REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 3, 2006 among NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP., NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NRFC SUB-REIT CORP. AND NS ADVISORS, LLC, as Borrowers, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, KEYBANK...
dated
as
of November 3, 2006
among
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP.,
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP.
AND
NS
ADVISORS, LLC,
as
Borrowers,
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Administrative Agent,
KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS,
and
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Co-Lead Arrangers,
KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS,
as
Sole
Book Manager,
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.
as
Documentation Agent
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1
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Definitions.
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1
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Section
1.2
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Accounting
Terms and Determinations
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23
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Section
1.3
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Types
of Borrowings
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23
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ARTICLE
II THE Commitments
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Section
2.1
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Commitments
to Lend
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23
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Section
2.2
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Notice
of Committed Borrowing
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24
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Section
2.3
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Notice
to Lenders; Funding of Loans.
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25
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Section
2.4
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Notes.
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27
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Section
2.5
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Letters
of Credit
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27
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Section
2.6
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Method
of Electing Interest Rates.
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30
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Section
2.7
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Interest
Rates.
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31
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Section
2.8
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Fees.
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32
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Section
2.9
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Maturity
Date
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33
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Section
2.10
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Mandatory
Prepayment.
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33
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Section
2.11
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Optional
Prepayments.
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34
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Section
2.12
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General
Provisions as to Payments.
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35
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Section
2.13
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Funding
Losses
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36
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Section
2.14
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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36
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Section
2.15
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Use
of Proceeds
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36
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Section
2.16
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Letter
of Credit Usage Absolute
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36
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Section
2.17
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Joint
and Several Obligations; Limitation on Liability.
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37
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Section
2.18
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Increase
in Facility Amount.
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39
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Section
2.19
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Revolving
Facility
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41
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Section
2.20
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Delinquent
Lenders.
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ARTICLE
III CONDITIONS
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Section
3.1
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Closing
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Section
3.2
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Borrowings
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section
4.1
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Existence
and Power
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46
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Section
4.2
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Power
and Authority
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47
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Section
4.3
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No
Violation
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47
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Section
4.4
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Financial
Information
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47
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Section
4.5
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Litigation
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48
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Section
4.6
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Compliance
with ERISA.
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48
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Section
4.7
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Borrowing
Base Assets
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48
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Section
4.8
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Environmental
Matters
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49
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Section
4.9
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Taxes
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49
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Section
4.10
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Full
Disclosure
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49
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Section
4.11
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Solvency
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49
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Section
4.12
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Use
of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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50
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Section
4.13
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Governmental
Approvals
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Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxx
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Section
4.15
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Principal
Offices
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Section
4.16
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REIT
Status
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50
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Section
4.17
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Qualified
REIT Subsidiary Status
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50
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Section
4.18
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Patents,
Trademarks, etc.
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50
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Section
4.19
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No
Default
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Section
4.20
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Licenses,
etc.
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51
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Section
4.21
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Compliance
With Law
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51
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Section
4.22
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No
Burdensome Restrictions
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51
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Section
4.23
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Brokers’
Fees
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51
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Section
4.24
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Labor
Matters
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51
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Section
4.25
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Insurance
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51
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Section
4.26
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Organizational
Documents
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51
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ARTICLE
V AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section
5.1
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Information
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52
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Section
5.2
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Payment
of Obligations
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54
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Section
5.3
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Maintenance
of Property
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54
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Section
5.4
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Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence
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Section
5.5
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Compliance
with Laws
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55
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Section
5.6
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Inspection
of Books and Records
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55
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Section
5.7
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Existence
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55
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Section
5.8
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Financial
Covenants
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55
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Section
5.9
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Restriction
on Fundamental Changes.
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Section
5.10
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[Reserved]
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Section
5.11
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Margin
Stock
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57
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Section
5.12
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NorthStar,
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT Status
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57
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Section
5.13
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Disposition
of Borrowing Base Assets
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57
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Section
5.14
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Liens;
Release of Liens
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58
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Section
5.15
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Business
Loans
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58
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Section
5.16
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Limitation
on Changes in Fiscal Year; Accounting Methods; Valuation
Methodology.
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58
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Section
5.17
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Ownership
of Borrowing Base Assets
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58
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Section
5.18
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Limitation
on Negative Pledge Clauses, Distribution Restrictions
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58
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Section
5.19
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Addition
of Borrowing Base Assets.
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58
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Section
5.20
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Failure
of Certain Borrowing Base Assets Representations and
Warranties.
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Section
5.21
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Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
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Section
5.22
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CDO
Subsidiaries
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60
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Section
5.23
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Guaranties
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Section
5.24
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Subsidiary
Guarantors
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61
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Section
5.25
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Release
of Certain Subsidiary Guarantors
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62
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ARTICLE
VI DEFAULTS
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Section
6.1
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Events
of Default
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Section
6.2
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Rights
and Remedies.
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Section
6.3
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Notice
of Default
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66
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Section
6.4
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Actions
in Respect of Letters of Credit.
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ARTICLE
VII THE AGENTS
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Section
7.1
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Appointment
and Authorization
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Section
7.2
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Agency
and Affiliates.
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68
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Section
7.3
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Action
by Administrative Agent
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68
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Section
7.4
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Consultation
with Experts
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68
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Section
7.5
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Liability
of Administrative Agent
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68
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Section
7.6
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Indemnification
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68
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Section
7.7
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Credit
Decision
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69
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Section
7.8
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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69
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Section
7.9
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Receipt
of Notices
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69
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ARTICLE
VIII CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
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Section
8.1
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Basis
for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
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Section
8.2
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Illegality
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70
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Section
8.3
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Increased
Cost and Reduced Return.
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71
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Section
8.4
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Taxes.
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72
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Section
8.5
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Alternate
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected LIBOR Loans
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74
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
9.1
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Notices
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Section
9.2
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No
Waivers
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Section
9.3
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Expenses;
Indemnification.
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Section
9.4
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Sharing
of Set-Offs
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Section
9.5
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Amendments
and Waivers.
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77
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Section
9.6
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Successors
and Assigns.
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Section
9.7
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Collateral
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79
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Section
9.8
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
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79
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Section
9.9
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Marshalling;
Recapture
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79
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Section
9.10
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
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80
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Section
9.11
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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80
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Section
9.12
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Survival
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80
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Section
9.13
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Domicile
of Loans
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80
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Section
9.14
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Limitation
of Liability
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80
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Section
9.15
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Recourse
Obligation
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Section
9.16
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Confidentiality
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Section
9.17
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Legal
Rate
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Section
9.18
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USA
Patriot Act Notice
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Initial
Borrowing Base Assets
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Borrowing Base Certificate
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Continuing Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
F
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First
Mortgage Asset Representations and Warranties
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Exhibit
G
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Real
Property Asset Representations and Warranties
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Exhibit
H
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Real
Estate Security Asset Representations and Warranties
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Exhibit
I
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Subordinate
Assets Representations and Warranties
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Exhibit
J
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CDO
Retained Asset Representations and
Warranties
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
1.1
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TruPS
Securities
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Schedule
4.4(c)
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Post-June
30, 2006 Material Indebtedness and Contingent
Obligations
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THIS
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of November 3, 2006 among NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP., a Maryland
corporation (“NorthStar”),
NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“NorthStar
OP”),
NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP., a Maryland corporation (“NRFC
Sub-REIT”),
NS
ADVISORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NS
Advisors”)
(NorthStar, NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT and NS Advisors are hereinafter referred
to individually as a “Borrower”
and
collectively as the “Borrowers”),
the
Lenders (as defined herein), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
Agent, KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, as Co-Lead Arrangers,
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, as Sole Book Manager, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, as
Syndication Agent and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Documentation
Agent.
RECITALS
1. The
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders establish a revolving credit facility
for the Borrowers for the purposes of refinancing certain existing indebtedness,
financing the acquisition by the Borrowers of real estate and finance assets
and
for other business purposes of the Borrowers.
2. The
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders set forth the terms and conditions
upon which the Lenders will provide financing to the Borrowers.
3. The
Lenders have agreed to provide that financing to Borrowers on, and subject
to,
the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Definitions.
The
following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
“Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“Administrative
Agent”
shall
mean KeyBank National Association in its capacity as Administrative Agent
hereunder, and its permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”
means,
with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form
prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent
(with a copy to the Borrowers) duly completed by such Lender.
“Affiliate”
means,
as to any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly
or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”
of
a
Person (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled
by”
and
“under
common control with”)
means
the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 33 1/3% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
of
such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Adjusted
Funds from Operations”
means
Funds From Operations minus (or plus) (i) normalized recurring capitalized
expenditures necessary to maintain properties (e.g. leasing commissions, and
tenant improvement allowances), (ii) an adjustment to reverse the effect of
Straight-Lining of Rents and fair value of lease revenue under SFAS 141, (iii)
the amortization or accrual of various deferred costs including intangible
assets and equity based compensation, (iv) non-recurring charges incurred in
connection with the early extinguishment of debt, (v) an adjustment to reverse
“xxxx-to-market” gains and losses related to interest rate changes on off
balance sheet warehouse facilities, and (vi) such other adjustments approved
by
the Administrative Agent.
“Agreement”
shall
mean this Revolving Credit Agreement as the same may from time to time hereafter
be modified, supplemented or amended.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate or
(ii)
the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half percent (0.5%).
“Alternate
Base Rate Loan”
means
a
Committed Loan to be made by a Lender as an Alternate Base Rate Loan in
accordance with the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing or pursuant to
Article II.
“Applicable
Lending Office”
means,
with respect to any Lender, (i) in the case of its Alternate Base Rate Loans,
its Domestic Lending Office, and (ii) in the case of its LIBOR Loans, its LIBOR
Lending Office.
“Applicable
Margin”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum set forth below opposite the applicable Leverage
Ratio then in effect.
Leverage
Ratio (as calculated pursuant to the most-recently delivered officer’s
certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(c) hereof)
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Applicable
Margin for LIBOR Loans and Letter of Credit Fees
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Applicable
Margin for Alternate Base Rate Loans
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>
85%
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2.50%
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1.00%
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>
75% to < 85%
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2.25%
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0.75%
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<
75%
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2.00%
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0.50%
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The
Applicable Margin shall be adjusted effective on the next Business Day following
any change in the Leverage Ratio using the information provided in the
most-recently delivered officer’s certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(c)
hereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, to the extent the Borrowers
fail to deliver any officer’s certificate as of the date required pursuant to
Section 5.1(c), the Applicable Margin as of the date immediately following
such
required date of delivery and until the delivery of such officer’s certificate
shall be the greatest Applicable Margin specified in the foregoing
chart.
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“Approval
Request”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“Approval
Request Package”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(b).
“Approved
Uses”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.15.
“Approved
Bank”
means
a
bank or other financial institution which has (i)(a) a minimum net worth of
$500,000,000 and/or (b) total assets of $10,000,000,000, and (ii) a minimum
long
term debt rating of (a) BBB+ or higher by S&P, and (b) Baa1 or higher by
Xxxxx’x.
“Arranger”
means
KeyBanc Capital Markets, in its capacity as Sole Lead Arranger of the
Commitments and Sole Book Manager of the Commitments.
“Asset
Disposition”
means
the disposition of any assets (including without limitation the Capital Stock
of
a Subsidiary) of any Consolidated Party whether by sale, lease (but excluding
the lease of assets in the ordinary course of business), transfer or otherwise
to a Person other than a Consolidated Party.
“Assignee”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
“Available
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, at any time, the amount obtained by multiplying
such Lender’s Commitment at such time by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Total Available Commitments at such time, and the denominator of which
is
the aggregate of all Commitments at such time.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
Title 11 of the United States Code, entitled “Bankruptcy”, as amended from time
to time, and any successor statute or statutes.
“Benefit
Arrangement”
means
at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA
which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“Book
Value”
means
as to any asset, the value of such asset determined in accordance with GAAP,
as
consistently applied in connection with the preparation of the financial
statements filed by NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Borrowers”
means,
collectively, NorthStar, NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT and NS Advisors , and
“Borrower”
means
any one of the foregoing.
“Borrowing”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Borrowing
Base Assets”
means
assets one hundred percent (100%) owned (legally and equitably) by a Borrowing
Base Entity and which consist of Eligible CDO Retained Assets, Eligible First
Mortgage Assets, Eligible Subordinated Assets, Eligible Property Equity
Interests and Eligible Real Estate Securities.
“Borrowing
Base Assets Pool”
means,
collectively at any time, all Borrowing Base Assets.
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“Borrowing
Base Availability”
means,
at any time of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Borrowing Base Value of all Borrowing Base Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets
Pool at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount that would cause the ratio
of
(i) the sum of (A) the aggregate recurring cash dividend and distribution income
actually received from all Eligible CDO Equity Interests and Preferred
Securities constituting Eligible Subordinated Assets during such period, (B)
the
aggregate recurring cash income (after debt service in respect of the related
Real Property Asset, if applicable) actually received in respect of Eligible
Property Equity Interests during such period, and (C) the aggregate recurring
cash interest income actually received from all Eligible CDO Debt Assets,
Eligible First Mortgage Assets, Eligible Subordinated Debt Assets and Eligible
Real Estate Securities during such period, in each case calculated as of the
end
of each fiscal quarter on an annualized basis for the quarterly period then
ended with respect to Borrowing Base Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool
as
of the date of determination as reflected on the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate, to (ii) Facility Interest Expense for such period, to be not less
than 2:00 to 1:00.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Borrowing
Base Entity”
means
a
Subsidiary Guarantor, a Real Property Subsidiary or a CDO Subsidiary.
“Borrowing
Base Value”
means,
as to any Borrowing Base Asset at any time of determination, the maximum
aggregate amount of Loans and Letters of Credit which Borrowers shall be
entitled to borrow, draw, or have issued or outstanding pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement with respect to such Borrowing Base Asset, which shall be (i)
with respect to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset, the lesser of (a) forty percent
(40%) of the Eligible CDO Retained Asset Value of such asset, and (b) an amount
equal to (1) the sum of (A) the recurring annual interest or dividend income
of
the Borrowers in respect of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset (determined by
annualizing the interest or dividend income received by the Borrowers in respect
of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset during the quarter most recently ended)
and
(B) the annual Senior Management Fees received by the Borrowers from such
Eligible CDO Retained Asset (determined by annualizing the Senior Management
Fees received by the Borrowers in respect of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset
during the quarter most recently ended) divided
by
(2)
three and one-half (3.5), and divided
by
(3) the
average Facility Interest Rate during the quarter most recently ended, (ii)
with
respect to any Eligible First Mortgage Asset, the lesser of (a) eighty percent
(80%) of the Underlying Real Estate Value on such date of the Underlying Asset
securing such Eligible First Mortgage Asset, and (b) ninety percent (90%) of
the
lesser of (1) the outstanding principal amount of such Eligible First Mortgage
Asset on such date and (2) the Book Value of such Eligible First Mortgage Asset
on such date, (iii) with respect to any Eligible Subordinated Asset, the lesser
of (a) eighty percent (80%) of (1) the Underlying Real Estate Value on such
date
of the Underlying Asset relating to such Eligible Subordinated Asset
minus
(2) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount on such date of any senior indebtedness
encumbering the Underlying Asset relating to such Eligible Subordinated Asset
and (b) sixty percent (60%) of the lesser of (1) the outstanding principal
amount of such Eligible Subordinated Asset on such date and (2) the Book Value
of such Eligible Subordinated Asset on such date, (iv) with respect to any
Eligible Property Equity Interest, forty percent (40%) of the Net Equity Value
on such date of such Eligible Property Equity Interest, (v) with respect to
any
Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security, eighty percent (80%) of the
Fair
Market Value of such Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security on such
date, and (vi) with respect to any Eligible Real Estate Security that is not
Investment Grade, sixty-five percent (65%) of the Fair Market Value of such
non-Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security on such date.
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“Capitalization
Rate”
means,
as to any Real Property Assets or Underlying Assets that are at leased 95%
leased to tenants (or such tenant’s parent) having an Investment Grade Credit
Rating, seven percent (7.00%) per annum, and, as to all other Real Property
Assets or Underlying Assets, nine percent (9.00%) per annum.
“Capital
Replacement Reserve”
means,
with respect to any Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset, a normalized annual
reserve for replacement reserves, capital expenditures, tenant improvements,
and
leasing commissions in the amount of $0.10 per year per square foot of net
leaseable area contained in such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset. When
the Capital Replacement Reserve is used in computing an amount with respect
to a
period which is shorter than a year, said amount shall be appropriately
prorated.
“Capital
Stock”
means,
with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock),
shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests (however
designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock), warrants or options
to
purchase any thereof.
“Cash
and Cash Equivalents”
means
(i) cash, (ii) direct obligations of the United States Government, including
without limitation, treasury bills, notes and bonds, (iii) interest bearing
or
discounted obligations of Federal agencies and Government sponsored entities
or
pools of such instruments offered by Approved Banks and dealers, including
without limitation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation participation sale
certificates, Government National Mortgage Association modified pass through
certificates, Federal National Mortgage Association bonds and notes, and Federal
Farm Credit System securities, (iv) time deposits, Domestic and Eurodollar
certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper rated at least
A-2 by S&P and P-2 by Xxxxx’x and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa3
rating by Xxxxx’x, an AA- rating by S&P or better rated credit, floating
rate notes, other money market instruments each issued by an Approved Bank
(provided that the same shall cease to be a “Cash or Cash Equivalent” if at any
time any such bank shall cease to be an Approved Bank), (v) obligations of
domestic corporations, including, without limitation, commercial paper, bonds,
debentures and loan participations, each of which is rated at least AA- by
S&P and/or Aa3 by Xxxxx’x and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa3 rating
by Xxxxx’x and/or a AA- rating by S&P or better rated credit, (vi)
obligations issued by states and local governments or their agencies, rated
at
least MIG-2 by Xxxxx’x and/or SP-2 by S&P, (vii) repurchase agreements with
major banks and primary government security dealers fully secured by the U.S.
Government or agency collateral equal to or exceeding the principal amount
on a
daily basis and held in safekeeping, and (viii) real estate loan pool
participations, guaranteed by a Person with an AA- rating given by S&P or
Aa3 rating given by Xxxxx’x or better rated credit.
“CDO
Debt Asset”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO, any and all performing debt obligations issued
by such Eligible CDO and owned by a Borrowing Base Entity.
“CDO
Equity Interest”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO, any and all shares, interests, participations
or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of, and any and
all
equivalent ownership interests in, such Eligible CDO owned by a Borrowing Base
Entity, including partnership interests and limited liability company membership
interests.
“CDO
Retained Asset”
means
a
CDO Debt Asset or a CDO Equity Interest.
“CDO
Indenture”
means
the indenture relating to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset.
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“CDO
Subsidiary”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.22.
“Charges”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.17.
“Closing
Date”
means
the date on or after the Effective Date on which the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1 shall have been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent or waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further amended
from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S.
Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or
final
form.
“Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite the name of such
Lender on the signature pages hereof (and, for each Lender which is an Assignee,
the amount set forth in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement entered into
pursuant to Section 9.6(b) as the Assignee’s Commitment), as such amount may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or in connection with
an
assignment to an Assignee, or increased pursuant to Section 2.18.
“Commitment
Fee Quarterly Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).
“Committed
Loan”
means
a
loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.1; provided
that, if
any such loan or loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant
to a Notice of Interest Rate Election, the term “Committed 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.
“Consolidated
Parties”
means,
collectively, NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated
Subsidiary”
means
at any date any Subsidiary or other entity which is consolidated with NorthStar
in accordance with GAAP or which is required under GAAP to be consolidated
with
NorthStar.
“Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth”
means,
without duplication, at any date (a) the amounts included in “stockholders’
equity” on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties (including minority
interests relating to NorthStar OP), less
(b) the
consolidated Intangible Assets of the Consolidated Parties (excluding FAS 141
intangibles), all determined as of such date in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of this definition “Intangible
Assets”
means
goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, anticipated future
benefit of tax loss carry forwards, copyrights, organization or developmental
expenses and other intangible assets determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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“Contingent
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, without duplication, (i) any contingent obligation of such
Person required to be shown on such Person’s balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP, (ii) any obligation (including, without limitation, any Guarantee
Obligation) required to be disclosed in the footnotes to such Person’s financial
statements, guaranteeing partially or in whole any Non-Recourse Debt, 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 which have not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person
or
of any other Person, and (iii) with respect to such Person’s forward commitments
or obligations to fund or provide proceeds with respect to any loan or other
financing which are obligatory and non-discretionary as of any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of the reserves established for such
commitments or obligations in accordance with Rating Agency requirements in
respect of the three (3) month period following the date of determination.
