the amount of
interest expense to be incurred on such Indebtedness during the period following
such acquisition, computed on an annualized basis during the applicable period,
shall be added to the calculation of Unsecured Interest Expense.
(i) DEBT YIELD AND UNENCUMBERED DEBT YIELD. For purposes of
calculating Debt Yield and Unencumbered Debt Yield only, non-recourse
Indebtedness and completion guarantees incurred for the construction of new
Projects shall, until such time as the interest expense associated with such
financing need no longer be capitalized in accordance with GAAP, be excluded
from the calculation of Total Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness (provided that
recourse Indebtedness and repayment guarantees shall be included in such
calculation).
ARTICLE XI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
11.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Each of the following occurrences shall
constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:
(a) FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENTS WHEN DUE. The Borrower shall fail to pay
(i) when due any principal payment on the Obligations which is due on the
Termination Date or pursuant to the terms of SECTION 2.1(a), SECTION 2.2,
SECTION 2.4, OR SECTION 4.1(d) or (ii) within five Business Days after the date
on which due, any interest payment on the Obligations or any principal payment
pursuant to the terms of SECTION 4.1(a) or (iii) when due, any principal payment
on the Obligations not referenced in clauses (i) or (ii) hereinabove.
(b) BREACH OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Borrower shall fail duly and
punctually to perform or observe any agreement, covenant or obligation binding
on such Person
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under SECTIONS 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, or ARTICLE X.
(c) BREACH OF REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY. Any representation or
warranty made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
herein or by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any of the other Loan
Documents or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any such
Person pursuant to any of the Loan Documents shall be false or misleading in any
material respect on the date as of which made.
(d) OTHER DEFAULTS. Except as set forth in the next sentence, the
Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term
contained in this Agreement (other than as identified in paragraphs (a), (b) or
(c) of this SECTION 11.1), or any default or event of default shall occur under
any of the other Loan Documents, and such default or event of default shall
continue for twenty (20) days after receipt of written notice from the
Administrative Agent thereof. With respect to any failure in the performance of
or compliance with the terms of SECTION 9.9, such failure or noncompliance shall
not constitute an Event of Default so long as the Borrower cures such failure or
non-compliance within one hundred eighty (180) days after the receipt of written
notice from the Administrative Agent thereof.
(e) ACCELERATION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS. Any breach, default or event
of default shall occur, or any other condition shall exist under any instrument,
agreement or indenture pertaining to any recourse Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries aggregating $30,000,000 or
more, and the effect thereof is to cause an acceleration, mandatory redemption
or other required repurchase of such Indebtedness, or permit the holder(s) of
such Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of any such Indebtedness or require
a redemption or other repurchase of such Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness
shall be otherwise declared to be due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise)
or required to be prepaid, redeemed or otherwise repurchased by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof.
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(f) INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY; APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER, ETC.
(i) An involuntary case shall be commenced against any General
Partner, the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries to which $150,000,000 or more
of the Combined Equity Value is attributable, and the petition shall not be
dismissed, stayed, bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days after
commencement of the case; or a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
enter a decree or order for relief in respect of any General Partner, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any
other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local
or foreign law; or the respective board of directors of any General Partner or
Limited Partners of the Borrower or the board of directors or partners of any of
the Borrower's Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) adopts any resolution or
otherwise authorizes any action to approve any of the foregoing.
(ii) A decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises
for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian
or other officer having similar powers over any of the General Partners, the
Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries to which $150,000,000 or more of the
Combined Equity Value is attributable, or over all or a substantial part of the
Property of any of the General Partners, the Borrower or any of such
Subsidiaries shall be entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other
custodian of any of the General Partners, the Borrower or any of such
Subsidiaries or of all or a substantial part of the Property of any of the
General Partners, the Borrower or any of such Subsidiaries shall be appointed or
a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial
part of the Property of any of the General Partners, the Borrower or any of such
Subsidiaries shall be issued and any such event shall not be stayed, dismissed,
bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days after entry, appointment or
issuance; or the respective board of directors of any of the General Partners or
Limited Partners of the Borrower or the board of directors or partners of any of
Borrower's Subsidiaries (or any committee
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thereof) adopts any resolution or otherwise authorizes any action to approve any
of the foregoing.
(g) VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY; APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER, ETC. Any of the
General Partners, the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries to which $150,000,000
or more of the Combined Equity Value is attributable, shall commence a voluntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary
case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial
part of its Property; or any of the General Partners, the Borrower or any of
such Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
shall be unable or fail, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as
such debts become due.
(h) JUDGMENTS AND UNPERMITTED LIENS.
(i) Any money judgment (other than a money judgment covered by
insurance as to which the insurance company has acknowledged coverage), writ or
warrant of attachment, or similar process against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets involving in any case an amount
in excess of $15,000,000 (other than with respect to Claims arising out of
non-recourse Indebtedness) is entered and shall remain undischarged, unvacated,
unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than
five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, if any such judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process
is in excess of $30,000,000 (other than with respect to Claims arising out of
non-recourse Indebtedness), the entry thereof shall immediately constitute an
Event of Default hereunder.
(ii) A federal, state, local or foreign tax Lien is filed against
the Borrower which is not discharged of record, bonded over or otherwise secured
to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent within fifty (50) days after the
filing thereof or the date upon which the Administrative
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Agent receives actual knowledge of the filing thereof for an amount which,
either separately or when aggregated with the amount of any judgments described
in clause (i) above and/or the amount of the Environmental Lien Claims described
in clause (iii) below, equals or exceeds $15,000,000.
(iii) An Environmental Lien is filed against any Project with
respect to Claims in an amount which, either separately or when aggregated with
the amount of any judgments described in clause (i) above and/or the amount of
the tax Liens described in clause (ii) above, equals or exceeds $15,000,000.
(i) DISSOLUTION. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered
against the Borrower decreeing its involuntary dissolution or split up; or the
Borrower shall otherwise dissolve or cease to exist except as specifically
permitted by this Agreement.
(j) LOAN DOCUMENTS. At any time, for any reason, any Loan Document
ceases to be in full force and effect or the Borrower seeks to repudiate its
obligations thereunder.
(k) ERISA TERMINATION EVENT. Any ERISA Termination Event occurs which
the Administrative Agent believes could subject either the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate to liability in excess of $500,000.
(l) WAIVER APPLICATION. The plan administrator of any Plan applies
under Section 412(d) of the Code for a waiver of the minimum funding standards
of Section 412(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Administrative Agent
believes that the substantial business hardship upon which the application for
the waiver is based could subject either the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to
liability in excess of $500,000.