The
Borrowers will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the amounts initially
established as, and any change from time to time in, the Rating Agency
requirements in respect of the reserves referred to in the foregoing sentence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Contingent Liabilities” shall not include
guarantees of customary carve-out matters made in connection with Indebtedness,
such as fraud, misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and environmental
matters, unless a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder
(which has not been satisfied). The amount of any Contingent Obligation
described in clause (ii) shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guarantee
of interest or interest and principal, or operating income guarantee, the
present value of the sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which
in the case of an operating income guarantee shall be deemed to be equal to
the
debt service for the note secured thereby), through (x) in the case of an
interest or interest and principal guarantee, the stated date of maturity of
the
obligation (and commencing on the date interest could first be payable
thereunder), or (y) in the case of an operating income guarantee, the date
through which such guarantee 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
guarantee 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 Borrowers required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof.
“Credit
Rating”
means,
with respect to any Person, the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies (one
of
which, in all instances, must be S&P or Xxxxx’x or Fitch) to such Person’s
long-term unsecured indebtedness.
“Credit
Underwriting Documents”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“Default”
means
any condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both
would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default
Rate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“Derivative
Exposure”
means,
as of any date, the aggregate maximum net liability (including costs, fees
and
expenses), based upon a liquidation or termination as of such date, of any
Person under all interest rate swaps, collars, caps or other interest rate
protection agreements, treasury locks, equity forward contracts, foreign
currency exchange agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other
interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements.
“Distribution”
means
with respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any cash, cash flow,
dividend or distribution (however payable, whether in cash, assets, capital
stock or otherwise) on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital
stock, partnership interest, membership interest or other beneficial interest
of
such Person; the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement of any
shares of any class of capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest
or other beneficial interest of such Person, directly or indirectly through
a
Subsidiary of such Person or otherwise; the return of capital by such Person
to
its shareholders, partners, members or other owners as such; or any other
distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock or
other beneficial interest of such Person.
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“Domestic
Business Day”
means
any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
“Domestic
Lending Office”
means,
as to each Lender, its office located at its address in the United States set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other office as such
Lender may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by notice to
the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“EBITDA”
means,
for any period, the sum of, without duplication, (i) aggregate Net Income during
such period calculated before the payment of Preferred Distributions,
plus
(ii) an
amount which, in the determination of Net Income for such period, has been
deducted for (A) Interest Expense, (B) total federal, state, local and foreign
income, value added and similar taxes and (C) depreciation and amortization
expense, plus
(iii)
the minority interest attributable to NorthStar OP, plus
(iii)
losses from extraordinary items, non-recurring items, Asset Dispositions, or
forgiveness of debt, plus
(iv)
compensation expense for equity or option based compensation minus
(v)
gains from extraordinary items, non-recurring items, Asset Dispositions,
write-up of assets (including any loan accretion attributable to any asset),
minus
(v)
interest income accrued but not actually received in cash, each of the above
determined in accordance with GAAP and to the extent included in the calculation
of Net Income and plus,
(vi)
interest income received in cash in such period to the extent such interest
income had been subtracted from Net Income pursuant to the foregoing clause
(v)
with respect to any earlier period; provided, that such sum shall be exclusive
of any adjustment for such period attributable to the Straight-Lining of Rents.
“Effective
Date”
means
November 3, 2006.
“Eligible
Assignee”
means
any Person that is: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) a commercial
bank, trust company, savings and loan association savings bank, insurance
company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and having
total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; or (d) a commercial bank organized
under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such
country, and having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000, provided
that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States
of
America. No Borrower and no Affiliate of a Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee. Provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, no direct competitor of the Borrowers or any hedge fund principally
engaged in the acquisition of “distressed” debt (each as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee.
“Eligible
CDO”
means
a
Special Purpose Entity, the common “ordinary” shares or limited liability
company interests of which are wholly-owned by NorthStar or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NorthStar and which is managed by NorthStar or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NorthStar, that issues classes of securities representing rights
to receive payments from assets held by such entity, the assets of which are
(a)
real estate securities or real estate-related debt obligations and/or (b) such
other assets consistent with NorthStar’s current business
practices.
“Eligible
CDO Debt Asset”
means
a
CDO Debt Asset that that at all times complies with the CDO Retained Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“J”
attached
hereto.
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“Eligible
CDO Equity Interest”
means
a
CDO Equity Interest that at all times complies with the CDO Retained Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“J”
attached
hereto.
“Eligible
CDO Retained Asset”
means
any Eligible
CDO Equity Interest and/or any Eligible CDO Debt Asset.
“Eligible
CDO Retained Asset Value”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset, an amount equal to (i) in
the
case of an Eligible CDO Debt Asset, the Fair Market Value of such Eligible
CDO
Retained Asset and (b) in the case of an Eligible CDO Equity Interest, the
Net
Equity CDO Value of such Eligible CDO Equity Interest.
“Eligible
First Mortgage Asset”
means
any First Mortgage Asset that at all times complies with the First Mortgage
Asset Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“F”
attached
hereto.
“Eligible
Property Equity Interest”
means
any Property Equity Interest that at all times complies with the Property Equity
Interest Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“G”
attached
hereto.
“Eligible
Real Estate Security”
means
any Real Estate Security that at all times complies with the Real Estate
Security Asset Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“H”
attached
hereto.
“Eligible
Subordinated Asset”
means
any Subordinated Asset that at all times complies with the Subordinated Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on Exhibit
“I”
attached
hereto.
“Environmental
Affiliate”
means
any partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, corporation
or
other entity which is subject to an Environmental Claim and which is a
Consolidated Subsidiary of NorthStar or, as to any partnership, in which
NorthStar or a Consolidated Subsidiary is a general partner, either directly
or
indirectly.
“Environmental
Approvals”
means
any permit, license, approval, ruling, variance, exemption or other
authorization required under applicable Environmental Laws.
“Environmental
Claim”
means,
with respect to any Person, any notice, claim, demand or similar communication
(written or oral) by any other Person alleging potential liability of such
Person for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs,
natural resources damage, property damages, personal injuries, fines or
penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, or
release into the environment, of any Materials of Environmental Concern at
any
location, whether or not owned by such Person or (ii) circumstances forming
the
basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law, in
each
case (with respect to both (i) and (ii) above) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination with respect thereto and which, if
adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on any
Borrower.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all federal, state, and local statutes, laws, judicial decisions,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions,
permits, concessions, grants, licenses, agreements and other governmental
restrictions relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on
human
health or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants,
Materials of Environmental Concern or wastes into the environment including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, Materials
of Environmental Concern or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation
thereof.
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“Equity
Issuance”
means
any issuance by a Consolidated Party to any Person which is not a Consolidated
Party of (a) shares of its Capital Stock, (b) any shares of its Capital Stock
pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (c) any shares of its Capital
Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
“ERISA
Group”
means
NorthStar, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations
and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with NorthStar or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Excepted
Liens”
shall
mean: (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies
not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action
and
for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (ii)
Liens in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other
social security, old age pension or public liability obligations not yet due
or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which
adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iii) vendors’,
carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen's, mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s,
construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary
course of business, each of which is either (a) subordinate to the lien of
the
applicable Borrowing Base Asset or (b) been adequately insured or bonded or
(c)
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iv) easements, rights
of
way, zoning restrictions and other similar Liens relating to a Real Property
Asset or Underlying Asset, which do not individually or in the aggregate
materially impair the use of such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset or
materially impair the value of such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset
subject thereto.
“Exceptions
Summary”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“Expenses”
means,
when used with respect to any asset, the costs of maintaining such asset which
are the responsibility of the owner thereof, including, without limitation,
taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance.
“Facility”
means
the revolving credit facility established pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Facility
Amount”
means
one-hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) subject to increase pursuant to
Section 2.18 hereof or decrease pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof.
“Facility
Interest Expense”
means,
as of any date of determination for a particular period, an amount equal to
the
interest that would accrue during such period on the Outstanding Balance on
such
date of determination at an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate on such date of determination for an Interest
Period of one (1) month plus
(ii) the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans on such date of determination.
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“Facility
Interest Rate”
means
as of any date of determination the rate at which the Loans are accruing
interest in accordance with Section 2.7.
“Fair
Market Value”
means
as to any asset, the current market value of such asset as determined quarterly
by an independent third party reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
utilizing valuation methodologies reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
“Federal
Funds Rate”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day, provided
that (i)
if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business
Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii)
if no
such rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to KeyBank
National Association on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“Federal
Reserve Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as constituted from time
to
time.
“Fee
Letter”
means
that certain Fee Letter between the Borrowers and KeyBank dated on or about
the
date hereof, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Fees”
means
all fees payable or to be payable by the Borrowers as provided for in Section
2.8 and in the Fee Letter.
“First
Mortgage Asset”
means
as to any Person, indebtedness owed to such Person, which is not the subject
of
a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, is fully performing as to payment and
material nonpayment obligations thereunder and is secured by a first Lien of
a
properly recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other similar security instrument
on a fee interest or a leasehold interest in real property and all collateral
security related thereto (regardless of whether such Person’s interest therein
is characterized as equity according to GAAP).
“Fitch”
means
Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Fixed
Charges”
means,
with respect to the Consolidated Parties for any period, the sum of (i) Interest
Expense for the such period plus
(ii)
Preferred Distributions permitted hereunder for the applicable period
plus
(iii)
Scheduled Amortization Payments for the applicable period.
“Fixed
Charge Ratio”
means,
as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Parties for the
quarterly period ending on such date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the applicable
period to (b) Fixed Charges for the applicable period.
“Floating
Rate Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person which accrues interest
at a rate which may vary during the term of such Indebtedness (other than due
solely to a default thereunder).
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“Floating
Rate Assets”
means
with respect to any Person, the assets of such Person on the balance sheet
of
such Person which generate income that fluctuates based on changes in interest
rates.
“Fronting
Lender”
means
any Lender which is a party hereto which shall issue a Letter of Credit with
respect to such Notice of Borrowing, subject, however, to the limitations set
forth in Section 2.5. For purposes of this Agreement, the Fronting Lender shall,
unless and until the Administrative Agent shall elect otherwise (subject, except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the prior written consent
of
the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or
delayed), be KeyBank.
“Funded
Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness of such Person
other than Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (f) and (h) of
the
definition of "Indebtedness" set forth in this Section 1.1.
“Funds
from Operations”
means
with respect to any Person for any period, an amount equal to the Net Income
of
such Person for such period, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains
or losses from sales of depreciable properties, the cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles, and real estate depreciation and amortization. Funds
from Operations shall be computed in accordance with the standards established
by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles recognized as such in the opinions
and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
“Group
of Loans”
means,
at any time, a group of Loans consisting of (i) all Committed Loans which are
Alternate Base Rate Loans at such time, or (ii) all Committed Loans which are
LIBOR Loans having the same Interest Period at such time.
“Guarantee
Obligation”
means
as to any Person (the “guaranteeing
person”),
without duplication, any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b)
another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any letter of
credit) guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations
(the “primary
obligations”)
of any
other third Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to
purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase
or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital
or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth
or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided,
however,
that
the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The terms
“Guarantee”
and
“Guaranteed”
used
as
a verb shall have a correlative meaning.
“Guaranty”
means
the Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance, dated of even date
herewith, made by
the
Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
as
the same may be modified or amended, such Guaranty to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person, without duplication, means, in each case whether direct or contingent,
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or
upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) all obligations of such
Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating
to
property purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued
or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by
such
Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and
due within six months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as
liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (e) all indebtedness of others
secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the
proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether
or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person, (g) the principal portion of all obligations of
such
Person under Capital Leases, (h) all Derivative Exposure and other obligations
of such Person in respect of interest rate swap, collar, cap or other interest
rate protection agreements, treasury locks, equity forward contracts, foreign
currency exchange agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other
interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements (including,
but
not limited to, Match Funding Agreements), (i) all obligations of such Person
to
repurchase any securities which repurchase obligation is related to the issuance
thereof, (j) the maximum amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’
acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (k)
all
preferred Capital Stock issued by such Person and required by the terms thereof
to be redeemed, or for which mandatory sinking fund payments are due, by a
fixed
date, (l) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person for any Off
Balance Sheet Liabilities and (m) such Person’s pro rata portion of the
indebtedness of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer.
“Indemnitee”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b).
“Interest
Expense”
means,
for any period, the interest expense (including, without limitation, the
interest component under Capital Leases) of the Consolidated Parties for such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
(a) as to Alternate Base Rate Loans, the first day of each calendar month (as
to
interest through the end of the prior calendar month) and the Maturity Date
and
(b) as to LIBOR Loans, the last day of each applicable Interest Period and
the
Maturity Date.
“Interest
Period”
means:
(a) with
respect to each LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the date
specified in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending one,
two
or three months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice
of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election; provided
that:
(i) any
Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a LIBOR Business
Day shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless such
LIBOR Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
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(ii) any
Interest Period which begins on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (iii) below,
end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iii) if
any
Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of principal of the Loans
is
required to be made under Section 2.10 but does not end on such date, then
(x)
the principal amount (if any) of each LIBOR Loan required to be repaid on such
date shall have an Interest Period ending on such date and (y) the remainder
(if
any) of each such LIBOR Loan shall have an Interest Period determined as set
forth above.
(b) With
respect to each Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the
date
of such Borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the
date
specified (or deemed specified) in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate
Election and ending on the last day of the calendar month in which such Notice
of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election was made (or deemed made);
provided
that if
any Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of principal of the
Loans
is required to be made under Section 2.13 but does not end on such date, then
(i) the principal amount (if any) of each Alternate Base Rate Loan required
to
be repaid on such date shall have an Interest Period ending on such date and
(ii) the remainder (if any) of each such Alternate Base Rate Loan shall have
an
Interest Period determined as set forth above.
“Investment
Grade”
means,
as to any asset or Person, such asset or the senior unsecured indebtedness
of
such Person is rated by at least one Rating Agency, and (i) if rated by S&P,
having a rating of “BBB-” or higher and (ii) if rated by Fitch, having a rating
of “BBB-“ or higher, and (iii) if rated by Moody’s, having a rating of “Baa3 “
or higher.
“KeyBank”
means
KeyBank National Association and its successors.
“Legal
Rate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.17.
“Lender”
means
each lender listed on the signature pages hereof, each Assignee which becomes
a
Lender pursuant to Section 9.6(b), and their respective successors.
“Letter(s)
of Credit”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Letter
of Credit Fee”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b).
“Letter
of Credit Collateral”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“Letter
of Credit Collateral Account”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“Letter
of Credit Documents”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.16.
“Letter
of Credit Usage”
means
at any time the sum of (i) the aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn
under the Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all
requirements for drawing referred to in such Letters of Credit, and (ii) the
aggregate amount which has been drawn under Letters Credit but for which the
applicable Fronting Lender and/or Lenders have not been reimbursed at such
time.
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“Leverage
Ratio”
means,
as of any date of calculation, the ratio of (i) Total Liabilities to (ii) Total
Assets of the Consolidated Parties.
“LIBOR
Business Day”
means
any Domestic Business Day on which commercial banks are open for international
business (including dealings in dollar deposits) in London.
“LIBOR
Lending Office”
means,
as to each Lender, its office, branch or affiliate located at its address set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its LIBOR Lending Office) or such other office, branch or
affiliate of such Lender as it may hereafter designate as its LIBOR Lending
Office by notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“LIBOR
Loan”
means
a
Committed Loan to be made by a Lender as a LIBOR Loan in accordance with the
applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing.
“Lien”
means,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (including any tax lien or
assessment), pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind,
or
any other type of preferential arrangement that has the effect of creating
a
security interest. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Lien” shall not
include any Excepted Lien. For the purposes of this Agreement, any Borrowing
Base Entity shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has
acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional or installment sales agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Loan”
means
an Alternate Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan and “Loans”
means
Alternate Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans or any combination of the
foregoing.
“Loan
Documents”
means
a
collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, the Letter
of
Credit Documents and all other related agreements and documents issued or
delivered hereunder or thereunder or pursuant hereto or thereto (in each case,
as the same may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed
or replaced from time to time).
“London
Interbank Offered Rate”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“Margin
Stock”
has
the
meaning provided such term in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
Board.
“Match
Funding Agreements”
shall
mean any and all agreements, devices or arrangements, the counterparty to which
has a Credit Rating of at least A- by Standard & Poor’s or A3 by Moody’s or
is otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent, designed to protect any
Consolidated Party which is a party thereto from the fluctuations of interest
rate, exchange rate or forward rate differences between individual assets owned
by a Consolidated Party and the Indebtedness incurred by a Consolidated Party
in
connection with the origination or financing of such individual assets,
including, but not limited to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest
rate exchange agreements, Treasury locks, forward currency exchange agreements,
interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or
interest rate options, puts and warrants.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
an effect resulting from any circumstance or event or series of circumstances
or
events, of whatever nature (but excluding general economic conditions), which,
taken as a whole, (i) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition
of
NorthStar, any other Borrower, or, with respect to the Borrowing Base Entities,
the Borrowing Base Entities taken as a whole, or (ii) could reasonably be
expected to impair the ability of NorthStar, any other Borrower or any Borrowing
Base Entity to fulfill its material obligations, including, if applicable,
their
ability to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents or
which causes a Default under Section 5.8 hereof.
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“Material
Plan”
means
at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess
of
$1,000,000.
“Materials
of Environmental Concern”
means
and includes pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic and hazardous substances,
petroleum and petroleum by-products.
“Maturity
Date”
means
the date when all of the Obligations hereunder shall be due and payable which
shall be November 3, 2009, unless accelerated pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five
plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which
ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year
period.
“Net
Equity Proceeds”
means
the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Consolidated Parties in respect
of
any Equity Issuance, net of (a) direct costs (including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions) and (b)
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof; it being understood, (i) that “Net
Equity Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash received upon the
sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the
Consolidated Parties in any Equity Issuance, and (ii) that “Net Equity Proceeds”
shall not include cash proceeds that are applied within thirty (30) days of
the
date of the related Equity Issuance to retire Capital Stock.
“Net
Equity Value”
means
with respect to any Property Equity Interest, the lesser of (i) the
un-depreciated Book Value of the related Real Property Asset (inclusive of
any
FAS 141 intangibles incurred in connection with the acquisition of such Real
Property Asset) and (ii) the Underlying Real Estate Value of the related Real
Property Asset less, in each case, any Indebtedness of any Person relating
to
such Real Property Asset which is permitted by the terms of Exhibit
G
hereto.
“Net
Equity CDO Value”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO Equity Interest, the lesser of (a) (i) with
respect to an Eligible CDO Equity Interest in an Eligible CDO that is not a
Consolidated Party, the Fair Market Value of such Eligible CDO Equity Interest,
and (ii) with respect to an Eligible CDO Equity Interest in an Eligible CDO
that
is a Consolidated Party, an amount equal to (A) the Book Value to the extent
the
CDO collateral consists of loans or (B) the Fair Market Value to the extent
the
CDO collateral consists of real estate securities, as the case may be, minus
the
outstanding principal amount of all notes or real estate securities (including
any capitalized interest thereon) issued by the related Eligible CDO (other
than
the Eligible CDO Equity Interest being valued), plus or minus the Fair Market
Value of any interest rate swap relating to such Eligible CDO Equity Interest,
and (b) the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance under the CDO Indenture to which
such Eligible CDO Equity Interest relates minus the outstanding principal amount
of all notes or debt securities (including any capitalized interest thereon)
issued by the related Eligible CDO.
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“Net
Income”
means,
for any period, net income or loss after taxes for such period of the
Consolidated Parties, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Net
Outstanding Portfolio Balance”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the reports issued by the trustees pursuant to
the
applicable CDO Indentures; “Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance” may also refer to
the “Principal Coverage Amount” as defined in the applicable CDO Indenture
provided that such definition is acceptable to the Administrative Agent. If
such
term is not defined in any trustee report or by reference to the applicable
CDO
Indenture or the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such definition
is not acceptable, such term shall have the meaning agreed to by NorthStar
and
the Administrative Agent.
“NNN
Holdings”
means
NRFC NNN Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Non-Recourse
Debt”
as
to
any Person means Indebtedness (i) for which the right of recovery of the obligee
thereof is limited to recourse against the asset securing such Indebtedness
(subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person has a
Guarantee Obligation made in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud,
misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and environmental indemnities,
unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been
made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations
with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered
Non-Recourse Debt, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person
for GAAP purposes) and/or (ii) other Indebtedness for which such Person has
no
Guarantee Obligation (other than guarantees of customary carve-out matters
made
in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation,
bankruptcy, environmental matters and misapplication, unless, until and for
so
long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which
has
not been satisfied), at which time such guarantee of any such customary
carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Debt of such Person, to the
extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP
purposes).
“Non-NorthStar
Plan”
means
any Plan other than a NorthStar Plan.
“NorthStar’s
2005 Form 10-K”
means
NorthStar’s annual report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31,
2005, as filed with respect to NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“NorthStar’s
2006 Form 10-Q”
means
the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006,
as
filed with respect to NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“NorthStar
Plan”
means
a
Plan in the ERISA Group sponsored, maintained or contributed to by NorthStar,
NorthStar OP or any other Borrower.