(m) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
(n) CERTAIN DEFAULTS PERTAINING TO THE GENERAL PARTNERS. The Company
shall fail to (i) maintain its status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes,
(ii) continue as a general partner of the Borrower, (iii) maintain ownership
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of no less than 99% of the equity Securities of SD (or any other General Partner
of the Borrower), (iv) comply with all Requirements of Law applicable to it and
its businesses and Properties, in each case where the failure to so comply
individually or in the aggregate will have or is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (v) remain listed on the New York Stock Exchange or
other national stock exchange, or (vi) file all tax returns and reports required
to be filed by it with any Governmental Authority as and when required to be
filed or to pay any taxes, assessments, fees or other governmental charges upon
it or its Property, assets, receipts, sales, use, payroll, employment, licenses,
income, or franchises which are shown in such returns, reports or similar
statements to be due and payable as and when due and payable, except for taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges (A) that are being contested by
the Company in good faith by an appropriate proceeding diligently pursued, (B)
for which adequate reserves have been made on its books and records, and (C) the
amounts the non-payment of which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) MERGER OR LIQUIDATION OF THE GENERAL PARTNERS OR THE BORROWER. Any
General Partner shall merge or liquidate with or into any other Person and, as a
result thereof and after giving effect thereto, (i) such General Partner is not
the surviving Person or (ii) such merger or liquidation would effect an
acquisition of or Investment in any Person not otherwise permitted under the
terms of this Agreement. The Borrower shall merge or liquidate with or into any
other Person and, as a result thereof and after giving effect thereto, (i) the
Borrower is not the surviving Person or (ii) such merger or liquidation would
effect an acquisition of or Investment in any Person not otherwise permitted
under the terms of this Agreement.
An Event of Default shall be deemed "continuing" until cured or waived in
writing in accordance with SECTION 15.7.
11.2. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
(a) ACCELERATION AND TERMINATION. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in SECTIONS 11.1(f) or 11.1(g), the Commitments shall
automatically and
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immediately terminate and the unpaid principal amount of, and any and all
accrued interest on, the Obligations and all accrued fees shall automatically
become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, or protest or
other requirements of any kind (including, without limitation, valuation and
appraisement, diligence, presentment, notice of intent to demand or accelerate
and of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent shall at the request, or may with the consent,
of the Requisite Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, (i) declare that
the Commitments are terminated, and/or (ii) declare the unpaid principal amount
of and any and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations to be, and the
same shall there-upon be, immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, or protest or other requirements of any kind (including, without
limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence, presentment, notice of intent
to demand or accelerate and of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower.
(b) RESCISSION. If at any time after termination of the Commitments
and/or acceleration of the maturity of the Loans, the Borrower shall pay all
arrears of interest and all payments on account of principal of the Loans which
shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on principal
and, to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified
in this Agreement) and all Events of Default and Potential Events of Default
(other than nonpayment of principal of and accrued interest on the Loans due and
payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant
to SECTION 15.7, then upon the written consent of the Requisite Lenders and
written notice to the Borrower, the termination of the Commitments and/or the
acceleration and their consequences may be rescinded and annulled; but such
action shall not affect any subsequent Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default or impair any right or remedy consequent thereon. The provisions of the
preceding sentence are intended merely to bind the Lenders to a decision which
may be made at the election of the Requisite Lenders; they are not intended to
benefit the Borrower and do not give the Borrower the right to require the
Lenders to rescind or
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annul any acceleration hereunder, even if the conditions set forth herein are
met.
(c) ENFORCEMENT. The Borrower acknowledges that in the event the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries fails to perform, observe or discharge any
of their respective obligations or liabilities under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the
Administrative Agent and the other Lenders; therefore, the Borrower agrees that
the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall be entitled to temporary
and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of
proving actual damages.
ARTICLE XII
THE AGENTS
12.1. APPOINTMENT. (a) Each Lender hereby designates and appoints
Commerzbank as the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank as the Syndication
Agent, and National City Bank, as the Documentation Agent, of such Lender under
this Agreement, and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agents to take
such actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Loan
Documents and to exercise such powers as are set forth herein or therein
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agents
each agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this ARTICLE
XII. The Administrative Agent shall administer this Agreement and service the
Loans with the same degree of care as the Administrative Agent would use in
servicing a loan of similar size and type for its own account.
(b) The provisions of this ARTICLE XII are solely for the benefit of
the Agents, and neither the Borrower, the General Partners nor any Subsidiary of
the Borrower shall have any rights to rely on or enforce any of the provisions
hereof (other than as expressly set forth in SECTION 12.7). In performing their
respective functions and duties under this Agreement, the Agents shall act
solely as agent of the Lenders and do not assume and shall not be deemed to have
assumed any obligation or relationship of agency, trustee or fiduciary with or
for any General Partner, the Borrower or
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any Subsidiary of the Borrower. The Agents may perform any of their respective
duties hereunder, or under the Loan Documents, by or through their respective
agents or employees.
12.2. NATURE OF DUTIES. The Agents shall not have any duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the
Loan Documents. The duties of the Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature. None of the Agents shall have by reason of this
Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Holder. Nothing in this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or
shall be construed to impose upon the Agents any obligations in respect of this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or
therein. The Administrative Agent hereby agrees that its duties shall include
providing copies of documents received by such Agent from the Borrower which are
reasonably requested by any Lender and promptly notifying each Lender upon its
obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder.
In addition, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to each of the
Lenders copies of all notices of default and other formal notices (including,
without limitation, requests for waivers or modifications) sent or received.
12.3. RIGHT TO REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS. The Agents may at any time
request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals
which by the terms of any of the Loan Documents such Agent is permitted or
required to take or to grant, and such Agent shall be absolutely entitled to
refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be
under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or
withholding any approval under any of the Loan Documents until it shall have
received such instructions from those Lenders from whom such Agent is required
to obtain such instructions for the pertinent matter in accordance with the Loan
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Agent shall
take any action, or refrain from taking any action, which is permitted by the
terms of the Loan Documents upon receipt of instructions from those Lenders from
whom such Agent is required to obtain such
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instructions for the pertinent matter in accordance with the Loan Documents,
PROVIDED, that no Holder shall have any right of action whatsoever against the
Agents as a result of such Agent acting or refraining from acting under the Loan
Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Requisite Lenders or, where
required by the express terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the
Lenders.