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“Notes”
means
promissory notes of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit
“A”
hereto,
evidencing the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans, and “Note” means
any one of such promissory notes issued hereunder.
“Notice
of Borrowing”
means
a
Notice of Committed Borrowing (as defined in Section 2.3).
“Notice
of Interest Rate Election”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“NS
Holdings I”
means
NS Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“NS
Holdings II”
means
NS Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“NS
Holdings III”
means
NS Holdings III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Obligations”
means
all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every nature of the Borrowers,
from time to time owing to any Lender under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, (i) the outstanding
principal amount of the Committed Loans at such time, plus (ii) the Letter
of
Credit Usage at such time.
“Off
Balance Sheet Asset”
means,
with respect to any Person, any asset that is subject to an Off Balance Sheet
Financing, and as a result of such transaction such asset does not (and is
not
required pursuant to GAAP) to appear as an asset on the balance sheet of such
Person.
“Off
Balance Sheet Liabilities”
means,
with respect to any Person, any (a) repurchase obligation or liability,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any mortgages, mortgage
notes, accounts or notes receivable sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of
by such Person, (b) repurchase obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person with respect to property or assets leased by such Person as
lessee and (c) obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under any
Off Balance Sheet Transaction, in each case, if the transaction giving rise
to
such obligation (i) is considered Indebtedness for borrowed money for tax
purposes, and (ii) does not (and is not required pursuant to GAAP) to appear
as
a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Off
Balance Sheet Transaction”
means,
with respect to any Person, any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease,
commercial mortgage backed securities transaction, securitization transaction,
collateralized debt obligation transaction, off balance sheet loan or similar
off balance sheet financing.
“Outstanding
Balance”
means
at any time, and from time to time, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all Committed Loans and (ii) the Letter of Credit
Usage.
“Parent”
means,
with respect to any Lender, any Person controlling such Lender.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
“Partnership”
means
any general or limited partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited
partnership or other Person which is not a natural Person or the estate of
a
deceased natural Person and which owns directly an interest in real
property.
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“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or
all
of its functions under ERISA.
“Person”
means
an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any
other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision
or
an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan”
means
at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is maintained, or
contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member
of
the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been
maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member
of
the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member
of
the ERISA Group.
“Preferred
Distributions”
means
for any period, the amount of any and all Distributions paid, declared but
not
yet paid or otherwise due and payable to the holders of any form of preferred
stock or partnership interest (whether perpetual, convertible or otherwise)
or
other ownership or beneficial interest in NorthStar or any Subsidiary thereof
that entitles the holders thereof to preferential payment or distribution
priority with respect to dividends, distributions, assets or other payments
over
the holders of any other stock, partnership interest or other ownership or
beneficial interest in such Person.
“Preferred
Securities”
means
any stock, shares or other such interests (which is not the subject of a
bankruptcy or similar proceeding) in and to a Person primarily and directly
engaged (directly or through a Subsidiary) in the business of the ownership,
operation and/or management of real property, the terms of which stock, shares
or other interests provide the holders of the shares thereof with a liquidation
preference in the assets of such Person in relation to the holders of the common
stock of such Person.
“Prime
Rate”
means
the rate of interest publicly announced by KeyBank from time to time as its
Prime Rate.
“Property
Equity Interest”
means,
with respect to a Real Property Asset, the ownership interest in such Real
Property Asset.
“Property
Expenses”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, the
costs of maintaining such Real Property Asset which are the responsibility
of
the owner thereof, including, without limitation, taxes, insurance, repairs
and
maintenance during such period.
“Property
NOI”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, (a)
Property Revenues for such period with respect to such Real Property Asset
less
(b) the
sum of (i) Property Expenses for such period with respect to such Real Property
Asset, plus
(ii) the
Capital Replacement Reserve amount for such Real Property Asset during such
period (but only to the extent NorthStar or an Affiliate of NorthStar is
responsible for such costs), plus
(iii) a
management fee in the amount of three percent (3%) of total revenues derived
from the Real Property Asset during such period; provided, that such amount
shall be exclusive of any adjustment for such period attributable to the
Straight-Lining of Rents.
“Property
Revenues”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, the
base
rent, expense reimbursement and other recurring rental income received during
such period (other than prepaid rents and revenues and security deposits except
to the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ obligations for
rent).
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“Rating
Agencies”
means,
collectively, S&P, Xxxxx’x and Fitch.
“Real
Estate Securities”
means
securities issued (i) pursuant to a securitization of commercial mortgage loans
or (ii) by a real estate operating company or REIT.
“Real
Property Assets”
means,
as of any time as to any Person, the real property assets in which such Person
has a fee title ownership interest or possesses a leasehold interest at such
time.
“Real
Property Subsidiary”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.23.
“Recourse
Debt”
as
to
any Person means all Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt. TruPS shall
be
considered Recourse Debt for purposes of Section 6.1(e).
“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
“Required
Lenders”
means
at any time Lenders having at least 66.67% of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, holding Notes
and/or participations in Letters of Credit evidencing at least 66.67% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Committed Loans and Letter of Credit
Usage.
“Scheduled
Amortization Payments”
means,
for a given period, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Funded
Indebtedness for the Consolidated Parties for the applicable period ending
on
such date (including the principal component of payments due on Capital Leases
during the applicable period); it being understood that Scheduled Amortization
Payments shall not include any one-time “bullet”, “lump sum” or “balloon”
payments due in respect of Funded Indebtedness.
“Senior
Management Fees”
means
revenue derived from senior management fees payable to NS Advisors in respect
of
the management of a Borrowing Base Asset less any costs incurred by the
Consolidated Parties that are allocable to the such revenues.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Solvent”
means,
with respect to any Person, that (i) the fair saleable value of such Person’s
assets exceeds the Indebtedness of such Person, (ii) such Person has the ability
to generally pay its debts and other liabilities as they become due in ordinary
course of business and (iii) such Person has sufficient capital to conduct
its
business in the ordinary course of business.
“Special
Purpose Entity”
means
any entity whose structure and organizational and governing documents satisfy,
in form and substance, Rating Agency special purpose entity requirements.
“Straight-Lining
of Rents”
means,
with respect to any lease, the method by which rent with respect to such lease
is considered earned or expensed equally over the term of such lease despite
the
existence of (i) any free rent periods under such lease and (ii) any rent
step-up provisions under such lease.
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“Subordinated
Assets”
means
Subordinated Debt Assets and Preferred Securities.
“Subordinated
Debt Assets”
means
as to any Person, mezzanine or other subordinated indebtedness owed to such
Person, which is not the subject of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, is
fully
performing as to payment and material nonpayment obligations thereunder and
is
secured by (i) a Lien of a properly recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other
similar security instrument on a fee interest or a leasehold interest in real
property and all collateral security related thereto, which indebtedness is
subject to only to a first Lien of a recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other
similar security instrument or (ii) a pledge of the direct or indirect ownership
interests in the Person owing such mezzanine or other indebtedness, which
ownership interests are subject to no other Lien.
“Subsidiary”
means
any corporation 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 by NorthStar.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means
(i) each Subsidiary of a Borrower that owns Borrowing Base Assets included
in
the Borrowing Base Assets Pool (other than any Real Property Subsidiary or
any
CDO Subsidiary), (ii) NNN Holdings, (iii) NS Holdings I, (iv) NS Holdings II
and
(v) NS Holdings III, together with any Subsidiary of a Borrower that shall
become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.24.
“Syndication
Agent”
means
Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Syndication Agent hereunder, and
its
permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Term”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“Termination
Event”
means,
with respect to a NorthStar Plan, or with respect to a Non-NorthStar Plan (but,
as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent an event described in (i)
through (v) below would result in a Material Adverse Effect), (i) a “reportable
event”, as such term is described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than a
“reportable event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC),
or an event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (ii) the withdrawal by any
member of the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan during a plan year in which
it is a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or
the incurrence of liability by any member of the ERISA Group under Section
4064
of ERISA upon the termination of a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the filing of
a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA, other than
in a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041 of ERISA, or the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a distress termination under Section 4041
of
ERISA, (iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate, impose
liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect
of,
or cause a trustee to be appointed to administer, any Plan or (v) any other
event or condition that would constitute grounds for the termination of, or
the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or the imposition of any
liability or encumbrance or Lien on any Real Property Assets or any member
of
the ERISA Group under ERISA.
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“Total
Available Commitments”
means,
at any time of determination, the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the
Commitments at such time, or (b) the then Borrowing Base
Availability.
“Total
Assets”
means,
as to any Person as of any date, all assets of such Person determined in
accordance with GAAP, adjusted (i) to give effect to the proportional ownership
by such Person of any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person and any
partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general
partner or a joint venturer and (ii) to include on the balance sheet of such
Person any Off Balance Sheet Assets of such Person.
“Total
Liabilities”
means
the sum of (i) total liabilities of the Consolidated Parties, as determined
in
accordance with GAAP (exclusive of escrow deposits and other liabilities for
which cash has been received and is classified under “restricted cash” on the
balance sheet of such Person), plus
(ii) the
total Contingent Obligations of the Consolidated Parties, in each case adjusted
(A) to give effect to the proportional ownership by such Person of any
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person and any partnership or unincorporated
joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer
and
(B) to include on the balance sheet of such Person any Off Balance Sheet
Liabilities of such Person, minus,
Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties in respect of TruPS.
“TruPS”
means
those REIT trust preferred securities issued by a Consolidated Party identified
on Schedule 1.1 hereto and such other REIT trust preferred securities issued
by
a Consolidated Party which are approved by the Administrative Agent, in each
case which are expressly subordinated to all other Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Parties. REIT trust preferred securities issued by a Consolidated
Party shall be approved by the Administrative Agent if such securities are
issued on terms substantially similar to those securities listed on Schedule
1.1, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Underlying
Asset”
means
as to any First Mortgage Asset or Subordinated Debt Asset, the real property
encumbered thereby or, as to any Preferred Securities, the real property which
is owned directly by the Person in which the Securities are part of the equity
structure thereof.
“Underlying
Real Estate Value”
means
as to any Real Property Assets or any Underlying Assets (a) the appraised value
of the real property as reflected in the most recent MAI appraisal in form
and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (b) where no
MAI
appraisal is available, (i) the annualized Property NOI for such property based
upon the most recently completed two fiscal quarters, divided
by
(ii) the
Capitalization Rate.
“Unfunded
Liabilities”
means,
with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the
value
of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination
basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section
4044
of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to
such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid
contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for
such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a reasonably
likely liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person
under Title IV of ERISA.
“United
States”
means
the United States of America, including the fifty states and the District of
Columbia.
“Unused
Commitment Fee”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).
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“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person of which one hundred
percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of stock or other equity interests
are
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person (excluding, in the case of NRFC
Sub-REIT, preferred shares that are owned by a Person other than a Borrower
solely for purposes of compliance with the REIT minimum number of shareholders
rules).
Section
1.2 Accounting
Terms and Determinations.
Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations
hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent (except
for changes concurred in by NorthStar’s independent public accountants) with the
most recent audited consolidated financial statements of NorthStar and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided
that, if
the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers
wish to amend any covenant in Article V to eliminate the effect of any change
in
GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies
the Borrowers that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article V for such
purpose), then the applicable Person’s compliance with such covenant shall be
determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change
in GAAP became effective until either such notice is withdrawn or such
covenant is amended in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and
the
Required Lenders.
All
calculations with respect to the defined terms and the covenants in Article
V
shall be done without duplication.
Section
1.3 Types
of Borrowings.
The
term “Borrowing” denotes the aggregation of Loans of one or more Lenders to be
made to the Borrowers pursuant to Article II on the
same
date, all of which Loans are of the same type (subject to Article VIII) and,
except in the case
of
Alternate Base Rate Loans, have the same Interest Period. Borrowings are
classified for purposes
of this Agreement either by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such
Borrowing
(e.g.,
a
“LIBOR
Borrowing” is a Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Loans) or by reference to the
provisions of Article II under which participation therein is determined
(i.e.,
a
“Committed Borrowing” is a Borrowing under Section 2.1 in which all Lenders
participate in proportion to their Commitments).
ARTICLE
II
THE
COMMITMENTS
Section
2.1 Commitments
to Lend.
Each
Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, to make Committed Loans to the Borrowers
or
participate in Letters of Credit issued by the Fronting Lender on behalf of
Borrowers pursuant
to this Article from time to time during the term hereof in amounts such that
the aggregate principal amount
of
Committed Loans by such Lender at any one time outstanding plus such
Lender’s
pro rata share (based on the ratio of its Commitment to the aggregate
of
all
Commitments) of Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the amount of its
Available Commitment. The aggregate amount of Committed Loans together with
the
Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Facility Amount
and (ii) the Total Available Commitments.
The
aggregate dollar amount of Letters of Credit Usage shall not
at
any time exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).
Each
Borrowing outstanding under this Section
2.1 (other than a Borrowing in connection with a draw under a Letter of Credit)
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 (for LIBOR Loans) or
$1,000,000 (for Alternate Base Rate Loans), or in each case an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
(except that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount available
in accordance with Section 3.2(c)) and shall be made from the several Lenders
ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments. Subject to the
limitations set forth herein, any amounts repaid may be reborrowed.
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Section
2.2 Notice
of Committed Borrowing.
The
Borrowers shall give Administrative Agent notice not later than 12:00 noon
(New
York, New York time) (x) one (1) Domestic
Business Day before each Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, or (y) three (3) LIBOR
Business
Days before each LIBOR Borrowing, specifying:
(i) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the case of a
Domestic Borrowing or a LIBOR Business Day in the case of a LIBOR
Borrowing,
(ii) the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(iii) whether
the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be Alternate Base Rate Loans or
LIBOR
Loans,
(iv) in
the
case of a LIBOR Borrowing, the duration of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period,
(v) the
Total
Available Commitments,
(vi) the
Outstanding Balance.
Together
with the notice to the Administrative Agent as specified immediately above,
the
Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed, current
certificate, identifying the Borrowing Base Assets against which the Borrowing
is being requested, setting forth the calculation of Borrowing Base
Availability, and providing other information concerning the Borrowing Base
and
the Borrowers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D
(a
“Borrowing Base Certificate”).
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The
Borrowers shall give the Administrative Agent and the designated Fronting
Lender, written notice that it desires to have Letters of Credit (a
“Letter
of Credit”)
issued
hereunder no later than 10:00 A.M., New York, New York time, at least five
(5)
Domestic Business Days prior to the date of such issuance. Each such notice
shall specify (i) the designated Fronting Lender (if other than KeyBank and,
if
not KeyBank, such other Fronting Lender shall be subject to the approval of
the
Administrative Agent), (ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Letters of
Credit, (iii) the individual amount of each requested Letter of Credit and
the
number of Letters of Credit to be issued, (iv) the date of such issuance (which
shall be a Domestic Business Day), (v) the name and address of the beneficiary,
(vi) the expiration date of the Letter of Credit (which in no event shall be
in
excess of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance or less than thirty
(30)
days prior to the Maturity Date), (vii) the purpose and circumstances for which
such Letter of Credit is being issued, (viii) the terms upon which such Letter
of Credit may be drawn down (which terms shall be approved by the Fronting
Lender), (ix) the Total Available Commitments, (x) the Borrowing Base Assets
against which the issuance of the Letter(s) of Credit is being requested and
the
Borrowing Base Value of such Borrowing Base Assets (taking into consideration
the amount of all Borrowings and Letter of Credit Usage outstanding with respect
to such Borrowing Base Assets), including a certification from the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of NorthStar setting forth in
reasonable detail the manner by which the foregoing calculations have been
made,
and (xi) the Outstanding Balance. Together with the notice to the Administrative
Agent as specified immediately above, the Borrowers shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a completed, current Borrowing Base Certificate stating
that, after taking into account the issuance of any such Letter(s) of Credit,
the Borrowers shall be in full compliance with all of the covenants contained
in
Section 5.8 of this Agreement and that the requirements with respect to the
Borrowing Base Values shall be met. Each such notice may be revoked
telephonically by Borrowers to each of the applicable Fronting Lender and the
Administrative Agent any time prior to the date of issuance of the Letter of
Credit by the applicable Fronting Lender, provided such revocation is confirmed
in writing by Borrowers to Fronting Lender and the Administrative Agent within
one (1) Domestic Business Day by facsimile. No later than 10:00 A.M. New York,
New York time on the date that is five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to
the
date of issuance, Borrowers shall specify a precise description of the documents
and the verbatim text of any certificate to be presented by the beneficiary
of
such Letter of Credit, which if presented by such beneficiary prior to the
expiration date of the Letter of Credit would require Fronting Lender to make
a
payment under the Letter of Credit; provided that Fronting Lender may, in its
reasonable judgment, require reasonable changes in any such documents and
certificates only in conformity with changes in customary and commercially
reasonable practice or law and provided further, that no Letter of Credit shall
require payment against a conforming draft to be made thereunder on the
following Domestic Business Day that such draft is presented if such
presentation is made later than 10:00 A.M. New York, New York time (except
that
if the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit requests at the time of the issuance
of its Letter of Credit that payment be made on the same Domestic Business
Day
against a conforming draft, such beneficiary shall be entitled to such a same
day draw, provided such draft is presented to the applicable Fronting Lender
no
later than 10:00 A.M. New York, New York time and provided further that, prior
to the issuance of such Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall have requested to
Fronting Lender and the Administrative Agent that such beneficiary shall be
entitled to a same day draw). In determining whether to pay on such Letter
of
Credit, Fronting Lender shall be responsible only to determine that the
documents and certificates required to be delivered under the Letter of Credit
have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements
of
that Letter of Credit.
Section
2.3 Notice
to Lenders; Funding of Loans.
(a) Upon
receipt of a notice from Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof (each
such notice being a “Notice
of Committed Borrowing”),
the
Administrative Agent shall, on the date such Notice of Committed Borrowing
is
received by the Administrative Agent, notify each Lender of the contents thereof
and of such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, of the interest rate determined
pursuant thereto and the Interest Period(s) (if different from those requested
by the Borrowers) and (unless such Notice of Committed Borrowing is for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit) such Notice of Committed Borrowing shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers, except as is otherwise specifically
provided for in this Agreement.
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(b) Not
later
than 1:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) on the date of each Borrowing as
indicated in the Notice of Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall (except with
respect to Notices of Committed Borrowing for issuances of Letters of Credit)
make available its share of such Borrowing in Federal funds immediately
available in New York, New York, to the Administrative Agent at its address
referred to in Section 9.1. If Borrowers have requested the issuance of a Letter
of Credit, no later than 12:00 Noon (New York, New York time) on the date of
such issuance as indicated in the Notice of Committed Borrowing, Fronting Lender
shall issue such Letter of Credit in the amount so requested and deliver the
same to Borrower, with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent. Immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit by Fronting Lender, such Fronting
Lender shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Lender, and
each such other Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have
irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from Fronting Lender,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and a participation in
such
Letter of Credit, any drawing thereunder, and the obligations of Borrowers
hereunder with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining
thereto, in an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share thereof (based upon
the ratio its Commitment bears to the aggregate of all Commitments). Upon any
change in any of the Commitments in accordance herewith, there shall be an
automatic adjustment to such participations to reflect such changed shares.
The
applicable Fronting Lender shall have the primary obligation to fund any and
all
draws made with respect to such Letter of Credit notwithstanding any failure
of
a participating Lender to fund its ratable share of any such draw. Unless the
Administrative Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in
Article III has not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent will instruct
the
applicable Fronting Lender to make such Letter of Credit available to the
Borrowers and such Fronting Lender shall make such Letter of Credit available
to
the Borrowers at the Borrowers’ aforesaid address on the date of the issuance of
such Letter of Credit. Without in any way implying a right of Fronting Lender
not to issue a Letter of Credit as provided for herein, if a Fronting Lender
shall fail to issue a Letter of Credit (notwithstanding that the applicable
conditions specified in Article III have been satisfied), the Borrowers may
designate a substitute Fronting Lender, provided that the notice periods set
forth in Section 2.2(b) above shall begin anew.
(c) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection
(b) of this Section 2.3 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such
assumption, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrowers
on
such date a corresponding amount on behalf of such Lender. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such share available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and, without prejudice with respect to its
rights and remedies against such Lender, the Borrowers, severally agree to
repay
to the Administrative Agent, within one (1) Domestic Business Day following
receipt of demand, such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for
each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers until
the
date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case
of
the Borrowers, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable thereto
pursuant to Section 2.6 and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds
Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding
amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in
such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. If at any time, any Lender shall
fail to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of any
such Borrowing, as provided for in this Section 2.3(c), the Borrowers shall
have
the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the Administrative
Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments of such Lender for an amount equal
to such Lender’s outstanding Committed Loans, and to become a Lender hereunder,
which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept, or (y) to repay in full
all Committed Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together with interest
and
all other amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Lender’s Commitment shall
be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.11(c) and the Facility Amount
shall be reduced by a corresponding amount.