12.4. RELIANCE. The Agents shall each be entitled to rely upon any
written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any
telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all
matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents and its duties
hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it.
12.5. INDEMNIFICATION. To the extent that any Agent is not reimbursed
and indemnified by the Borrower, the Lenders will reimburse and indemnify such
Agent solely in its capacity as such Agent and not as a Lender for and against
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, and reasonable costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against it
in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any action taken
or omitted by such Agent under the Loan Documents, in proportion to each
Lender's Pro Rata Share, unless and to the extent that any such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, and
reasonable costs, expenses or disbursements shall arise as a result of such
Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Such Agent agrees to refund to
the Lenders any of the foregoing amounts paid to it by the Lenders which amounts
are subsequently recovered by such Agent from the Borrower or any other Person
on behalf of the Borrower. The obligations of the Lenders under this SECTION
12.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations
and the termination of this Agreement.
12.6. AGENTS INDIVIDUALLY. With respect to their respective Pro Rata
Share of the Commitments hereunder, if
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any, and the Loans made by it, if any, the Agents shall have and may exercise
the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and
liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender. The
terms "Lenders" or "Requisite Lenders" or any similar terms shall, unless the
context clearly otherwise indicates, include each of the Agent in its respective
individual capacity as a Lender or as one of the Requisite Lenders. The
Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally
engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries as if they were not acting as the applicable Agent pursuant
hereto.
12.7. SUCCESSOR AGENTS.
(a) RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. Any Agent may resign from the performance
of all its functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving at least thirty
(30) Business Days' prior written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders,
unless applicable law requires a shorter notice period or that there be no
notice period, in which instance such applicable law shall control. Any Agent
may be removed (i) at the direction of Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares, in the
aggregate, are greater than fifty percent (50%), in the event the Agent is not
also a Lender having a Commitment of at least $9,000,000 or six percent (6%) of
the Commitments at such time or (ii) at the direction of the Requisite Lenders,
in the event such Agent shall commit gross negligence or willful misconduct in
the performance of its duties hereunder. Such resignation or removal shall take
effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment pursuant to this
SECTION 12.7.
(b) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
(c) APPOINTMENT BY RETIRING AGENT. If a successor Administrative Agent
shall not have been appointed within the thirty (30) Business Day or shorter
period provided in PARAGRAPH (a) of this SECTION 12.7, the retiring Agent shall
then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Administrative Agent until
such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided above.
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(d) RIGHTS OF THE SUCCESSOR AND RETIRING AGENTS. Upon the acceptance
of any appointment as Administrative 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 its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of
this ARTICLE XII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted
to be taken by it while it was the Agent under this Agreement.
12.8. RELATIONS AMONG THE LENDERS. Each Lender agrees that it will not
take any legal action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the
Borrower hereunder with respect to any of the Obligations, without the prior
written consent of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, no Lender may accelerate or otherwise enforce its portion of the
Obligations, or unilaterally terminate its Commitment except in accordance with
SECTION 11.2(a).
ARTICLE XIII
YIELD PROTECTION
13.1. TAXES.
(a) PAYMENT OF TAXES. Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder
or under any Note or other document evidencing any Obligations shall be made, in
accordance with SECTION 4.2, free and clear of and without reduction for any and
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings,
and all stamp or documentary taxes, excise taxes, ad valorem taxes and other
taxes imposed on the value of the Property, charges or levies which arise from
the execution, delivery or registration, or from payment or performance under,
or otherwise with respect to, any of the Loan Documents or the Commitments and
all other liabilities with respect thereto excluding, in the case of each
Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by net income or overall gross receipts and
capital and franchise taxes imposed on it by (i) the United States, (ii) the
Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction in which such Lender's
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Applicable Lending Office is located or any political subdivision thereof or
(iii) the Governmental Authority in which such Person is organized, managed and
controlled or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges and withholdings being hereinafter referred
to as "TAXES"). If the Borrower shall be required by law to withhold or deduct
any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any such Note
or document to any Lender, (x) the sum payable to such Lender shall be increased
as may be necessary so that after making all required withholding or deductions
(including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this SECTION 13.1) such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such withholding or deductions been made, (y) the Borrower shall
make such withholding or deductions, and (z) the Borrower shall pay the full
amount withheld or deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION. The Borrower will indemnify each Lender against,
and reimburse each Lender on demand for, the full amount of all Taxes
(including, without limitation, any Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority
on amounts payable under this SECTION 13.1 and any additional income or
franchise taxes resulting therefrom) incurred or paid by such Lender or any of
its Affiliates and any liability (including penalties, interest, and
out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes were lawfully payable. A certificate as to
any additional amount payable to any Person under this SECTION 13.1 submitted by
it to the Borrower shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto. Each Lender agrees, within a reasonable time
after receiving a written request from the Borrower, to provide the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent with such certificates as are reasonably required, and
take such other actions as are reasonably necessary to claim such exemptions as
such Lender may be entitled to claim in respect of all or a portion of any Taxes
which are otherwise required to be paid or deducted or withheld pursuant to this
SECTION 13.1 in respect of any payments under this Agreement or under the Notes.
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(c) RECEIPTS. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of
Taxes by the Borrower, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at
its address referred to in SECTION 15.8, the original or a certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(d) FOREIGN BANK CERTIFICATIONS. (i) Each Lender that is not created
or organized under the laws of the United States or a political subdivision
thereof shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on the
Closing Date or the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender pursuant to
SECTION 15.1 hereof a true and accurate certificate executed in duplicate by a
duly authorized officer of such Lender to the effect that such Lender is
eligible to receive payments hereunder and under the Notes without deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax (I) under the provisions of an
applicable tax treaty concluded by the United States (in which case the
certificate shall be accompanied by two duly completed copies of IRS Form 1001
(or any successor or substitute form or forms)) or (II) under Sections
1442(c)(1) and 1442(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (in which case the
certificate shall be accompanied by two duly completed copies of IRS Form 4224
(or any successor or substitute form or forms)).
(ii) Each Lender further agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent from time to time a true and accurate certificate executed
in duplicate by a duly authorized officer of such Lender before or promptly upon
the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent certificate
previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant
to this SECTION 13.1(d). Each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to
this SECTION 13.1(d)(ii) shall certify as to one of the following:
(A) that such Lender can continue to receive payments hereunder and
under the Notes without deduction or withholding of United States federal
income tax;
(B) that such Lender cannot continue to receive payments hereunder and
under the Notes without deduction or withholding of United States
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federal income tax as specified therein but does not require additional
payments pursuant to SECTION 13.1(a) because it is entitled to recover the
full amount of any such deduction or withholding from a source other than
the Borrower; or
(C) that such Lender is no longer capable of receiving payments
hereunder and under the Notes without deduction or withholding of United
States federal income tax as specified therein and that it is not capable
of recovering the full amount of the same from a source other than the
Borrower.