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Section
2.4 Notes.
(a) The
Committed Loans of each Lender shall be evidenced by a single Note payable to
the order of such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office.
(b) Each
Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, request
that its Committed Loans be evidenced by a separate Note in an amount equal
to
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Committed Loans. Any additional
costs incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers or the Lenders in
connection with preparing such a Note shall be at the sole cost and expense
of
the Lender requesting such Note. In the event any Committed Loans evidenced
by
such a Note are paid in full prior to the Maturity Date, any such Lender shall
return such Note to the Borrowers. Each such Note shall be in substantially
the
form of Exhibit
A
hereto
with appropriate modifications to reflect the fact that it evidences solely
Loans of the relevant type. Each reference in this Agreement to the
“Note”
of
such
Lender shall be deemed to refer to and include any or all of such Notes, as
the
context may require.
(c) Upon
receipt of each Lender’s Note pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Administrative
Agent shall forward such Note to such Lender. Each Lender shall record in its
records the date, amount, type and maturity of each Loan made by it and the
date
and amount of each payment of principal made by the Borrowers with respect
thereto, and may, if such Lender so elects in connection with any transfer
or
enforcement of its Note, endorse on the appropriate schedule appropriate
notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each such Loan
then outstanding; provided
that the
failure of any Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not
affect the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under the Notes. Each
Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrowers so to endorse its
Note
and to attach to and make a part of its Note a continuation of any such schedule
as and when required.
(d) The
Loans
shall mature, and the remaining principal amount thereof shall be due and
payable by the Borrowers, on the Maturity Date.
(e) There
shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods applicable to the LIBOR Loans
outstanding at any one time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent, in the event the Borrowers wish to combine
one or more LIBOR Loans into a single Interest Period, the Borrowers may from
time to time be entitled to select an Interest Period of less than one month,
with interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate on the date of determination for an Interest Period
of
one (1) month plus
(ii) the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans on such date of determination.
Section
2.5 Letters
of Credit.
(a) Subject
to the terms contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, upon
the
receipt of a Notice of Committed Borrowing
requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Fronting Lender shall issue
a
Letter of Credit
or
Letters of Credit in such form as is reasonably acceptable to Borrowers, in
an
aggregate amount equal to the amount requested, provided that after the issuance
of such Letters of Credit, (i)
the
aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit shall not exceed
Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000), and (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage, when added
to the aggregate principal amount of the Committed Loans outstanding, shall
not
exceed the lesser of (y) the Total Available Commitments, and (z)
the
Facility Amount. Fronting Lender shall promptly notify Administrative Agent
and
each Lender of the issuance of any such Letter of Credit, together with the
amount thereof, simultaneously therewith.
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(b) Each
Letter of Credit shall be issued in the minimum aggregate amount of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000) or any amount in excess thereof.
(c) In
the
event of any request for a drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary
thereunder, Fronting Lender shall promptly notify Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender thereof) on or before the date on which Fronting Lender intends to honor
such drawing, and, except as provided in this subsection (c), Borrowers shall
reimburse Fronting Lender, in immediately available funds, on the same day
on
which such drawing is honored in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, however, unless
Borrowers shall have notified the Administrative Agent and Fronting Lender
prior
to 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on the date of such drawing (provided
that the same shall be a Domestic Business Day) that Borrowers intend to
reimburse Fronting Lender for the amount of such drawing with funds other than
the proceeds of the Loans, Borrowers shall be deemed to have timely given a
Notice of Committed Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 to the Administrative
Agent, requesting a Borrowing of Alternate Base Rate Loans on the date on which
such drawing is honored and in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
Each Lender shall, in accordance with Section 2.3(b), make available its share
of such Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, the proceeds of which shall
be
applied directly by the Administrative Agent to reimburse Fronting Lender for
the amount of such draw. In the event that any Lender fails to make available
to
Fronting Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation on the date of a
drawing, Fronting Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand
from
such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate commencing on
the
date of drawing.
(d) If,
after
the date hereof, any change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation
thereof by any court or administrative or governmental authority charged with
the administration thereof shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable
any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against letters of credit
issued by, or assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or
participations in any letter of credit, upon any Lender (including Fronting
Lender) or (b) impose on any Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement
or such Lender (including Fronting Lender) as it pertains to the Letters of
Credit or any participation therein and the result of any event referred to
in
the preceding clause (a) or (b) shall be to increase the cost to the Fronting
Lender or any Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or
participating therein then the Borrowers shall pay to the Fronting Lender or
such Lender, upon written demand therefor to the Borrowers from the
Administrative Agent (provided such demand is received by the Borrowers within
one hundred twenty (120) days following the date on which such increased cost
becomes effective as against the Fronting Lender or such Lender), such
additional amounts as shall be required to compensate the Fronting Lender or
such Lender for such increased costs or reduction in amounts received or
receivable hereunder together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate
plus the Applicable Margin on Alternate Base Rate Loans at such time. The amount
specified in the written demand shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error.
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(e) Borrower
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save Fronting Lender harmless
from
and against any and all actual claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable, actual attorneys’ fees and
disbursements) which Fronting Lender may incur or be subject to as a result
of
(i) the issuance of the Letters of Credit, other than as a result of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Fronting Lender or (ii) the failure of
Fronting Lender to honor a drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result of
any
act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de
jure
or de facto government or governmental authority (collectively, “Governmental
Acts”).
As
between Borrowers or any Fronting Lender, Borrowers assume all risks of the
acts
and omissions of, or misuses of the Letters of Credit issued by Fronting Lender
by, the beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, Fronting Lender shall not be responsible (i) for
the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and
issuance of such Letters of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any
and all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged unless
the Fronting Lender’s payment of under such Letter of Credit constitutes gross
negligence or willful misconduct; (ii) for the validity or insufficiency of
any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof,
in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason; (iii) for failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to
comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of
Credit unless the Fronting Lender’s acquiescence to such noncompliance
constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct; (iv) for errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, by mail,
cable, telegraph, telex, facsimile transmission, or otherwise; (v) for errors
in
interpretation of any technical terms; (vi) for any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any documents required in order to make a drawing
under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) for the
misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any consequence arising from causes
beyond the control of Fronting Lender including any Government Acts. None of
the
above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of Fronting Lender’s rights
and powers hereunder. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of
the
specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by
Fronting Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by
it
or the related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put
Fronting Lender under any resulting liability to the Borrowers.
(f) If
Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required at any time, pursuant
to
any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or reorganization law or otherwise,
to
return to any Borrower any reimbursement by any Borrower of any drawing under
any Letter of Credit, each Lender shall pay to Fronting Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, its share of such payment, but without
interest thereon unless Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required
to pay interest on such amounts to the person recovering such payment, in which
case with interest thereon, computed at the same rate, and on the same basis,
as
the interest that Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to
pay.
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Section
2.6 Method
of Electing Interest Rates.
(a) The
Loans
included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate
specified by the Borrowers in the applicable
Notice of Committed Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrowers may from time to time
elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Group of
Loans (subject in each case to the provisions of Article VIII), as
follows:
(i) if
such
Loans are Alternate Base Rate Loans, the Borrowers may elect to convert such
Loans to LIBOR Loans as of any LIBOR Business Day; or
(ii) if
such
Loans are LIBOR Loans, the Borrowers may elect to convert such Loans to
Alternate Base Rate Loans or elect to continue such Loans as LIBOR Loans for
an
additional Interest Period, in each case effective on the last day of the then
current Interest Period applicable to such Loans, or on such other date
designated by Borrowers in the Notice of Interest Rate Election, provided
Borrowers shall pay any losses pursuant to Section 2.13.
Each
such
election shall be made by delivering a notice (a “Notice
of Interest Rate Election”)
to the
Administrative Agent at least three (3) LIBOR Business Days before the
conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective. A Notice
of Interest Rate Election may, if it so specifies, apply to only a portion
of
the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Group of Loans; provided
that (i)
such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans comprising such Group, (ii)
the portion to which such Notice of Interest Rate Election applies, and the
remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each $500,000 or any larger
multiple of $100,000, (iii) there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods
applicable to the LIBOR Loans outstanding at any one time, (iv) no Loan may
be
continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and (v) no Interest Period shall extend beyond
the
Maturity Date.
(b) Each
Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:
(i) the
Group
of Loans (or portion thereof) to which such notice applies;
(ii) the
date
on which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be
effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of subsection (a)
above;
(iii) if
the
Loans comprising such Group of Loans are to be converted, the new type of Loans
and, if such new Loans are LIBOR Loans, the duration of the initial Interest
Period applicable thereto; and
(iv) if
such
Loans are to be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period,
the
duration of such additional Interest Period.
Each
Interest Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election shall comply
with the provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
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(c) Upon
receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrowers pursuant to
subsection (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender the
same
day as it receives such Notice of Interest Rate Election of the contents
thereof, the interest rates determined pursuant thereto and the Interest Periods
(if different from those requested by the Borrowers) and such Notice of Interest
Rate Election shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers. If the
Borrowers fail to deliver a timely Notice of Interest Rate Election to the
Administrative Agent for any Group of LIBOR Loans, such Loans shall be converted
into a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period applicable thereto of one (1)
month.
Section
2.7 Interest
Rates.
(a) Each
Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until the date it is
repaid or converted into a LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 2.6 or at the Maturity
Date, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for
Alternate Base Rate Loans for such day plus the Alternate Base Rate. Such
interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on each Interest Payment
Date.
(b) Each
LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
for
each day during the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans for such day plus
the
Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest Period.
Such
interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on each Interest Payment
Date.
The
“Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate”
applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum equal
to
the product arrived at by multiplying the London Interbank Offered Rate
applicable to such Interest Period by a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
the
numerator of which shall be the number one and the denominator of which shall
be
the number one minus the aggregate reserve percentages (expressed as a decimal)
from time to time established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States and any other banking authority to which the
Administrative Agent is now or hereafter subject, including, but not limited
to,
any reserve on Eurocurrency Liabilities as defined in Regulation D of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States at the ratios
provided in such Regulation from time to time, it being agreed that each LIBOR
Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities, as defined by
such
Regulation, and it being further agreed that such Eurocurrency Liabilities
shall
be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or
credit for prorations, exceptions or offsets that may be available to the
Administrative Agent from time to time under such Regulation and irrespective
of
whether the Administrative Agent actually maintains all or any portion of such
reserve.
The
“London
Interbank Offered Rate”
applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum equal
to
the rate for U.S. dollar deposits with maturities comparable to such Interest
Period as shown in Dow Xxxxx Markets (formerly Telerate) (Page 3750) as of
11:00
a.m., London time, two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to the commencement of
such
Interest Period; provided,
however,
that if
such rate does not appear on Dow Xxxxx Markets, the “London Interbank Offered
Rate” applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum
equal to the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits in an amount approximately
equal
to the applicable LIBOR Loan(s), and with maturities comparable to the last
day
of the Interest Period with respect to which such London Interbank Offered
Rate
is applicable, are offered in immediately available funds in the London
Interbank Market to the London office of the Administrative Agent by leading
banks in the Eurodollar market at 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) LIBOR
Business Days prior to the commencement of the Interest Period to which such
London Interbank Offered Rate is applicable.
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(c) In
the
event that, and for so long as, any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing, the outstanding principal amount of the Committed Loans, and, to
the
extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest in respect of all Committed
Loans shall bear interest at the annual rate equal to the sum of three percent
(3%) plus the rate otherwise applicable to the Loans (the “Default
Rate”).
Any
amounts due and unpaid hereunder shall be payable upon demand
therefor.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the
Committed Loans hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
to
the Borrowers and the Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its
determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error.
The Administrative Agent shall send an invoice to the Borrowers setting forth
the interest due at least five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to any Interest
Payment Date, provided that failure to do so shall not affect the Borrowers’
obligations hereunder to pay interest. It is understood that the Borrowers
shall
not be in Default under Section 6.1(a) as to interest for so long as it shall
pay in accordance with the provisions hereof any amounts indicated on any such
invoices or revised invoices.
Section
2.8 Fees.
(a) Fees.
The
Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent (when and as due for the benefit
of KeyBank or KeyBanc Capital Markets, as applicable) the Fees as provided
for
in the Fee Letter.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fee.
During
the Term, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the Lenders in proportion to their interests in respective undrawn issued
Letters of Credit, a fee (the “Letter
of Credit Fee”)
in an
amount equal to the rate per annum of the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans
on
the daily average of the amount undrawn and available under issued Letters
of
Credit, which fee shall be payable, in arrears, on the first Domestic Business
Day of each January, April, July and October and on the Maturity Date, provided,
that, from the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the
Letter of Credit Fee shall be increased to such Applicable Margin plus three
percent (3%) per annum on the daily average amount of such issued and undrawn
Letters of Credit.
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(c) Unused
Commitment Fee.
During
the Term, the Borrowers shall pay Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments and with respect
to that period of time during any applicable Commitment Fee Quarterly Period
for
which any such Lender or Lenders had its respective Commitment or Commitments
outstanding to the effect that the Unused Commitment Fee shall be duly prorated,
an annual commitment fee (the “Unused
Commitment Fee”)
in
quarterly amounts equal to the product of (i) the average daily difference
during the three (3) month period immediately preceding the due date of the
Unused Commitment Fee installment (each such three month period being the
“Commitment
Fee Quarterly Period”)
between (A) the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect from time to
time,
as such may be increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement, and (B) the Outstanding Balance, multiplied
by
(ii)
thirty basis points (.30%) (or fifteen basis points (.15%) if the resulting
amount of (A) less (B) is less than fifty percent (50%) of the Facility Amount)
per annum (in each case based upon a 360 day year) and (iii) the actual number
of days in such three (3) month period. For purposes of calculating the Unused
Commitment Fee hereunder, all Letters of Credit outstanding during the
applicable Commitment Fee Quarterly Period under this Agreement shall be deemed
to be drawn. The Unused Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly, in arrears,
on the first Domestic Business Day of each January, April, July, and October
during the Term and on the Maturity Date, commencing January 1, 2007.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the installment of the Unused Commitment
Fee
payable on January 1, 2007 shall be determined for the period commencing on
the
Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2006, and (ii) the installment of the
Unused Commitment Fee payable on the Maturity Date shall be prorated for the
period commencing on the payment date of the last quarterly installment of
the
Unused Commitment Fee and ending on the Maturity Date.
(d) Fronting
Fee.
In
addition to the Letter of Credit Fee payable pursuant to clause (b) above and
in
addition to all other fees payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
the
Borrowers promise, with respect to each Letter of Credit, to pay to the Fronting
Lender (i) a letter of credit fronting fee (payable upon issuance or
extension of each Letter of Credit) equal to the greater of (A) of one-eighth
of
one percent (0.125%) on the maximum amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under
such Letter of Credit), and (B) $500, and (ii) the customary charges from
time to time of the Fronting Lender with respect to the issuance, amendment,
transfer, administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawings under,
such Letters of Credit. Such fees shall be due and payable on demand, shall
be
fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
For purposes of this Section 2.8(d), each renewal of any Letter of Credit,
including an auto-renewal of any Letter of Credit, shall be considered an
issuance of a new Letter of Credit.
(e) Fees
Non-Refundable.
All
Fees set forth in this Section 2.8 and in the Fee Letter shall be deemed to
have
been earned on the date payment is due in accordance with the provisions hereof
and thereof and shall be non-refundable. The obligation of the Borrowers to
pay
such Fees in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be binding upon the
Borrowers and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders regardless of whether any Loans are actually made.
Section
2.9 Maturity
Date.
The term
(the “Term”)
of the
Commitments shall terminate and expire on the Maturity Date. Upon the date
of
the termination of the Term, any Committed Loans then outstanding (together
with
accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable on such date.
Section
2.10 Mandatory
Prepayment.
(a) If
at any
time during the Term, the Outstanding Balance at such time exceeds the amount
of
the Total Available Commitments (with the amount of any such excess being
referred to herein as the “Borrowing
Base Deficit”),
then
the Borrowers shall (provided no Event of Default then exists, in which event
this Section shall be subject to the terms and provisions of Section 6.2) within
two (2) Domestic Business Days following the occurrence of such event, pay
to
the Administrative Agent in cash, for the account of the Lenders, an amount
equal to the Borrowing Base Deficit.
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(b) The
Borrowers shall not sell, or voluntarily permit the full or partial redemption,
prepayment or refinancing of a Borrowing Base Asset unless, after giving effect
to such transaction, either (i) Borrowers shall remain in compliance with the
provisions hereof, including without limitation, the Outstanding Balance will
not exceed the Total Available Commitments, or (ii) Borrowers shall,
concurrently with or before such sale, prepay the Committed Loans in an amount
at least equal to the amount required such that the Outstanding Balance will
not
exceed the Total Available Commitments.
Section
2.11 Optional
Prepayments.
(a) The
Borrowers may, upon at least one (1) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay any Alternate Base Rate Borrowing in whole at
any
time, or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) or any larger multiple of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000),
by paying the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest
thereon to the date of prepayment. Each such optional prepayment shall be
applied to prepay ratably the Committed Loans of the several Lenders included
in
such Borrowing.
(b) The
Borrowers may, upon at least three (3) LIBOR Business Days’ notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay any LIBOR Loan as of the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto. Except as provided in Article VIII, the Borrowers
may
not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount of any LIBOR Loan prior
to
the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrowers shall
also pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.13. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.13
in
connection with such prepayment within one (1) LIBOR Business Day after receipt
of such notice of prepayment from the Borrowers (but subject to the right to
submit subsequently a corrected statement). Each such optional prepayment shall
be in the amounts set forth in Section 2.11(a) above and shall be applied to
prepay ratably the Committed Loans of the Lenders included.
(c) The
Borrowers may at any time and from time to time cancel all or any part of the
Commitments in a minimum amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) or any
larger multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), by the delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a notice of cancellation within the applicable time
periods set forth in Sections 2.11(a) and (b) if there are Committed Loans
then
outstanding or, if there are no Committed Loans outstanding at such time as
to
which the Commitments with respect thereto are being cancelled, upon at least
one (1) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent whereupon, in
either event, all or such portion of the Commitments, as applicable, shall
terminate as to the Lenders, pro
rata
on the
date set forth in such notice of cancellation, and, if there are any Committed
Loans then outstanding, Borrowers shall prepay, as applicable, all or such
portion of Committed Loans outstanding on such date in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.11(a) and (b). The Commitments may not be reduced
to
an amount less than $25,000,000 except in the event of the termination of the
Commitments in full. Borrowers shall be permitted to designate in its notice
of
cancellation which Committed Loans, if any, are to be prepaid. In no event
shall
Borrowers be permitted to cancel Commitments for which a Letter of Credit has
been issued and is outstanding unless Borrowers return such Letter of Credit,
undrawn, to the applicable Fronting Lender. The Facility Amount shall be reduced
by the dollar amount of any reduction of the Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.11(c).
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(d) The
Borrowers may at any time return any undrawn Letters of Credit to the Fronting
Lender in whole, but not in part, and the Fronting Lender shall promptly cancel
such returned Letters of Credit and give the Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent
and each of the Lenders notice of such cancellation.
(e) Upon
receipt of a notice of prepayment or cancellation or a return of an undrawn
Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s ratable
share (if any) of such prepayment or cancellation and such notice shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers.
(f) Any
amounts so prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or (b) may be reborrowed. In
the
event Borrowers elect to cancel all or any portion of the Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.11(c) hereof, such amounts may not be reborrowed.
Section
2.12 General
Provisions as to Payments.
(a) The
Borrowers shall make each payment of interest on the Committed Loans and of
Fees
hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) on the date
when
due, in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York, New York,
to
the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.1. Such
payments and all other payments made on account of the Loan Documents to the
Administrative Agent (provided such payments are made in accordance with terms
hereof) shall be deemed to have been properly made. The Administrative Agent
will promptly distribute to each Lender its ratable share of each such payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders. Whenever
any payment of principal of, or interest on the Alternate Base Rate Loans or
of
Fees shall be due on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day, the date for
payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business
Day.
Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the LIBOR Loans shall
be
due on a day which is not a LIBOR Business Day, the date for payment thereof
shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless such LIBOR
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment
thereof shall be the next preceding LIBOR Business Day. If the date for any
payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest
thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrowers
will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the
Borrowers have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such
date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause
to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount
then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrowers shall not have
so
made such payment, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith
on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until
the
date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal
Funds Rate.
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Section
2.13 Funding
Losses.
If (i)
the Borrowers make any payment of principal with respect to any LIBOR Loan
(pursuant to Article II, VI, VIII or otherwise) on any day other than the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (subject to Section 2.12(a)
hereof), or (ii) the Borrowers fail to borrow any LIBOR Loans after notice
has
been given to any Lender in accordance with Section 2.3(a), or (iii) Borrowers
shall deliver a Notice of Interest Rate Election specifying that a LIBOR
Loan shall be converted on a date other than the last day of the then current
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrowers shall reimburse each Lender
within three
(3)
Domestic Business
Days after Borrowers’ receipt from the Administrative Agent of a certification
of such Lender of such loss or expense (which shall be delivered by each such
Lender to Administrative Agent
for
delivery to Borrowers not later than ten (10) Domestic Business Days after
such
Lender incurred
such loss or expense) for any resulting actual loss or expense incurred by
it
(or by an existing or prospective Participant in the related Loan), including
(without limitation) any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing
deposits
from
third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after any such
payment or failure to borrow, provided that
such
Lender shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent
shall have delivered to the Borrowers
a certification as to the amount of such
loss
or expense, which certification
shall set forth
the
basis for such loss or expense and shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation within the time periods set forth in this Section shall constitute
a waiver of such right to demand compensation.
Section
2.14 Computation
of Interest and Fees.
All
interest and Fees payable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
Section
2.15 Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Loans made hereunder and shall use
the
Letters of Credit issued hereunder only for (i) the acquisition, financing
or
refinancing of direct or indirect interests in real estate and/or real estate
debt investments, (ii) the repayment of debt, and (iii) other lawful
corporate, partnership or limited liability company purposes (exclusive of
the
purchase of Margin Stock) (the “Approved
Uses”).
Section
2.16 Letter
of Credit Usage Absolute.
The
reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement in respect
of
any Letter of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such other agreement
or instrument under all circumstances, including, without limitation, to the
extent permitted by law, the following circumstances:
(a) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any other agreement
or
instrument relating thereto (collectively, the “Letter
of Credit Documents”)
or any
Loan Document;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Letters of Credit
or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent by the Borrowers to departure
from all or any of the Letter of Credit Documents or any Loan Document, provided
that no Fronting Lender shall consent to any such change or amendment unless
previously consented to in writing by the Borrowers;
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(c) any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or
any
of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Letters of
Credit;
(d) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrowers
may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than a defense based
on
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, Fronting
Lender or such Lender) or any other Person, whether in connection with the
Loan
Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Letters of Credit
Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(e) any
draft
or any other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit
or other Loan Document proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect; provided that payment by the Fronting Lender under such Letter of
Credit against presentation of such draft or document shall not have constituted
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Fronting Lender;
(f) payment
by the Fronting Lender against presentation of a draft or certificate that
does
not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; provided that such payment
shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Fronting Lender; and
(g) any
other
circumstance or happening whatsoever other than the payment in full of all
obligations hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit or any agreement or
instrument relating to any Letter of Credit, whether or not similar to any
of
the foregoing, that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrowers; provided that such other circumstance or happening
shall not have been the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the
Fronting Lender or any issuing Lender.
Section
2.17 Joint
and Several Obligations; Limitation on Liability.
(a) The
Obligations constitute the joint and several obligations of each Borrower
hereunder. Each Borrower hereby assumes, guarantees and agrees to discharge
all
Obligations of each other Borrower hereunder. Anything herein or in any other
Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed
the amount for which such Borrower can be liable under applicable federal and
state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors.
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(b) Notwithstanding
any payment or payments made by any Borrower (the “paying Borrower”) hereunder
or any set-off or application of funds of the paying Borrower by any Lender,
the
paying Borrower shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights
of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the other Borrower(s) or any
collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by any Lender for
the
payment of the Obligations, nor shall the paying Borrower seek or be entitled
to
seek any contribution or reimbursement from the other Borrower in respect of
payments made by the paying Borrower hereunder, until all amounts owing to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrowers on account of the
Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the paying Borrower
on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations
shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the paying
Borrower in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from
other funds of the paying Borrower, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the
paying Borrower, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form
received by the paying Borrower (duly indorsed by the paying Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may
determine.
(c) Each
Borrower shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against such Borrower and without notice to or further
assent by such Borrower, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by such party and
any
of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any
other
party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee
therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in
whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender, and this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and any
other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from
time
to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time
held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither
of
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the
Obligations or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder
against any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall
be
under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the other Borrower or any
guarantor, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make
any
such demand or to collect any payments from such other Borrower or any guarantor
or any release of such other Borrower or guarantor shall not relieve the
Borrower in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or the Borrower
not so released of its obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter
of
law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower. For the
purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any
legal proceedings.
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(d) Each
Borrower waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or
accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender upon such Borrower or acceptance of the
obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement, and the Obligations, and
any
of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or
incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the
obligations of each Borrower under this Agreement; and all dealings between
the
Borrowers, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on
the
other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the obligations of all of the Borrowers. Except
as
is otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan
Documents, each of the Borrowers waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand
for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the other Borrower
or
such Borrower with respect to the Obligations. Each Borrower understands and
agrees that it shall continue to be jointly and severally liable under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents without regard to (a) the validity,
regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor
or
guarantee or, except as is otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, right of offset with respect thereto at any time
or
from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the other
Borrower against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such Borrower
or the other Borrower) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an equitable or legal discharge of the other Borrower for the Obligations,
or of
such Borrower under this Agreement, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.
When
pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to,
pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the other Borrower or
any
other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations
or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to pursue such other rights or remedies
or to
collect any payments from the other Borrower or any such other Person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such
right of offset, or any release of the other Borrower or any such other Person
or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve
such Borrower of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law,
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against such Borrower.
Section
2.18 Increase
in Facility Amount.
(a) Request
for Increase.
Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrowers
may request an increase in the Facility Amount by an aggregate amount not
exceeding $25,000,000; provided that any such request for an increase shall
be
in a minimum amount of $10,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the
Borrowers (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the
time
period within which each Lender is requested to respond as to whether such
Lender agrees to increase the amount of its Commitment in accordance with
Section 2.18(b).
(b) Lender
Elections to Increase.
Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether
or
not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, by what amount (which
need
not be its pro rata share thereof). Any Lender not responding within such time
period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.
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(c) Notification
by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Lender of the Lenders’
responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a
requested increase in the Facility Amount and subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank (which approvals shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Borrowers may also invite additional Eligible
Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its
counsel.
(d) Effective
Date and Allocations.
If the
aggregate Commitments (including due to new Commitments by additional Lenders)
are increased in accordance with this Section 2.18, the Administrative Agent
and
the Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “Increase
Effective Date”)
and
the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrowers and the Lenders (including any additional Lenders) of
the
final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.
(e) Conditions
to Effectiveness of Increase.
Any
increase in the Facility Amount pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The
Borrowers shall have paid to (A) the Administrative Agent, such fees as shall
be
due to Administrative Agent at such time under the Fee Letter, and (B) to each
Lender, such fees, if any, as shall have been agreed upon by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
(ii) As
of the
Increase Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
result from such increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma
basis
relative to financial covenant compliance).
(iii) The
Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated
as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) (A)
certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers approving
or
consenting to such increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving
effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers
in this Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and correct on and
as
of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case, to the
knowledge of the Borrowers, they are true and correct as of such earlier date,
and except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated
and
permitted by this Agreement and changes occurring in the ordinary course of
business (in each case to the extent not constituting a Default or Event of
Default), (2) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from such
increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma basis relative to
financial covenant compliance), and (3) the incurrence of Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the full Facility Amount after giving effect
to all Commitment increases and new Commitments would not result in a breach
of,
or a default under, any agreement to which any Borrower is a party.
(iv) The
Borrowers shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective
Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.13) to
the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any
revised Commitment allocations arising from any nonratable increase in the
Commitments under this Section 2.18. Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Borrowers may borrow from the Lenders providing
such increase in the Commitments (on a non pro rata basis with Lenders not
providing such increase) in order to fund such prepayment.
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(v) The
Borrowers will execute and deliver to each applicable Lender a new Note in
the
appropriate stated amount, and will execute and deliver or otherwise provide
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such other documents and instruments
as
the Administrative Agent or Lenders reasonably may require.
(vi) The
Subsidiary Guarantors will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
a
ratification of the Guaranty acknowledging the increase of the Facility Amount.
(f) The
provisions of this Section 2.18 shall not constitute a “commitment” to lend, and
the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be increased until satisfaction of
the
provisions of this Section 2.18 and actual increase of the Commitments as
provided herein.
Section
2.19 Revolving
Facility.
Except
as otherwise specifically provided for herein, the Facility is a revolving
credit facility and, accordingly, subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, amounts borrowed and repaid may be
reborrowed.
Section
2.20 Delinquent
Lenders.
(a) If
for
any reason any Lender shall fail or refuse to abide by its obligations under
this Agreement, including without limitation its obligation to make available
to
the Administrative Agent its pro rata share of any Loans, expenses or setoff
(a
“Delinquent
Lender”)
and
such failure is not cured within two (2) Domestic Business Days of receipt
from
the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, then, in addition to the
rights and remedies that may be available to the Administrative Agent, the
other
Lenders, or the Borrowers at law or in equity, and not in limitation thereof,
(i) such Delinquent Lender’s right to participate in the administration of, or
decision-making rights related to, the Loans, this Loan Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or
refusal, and (ii) a Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any
and
all payments due to it from the Borrowers, whether on account of outstanding
Loans, interest, fees or otherwise, to the non-delinquent Lenders for
application to, and reduction of, their proportionate shares of all outstanding
Loans until, as a result of application of such assigned payments the Lenders’
respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans shall have returned to
those
in effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to
the
nonpayment causing such delinquency. The Delinquent Lender’s decision-making and
participation rights and rights to payments as set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii)
hereinabove shall be restored only upon the payment by the Delinquent Lender
of
its pro rata share of any Loans or expenses as to which it is delinquent,
together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date when originally
due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually paid.
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(b) The
non-delinquent Lenders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, in
their respective, sole and absolute discretion, to acquire for no cash
consideration, (pro rata, based on the respective Commitments of those
Lenders electing to exercise such right) the Delinquent Lender’s Commitment to
fund future Loans (the “Future
Commitment”).
Upon
any such purchase of the pro rata share of any Delinquent Lender’s Future
Commitment, the Delinquent Lender’s share in future Loans and its rights under
the Loan Documents with respect thereto shall terminate on the date of purchase,
and the Delinquent Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably
requested to surrender and transfer such interest, including, if so requested,
an Assignment and Acceptance. Each Delinquent Lender shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent and each non-delinquent Lender from and against any and
all
loss, damage or expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’
fees and funds advanced by the Administrative Agent or by any non-delinquent
Lender, on account of a Delinquent Lender’s failure to timely fund its pro rata
share of a Loan or to otherwise perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
Section
3.1 Closing.
The
closing hereunder shall occur on the date (the “Closing
Date”)
when
each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders), each document to be dated the Closing Date unless
otherwise indicated:
(a) the
Borrowers shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Note
for the account of each Lender dated on or before the Closing Date complying
with the provisions of Section 2.4;
(b) the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have executed
and delivered to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent a duly executed
original of this Agreement;
(c) the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent the Guaranty;
(d) the
Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion from each of Paul, Hastings,
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrowers and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, with respect to the Borrowers’ and Subsidiary Guarantors’
due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the enforceability of the Loan
Documents, and such other matters reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, such opinion to be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and
its counsel;
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(e) the
Administrative Agent shall have received all documents the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request relating to the existence of the Borrowers and the
Borrowing Base Entities, the authority for and the validity of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and any other matters relevant hereto, all in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such documentation
shall
include, without limitation, (i) the organizational documents of NorthStar,
as
amended, modified or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified to be true,
correct and complete by an officer of NorthStar as of a date not more than
ten
(10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a good standing certificate
as to NorthStar from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of
Maryland, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, (ii) the partnership agreement of NorthStar OP, certified as of a date
not
more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a certificate
of existence as to NorthStar OP from the Secretary of State of Delaware, to
be
dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing Date, (iii) the
organizational documents of NRFC Sub-REIT, as amended, modified or supplemented
to the Closing Date, certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer
of
NRFC Sub-REIT as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing
Date, together with a good standing certificate as to NRFC Sub-REIT from the
Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of Maryland, to be dated not
more
than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the limited liability
company agreement of NS Advisors, certified to be true, correct and complete
by
an officer of NS Advisors as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to
the
Closing Date, together with a certificate of existence as to NS Advisors from
the Secretary of State of Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45)
days prior to the Closing Date, (v) the limited liability company agreement
of
NNN Holdings, certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NNN
Holdings as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date,
together with a certificate of existence as to NNN Holdings from the Secretary
of State of Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior
to
the Closing Date, (vi) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings
I,
certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings I as
of
a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with
a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings I from the Secretary of State of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, (vii) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings II, certified
to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings II as of a date
not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings II from the Secretary of State of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, and (viii) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings III,
certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings III
as
of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with
a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings III from the Secretary of State
of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date;
(f) the
Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates, agreements and other
documents and papers referred to in this Section 3.1 and the Notice of Borrowing
referred to in Section 3.2, if applicable, unless otherwise specified, in
sufficient counterparts, satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(g) the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates executed
by an authorized officer of NorthStar as of the Closing Date stating that (A)
each Consolidated Party is in compliance with all existing financial
obligations, (B) all governmental, shareholder and third party consents and
approvals necessary for the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to enter
into the Loan Documents and fully perform thereunder, if any, have been
obtained, (C) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or
threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental
instrumentality that purports to affect any Consolidated Party or any
transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents, if such action, suit,
investigation or proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (D) immediately after giving effect to this Loan Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and all the transactions contemplated therein to occur
on such date, (1) each of the Borrowers and the Borrowing Base Entities is
Solvent, (2) no Default or Event of Default exists, (3) all representations
and
warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in all material respects, and (4) the Borrowers are in compliance with each
of
the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.
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(h) the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have taken all actions required
to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and the performance thereof by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors;
(i) no
development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since December 31,
2005;
(j) the
Administrative Agent shall have received wire transfer instructions in
connection with the Loans, if any, to be made on the Closing Date;
(k) the
Administrative Agent shall have received, for its and any other Lender’s
account, all Fees due and payable pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof or pursuant
to
the Fee Letter on or before the Closing Date, and the reasonable fees and
expenses accrued through the Closing Date of counsel to the Administrative
Agent
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
(l) the
Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all consents, licenses and
approvals, if any, required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by NorthStar and the applicable Consolidated Subsidiaries, and
the
validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, or in connection with any
of
the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, licenses and approvals
shall be in full force and effect;
(m) the
Administrative Agent shall have received all available financial information
with respect to NorthStar and its Affiliates (other than Morgans Hotels and
NorthStar Capital Co.) reasonably requested by it or any Lender;
(n) the
Administrative Agent shall have received a completed current Borrowing Base
Certificate and a completed current Continuing Compliance Certificate;
(o) the
Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory reports (collectively,
the
“UCC
Searches”),
of
UCC, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches conducted by a search firm
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrowers
and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, such searches to be conducted by Borrowers’ counsel
in each of the locations specified by the Administrative Agent;
(p) (i)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that each Real Property
Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NNN Holdings and (ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that each CDO Retained Asset
included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool is beneficially owned by NS Holdings
I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III or a direct Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of NS
Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III (no later than the date that
is
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Borrowers also shall deliver to
the
Administrative Agent evidence that each CDO Retained Interest is owned of record
by NS Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III or a direct Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NS Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III); and
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(q) the
Administrative Agent shall have received a payoff letter, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, relating to the Borrowers’ credit
facility with Bank of America, N.A.
Section
3.2 Borrowings.
The
obligation of any Lender to make a Loan or to participate in any Letter of
Credit issued by the Fronting Lender
and the obligation of the Fronting Lender to issue a Letter of Credit is subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions (as reasonably determined by
the
Administrative Agent):
(a) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section
2.2
and 2.3, together with a certificate or certificates executed by an authorized
officer of NorthStar as of the date of such Notice of Borrowing as to the
matters set forth in Section 3.1(g);
(b) receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a fully completed Borrowing Base Certificate
stating that, after taking into account any such Loan, the Borrowers shall
be in
full compliance with all of the covenants contained in Section 5.8 of this
Agreement and that the requirements with respect to the Borrowing Base Values
shall be met;
(c) immediately
after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, the Outstanding
Balance will not exceed the aggregate amount of the Total Available
Commitments;
(d) immediately
before and after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both before and after
giving effect to the making of such Loans or issuing of such Letters of
Credit;
(e) the
representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such
Borrowing both before and after giving effect to the making of such Loans,
except to the extent any such representation or warranty relates solely to
an
earlier date and except for such exceptions as may be disclosed by the Borrowers
to the Administrative Agent and approved by the Administrative
Agent;
(f) no
law or
regulation shall have been adopted, no order, judgment or decree of any
governmental authority shall have been issued, and no litigation shall be
pending, which does or seeks to enjoin, prohibit or restrain, the making or
repayment of the Loans, the issuance of any Letter of Credit or any
participations therein or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement;
(g) no
event,
act or condition shall have occurred after the Closing Date which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, has had or is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(h) immediately
after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, the aggregate
outstanding undrawn issued Letters of Credit shall not exceed Ten Million
Dollars ($10,000,000).
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Each
Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the
Borrowers on the date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified in clauses
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) (to the extent that Borrowers are aware of any
Material Adverse Effect) of this Section.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders which is or may
become a party to this Agreement to make the Loans, the Borrowers make the
following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the execution and delivery of the other Loan Documents and the making
of the Loans.
Section
4.1 Existence
and Power.
NorthStar is a corporation, duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
as a corporation under the laws of Maryland and has all powers and
all
material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required
to own its
property and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it
presently proposes to conduct
and has been duly qualified and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
except
where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals
or to be so qualified and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
NorthStar OP is a limited partnership, duly formed, validly existing and in
good
standing as a limited partnership under the laws of Delaware and has all powers
and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to own its property and assets and carry on its business as now
conducted or as it presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified
and
is in good standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have
such
licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified and/or
in
good standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. NRFC Sub-REIT
is
a
corporation, wholly-owned by NorthStar OP and duly formed and validly existing
as a corporation under the laws of the Sate of Maryland and has all powers
and
all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to own its property
and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it presently
proposes to conduct
and has been duly qualified and is in good standing in every jurisdiction except
where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals
or to be so qualified and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect. NS
Advisors is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing as
a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all
powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals required to own its property and assets and carry on its business
as
now conducted or as it presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified
and is in good standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have
such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified
and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Borrowing Base Entity is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NRFC Sub-REIT and is
a
corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or trust duly
organized under the laws of its state of organization and is validly existing
and in good standing under the laws thereof and has all powers and all material
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own
its property and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it
presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have such licenses,
authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified and/or in good
standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
4.2 Power
and Authority.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity has the trust, corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power, as applicable, and authority to execute,
deliver and carry out the terms and provisions
of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
trust,
corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable,
to
authorize the execution and delivery on behalf of such Borrower or Borrowing
Base Entity and the performance by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity of
such Loan Documents. Each Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity has duly executed
and delivered each Loan Document to which it is a
party
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and each such Loan Document
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower or
Borrowing Base Entity, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or other
laws
affecting creditors rights generally, or general principles of equity, whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
Section
4.3 No
Violation.
Neither
the execution, delivery or performance by or on behalf of any Borrower or
Borrowing Base Entity of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor
compliance by any
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity with the terms and provisions thereof nor
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (i) will
materially contravene any applicable provision of any
law,
statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental instrumentality, or (ii) will materially conflict with or result
in
any breach of, any of the terms, covenants,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition
of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property
or
assets of such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity or any Consolidated
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
or
other agreement or other instrument to which such Borrower (or of any
partnership of which such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity is a partner) or
any
Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property
or
assets is bound or to which it is subject, or (iii) will cause a
material default by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity under any
organizational document of any Person in which such
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity has an interest, or cause a material default
under such Borrowers’ limited liability company agreement, partnership
agreement, trust agreement or articles of incorporation or by-laws, as
applicable.
Section
4.4 Financial
Information
(a) The
consolidated balance sheet of NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated
as of December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of NorthStar’s
financial position for the fiscal year then ended, auditied by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx,
LLP and set forth in NorthStar’s 2005 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent, fairly present in all material respects,
in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of NorthStar and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results
of
operations and cash flows for such fiscal year.
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(b) The
consolidated statements of NorthStar’s financial position as set forth in
NorthStar’s 2006 Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, a copy of
which has been delivered to the Administrative Agent, fairly present in all
material respects, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position
of NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and their
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such periods.
(c) Since
NorthStar’s most recent Form 10-Q, (i) nothing has occurred having a Material
Adverse Effect, and (ii) NorthStar and the Consolidated Subsidiaries have not
incurred any material Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation except in the
ordinary course of business.