Each Lender agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
further duly completed copies of the above-mentioned IRS forms on or before the
earlier of (x) the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete or
otherwise is required to be resubmitted as a condition to obtaining an exemption
from withholding from United States federal income tax and (y) fifteen (15) days
after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form
previously delivered by such Lender to the Borrower and Administrative Agent,
unless any change in treaty, law, regulation, or official interpretation thereof
which would render such form inapplicable or which would prevent the Lender from
duly completing and delivering such form has occurred prior to the date on which
any such deliv-ery would otherwise be required and the Lender promptly advises
the Borrower that it is not capable of receiving payments hereunder and under
the Notes without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income
tax.
13.2. INCREASED CAPITAL. If after the date hereof any Lender
determines that (i) the adoption or implementation of or any change in or in the
interpretation or administration of any law or regulation or any guideline or
request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or
quasi-governmental authority exercising jurisdiction, power or control over any
Lender or banks or financial institutions generally (whether or not having the
force of law), compliance with which affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender and (ii) the amount of such capital is increased by or
based
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upon the making or maintenance by any Lender of its Loans, any Lender's
participation in or obligation to participate in the Loans or other advances
made hereunder or the existence of any Lender's obligation to make Loans, then,
in any such case, upon written demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand
to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall immediately pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as
specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender or such corporation therefor. Such demand shall be accompanied by a
statement as to the amount of such compensation and include a brief summary of
the basis for such demand. Such statement shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
13.3. CHANGES; LEGAL RESTRICTIONS. If after the date hereof any Lender
determines that the adoption or implementation of or any change in or in the
interpretation or administration of any law or regulation or any guideline or
request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or
quasi-governmental authority exercising jurisdiction, power or control over any
Lender, or over banks or financial institutions generally (whether or not having
the force of law), compliance with which:
(a) does or will subject a Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office or
Eurodollar Affiliate) to charges (other than taxes) of any kind which such
Lender reasonably determines to be applicable to the Commitments of the
Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or change the basis of taxation of
payments to that Lender of principal, fees, interest, or any other amount
payable hereunder with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans; or
(b) does or will impose, modify, or hold applicable, in the
determination of a Lender, any reserve (other than reserves taken into
account in calculating the Eurodollar Rate), special deposit, compulsory
loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans
by, commitments made, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition
of
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funds by, a Lender or any Applicable Lending Office or Eurodollar Affiliate
of that Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to that Lender of
making, renewing or maintaining the Loans or its Commitment or to reduce any
amount receivable thereunder; then, in any such case, upon written demand by
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the
Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, such amount or
amounts as may be necessary to compensate such Lender or its Eurodollar
Affiliate for any such additional cost incurred or reduced amount received. Such
demand shall be accompanied by a statement as to the amount of such compensation
and include a brief summary of the basis for such demand. Such statement shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
13.4. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN LENDERS. In the event a Lender (a
"DESIGNEE LENDER") shall have requested additional compensation from the
Borrower under SECTION 13.2 or under SECTION 13.3, the Borrower may, at its sole
election, (a) make written demand on such Designee Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) for the Designee Lender to assign, and such Designee
Lender shall assign pursuant to one or more duly executed Assignment and
Acceptances to one or more Eligible Assignees which the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent shall have identified for such purpose, all of such
Designee Lender's right and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes
(including, without limitation, its Commitment, and all Loans owing to it) in
accordance with SECTION 15.1 or (b) repay all Loans owing to the Designee Lender
together with interest accrued with respect thereto to the date of such
repayment and all fees and other charges accrued or payable under the terms of
this Agreement for the benefit of the Designee Lender to the date of such
repayment. Any such repayment and remittance shall be for the sole credit of the
Designee Lender and not for any other Lender. Upon delivery of such repayment
and remittance in immediately available funds as aforesaid, the Designee Lender
shall cease to be a Lender under this Agreement. All expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing shall be for the sole
account of the
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Borrower and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. In no event shall
Borrower's election under the provisions of this SECTION 13.4 affect its
obligation to pay the additional compensation required under either SECTION 13.2
or SECTION 13.3.
ARTICLE XIV
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
15.1. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS.
(a) ASSIGNMENTS. No assignments or participations of any Lender's
rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be made except in accordance
with this SECTION 15.1. Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Loans) in accordance with
the provisions of this SECTION 15.1.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON ASSIGNMENTS. For so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, each assignment shall be subject to the following
conditions: (i) each assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying,
ratable percentage of all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement and, in the case of a partial assignment, shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $5,000,000, (ii) each such assignment shall be to an
Eligible Assignee, and (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the
Register, an Assignment and Acceptance. Upon the occurrence and continuance of
an Event of Default, none of the foregoing restrictions on assignments shall
apply. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording in the Register,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance
and agreed to by the Administrative Agent, (A) the assignee thereunder shall, in
addition to any rights and obligations hereunder held by it immediately prior to
such
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effective date, if any, have the rights and obligations hereunder that have been
assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, have the same rights and benefits hereunder as
if it were an original Lender hereunder, (B) the assigning Lender shall, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from
its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of such assigning Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, the assigning Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto) and (C) the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the
assignee thereunder a Note evidencing its obligations to such assignee with
respect to the Loans.
(c) THE REGISTER. The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its
address referred to in SECTION 15.8 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to and accepted by it and a register (the "REGISTER") for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Commitment of, and
the principal amount of the Loans under the Commitments owing to, each Lender
from time to time and whether such Lender is an original Lender or the assignee
of another Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance. The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error, and the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent
and the other 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 or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) FEE. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by
the assigning Lender and an Eligible Assignee and a processing and recordation
fee of $3,500 (payable by the assignee to the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed
and is in compliance with this Agreement and in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT A hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the
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information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice
thereof to the Borrower and the other Lenders.