Section
4.5 Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, investigation, or proceeding pending against, or to the
knowledge of
the
Borrowers threatened in writing against or affecting, (i) any Borrower, any
Borrowing Base Entity or any Consolidated
Subsidiary, (ii) the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated
by
the
Loan
Documents
or (iii) any of their assets, before any court or arbitrator or any governmental
body, agency or official in which there is a reasonable possibility of an
adverse decision
which could, individually, or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect
or
which in any manner draws into question the validity of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents.
Section
4.6 Compliance
with ERISA. With
respect to each NorthStar Plan, and each Non-NorthStar Plan (but, as to any
Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent that the failure to do so would have
a
Material Adverse Effect), each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its
obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with
respect
to each Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently
applicable provisions
of ERISA
and
the Code with respect to each Plan. With respect to each NorthStar Plan, and
each Non-NorthStar
Plan (but, as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent that the occurrence
of any of (i) through (iii) below would cause a Material Adverse Effect), no
member of the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding
standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed
to
make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or made
any
amendment to any Plan,
which failure to make contribution or payment or making of any amendment has
resulted or would result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond
or
other
security under ERISA or the Code or (iii) incurred any liability under Title
IV
of ERISA other than liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of
ERISA.
(a) The
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not constitute a nonexempt
prohibited transaction (as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code
or
Section 406 of ERISA) that could subject the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
to any tax or penalty or prohibited transactions imposed under Section 4975
of
the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA by reason of the assets of any Borrower
being plan assets within the meaning of the Department of Labor Regulation
Section 2510.3-101 of Section 401 of ERISA or in connection with any Plan or
Benefit Arrangement.
Section
4.7 Borrowing
Base Assets.
Each
and every representation and warranty with respect to (i) any Eligible First
Mortgage Asset included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
“Exhibit
“F”
hereto
is true and correct, (ii) any Eligible Property Equity Interest included in
the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on Exhibit
“G”
hereto
is true and correct, (iii) any Eligible Real Estate Security included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on Exhibit
“H”
hereto
is true and correct, (iv) any Eligible Subordinated Asset included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on Exhibit
“I”
hereto
is true and correct and (v) any Eligible CDO Retained Asset included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on Exhibit
“J”
hereto
is true and correct.
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Section
4.8 Environmental
Matters.
In the
ordinary course of its business, the Borrowers conduct periodic reviews of
the
effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of
the
Borrowers and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, including without limitation,
the
Real Property Assets and the Underlying Assets, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated
liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for
clean-up or closure of properties presently owned, any capital or operating
expenditures required
to achieve or maintain compliance with environmental protection standards
imposed by law or as a condition of any license, permit or contract, any
related
constraints on operating activities, and any actual or potential liabilities
to
third parties, including
employees, and any related costs and expenses). On the basis of this review,
the
Borrowers have reasonably concluded that such associated liabilities and costs,
including the costs
of
compliance with Environmental Laws, are unlikely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.9 Taxes.
United
States Federal income tax returns of the Borrowers and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries have been prepared and filed through the fiscal year ended
December
31, 2005. The Borrowers and their Consolidated Subsidiaries have filed all
United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns
which are required to be filed by
them
and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any
assessment received
by the Borrowers or any Consolidated Subsidiary. The charges, accruals and
reserves on
the
books of the Borrowers and the Consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of taxes
or
other governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Borrowers,
adequate.
Section
4.10 Full
Disclosure.
All
information furnished in writing by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby (i) if prepared by the Borrowers or any
Affiliate of the Borrowers is true and accurate in all material respects on
the
date as of which such information is stated or certified and (ii) if prepared
by
any Person other than the Borrowers or any Affiliate of the Borrowers, to the
best of Borrowers’ knowledge, after the Borrowers have conducted reasonable
investigation with due diligence, is true and accurate in all material respects
on the date as of which such information is stated or certified; provided,
that,
with
respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent and warrant
only that such information represents the Borrowers expectations regarding
future performance based upon historical information and reasonable assumptions,
it being understood, however, that actual results may differ from the projected
results described in the financial projections. The Borrowers have disclosed
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing any and all facts which
have
or which is likely to have (to the extent the Borrowers can now reasonably
foresee) a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.11 Solvency(a) .
On the
Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents occurring on the Closing Date, each of the Borrowers and the
Borrowing Base Entities will be Solvent.
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Section
4.12 Use
of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
All
proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrowers and all Letters of Credit
shall be issued for the Borrowers only in accordance with the provisions hereof.
No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used by
the
Borrowers to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend
credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
Neither the making of any Loan, the issuance of any Letter of Credit, nor the
use of the proceeds of the foregoing will violate or be inconsistent with the
provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section
4.13 Governmental
Approvals.
No
order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing,
recording or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental
or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, or is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of any
Loan
Document or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby
other than (i) the filing of a report on form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission describing the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii)
those that have already
been duly made or obtained and remain in full force and effect or (iii) those
which, if not made or obtained, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.14 Investment
Company Act.
Neither
the Borrowers nor any Consolidated Subsidiary is (i) required to register as
an
“investment
company”
or
a
company
“controlled”
by
an
“investment
company”,
within
the meaning of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, or
(ii)
subject
to any other federal or state law or regulation which purports to restrict
or
regulate its ability to borrow money.
Section
4.15 Principal
Offices.
As of
the Closing Date, the principal office, chief executive office and principal
place of business of each of the Borrowers is 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. No Borrower shall change its principal
office or state of formation without having given the Administrative Agent
at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice; provided no such notice is required
in connection with the changing of the Borrowers’ principal office to 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx during the second fiscal quarter of 2007.
Section
4.16 REIT
Status.
For its
first fiscal year and continuously thereafter NorthStar has qualified, and
NorthStar shall continue to qualify, as a real estate investment trust under
the
Code.
Section
4.17 Qualified
REIT Subsidiary Status.
Each of
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT qualify as of the Closing Date, and intend to
continue to qualify, as a qualified real estate investment subsidiary under
the
Code.
Section
4.18 Patents,
Trademarks, etc.
The
Borrowers have obtained and hold in full force and effect all patents,
trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, copyrights and other such
rights, free from burdensome restrictions, which are necessary for the operation
of its business
as presently conducted, the impairment of which is likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section
4.19 No
Default.
No
Event of Default or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, Default exists under or with
respect to any Loan Document and the Borrowers are not in default in any
material respect beyond any applicable grace period under or with respect to
any
other material agreement, instrument or undertaking to which it is a party
or by
which it or any
of
its property is bound in any respect, the existence of which default is likely
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
4.20 Licenses,
etc.
The
Borrowers have obtained and do hold in full force and effect, all franchises,
licenses, permits, certificates, authorizations, qualifications, accreditation,
easements, rights of way and other consents and approvals which are necessary
for the
operation of its businesses as presently conducted, the absence of which is
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.21 Compliance
With Law.
Each of
the Borrowers and, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, each of the Borrowing Base
Assets, are in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments,
writs
and
decrees, including, without limitation, all building and zoning ordinances
and
codes, the failure to comply with which is likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.22 No
Burdensome Restrictions.
Except
as may have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to the Administrative
Agent, no Borrower is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to
any
other obligation or any charter or corporate or partnership
restriction,
as the case may be, which, individually or in the aggregate, is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.23 Brokers’
Fees.
The
Borrowers have not dealt with any broker or finder with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise in connection with
this
Agreement, and the Borrowers have not done any act, had any negotiations
or
conversation, or made any agreements or promises which will in any way create
or
give rise to any
obligation or liability for the payment by the Borrowers of any brokerage fee,
charge, commission
or other compensation to any party with respect to the transactions contemplated
by the
Loan
Documents, other than the Fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, and certain other Persons as previously disclosed in writing to the
Administrative Agent.
Section
4.24 Labor
Matters.
There
are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the
employees of the Borrowers as of the Closing Date and the Borrowers
have not suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor
difficulty
within the last five years which, individually or in the aggregate, are likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.25 Insurance.
As to
each Borrowing Base Asset (other than Eligible CDO Retained Assets), the
Borrowers (or a Borrowing Base Entity) maintain (or require that the borrower
thereunder to maintain) insurance in amounts that a prudent owner of such assets
would maintain.
Section
4.26 Organizational
Documents.
The
documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(e) constitute, as of the Closing
Date, all of the organizational documents (together with
all
amendments and modifications thereof) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors. The Borrowers represent that they
have
delivered to the Administrative Agent true, correct and complete copies of
each
of the documents described in Section 3.1(e).
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ARTICLE
V
AFFIRMATIVE
AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The
Borrowers covenant and agree that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment
hereunder or any Obligations remain unpaid:
Section
5.1 Information.
The
Borrowers will deliver to the Administrative Agent, in a manner satisfactory
to
Administrative Agent:
(a) As
soon
as available, and in any event within 90 days after the close of each fiscal
year of the Consolidated Parties, a consolidated balance sheet and income
statement of the Consolidated Parties, as of the end of such fiscal year,
together with related consolidated statements of operations and retained
earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative
form consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, all such financial
information described above to be in reasonable form and detail and audited
by
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or such other independent certified public accountants of
recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for changes with which such
accountants concur) and shall not be limited as to the scope of the audit or
qualified as to the status of the Consolidated Parties as a going concern.
(b) As
soon
as available, and in any event within 45 days after the close of each fiscal
quarter of the Consolidated Parties (excluding the fourth fiscal quarter),
a
consolidated balance sheet and income statement of the Consolidated Parties,
as
of the end of such fiscal quarter, together with related consolidated statements
of operations and retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter
in
each case setting forth in comparative form consolidated figures for the
corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, all such financial
information described above to be in reasonable form and detail and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a certificate of
the
chief financial officer of NorthStar to the effect that such quarterly financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition
of
the Consolidated Parties and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments and the
omission of footnotes.
(c) As
soon
as available, and in any event (i) within 45 days after the close of each fiscal
quarter of the Consolidated Parties (excluding the fourth fiscal quarter),
(ii)
within 80 days after the close of the fourth fiscal quarter of the Consolidated
Parties and (iii) at such other times as is required pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement, (A) a fully completed current Borrowing Base Certificate and
(B)
a fully completed certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief
accounting officer of NorthStar (the “Continuing
Compliance Certificate”)
in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
“E.”
(d) (i)
within five (5) Domestic Business Days after any officer of any Borrower obtains
knowledge of any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate
of
the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer, controller, or other
executive officer of NorthStar setting forth the details thereof and the action
which the Borrowers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto; and
(ii)
promptly and in any event within five (5) Domestic Business Days after the
Borrowers obtain knowledge thereof, notice of (x) any litigation or governmental
proceeding pending or threatened against any Borrower or the Borrowing Base
Assets as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination
and which, if adversely determined, is likely to individually or in the
aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect, (y) any other event, act or
condition which is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) any
event giving rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section
2.10;
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(e) (i)
promptly upon the mailing thereof (A) to the shareholders of NorthStar
generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements
so
mailed and (B) to the investors in any Eligible CDO, all trustee reports,
collateral manager reports and other investor information so mailed and (ii)
promptly upon receipt of knowledge thereof by the Borrowers (A) the breach
of
any over-collateralization or interest coverage covenant or requirement under
any CDO Indenture to which any Affiliate of a Borrower is a party, (B) the
failure of any scheduled Distribution to be paid when due under any CDO
Indenture to which any Affiliate (other than Morgans Hotels and NorthStar
Capital Co.) of a Borrower is a party, or (C) the occurrence of margin calls
or
related pay-down requirements being made in any seven day period in respect
of
any financing arrangements to which a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower
is
a party which, individually or in the aggregate, require the posting of
collateral or a pay-down of obligations in an amount equal to or greater than
$15,000,000.
(f) promptly
upon the filing thereof, copies of all reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (or their
equivalents) (other than the exhibits thereto, which exhibits will be provided
upon request therefor by any Lender) which NorthStar shall have filed with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission;
(g) if
and
when any member of the ERISA Group, with respect to a NorthStar Plan, or a
Non-NorthStar Plan (but, as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent the
occurrence of any of the following would cause a Material Adverse Effect),
(i)
gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which would
constitute reasonable grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV
of
ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required
to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such
reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice
of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice
that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been
terminated, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under
Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability (other than for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code, a copy of such
application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section
4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the
PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063
of
ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution
to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or makes any amendment to any Plan that has
resulted or will result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond
or
other security, a certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief
accounting officer of NorthStar setting forth details as to such occurrence
and
action, if any, which NorthStar or the applicable member of the ERISA Group
is
required or proposes to take;
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(h) promptly
and in any event within five (5) Domestic Business Days after any Borrower
obtains actual knowledge of any of the following events, a certificate of
NorthStar, executed by an officer of NorthStar, specifying the nature of such
condition, and the Borrowers’ or, if the Borrowers have actual knowledge
thereof, the Environmental Affiliate’s proposed initial response thereto: (i)
the receipt by any Borrower, or, if any Borrower has actual knowledge thereof,
any of the Environmental Affiliates of any written communication, whether from
a
governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges
that
any Borrower, or, if any Borrower has actual knowledge thereof, any of the
Environmental Affiliates, is not in compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws, and such noncompliance is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
any Borrower shall obtain actual knowledge that there exists any Environmental
Claim pending against any Borrower or any Environmental Affiliate and such
Environmental Claim is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any
Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any release, emission, discharge or
disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern that is likely to form the
basis of any Environmental Claim against any Borrower or any Environmental
Affiliate which in any such event is likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(i) promptly
and in any event within ten (10) Domestic Business Days after receipt of any
material notices or correspondence from any company or agent for any company
providing insurance coverage to any Borrower relating to any loss in excess
of
$5,000,000 of the Borrower, copies of such notices and correspondence;
and
(j) from
time
to time such additional information regarding the Borrowing Base Assets or
the
financial position or business of the Borrowers, the Borrowing Base Entities
or
their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender,
may reasonably request in writing.
Section
5.2 Payment
of Obligations.
The
Borrowers will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of their respective
material obligations and liabilities including, without limitation, any
obligation pursuant to any agreement by which it or any of its properties is
bound and any liabilities, except where such liabilities may be contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain in accordance with
GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.
Section
5.3 Maintenance
of Property.
The
Borrowers will keep, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to keep, all
property useful and necessary in its business insured in an
amount
not less than a commercially reasonable amount and in good order and repair,
ordinary wear and tear and loss by condemnation or casualty
excepted.
Section
5.4 Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will continue to engage in business of the
same general type as now conducted by such Borrower
or Borrowing Base Entity and will not enter into any business which is not
of
the same general type as now conducted by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity
(it being understood that a Borrower may enter into new lines of business
provided such new lines of business do not constitute a material portion of
the
Borrower’s business). Each Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will preserve,
renew and keep in full force and effect, its trust, corporate, partnership
or
limited liability company existence, as applicable, and its respective rights,
privileges and franchises necessary for the normal conduct of
business.
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Section
5.5 Compliance
with Laws.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will comply in all material respects with
all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of
governmental authorities (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws,
and
all federal securities laws) except where the necessity of compliance therewith
is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where the failure
to
comply would not be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each
Borrower
and Borrowing Base Entity shall (i) ensure that no Person having a legal or
beneficial title to a controlling interest in such Borrower or Borrowing Base
Entity or a right to acquire such an interest (each an “Owner”)
shall
be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List or
other
similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”),
the
Department of the Treasury or included in any Executive Orders, (ii) not use
or
permit the use of the proceeds of the Facility or any other financial
accommodation from the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to violate any of
the
foreign asset control regulations of OFAC or other applicable law, (iii) comply
with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as amended from
time
to time, and (iv) otherwise comply with the USA Patriot Act as required by
federal law.
Section
5.6 Inspection
of Books and Records.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will keep proper books of record and account
in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all
dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit
representatives of Administrative
Agent at the expense of the Administrative Agent or the Lender requesting the
Administrative Agent to conduct such visit and inspection, to visit and inspect
any of its properties,
to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss
its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and independent public
accountants, all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice and
as
often as may reasonably be desired,
but
conducted in such a manner as to not unreasonably interfere with the conduct
of
Borrowers’ or Borrowing Base Entity’s business.
Section
5.7 Existence.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity shall do or cause to be done, all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries’ existence
and its patents, trademarks, servicemarks, tradenames, copyrights, franchises,
licenses, permits,
certificates, authorizations, qualifications, accreditation, easements, rights
of way and other
rights, consents and approvals the nonexistence of which is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.8 Financial
Covenants.
The
Borrowers shall comply with the following financial covenants, which covenants
shall be calculated for NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries:
(a) Leverage
Ratio.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed ninety
percent (90%).
(b) Fixed
Charge Ratio.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Fixed Charge Ratio shall not be less than
1.30 to 1.00.
(c) Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall be
greater than or equal to the sum of (i) $85% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
at closing, plus
(ii) an
amount equal to 75.0% of the Net Equity Proceeds received by the Consolidated
Parties in connection with any Equity Issuance subsequent to the Closing Date
calculated on a cumulative basis as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Consolidated Parties following the Closing Date.
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(d) Recourse
Debt to Total Assets.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) the Recourse Debt of the
Consolidated Parties (excluding Indebtedness hereunder and TruPS) to (ii) the
Total Assets of the Consolidated Parties shall not exceed 0.10 to
1.00.
(e) Dividends.
NorthStar will not, at any time pay any Distributions in respect of NorthStar’s
common stock in excess of 100% of NorthStar’s Adjusted Funds from Operations for
the trailing four (4) consecutive calendar quarter period; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, NorthStar may pay Distributions necessary to
maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the Code. During
the
continuance of a monetary Event of Default, NorthStar shall make no
Distributions.
(f) Interest
Rate Exposure.
The
Consolidated Parties will at all times maintain a notional amount of Match
Funding Agreements in effect such that fluctuations (increases or decreases)
in
interest rates of 100 basis points or more in any fiscal quarter in respect
of
the Floating Rate Indebtedness and/or Floating Rate Assets of the Consolidated
Parties will not impact negatively NorthStar’s Adjusted Funds from Operations in
such fiscal quarter annualized by greater than 10.0%.
Notwithstanding
that the Financial Covenants set forth in this Section 5.8 may be tested on
a
quarterly (or, in some cases, more frequent) basis, the Person to which such
Financial Covenants apply must be in full and complete compliance with such
Financial Covenants at all times.
Section
5.9 Restriction
on Fundamental Changes.
(a) No
Borrowing Base Entity shall enter into any merger or consolidation without
the
prior written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent may be withheld
by
the Required Lenders in their respective sole and absolute discretion. Neither
NorthStar nor NorthStar OP shall enter into any merger or consolidation unless
(i) NorthStar or NorthStar OP is the surviving entity, (ii) the nature
of
NorthStar’s or NorthStar OP’s business following such merger or consolidation
shall remain substantially similar to the nature of NorthStar’s or NorthStar
OP’s business immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, (iii) NorthStar
or NorthStar OP, as the surviving entity, shall, at the time of such merger
or
consolidation and at all times thereafter,
be and remain in compliance with all of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement including, without limitation, the Financial Covenants set
forth in Section 5.8, (iv) at the time of such merger or consolidation,
NorthStar or NorthStar OP shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully
completed Continuing Compliance Certificate, together with a proforma
(with respect to the four (4) consecutive calendar quarters immediately
following such merger or consolidation) cash flow and
Financial Covenant compliance projection, in form, content and detail reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (v) NorthStar or NorthStar OP, as the
surviving entity, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent at
the
time of such merger or consolidation a ratification and reaffirmation of all
its
Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in form, content
and detail acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
(vi) no
Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such merger or consolidation,
and
(vii) such merger or consolidation shall be accomplished in accordance with
all
terms, conditions and restrictions being imposed thereon by the Securities
and
Exchange Commission and/or any other applicable regulatory agency having
jurisdiction with respect to such merger or consolidation.
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(b) NorthStar
shall not amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents so as to change the purpose or business of NorthStar in any manner
which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the Administrative
Agent’s prior written consent.
(c) NorthStar
OP shall not amend its partnership agreement or other organizational documents
in any manner which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the
Administrative Agent’s prior written consent.
(d) No
Borrowing Base Entity shall amend its certificate of incorporation, limited
liability company agreement or other organizational documents in any manner
which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the Administrative
Agent’s prior written consent.
(e) The
Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all amendments
to
any trust agreement, articles of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability
company agreement or other organizational document, as applicable, of any
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity no less than ten (10) Domestic Business Days
after the effective date of any such amendment.
Section
5.10 [Reserved].
Section
5.11 Margin
Stock.
None of
the proceeds of the Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose,
whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying any Margin
Stock.
Section
5.12 NorthStar,
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT Status.