(e) PARTICIPATIONS. Each Lender may sell participations to one or more
other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under and
in respect of any and all facilities under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, all or a portion of any or all of its Commitment hereunder and the
Loans owing to it); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Lender's obligations under
this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment hereunder) shall
remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, (iv) each participation shall be in a minimum
amount of $5,000,000, and (v) such participant's rights to agree or to restrict
such Lender's ability to agree to the modification, waiver or release of any of
the terms of the Loan Documents, to consent to any action or failure to act by
any party to any of the Loan Documents or any of their respective Affiliates, or
to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which any Lender may
have under or in respect of the Loan Documents, shall be limited to the right to
consent to (A) increase in the Commitment of the Lender from whom such
participant purchased a participation, (B) reduction of the principal of, or
rate or amount of interest on the Loans subject to such participation (other
than by the payment or prepayment thereof), (C) postponement of any date fixed
for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loan(s) subject to such
participation and (D) release of any guarantor of the Obligations.
(f) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
(g) INFORMATION REGARDING THE BORROWER. Any Lender may, in connection
with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation
pursuant to this SECTION 15.1, disclose to the assignee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrower or
its Subsidiaries furnished to such Lender by the Administrative Agent or by or
on behalf of the
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Borrower; PROVIDED that, prior to any such disclosure, such assignee or
participant, or proposed assignee or participant, shall agree, in writing, to
preserve in accordance with SECTION 15.20 the confidentiality of any
confidential information described therein.
(h) SPC ASSIGNMENT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any Lender (a "GRANTING LENDER") may grant to a special purpose funding
vehicle (a "SPC"), identified in writing from time to time by the Granting
Lender to the Administrative Agent, the option to purchase from the Granting
Lender all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be
obligated to make as provided herein, PROVIDED that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment to purchase any Loan by any SPC, and (ii) if a SPC
elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to fund all or any part of
such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to fund such Loan pursuant to
the terms hereof. The funding of a Loan by a SPC hereunder shall utilize the
Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were
funded by such Granting Lender. Each party hereby agrees that no SPC shall be
liable for any indemnity or payment under this Agreement for which a Lender
would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to the extent, the Granting
Lender provides such indemnity or makes such payment. In furtherance of the
foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees that, prior to the date that is one
year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding Loans of any SPC,
it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against,
such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings or similar proceedings under the laws of the United States.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Granting Lender may disclose to a SPC and any SPC may disclose to any Rating
Agency or provider of any surety or guarantee to such SPC any information
relating to the SPC's funding of Loans, all on a confidential basis. This clause
(h) may not be amended without the prior written consent of each Granting
Lender, all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by a SPC at the time of
such amendment.
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(i) PAYMENT TO PARTICIPANTS. Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, in the case of any participation, all amounts payable
by the Borrower under the Loan Documents shall be calculated and made in the
manner and to the parties required hereby as if no such participation had been
sold.
(j) LENDERS' CREATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS. Notwithstanding any other
provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Obligations owing to it and any Note held by it)
in favor of any Federal Reserve bank in accordance with Regulation A of the
Federal Reserve Board.
15.2. EXPENSES.
(a) GENERALLY. The Borrower agrees upon demand to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable external audit and investigation
expenses, and for the fees, expenses and disbursements of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP (but not of other legal counsel) and for all other
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of every type and nature incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with (i) the audit and investigation of the
Consolidated Businesses, the Projects and other Properties of the Consolidated
Businesses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of the
Loan Documents; (ii) the preparation, negotiation, execution and interpretation
of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the satisfaction or attempted
satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI), the Loan
Documents, and the making of the Loans hereunder; (iii) the ongoing
administration of this Agreement and the Loans, including consultation with
attorneys in connection therewith and with respect to the Administrative Agent's
rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iv) the protection, collection or enforcement of any of the Obligations or the
enforcement of any of the Loan Documents; (v) the commencement, defense or
intervention in any court proceeding relating in any way to the Obligations, any
Project, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents; (vi) the response to, and preparation for, any subpoena or
request for document production
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with which the Administrative Agent or any other Agents or any other Lender is
served or deposition or other proceeding in which any Lender is called to
testify, in each case, relating in any way to the Obligations, a Project, the
Borrower, any of the Consolidated Businesses, this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents; and (vii) any amendments, consents, waivers, assignments,
restatements, or supplements to any of the Loan Documents and the preparation,
negotiation, and execution of the same.
(b) AFTER DEFAULT. The Borrower further agrees to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders upon demand for all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees
(including allocated costs of internal counsel and costs of settlement) incurred
by such entity after the occurrence of an Event of Default (i) in enforcing any
Loan Document or Obligation or any security therefor or exercising or enforcing
any other right or remedy available by reason of such Event of Default; (ii) in
connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements
provided under this Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or in any insolvency
or bankruptcy proceeding; (iii) in commencing, defending or intervening in any
litigation or in filing a petition, complaint, answer, motion or other pleadings
in any legal proceeding relating to the Obligations, a Project, any of the
Consolidated Businesses and related to or arising out of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by any of the other Loan Documents; and (iv) in taking
any other action in or with respect to any suit or proceeding (bankruptcy or
otherwise) described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.
15.3. INDEMNITY. The Borrower further agrees (a) to defend, protect,
indemnify, and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each and all of the
other Lenders and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
attorneys and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in
connection with the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any of the
conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI) (collectively, the "INDEMNITEES") from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses (other than loss of
profits), damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs,
reasonable expenses and disbursements of any
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kind or nature whatsoever (excluding any taxes and including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for such
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitees shall be designated a party
thereto), imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Indemnitees in any
manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or any act, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, the
making of the Loans hereunder, the management of such Loans, the use or intended
use of the proceeds of the Loans hereunder, or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents, or (ii) any Liabilities and Costs relating
to violation of any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law, the
past, present or future operations of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective predecessors in interest, or, the past, present or
future environmental, health or safety condition of any respective Property of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the presence of asbestos-containing
materials at any respective Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
or the Release or threatened Release of any Contaminant into the environment
(collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED MATTERS"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Borrower shall
have no obligation to an Indemnitee hereunder with respect to Indemnified
Matters caused by or resulting from the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of such Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
non-appealable final judgment; and (b) not to assert any claim against any of
the Indemnitees, on any theory of liability, for consequential or punitive
damages arising out of, or in any way in connection with, the Commitments, the
Obligations, or the other matters governed by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold
harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is
violative of any law or public policy, the Borrower shall contribute the maximum
portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the
payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Matters incurred by the Indemnitees.