NorthStar shall at all times (i) remain a publicly traded company listed, quoted
or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or any such other nationally
recognized stock exchange, and (ii) maintain
its status as a self-directed
and self-administered real estate investment trust under the Code. NorthStar
OP
and NRFC Sub-REIT shall at all times (i) maintain their status as qualified
real
estate investment trust
subsidiaries under
the
Code, and (ii) have the majority of their capital stock owned by NorthStar.
Each
Borrowing Base Entity Subsidiary (other than the Borrowing Base Entity owning
the CDO Retained Asset in CDO I) shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NorthStar
OP.
Section
5.13 Disposition
of Borrowing Base Assets.
The
Borrowers shall deliver written notice to the Administrative Agent of any sale,
liquidation, disposition or transfer of, or the release or termination of a
Borrower’s or Borrowing Base Entity’s interest in, any Borrowing Base Asset
together with an
updated Borrowing Base Certificate
giving
effect to the completion of such sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer,
or
other event, which notice and Borrowing Base Certificate shall be delivered
(i)
in the event there is no Outstanding Balance, promptly after the completion
of
such sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer, or other event or (ii)
in
the
event that there is any Outstanding Balance, prior to the completion of such
sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer, or other event.
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Section
5.14 Liens;
Indebtedness.
The
Borrowers shall not at any time during the Term directly or indirectly create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any Borrowing
Base Asset or any Capital Stock of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT or any Borrowing
Base Entity (or any Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor owning,
directly or indirectly, the Capital Stock of any Borrowing Base Entity) for
borrowed monies
or
any other Lien, unless the same is being contested
in good faith or the same is discharged,
bonded off or paid within thirty (30) days of filing of such Lien.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers may permit Liens (i) encumbering
the Real Property Assets relating to Eligible Property Equity Interests,
provided that such Liens may only secure Indebtedness permitted by Exhibit
G
hereto
and (ii) on the Capital Stock of Real Property Subsidiaries, provided that
such
Liens may only secure Indebtedness permitted by Exhibit
G
hereto
(including any replacement financing of such Indebtedness to the extent
permitted by Exhibit
G
hereto).
No Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time owe, create, incur or assume or
otherwise be obligated in respect of any Indebtedness; provided that NNN
Holdings may incur Indebtedness consisting of guarantees of customary carve-out
matters such as fraud, misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and
environmental matters which guarantees are made in connection with Indebtedness
incurred by a Subsidiary of NNN Holdings.
Section
5.15 Business
Loans.
The
Borrowers acknowledge that all of the Loans are business loans and no portion
of
the proceeds of the Loans will be used for personal, family or household
purposes.
Section
5.16 Limitation
on Changes in Fiscal Year; Accounting Methods; Valuation
Methodology.
No
Borrower shall (i) permit the fiscal year of such Borrower to end on a day
other
than December
31, (ii) change its method or procedures of accounting from those in effect
as
of the Closing Date (except as permitted by Section 1.2 hereof or as required
by
the Securities and Exchange Commission); or (iii) change in any material respect
its current methodology by which it values the Borrowing Base
Assets.
Section
5.17 Ownership
of Borrowing Base Assets.
All
Borrowing Base Assets included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool shall be owned
by a Borrowing Base Entity.
Section
5.18 Limitation
on Negative Pledge Clauses, Distribution Restrictions.
Neither
NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT nor any Borrowing Base Entity shall enter into
with
any Person any agreement
which
prohibits or limits the ability of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT or such Borrowing
Base Entity to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of
its
property, assets or revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, nor will NorthStar, NorthStar OP,
NRFC
Sub-REIT or any Borrowing Base Entity, as applicable, enter into any such
agreement with respect to the Capital Stock of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT
or
any Borrowing Base Entity.
Section
5.19 Addition
of Borrowing Base Assets.
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(a) With
the
approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers may from time to time have
included as Borrowing Base Assets eligible assets not included as initial
Borrowing Base Assets hereunder as set forth on the schedule of initial
Borrowing Base Assets annexed hereto as Exhibit
“C”.
In such
event, the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent written notice
thereof (each an “Approval
Request”)
no
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on the Business Day that is
at
least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which Borrowers wish to have
such asset included within the Borrowing Base Assets Pool, such Approval Request
to state (i) whether such asset is proposed to be an Eligible First Mortgage
Asset, an Eligible Property Equity Interest, an Eligible Real Estate Security,
an Eligible Subordinated Asset or an Eligible CDO Retained Asset, (ii) the
value
of such asset as proposed to be reflected on a Borrowing Base Certificate,
and
(iii) that such asset complies with all of the representations and warranties
applicable to such asset contained in Exhibit F, Exhibit G, Exhibit H, Exhibit
I
or Exhibit J, as the case may be, and if not, a detailed description of each
exception to such compliance (each an “Exceptions
Summary”).
Together with the Approval Request, the Borrowers shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a completed, (i) a current Borrowing Base Certificate,
(ii)
the Borrowers’ credit write-up and approval memo relating to such prospective
Borrowing Base Asset, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, (A)
an
appraisal report relating to any Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset
relating to such prospective Borrowing Base Asset, (B) a copy of any mortgage
note relating to such prospective Borrowing Base Asset, (C) a copy of the
documents establishing the rights of any Preferred Securities, (D) a copy of
the
deed to any Real Property Asset, (E) a copy of the CDO Indenture and offering
memorandum or circular relating to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset and the
most
recent monthly and quarterly trustee reports relating to any CDO Retained Asset
in the possession of the Borrowers, any and (F) such other documents as the
Administrative Agent may request from time to time (collectively, the
“Credit
Underwriting Documents”).
With
respect to any asset which Borrowers have requested be added to the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool, Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant hereunder
that, except as specified in the Exceptions Summary, if any, with respect to
such asset (i) all of the First Mortgage Asset Representations and Warranties
as
set forth on Exhibit
“F”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible First
Mortgage Asset, (ii) all of the Real Property Asset Representations and
Warranties as set forth on Exhibit
“G”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible Property
Equity Interest, (iii) all of the Real Estate Security Asset Representations
and
Warranties as set forth on Exhibit
“H”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible Real Estate
Security, (iv) all of the Subordinated Asset Representations and Warranties
as
set forth on Exhibit
“I”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible
Subordinated Asset, and (v) all of the CDO Retained Asset Representations and
Warranties as set forth on Exhibit
“J”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible
Subordinated Asset. Promptly upon receipt of an Approval Request and all related
Credit Underwriting Documents (collectively, each, an “Approval
Request Package”),
the
Administrative Agent shall provide copies thereof to each Lender.
(b) On
or
before 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the tenth (10th)
Domestic Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of an
Approved Request Package, the Administrative Agent will advise the Borrowers
as
to whether the Administrative Agent has approved the Approval Request. If the
Administrative Agent does not respond to the Approval Request within the time
period set forth herein, the Approval Request shall be deemed denied and the
prospective Borrowing Base Asset identified in the Approval Request shall not
be
included in the Borrowing Base Asset Pool. If an Approval Request has been
approved, the subject asset shall thereupon become a Borrowing Base Asset
hereunder.
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(c) All
determinations by the Administrative Agent as to whether to approve any Approval
Request shall be in the Administrative Agent’s good faith
discretion.
Section
5.20 Failure
of Certain Borrowing Base Assets Representations and Warranties.
If
at any
time Borrowers shall become aware that (a) as to any First Mortgage Asset in
the
Borrowing Base Asset Pool, any First Mortgage Asset Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (b) as to any Real Property Asset in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool, any Real Property Asset Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (c) as to any Real Estate Security in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool, any Real Estate Security Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (d) as to Subordinated Asset in the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool, any Subordinated Asset Representation or Warranty is no longer
true and correct or (e) as to CDO Retained Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets
Pool, any CDO Retained Asset Representation or Warranty is no longer true and
correct, Borrowers shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing
of
such event, together with a detailed description of the factual circumstances
giving rise thereto. If the event relates to any breach arising as a result
of
any payment default in respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset whereby
any payment in respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset is past due for
more than thirty (30) but less than forty-five (45) days, the Administrative
Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, require that
the
asset no longer be considered a Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof and
require that such asset be removed from the Borrowing Base Assets Pool. If
the
event relates to any breach arising as a result of any payment default in
respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset whereby any payment in respect
of
the applicable Borrowing Base Asset is past due for more than forty-five (45)
days, the asset shall automatically no longer be considered a Borrowing Base
Asset for purposes hereof and such asset shall be removed from the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool. If the event relates to any breach (other than any breach
arising as a result of any payment default) in respect of the applicable
Borrowing Base Asset which continues after any applicable cure period, the
Administrative Agent may require that the asset no longer be considered a
Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof and require that such asset be removed
from the Borrowing Base Assets Pool. Upon the determination that an asset shall
no longer be considered a Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof, the
provisions of Section 2.10(a) shall apply.
Section
5.21 Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates.
No
Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall enter into any transaction, including, without
limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or other assets
or
the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is
(a)
otherwise permitted under this Agreement or (b) upon fair and reasonable terms
no less favorable to Borrowers or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than
it
would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not
an Affiliate.
Section
5.22 CDO
Subsidiaries. The
organizational agreements of a Subsidiary which owns Eligible CDO Retained
Assets may as a result of structuring requirements of the Eligible CDO, prohibit
such Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor. The Eligible CDO Retained Assets
owned by such Subsidiary may be included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool
subject to the satisfaction at all times of the following conditions (such
a
Subsidiary which satisfies the conditions in this Section 5.22 shall be a
“CDO
Subsidiary”):
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(i) such
CDO
Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(ii) such
CDO
Subsidiary shall be a Special Purpose Entity;
(iii)
the
interest of the owning Subsidiary Guarantor in such CDO Subsidiary shall be
free
and clear of all Liens;
(iv)
such CDO
Subsidiary shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness; and
(v)
such
CDO Subsidiary shall comply with the terms of its organizational agreements
and
shall not amend such organizational agreements in any manner which could have
a
Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent. In the event that any Eligible CDO Retained Asset held by a CDO
Subsidiary is no longer required to be held in a Special Purpose Entity that
is
prohibited from being a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrowers shall cause such
Eligible CDO Retained Asset to be transferred to a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section
5.23 Real
Property Subsidiaries.
The
organizational agreements of a Subsidiary which owns Eligible Real Property
Equity Interests may, as a result of structuring requirements of the documents
relating to Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, prohibit such Subsidiary from
becoming a Guarantor. The Eligible Real Property Equity Interests owned by
such
Subsidiary may be included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool subject to the
satisfaction at all times of the following conditions (such a Subsidiary which
satisfies the conditions in this Section 5.23 shall be a “Real
Property Subsidiary”):
(i) such
Real
Property Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(ii) the
interest of the owning Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary
Guarantor owning, directly or indirectly, the Capital Stock of such Real
Property Subsidiary) in such Real Property Subsidiary shall be free and clear
of
all Liens except Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Exhibit
G
hereto;
(iii)
such Real Property Subsidiary shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or
be
or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness
except Indebtedness permitted by Exhibit
G
hereto;
and
(iv)
such
Real Property Subsidiary shall comply with the terms of its organizational
agreements and shall not amend such organizational agreements in any manner
which could have a Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent
of
the Administrative Agent. In the event that the restrictions against a Real
Property Subsidiary from becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor are no longer
effective, such Real Property Subsidiary shall promptly become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.25.
Section
5.24 Guaranties.
The
Obligations shall be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the
Guaranty.
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Section
5.25 Subsidiary
Guarantors.
In the
event any Subsidiary of a Borrower (or, subject to the terms of Section 5.22
or
Section 5.23, a CDO Subsidiary or a Real Property Subsidiary) desires to include
a Borrowing Base Asset owned by such Subsidiary (or, subject to the terms of
Section 5.22 or Section 5.23, a CDO Retained Asset or a Property Equity
Interest) in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool, such Subsidiary (and any other
direct or indirect Subsidiary owning an interest therein), but excluding a
CDO
Subsidiary or any Real Property Subsidiary with respect to clause (i) below,
shall, simultaneously with the inclusion of such Borrowing Base Asset in the
Borrowing Base Asset Pool, deliver to the Administrative Agent each of the
following items, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: (i)
a
joinder agreement to the Guaranty executed by such Subsidiary and (ii) such
organizational agreements, resolutions, consents, opinions and other documents
and instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
Additionally, in the event that any Subsidiary of a Borrower, whether presently
existing or hereafter formed or acquired, which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor
at
such time, shall after the date hereof become a guarantor under any existing
or
future unsecured Indebtedness of a Borrower, then the Borrower shall cause
each
such Subsidiary to execute and deliver the items described in clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 5.25
.
Section
5.26 Release
of Certain Subsidiary Guarantors.
Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
upon the request of a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative
Agent shall release such Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor from liability
hereunder or under the Guaranty; provided
that (x)
the Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to
Administrative Agent that the Borrowers will be in compliance with all covenants
of this Agreement after giving effect to such sale and release and (y) all
Borrowing Base Assets owned by such Subsidiary and all CDO Subsidiaries or
Real
Property Subsidiaries owned by such Subsidiary shall cease to be included in
the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool from the date of release of such Subsidiary from
the
Guaranty. Delivery by a Borrower to the Administrative Agent of any such request
for a release shall constitute a representation by the Borrowers that the
matters set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving
of such request and as of the date of the effectiveness of such request) are
true and correct with respect to such request.
Section
5.27 Distribution
of proceeds of CDO Retained Interests.
The
Borrowers shall cause each CDO Subsidiary to promptly distribute to the Borrower
or Subsidiary Guarantor that owns such CDO Subsidiary all payments made with
respect to the Eligible CDO Retained Asset(s) owned by such CDO Subsidiary.
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
Section
6.1 Events
of Default.
The
occurrence and continuation of one or more of the following events (each, an
“Event
of Default”)
shall
constitute an event of default hereunder:
(a) (i)
the
Borrowers shall fail to pay when due any principal of any Loan, (ii) the
Borrowers shall fail to pay when due interest on any Loan and such failure
continues for a period of three (3) Domestic Business Days, or (iii) the
Borrowers shall fail to pay any Fees or any other amount payable hereunder
or,
as to Fees, under the Fee Letter, and the same shall continue for a period
of
five (5) Domestic Business Days after Borrowers have received notice
thereof;
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(b) any
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section
5.1
and Sections 5.8 to 5.26, inclusive;
(c) any
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained
in
this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) for thirty
(30) days after written notice thereof has been given to such Borrower by the
Administrative Agent, or if such default is of such a nature that is capable
of
being remedied but that cannot with reasonable effort be completely remedied
within said period of thirty (30) days, such additional period of time as may
be
reasonably necessary to cure same, provided such Borrower commence such cure
within said thirty (30) day period and diligently prosecutes same, until
completion, but in no event shall such extended period exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days;
(d) any
representation, warranty, certification or statement made by (i) any Borrower
in
this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Guaranty or in any document delivered pursuant to the Guaranty shall prove
to
have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made) and
such
representation, warranty, certification or statement is not made correct in
all
material respects within thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (i)
the
date on which the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers of such incorrect
representation, warranty, certification or statement, and (ii) the date on
which
any Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor first becomes aware of any such incorrect
representation, warranty, certification or statement; provided, however, that,
no breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section
4.7
hereof shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder (and the sole remedy of
the Administrative Agent and Lenders in respect of any such breach shall be
as
set forth in Section 5.20 hereof) unless such representation and warranty was
untrue or incorrect when made and a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor had
knowledge, at the time such representation and warranty was made, that the
representation and warranty was untrue or incorrect;
(e) a
default
(however defined) shall occur with respect to (i) any Recourse Debt of any
Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of which is in excess of $20,000,000 (other than the Obligations) or
(ii)
any Non-Recourse Debt of any Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of
$35,000,000;
(f) any
Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect
to
itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part
of
its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of
or
taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other
proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the
foregoing;
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(g) an
involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Borrower
or
Subsidiary Guarantor seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law
now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part
of
its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain
undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days; or an order for
relief shall be entered against any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under
the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;
(h) one
or
more final, non-appealable judgments or decrees in an aggregate amount of
$20,000,000 or more shall be entered by a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction against any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any
judgment as to which, and only to the extent, a reputable insurance company
has
acknowledged coverage of such claim in writing) and (i) any such judgments
or
decrees shall not be stayed, discharged, paid, bonded or vacated within thirty
(30) days or (ii) enforcement proceedings shall be commenced by any creditor
on
any such judgments or decrees;
(i) without
the Required Lenders’ prior written consent (which the Required Lenders may
withhold in their respective sole and absolute discretion), there shall be
a
change in the majority of the Board of Directors of NorthStar (a) during any
twelve (12) month period following a change in “control” (as defined in Rule 405
of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933), or (b) during
any period where a so-called “proxy fight” is in process (or during the twelve
(12) month period after any related shareholders’ meeting) concerning either the
composition of the Board of Directors or a sale of NorthStar;
(j) without
the Required Lenders’ prior written consent (which the Required Lenders may
withhold in their respective sole and absolute discretion), any Person
(including affiliates of such Person) or “group” (as such term is defined in
applicable federal securities laws and regulations) shall acquire more than
thirty percent (30%) of the common shares of NorthStar;
(k) NorthStar
shall cease at any time to qualify as a real estate investment trust under
the
Code and/or either of NorthStar OP or NRFC Sub-REIT shall cease at any time
to
qualify as qualified real estate investment trust subsidiaries under the
Code;
(l) if
any
Termination Event with respect to a Plan shall occur as a result of which
Termination Event or Events any member of the ERISA Group has incurred or will
incur any liability to the PBGC or any other Person and the sum (determined
as
of the date of occurrence of such Termination Event) of the insufficiency of
such Plan and the insufficiency of any and all other Plans with respect to
which
such a Termination Event shall occur and be continuing at the same time (or,
in
the case of a Multiple Employer Plan with respect to which a Termination Event
described in clause (ii) of the definition of Termination Event shall occur
and
be continuing at the same time, the liability of any Borrower) is equal to
or
greater than $5,000,000;
(m) if,
any
member of the ERISA Group shall commit a failure described in Section 402(f)(1)
of ERISA or Section 412(n)(1) of the Code and the amount of the lien determined
under Section 402(f)(3) of ERISA or Section 412(n)(3) of the Code that will
be
imposed on any member of the ERISA Group or their assets in respect of such
failure shall be, in the case of a NorthStar Plan, equal to or greater than
$5,000,000 or, in the case of a Non-NorthStar Plan, an amount that would result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(n) at
any
time, for any reason any Borrower, any Consolidated Subsidiary or any other
party (other than any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Arranger) which
is
a party to a Loan Document seeks to repudiate its obligations under any Loan
Document; or
(o) a
default
beyond any applicable notice or grace period under any of the other Loan
Documents.
Section
6.2 Rights
and Remedies.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 6.1(f) or (g), the
Commitments shall immediately terminate and the unpaid
principal amount of, and any and all accrued interest on, the Loans and any
and
all accrued Fees and other Obligations hereunder shall automatically become
immediately due and payable,
with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon and, except
as is
otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
without presentation, 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 notice of
acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; and
upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent may
(and
upon the demand of the Required Lenders shall), by written notice to the
Borrowers, terminate the Commitments and may (and upon the demand of the
Required Lenders shall), in addition
to the exercise of all of the rights and remedies permitted the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders at law or equity or under any of the other Loan Documents,
declare the unpaid principal
amount of and any and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and any
and
all accrued
Fees and other Obligations hereunder to be, and the same shall thereupon be,
immediately
due and payable with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon
and, except as is otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, without presentation, demand, or protest or other
requirements of any kind other than as provided in the Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence,
presentment, notice of intent
to
demand or accelerate and notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrowers.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders each agree that any exercise
or enforcement of the rights and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent
or
the Lenders under this Agreement or at law or in equity with respect to this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents shall be commenced and maintained by
the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Administrative Agent and/or the
Lenders. The
Administrative Agent shall act at the direction of the Required Lenders in
connection with the exercise of any and all remedies at law, in equity or under
any of the Loan Documents or, if the Required Lenders are unable to reach
agreement, then, from and after an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
may pursue such rights and remedies as it may determine.
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Section
6.3 Notice
of Default.
The
Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Borrowers under Section 6.1(c)
promptly upon being requested to do so by the Required Lenders and shall
thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.
Section
6.4 Actions
in Respect of Letters of Credit.
(a) If,
at
any time and from time to time, any Letter of Credit shall have been issued
hereunder and an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then,
upon the occurrence and during the continuation thereof,
the Administrative Agent may, whether in addition to the taking by the
Administrative Agent of any of the actions described in this Article or
otherwise, make a demand upon the Borrowers to, and immediately upon such
demand, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, in same day funds at the Administrative Agent’s office designated in
such demand, for deposit in a special
cash collateral account (the “Letter
of Credit Collateral Account”)
to be
maintained in the name
of
the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) and under its sole dominion
and control at such place as shall be designated by the Administrative Agent,
an
amount equal to the amount
of
the Letter of Credit Usage under the Letters of Credit.