15.4. CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. If any change in the accounting
principles used in the preparation of the most recent financial statements
referred to in
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SECTIONS 8.1 or 8.2 are hereafter required or permitted by the rules,
regulations, pronouncements and opinions of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successors
thereto or agencies with similar functions) and are adopted by any General
Partner or the Borrower, as applicable, with the agreement of its independent
certified public accountants and such changes result in a change in the method
of calculation of any of the covenants, standards or terms found in ARTICLE X,
the parties hereto agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such
provisions so as to equitably reflect such changes with the desired result that
the criteria for evaluating compliance with such covenants, standards and terms
by the Borrower shall be the same after such changes as if such changes had not
been made; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, no change in GAAP that would affect the method of
calculation of any of the covenants, standards or terms shall be given effect in
such calculations until such provisions are amended, in a manner satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to so reflect such change in
accounting principles.
15.5. SETOFF. In addition to any Liens granted under the Loan
Documents and any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and
any Affiliate of any Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower at any time or
from time to time, without notice to any Person (any such notice being hereby
expressly waived) to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all
deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness
evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured (but not
including trust accounts)) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing
by such Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of
the Borrower against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrower to such
Lender or any of its Affiliates, including, but not limited to, all Loans and
all claims of any nature or description arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not (i) such Lender shall have made
any demand hereunder or (ii) the Administrative Agent, at the request or with
the consent of the Requisite Lenders, shall have declared the principal of and
interest on the Loans and other amounts due hereunder to
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be due and payable as permitted by ARTICLE XI and even though such Obligations
may be contingent or unmatured. Each Lender agrees that it shall not, without
the express consent of the Requisite Lenders, and that it shall, to the extent
it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the request of the Requisite Lenders,
exercise its setoff rights hereunder against any accounts of the Borrower now or
hereafter maintained with such Lender or any Affiliate.
15.6. RATABLE SHARING. The Lenders agree among themselves that (i)
with respect to all amounts received by them which are applicable to the payment
of the Obligations (excluding the fees described in SECTIONS 5.2(f), and 5.3 and
ARTICLE XIII) equitable adjustment will be made so that, in effect, all such
amounts will be shared among them ratably in accordance with their Pro Rata
Shares, whether received by voluntary payment, by the exercise of the right of
setoff or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross-action or by the enforcement
of any or all of the Obligations (excluding the fees described in SECTIONS
5.2(f), and 5.3 and ARTICLE XIII), (ii) if any of them shall by voluntary
payment or by the exercise of any right of counterclaim, setoff, banker's lien
or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of the
Obligations held by it, which is greater than the amount which such Lender is
entitled to receive hereunder, the Lender receiving such excess payment shall
purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation
(which it shall be deemed to have done simultaneously upon the receipt of such
payment) in such Obligations owed to the others so that all such recoveries with
respect to such Obligations shall be applied ratably in accordance with their
Pro Rata Shares; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if all or part of such excess payment
received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those
purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such
participations shall be returned to such party to the extent necessary to adjust
for such recovery, but without interest except to the extent the purchasing
party is required to pay interest in connection with such recovery. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
pursuant to this SECTION 15.6 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including, subject to SECTION 15.5, the
right of setoff) with respect to such
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participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
15.7. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS.
(a) GENERAL PROVISIONS. Unless otherwise provided for or required in
this Agreement, no amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents shall be effective without the written
agreement of the Requisite Lenders (which the Requisite Lenders shall have the
right to grant or withhold in their sole discretion) and the Borrower; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Borrower's agreement shall not be required for any amendment
or modification of SECTIONS 12.1 through 12.8. No termination or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or consent to
any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective without the written
concurrence of the Requisite Lenders, which the Requisite Lenders shall have the
right to grant or withhold in their sole discretion. All amendments, waivers and
consents not specifically reserved to the Administrative Agent or the other
Lenders in SECTION 15.7(b), 15.7(c), and in other provisions of this Agreement
shall require only the approval of the Requisite Lenders. Any waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which it was given. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall
entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or
other circumstances.
(b) AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS AND WAIVERS BY AFFECTED LENDERS. Any
amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of
the following provisions of this Agreement shall be effective only by a written
agreement, signed by each Lender affected thereby as described below:
(i) waiver of any of the conditions specified in SECTIONS 6.1 and 6.2
(except with respect to a condition based upon another provision of this
Agreement, the waiver of which requires only the concurrence of the
Requisite Lenders),
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(ii) increase in the amount of such Lender's Commitment,
(iii) reduction of the principal of, rate or amount of interest on the
Loans, or any fees or other amounts payable to such Lender (other than by
the payment or prepayment thereof), and
(iv) postponement or extension of any date (other than the Termination Date
postponement or extension of which is governed by SECTION 15.7(c)(i)) fixed
for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees or
other amounts payable to such Lender (except with respect to any
modifications of the application provisions relating to prepayments of
Loans and other Obligations which are governed by SECTION 4.2(b)).
(c) AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS AND WAIVERS BY ALL LENDERS. Any amendment,
modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the
following provisions of this Agreement shall be effective only by a written
agreement, signed by each Lender:
(i) postponement of the Termination Date, or increase in the aggregate
Commitments to any amount in excess of $150,000,000,
(ii) change in the definition of Requisite Lenders or in the aggregate Pro
Rata Share of the Lenders which shall be required for the Lenders or any of
them to take action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents,
(iii) amendment of SECTION 15.6 or this SECTION 15.7,
(iv) assignment of any right or interest in or under this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents by the Borrower, and
(v) waiver of any Event of Default described in SECTIONS 11.1(a), (f), (g),
(i), (n), and (o).
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AUTHORITY. The Administrative Agent may, but
shall have no obligation to, with the
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written concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or
consents on behalf of that Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this SECTION 15.7, no amendment, modification, waiver or consent
shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, unless made in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such
action. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the
Borrower shall have requested, in writing, that any Lender agree to an
amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to any particular
provision or provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and such
Lender shall have failed to state, in writing, that it either agrees or
disagrees (in full or in part) with all such requests (in the case of its
statement of agreement, subject to satisfactory documentation and such other
conditions it may specify) within thirty (30) days after such Lender receives
such request, then such Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent to agree or disagree, in full or in part, and in the Administrative
Agent's sole discretion, to such requests on behalf of such Lender as such
Lenders' attorney-in-fact and to execute and deliver any writing approved by the
Administrative Agent which evidences such agreement as such Lender's duly
authorized agent for such purposes.
15.8. NOTICES. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any
notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be
in writing and may be personally served, sent by facsimile transmission or by
courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person
or by courier service, or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission. Notices to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to ARTICLES II, IV or XII shall not be
effective until received by the Administrative Agent. For the purposes hereof,
the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is
delivered as provided in this SECTION 15.8) shall be as set forth below each
party's name on the signature pages hereof or the signature page of any
applicable Assignment and Acceptance, or, as to each party, at such other
address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the
other parties to this Agreement.
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15.9. SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS. All representations and
warranties made herein and all obligations of the Borrower in respect of taxes,
indemnification and expense reimbursement shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the making and
repayment of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement and shall not be
limited in any way by the passage of time or occurrence of any event and shall
expressly cover time periods when the Administrative Agent, any of the other
Agents or any of the other Lenders may have come into possession or control of
any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
15.10. FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No
failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or
any other Agent in the exercise of any power, right or privilege under any of
the Loan Documents shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed
to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further
exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. All rights and
remedies existing under the Loan Documents are cumulative to and not exclusive
of any rights or remedies otherwise available.
15.11. MARSHALLING; PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. None of the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender shall be under any obligation to xxxxxxxx any assets
in favor of the Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or
all of the Obligations. To the extent that the Borrower makes a payment or
payments to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any such Person
exercises its rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of
such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to
a trustee, receiver or any other party, then to the extent of such recovery, the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens,
right and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and
effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had
not occurred.
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15.12. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in or obligation under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
15.13. HEADINGS. Section headings in this Agreement are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this
Agreement or be given any substantive effect.
15.14. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED, AND THE
RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES.
15.15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. No claim may be made by any Lender,
the Administrative Agent, or any other Person against any Lender (acting in any
capacity hereunder) or the Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys
or agents of any of them for any consequential or punitive damages in respect of
any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of
or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act,
omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each Lender and the
Administrative Agent hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx upon any such
claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or
suspected to exist in its favor.
15.16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
the successors and permitted assigns of the Lenders. The rights hereunder of the
Borrower, or any interest therein, may not be assigned without the prior written
consent of all Lenders, except in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV
hereof.
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15.17. CERTAIN CONSENTS AND WAIVERS OF THE BORROWER.
(a) PERSONAL JURISDICTION. (i) EACH OF THE LENDERS AND THE BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING
IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER APPEALS OF MATTERS
HEARD IN SUCH COURTS, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR
OTHERWISE, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT
OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE COURT
OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. THE BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES AND APPOINTS CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, 0000 XXXXXXXX, XXX
XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000, AS ITS AGENT (THE "PROCESS AGENT") FOR SERVICE OF ALL
PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, SUCH SERVICE BEING HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT. EACH OF THE
LENDERS AND THE BORROWER AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY
SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. THE BORROWER WAIVES
IN ALL DISPUTES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT
CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.
(ii) THE BORROWER AGREES THAT THE Administrative Agent SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO PROCEED AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IN A COURT IN ANY LOCATION
NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO ENABLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER
LENDERS TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER LENDER. THE BORROWER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT
ASSERT ANY PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN
FAVOR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER. THE BORROWER WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY COMMENCE A PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN THIS
SECTION.
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(b) SERVICE OF PROCESS. THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE
SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL,
POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE PROCESS AGENT OR THE BORROWER'S NOTICE ADDRESS SPECIFIED
BELOW, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT. THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION OF THE LAYING
OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS) WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION SET FORTH ABOVE.
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE Administrative Agent OR THE
OTHER LENDERS TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
OTHER LENDERS AND THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
15.18. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS; INCONSISTENCIES. This Agreement
and any amendments, waivers, consents, or supplements hereto may be executed in
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective against the Borrower and
each Lender on the Closing Date. This Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents shall be construed to the extent reasonable to be consistent one with
the other, but to the extent that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are
actually inconsistent with the terms and conditions of any other Loan Document,
this Agreement shall govern.
15.19. LIMITATION ON AGREEMENTS. All agreements between the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and each Lender in the Loan Documents are hereby
expressly limited so that in no event shall any of the Loans or other amounts
payable by the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents be directly or
indirectly secured (within the meaning of Regulation U) by Margin Stock.
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15.20. CONFIDENTIALITY. Subject to SECTION 15.1(g), the Lenders shall
hold all nonpublic information obtained pursuant to the requirements of this
Agreement, and identified as such by the Borrower, in accordance with such
Lender's customary procedures for handling confidential information of this
nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices (provided that
such Lender may share such information with its Affiliates in accordance with
such Lender's customary procedures for handling confidential information of this
nature and provided further that such Affiliate shall hold such information
confidential) and in any event the Lenders may make disclosure reasonably
required by a bona fide offeree, transferee or participant in connection with
the contemplated transfer or participation or as required or requested by any
Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process
and shall require any such offeree, transferee or participant to agree (and
require any of its offerees, transferees or participants to agree) to comply
with this SECTION 15.20. In no event shall any Lender be obligated or required
to return any materials furnished by the Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, each
offeree shall be required to agree that if it does not become a transferee or
participant it shall return all materials furnished to it by the Borrower in
connection with this Agreement. Any and all confidentiality agreements entered
into between any Lender and the Borrower shall survive the execution of this
Agreement.
15.21. DISCLAIMERS. The Administrative Agent and the other Lenders
shall not be liable to any contractor, subcontractor, supplier, laborer,
architect, engineer, tenant or other party for services performed or materials
supplied in connection with any work performed on the Projects, including any TI
Work. The Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall not be liable for any
debts or claims accruing in favor of any such parties against the Borrower or
others or against any of the Projects. The Borrower is not and shall not be an
agent of any of the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders for any purposes
and none of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be deemed partners or
joint venturers with Borrower or any of its Affiliates. None of the
Administrative Agent or the other Lenders shall be deemed to be in privity of
contract with any contractor or provider of services to any Project,
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nor shall any payment of funds directly to a contractor or subcontractor or
provider of services be deemed to create any third party beneficiary status or
recognition of same by any of the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders and
the Borrower agrees to hold the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders
harmless from any of the damages and expenses resulting from such a construction
of the relationship of the parties or any assertion thereof.
15.22. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
15.23. RETAINED PROPERTIES. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof will retain
direct or indirect ownership of the Retained Properties, or, if the Company
shall elect to sell or otherwise transfer any of the Retained Properties, it
shall retain any and all proceeds received in connection therewith, and will not
contribute any portion thereof to the Borrower or any other entity or distribute
any portion thereof to any of its shareholders.
15.24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, taken together with all of
the other Loan Documents, embodies the entire agreement and understanding among
the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings,
written and oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the
date first above written.
BORROWER: SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.,
as Managing General Partner
By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
NOTICE ADDRESS:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Simon Property Group, L.P.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: General Counsel
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
NEW YORK BRANCH
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Notice Address, Domestic
Lending Office and Eurodollar
LENDING OFFICE:
Commerzbank AG
Attn:
Telecopy:
Pro Rata Share: 33.333%
Commitment: $50,000,000
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
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By:
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Name:
Title:
Pro Rata Share: 23.333%
Commitment: $35,000,000
BAYERISCHE HYPO - UND
------------------------------- VEREINSBANK AG, ACTING
THROUGH ITS NEW YORK BRANCH
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Pro Rata Share: 10%
Commitment: $15,000,000
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK AG
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By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Pro Rata Share: 10%
Commitment: $15,000,000
NATIONAL CITY BANK
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By:
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Name:
Title:
Pro Rata Share: 16.667%
Commitment: $25,000,000
COMERICA BANK
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By:
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Name:
Title:
Pro Rata Share: 6.667%
Commitment: $10,000,000
LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A-- Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B-- Form of Note
Exhibit C-- Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit D-- Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit E-- List of Closing Documents
Exhibit F-- Form of Officer's Certificate
Exhibit G-- Sample Calculations of Financial Covenants
Schedule 1.1.4 -- Permitted Securities Options
Schedule 1.1.5 -- Unsecured Bond Offerings
Schedule 7.1-A -- Organizational Documents
Schedule 7.1-C -- Corporate Structure; Outstanding Capital Stock and Partnership Interests; Partnership Agreement
Schedule 7.1-H -- Indebtedness for Borrowed Money; Contingent Obligations
Schedule 7.1-I -- Pending Actions
Schedule 7.1-P -- Environmental Matters
Schedule 7.1-Q -- ERISA Matters
Schedule 7.1-T -- Insurance Policies
Schedule 15.23 -- Retained Properties
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Certain Defined Terms ................................................... 1
1.2. Computation of Time Periods .............................................27
1.3. Accounting Terms ........................................................27
1.4. Other Terms .............................................................27
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1. Loans ...................................................................27
2.2. Intentionally Omitted ...................................................29
2.3. Use of Proceeds of Loans ................................................29
2.4. Termination Date ........................................................30
2.5. Extension Option ........................................................30
2.6. Maximum Credit Facility .................................................31
2.7. Authorized Agents .......................................................31
ARTICLE III
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
4.1. Prepayments .............................................................32
4.2. Payments ................................................................33
4.3. Promise to Repay; Evidence of Indebtedness ..............................37
ARTICLE V
INTEREST AND FEES
5.1. Interest on the Loans and other Obligations .............................38
5.2. Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans ......................41
5.3. Fees ....................................................................46
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO LOANS
6.1. Conditions Precedent to the Loans .......................................46
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower ..........................48
ARTICLE VIII
REPORTING COVENANTS
8.1. Borrower Accounting Practices ...........................................60
8.2. Financial Reports .......................................................60
8.3. Events of Default .......................................................65
8.4. Lawsuits ................................................................65
8.5. Insurance ...............................................................66
8.6. ERISA Notices ...........................................................66
8.7. Environmental Notices ...................................................68
8.8. Labor Matters ...........................................................69
8.9. Notices of Asset Sales and/or Acquisitions ..............................69
8.10. Tenant Notifications ....................................................70
8.11. Other Reports ...........................................................70
8.12. Other Information .......................................................70
ARTICLE IX
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
9.1. Existence, Etc ..........................................................70
9.2. Powers; Conduct of Business .............................................71
9.3. Compliance with Laws, Etc................................................71
9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims .............................................71
9.5. Insurance ...............................................................72
9.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions ..................72
9.7. ERISA Compliance ........................................................72
9.8. Maintenance of Property .................................................72
9.9. Hedging Requirements ....................................................73
9.10. Company Status ..........................................................73
9.11. Ownership of Projects, Minority Holdings and Property ...................73
ARTICLE X
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
10.1. Indebtedness ............................................................74
10.2. Sales of Assets .........................................................74
10.3. Liens ...................................................................74
10.4. Investments .............................................................75
10.5. Conduct of Business .....................................................76
10.6. Transactions with Partners and Affiliates ...............................76
10.7. Restriction on Fundamental Changes ......................................76
10.8. Margin Regulations; Securities Laws .....................................76
10.9. ERISA ...................................................................77
10.10.Organizational Documents ................................................77
10.11.Fiscal Year .............................................................78
10.12.Other Financial Covenants ...............................................78
00.00.Xxx Forma Adjustments ...................................................79
ARTICLE XI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
11.1. Events of Default .......................................................81
11.2. Rights and Remedies .....................................................85
ARTICLE XII
THE AGENT
12.1. Appointment .............................................................87
12.2. Nature of Duties ........................................................87
12.3. Right to Request Instructions ...........................................88
12.4. Reliance ................................................................88
12.5. Indemnification .........................................................89
12.6. Agents Individually .....................................................89
12.7. Successor Agents ........................................................90
12.8. Relations Among the Lenders .............................................90
ARTICLE XIII
YIELD PROTECTION
13.1. Taxes ...................................................................91
13.2. Increased Capital .......................................................94
13.3. Changes; Legal Restrictions .............................................94
13.4. Replacement of Certain Lenders ..........................................95
ARTICLE XIV
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
15.1. Assignments and Participations ......................................... 96
15.2. Expenses ...............................................................100
15.3. Indemnity ..............................................................101
15.4. Change in Accounting Principles ........................................102
15.5. Setoff .................................................................102
15.6. Ratable Sharing ........................................................103
15.7. Amendments and Waivers .................................................104
15.8. Notices ................................................................106
15.9. Survival of Warranties and Agreements ..................................107
15.10.Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative ..................107
15.11.Marshalling; Payments Set Aside ........................................107
15.12.Severability ...........................................................107
15.13.Headings ...............................................................108
15.14.Governing Law ..........................................................108
15.15.Limitation of Liability ................................................108
15.16.Successors and Assigns .................................................108
15.17.Certain Consents and Waivers of the Borrower ...........................108
15.18.Counterparts; Effectiveness; Inconsistencies ...........................110
15.19.Limitation on Agreements ...............................................110
15.20.Confidentiality ........................................................110
15.21.Disclaimers ............................................................111
15.22.Intentionally Omitted ..................................................111
15.23.Retained Properties ....................................................111
15.24.Entire Agreement .......................................................112