(b) The
Borrowers hereby pledge, grant and assign to the Administrative Agent, as
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
a lien on and a security interest in, the following collateral (the
“Letter
of Credit Collateral”):
(i) the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account, all cash deposited therein and all
certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or
evidencing the Letter of Credit Collateral Account;
(ii) all
notes, certificates of deposit and other instruments from time to time hereafter
delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Administrative Agent for or on behalf
of the Borrowers in substitution for or in respect of any or all of the then
existing Letter of Credit Collateral;
(iii) all
interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for
any or all of the then existing Letter of Credit Collateral; and
(iv) to
the
extent not covered by the above clauses, all proceeds of any or all of the
foregoing Letter of Credit Collateral.
The
lien
and security interest granted hereby secures the payment of all obligations
of
the Borrowers now or hereafter existing hereunder and under any other Loan
Document.
(c) The
Borrowers hereby authorize the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of
the Lenders to apply, from time to time after funds are deposited in the Letter
of Credit Collateral Account, funds then held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account to the payment of any amounts, in such order as the Administrative
Agent
may elect, as shall have become or shall become due and payable by the Borrowers
to the Lenders in respect of the Letters of Credit.
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(d) Neither
the Borrowers nor any Person claiming or acting on behalf of or through the
Borrowers shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in the Letter
of Credit Collateral Account, except as provided in Section 6.4(h).
(e) The
Borrowers agree that they will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any interest
in the Letter of Credit Collateral or (ii) create or permit to exist any lien,
security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any
of
the Letter of Credit Collateral, except for the security interest created by
this Section 6.4.
(f) If
any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) The
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, without notice to the
Borrowers except as required by law and at any time from time to time, charge,
set off or otherwise apply all or any part of first,
(x)
amounts previously drawn on any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed
by the Borrowers and (y) any Letter of Credit Usage described in clause (ii)
of
the definition thereof that are then due and payable and second,
any
other unpaid Obligations then due and payable, against the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account or any part thereof, in such order as the Administrative
Agent shall elect. The rights of the Administrative Agent under this Section
6.4
are in addition to any rights and remedies which any Lender may
have.
(ii) The
Administrative Agent may also exercise, in its sole discretion, in respect
of
the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, in addition to the other rights and
remedies provided herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and
remedies of a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial Code
in
effect in the State of New York at that time.
(g) The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of the Letter of Credit Collateral if the Letter of
Credit Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the
Administrative Agent accords its own property, it being understood that,
assuming such treatment, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
responsibility or liability with respect thereto.
(h) At
such
time as all Events of Default have been cured or waived in writing, all amounts
remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be promptly returned
to the Borrowers upon the written request of the Borrower. Absent such cure
or
written waiver, any surplus of the funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account and remaining after payment in full of all of the Obligations of the
Borrowers hereunder and under any other Loan Document after the Maturity Date
shall be paid to the Borrowers or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive such surplus.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
AGENTS
Section
7.1 Appointment
and Authorization.
Each
Lender irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take
such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such
powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to
the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
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Section
7.2 Agency
and Affiliates. KeyBank
and Syndication Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement
as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as
though it were not the Administrative Agent, and KeyBank and its affiliates
may
accept deposits
from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with any
Borrower or
any
Subsidiary or affiliate of any Borrower as if it were not the Administrative
Agent hereunder, and the term “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include KeyBank in
its individual capacity.
Syndication Agent is an agent hereunder in title only and such designation
shall
impose no obligations on it.
Section
7.3 Action
by Administrative Agent.
The
obligations of the Administrative Agent hereunder are only those expressly
set
forth herein. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any
action with respect to any Default or Event of Default, except as expressly
provided in Article VI.
Section
7.4 Consultation
with Experts.
The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public
accountants and other
independent experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of
such
counsel, accountants or experts.
Section
7.5 Liability
of Administrative Agent.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken
or
not taken by it in connection herewith (i) with the consent or
at the
request of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
of
its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have
any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any statement,
warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or any
Borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants
or agreements of the Borrowers; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in Article III, except receipt of items required
to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness
or genuineness
of this Agreement, the
other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection
herewith. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting
in
reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing
(which may be a
bank
wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed
by
the proper party or parties.
Section
7.6 Indemnification.
Each
Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Commitment, indemnify the
Administrative Agent and its affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers)
against any cost, expense (including counsel fees and disbursements), claim,
demand, action, loss or liability
(except such as result from such indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct) that such indemnitee may suffer or incur in connection with this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents
or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitee hereunder. In the event that
the Administrative Agent shall, subsequent to its receipt of indemnification
payment(s) from Lenders in accordance with this section, recoup any amount
from
the Borrowers, or any other party liable therefor in connection with such
indemnification, the Administrative Agent shall promptly reimburse
the Lenders which previously made the payment(s) pro
rata,
based
upon the actual amounts which were theretofore paid by each Lender.
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Section
7.7 Credit
Decision.
Each
Lender acknowledges that (i) it has, independently and without reliance upon
the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis
and
decision to enter into this Agreement, and (ii) it has conducted its own
independent investigation
of the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs and status of NorthStar
and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries and that it has not relied on any materials or
information furnished to it by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any
of
their respective Affiliates which, if so furnished, is hereby acknowledged
by
each Lender as having been furnished without representation
or warranty of any kind. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its
own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under this
Agreement.
Section
7.8 Successor
Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the
Lenders and the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent shall resign in the event its Commitment is reduced to zero. Upon any
such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which successor Administrative Agent shall, provided
no
Event of Default has occurred and
is
then continuing, be subject to Borrowers’ approval, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If no successor Administrative
Agent shall have been
so
appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrowers, and shall
have
accepted
such appointment, within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative
Agent gives notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders, appoint
a
successor Administrative Agent, which shall be the Administrative Agent who
shall act until
the
Required Lenders shall appoint a Administrative Agent.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder
by
a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the
retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall
be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder,
the provisions of this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative
Agent.
Section
7.9 Receipt
of Notices.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all material notices, reports and
information received by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrowers
and not otherwise delivered to the Lenders by the Borrowers, shall be delivered
to the Lenders within ten (10) Domestic Business Days of the Administrative
Agent’s receipt thereof.
ARTICLE
VIII
CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES
Section
8.1 Basis
for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair.
If on
or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any LIBOR
Borrowing:
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(a) the
Administrative Agent is advised that deposits in dollars (in the applicable
amounts) are not being offered in the relevant market for such Interest Period,
or
(b) Lenders
having fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate principal amount of the
affected Loans advise the Administrative Agent that the Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate, as determined by the Administrative Agent, will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding their LIBOR
Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders,
whereupon
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances
giving rise to such results set forth in Section 8.1(a) or (b) above no longer
exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Loans or to continue
or
convert outstanding Loans as or into LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and (ii)
each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be converted into a Alternate Base Rate Loan
on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto. Unless
the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Domestic Business
Days before the date of any LIBOR Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing
has
previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, such Borrowing
shall be an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing.
Section
8.2 Illegality.
If, on
or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule
or
regulation, or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or
any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation
or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending
Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful
or impossible for any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) to make,
maintain or fund its LIBOR Loans or to issue any Letter of Credit as a Fronting
Lender or
to
participate in any Letter of Credit issued by a Fronting Lender, the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders
and the Borrowers, whereupon until such Lender
notifies the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances
giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make or convert
LIBOR Loans
or
to issue Letters of Credit shall be suspended. With respect to LIBOR Loans,
before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section,
such Lender shall designate a different LIBOR Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of
such
Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall
determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any
of
its outstanding LIBOR Loans to maturity and shall so specify in such notice,
the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election
and such LIBOR Loan shall be converted as of such date to a Alternate Base
Rate
Loan (without payment of any amounts that Borrowers would otherwise be obligated
to pay pursuant to Section 2.13 hereof with respect to Loans converted pursuant
to this Section 8.2) and, in the case of LIBOR Loans,
in
an equal principal amount from such Lender (on which interest and principal
shall be
payable contemporaneously with the related LIBOR Loans of the other Lenders),
and such Lender shall make such a Alternate Base Rate Loan.
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If
at any
time, it shall be unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or
fund its LIBOR Loans, the Borrowers shall have the right, upon five (5) Domestic
Business Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent, to either (x) cause a bank,
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the
Commitments of such Lender for an amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding
Loans, together with all fees, accrued interest and other amounts payable to
such Lender and to become a Lender hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby
required to accept, or (y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such
Lender, together with interest and all other amounts due thereon, upon which
event, such Lender’s Commitments shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.11(c).
Section
8.3 Increased
Cost and Reduced Return.
(a) If
on or
after the date hereof the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or
any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) with
any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency shall impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any such requirement
imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding
with respect to any LIBOR Loan any such requirement with respect to which such
Lender is entitled to compensation during the relevant Interest Period under
Section 2.7), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or shall impose on any Lender
(or
its Applicable Lending Office) or on the United States market for certificates
of deposit or the London interbank market any other condition affecting its
LIBOR Loans, its Note or its obligation to make such Loans and the result of
any
of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Applicable
Lending Office) of making or maintaining any such Loan, or to reduce the amount
of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending
Office) under this Agreement or under its Note with respect thereto, by an
amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, within fifteen (15) days
after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the
Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
(b) If
any
Lender shall have reasonably determined that, after the date hereof, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy,
or any change in any such law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not
having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital
of such Lender (or its Parent) as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender (or its Parent) could have
achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive (taking into
consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within
fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender (or its Parent) for such reduction.
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(c) Each
Lender will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of any
event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will
entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section and will designate
a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. A
certificate of any Lender claiming compensation under this Section and setting
forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be
conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods.
(d) If
at any
time, any Lender shall be owed amounts pursuant to this Section 8.3, unless
such
Lender shall elect to waive the right to be paid the same, the Borrowers shall
have the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the
Administrative Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments of such Lender for
an
amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding Loans, together with all fees, accrued
interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, and to become a Lender
hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept, or (y) to
repay
in full all Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together with all fees,
accrued interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, upon which event,
such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
Section
8.4 Taxes.
(a) Any
and
all payments by the Borrowers under any Loan Document shall be made free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender, the Fronting Lender
and
the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise or similar
taxes imposed on it, by (i) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof)
of which the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Lender or such Lender, as the
case may be, is a citizen or resident or in which such Person has an Applicable
Lending Office, (ii) the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
in
which the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Lender or such Lender is organized,
or (iii) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which such
Lender, the Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is presently doing
business which taxes are imposed solely as a result of doing business in such
jurisdiction (all such non excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as
“Taxes”).
If
the Borrowers shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of
any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Lenders, the Fronting Lender
or
the Administrative Agent (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 8.4) such Lender,
the
Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) shall receive
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrowers
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other
governmental authority in accordance with applicable law.
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(b) In
addition, the Borrowers agree to pay any stamp or documentary taxes and any
other excise or property taxes, or charges or similar levies, in each case
to
the extent imposed by the United States or any state (or political subdivision
thereof) which arise from any payment made in the United States hereunder or
under any Note or Letter of Credit or participation therein or from the
execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
Note (hereinafter referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
(c) The
Borrowers agree to indemnify each Lender, and the Administrative Agent for
the
full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes
or
Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section 8.4) paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case
may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within
fifteen (15) days from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as
the
case may be) makes demand therefor.
(d) Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States,
on
or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the
case
of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof and on or prior to the
date
on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time
to
time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrowers (but only so long
as
such Lender remains eligible to do so), shall provide the Borrowers with
Internal Revenue Service form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, as appropriate, or any successor
form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender
is
entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States
is a
party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest or
certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If
the
form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to
this
Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess
of
zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as
defined in Section 8.4(a).
(e) For
any
period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrowers with
the appropriate form pursuant to Section 8.4(d) (unless such failure is due
to a
change in treaty, law or regulation occurring subsequent to the date on which
a
form originally was required to be provided), such Lender shall not be entitled
to indemnification under Section 8.4(a) with respect to Taxes imposed by the
United States; provided,
however,
that
should a Lender, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate
of
withholding tax, become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver
a
form required hereunder, the Borrowers shall take such steps as such Lender
shall reasonably request to assist such Lender to recover such
Taxes.
(f) If
the
Borrowers are required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any
Lender pursuant to this Section 8.4, then such Lender will change the
jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office so as to eliminate or reduce
any
such additional payment which may thereafter accrue if such change, in the
judgment of such Lender, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender.
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(g) (i)
if at
any time, any Lender shall reasonably expect to be owed amounts pursuant to
this
Section 8.4, such Lender shall give the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers
notice thereof (with no liability for failing to do so) as soon as reasonably
practicable upon determining that it is reasonably likely to do so (subject
to
limitations on such disclosure imposed by applicable law or with the advice
of
counsel), and (ii) if any Lender at any time shall be owed amounts pursuant
to
this Section 8.4, unless such Lender shall elect to waive the right to be paid
the same, the Borrowers shall have the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business
Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments
of
such Lender for an amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding Loans, together
with all fees, accrued interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, and
to
become a Lender hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept,
or (y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together
with
interest and all other amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Lender’s
Commitment shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
Section
8.5 Alternate
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected LIBOR Loans.
If (i)
the obligation of any Lender to make, or convert outstanding Loans to, LIBOR
Loans
has
been suspended pursuant to Section 8.2 or (ii) any Lender has demanded
compensation under
Section 8.3 or 8.4 with respect to its LIBOR Loans and the Borrowers shall,
by
at least five (5)
LIBOR
Business Days’ prior notice to such Lender through the Administrative Agent,
have elected that the provisions of this Section shall apply to such Lender,
then, unless and until
such Lender notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist:
(a) Borrowers
shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election with
respect to such affected LIBOR Loans and thereafter all Loans which would
otherwise be made (or continued as or converted into, as the case may be) by
such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made instead as Alternate Base Rate Loans
(on which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the
related LIBOR Loans of the other Lenders); and
(b) after
each of its LIBOR Loans (as the case may be) has been repaid (or converted
to a
Alternate Base Rate Loan), all payments of principal which would otherwise
be
applied to repay such Loans shall be applied to repay its Alternate Base Rate
Loans instead, and
(c) Borrowers
will not be required to make any payment which would otherwise be required
by
Section 2.13 with respect to such LIBOR Loans converted to Alternate Base Rate
Loans pursuant to clause (a) above.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.1 Notices.
All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be
in
writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission followed
by
telephonic confirmation or similar writing or e-mail with confirmation of
receipt) and shall be given to such party: (x) in the case of the Borrowers,
KeyBank (in its capacity as a Lender hereunder) and the Administrative Agent,
at
its address, telex number, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth on
the
signature pages hereof with a duplicate copy thereof, in the case
of
the Borrowers, to the Borrowers, at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn: Chief Financial Officer and Controller, and
with
a duplicate copy, in the case of the Borrowers, to
Paul,
Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., (y) in the
case of any Lender, at its address, telex number, facsimile number
or
e-mail address set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire
or (z) in the case of any party, such other address, telex number, facsimile
number
or
e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice
to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. Each such notice, request or other
communication shall be effective (i) if given by telex or facsimile
transmission, when such telex or facsimile is transmitted to the telex number
or
facsimile number specified in this
Section and the appropriate answerback or facsimile confirmation is received,
(ii) if given by e-mail, when such e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail address
specified in this Section and the appropriate receipt acknowledgement is
received, (iii) if given by a nationally recognized overnight carrier, the
next
Domestic Business Day
after
such communication is deposited with such carrier with postage prepaid,
or
(iv)
if given by any other means,
when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided
that
notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II or Article VIII shall
not
be effective until received.
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Section
9.2 No
Waivers.
No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other
or
further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights
and
remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights
or
remedies provided by law.
Section
9.3 Expenses;
Indemnification.
(a) The
Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
the
Administrative Agent (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to
the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement,
the Loan Documents and the documents and instruments referred to therein, or
any
waiver or consent hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged
Default hereunder) and (ii) if an Event of Default occurs, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
including reasonable, actual fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders in connection with the enforcement
of the Loan Documents and the instruments referred to therein and such Event
of
Default and collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings
resulting therefrom.
(b) The
Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, their
respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and
employees of the foregoing (each an “Indemnitee”)
and
hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all actual liabilities,
losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind, including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by
such
Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto)
that may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following
the
payment of the Obligations) be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by
any
Indemnitee but excluding those liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses
incurred solely by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
any
Indemnitee as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a
result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of, (i)
any
of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the execution,
delivery or performance of any Loan Document, (ii) any violation by the
Borrowers or the Environmental Affiliates of any applicable Environmental Law,
(iii) any Environmental Claim arising out of the management, use, control,
ownership or operation of property or assets by the Borrowers or any of the
Environmental Affiliates, including, without limitation, all on-site and
off-site activities involving Materials of Environmental Concern, (iv) the
breach of any environmental representation or warranty set forth herein, (v)
the
grant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any Lien in any property
or
assets of the Borrowers or any stock or other equity interest in any Borrower,
and (vi) the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of their
rights and remedies (including, without limitation, foreclosure) under any
agreements creating any such Lien. The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Obligations.
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Section
9.4 Sharing
of Set-Offs.
In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or
otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby
authorized at any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind to the Borrowers or to any other Person,
any
such notice being hereby expressly waived, but subject to the prior consent
of
the Administrative Agent (if the taking of such action could limit or impair
the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any Loan
Document) and to the terms and provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to set off and to appropriate
and
apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
and any other indebtedness in the nature of an account at any time held with
such Lender or owing by such Lender (including, without limitation, by branches
and
agencies of such Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account
of
the Borrowers
against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrowers then due and payable
to such Lender under
this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, including, without
limitation, all
interests in Obligations purchased by such Lender; provided,
however,
notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document to the contrary, neither any of the Lenders nor the Administrative
Agent shall have the right of set off with respect to
any
account, deposits or indebtedness to the extent that such account, deposits
or
indebtedness (a) are not the exclusive property of NorthStar or a Consolidated
Subsidiary, (b) any Person (other than the Person with which such account has
been established) which is not Affiliated with NorthStar, NorthStar OP or NRFC
Sub-REIT has rights therein or (c) constitutes collateral for a secured
financing of NorthStar or a Consolidated Party and are subject to a “control”
agreement relating to such facility. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by
exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due
with respect to any Note held by it or Letter of
Credit
issued by it (in its capacity as a Fronting Lender) or participation therein
which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect
of
the aggregate amount of principal and interest due with respect to any Note
held
by such other Lender or Letter of Credit issued by such other Lender (in its
capacity as a Fronting
Lender) or participated in by such other Lender, the Lender receiving such
proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the
Notes
held by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments
shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal
and
interest with respect to the Notes held by the Lenders shall be shared by the
Lenders pro rata; provided
that
nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any
right of set-off or counterclaim it may have to any deposits not received
in connection with the Loans and to apply the amount subject to such exercise
to
the payment of indebtedness of the Borrowers other than its indebtedness under
the Notes. The Borrowers agree, to the fullest extent they may effectively
do
so
under applicable law, that any holder
of
a participation in a Note,
whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise
rights of set-off or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such
participation
as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the
Borrowers in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary contained herein, any Lender may, by separate agreement with the
Borrowers, waive its right to set off contained herein
or
granted by law and any such written waiver shall be effective against such
Lender under this Section 9.4.
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Section
9.5 Amendments
and Waivers. Any
provision of this Agreement or the Notes or other Loan Documents may be amended
or waived if, but only if, such amendment or
waiver
is in writing and is signed by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (and,
if
the rights or
duties
of the Administrative Agent are affected thereby, by the Administrative Agent)
except that, to the extent provided for in this Agreement, certain amendments
and/or waivers may be consented to by the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent
without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided
that,
except to reflect or implement matters otherwise specifically provided for
in
this Agreement, no such amendment or waiver with respect to this
Agreement, the Notes or any other
Loan Documents shall, unless signed by the Lenders affected thereby, (i)
increase or decrease the Commitment of any Lender or
subject any Lender to any additional obligation, (ii) reduce the principal
of or
rate of interest on any
Loan
or any Fees hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of
principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees hereunder or for any reduction
or termination of any Commitment,
(iv) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Notes, or the number of Lenders, which shall be required
for the Lenders or any of them to take any action under this Section or any
other provision of
this
Agreement (including any amendment of the term “Required Lenders”), (v) modify
the provisions of Section 9.15, (vi) permit Liens on the Borrowing Base Assets
(other than Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders), (vii) modify the provisions of this Section 9.5, or (viii)
release any Borrower or any Guarantor of its obligations under the Loan
Documents except as expressly permitted hereunder.
Section
9.6 Successors
and Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that
the
Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of
all
Lenders and the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall not assign their respective interests under this Agreement except as
set
forth in Section 7.8 (with respect to the Administrative Agent) and this Article
IX (with respect to the Lenders).
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(b) Any
Lender may, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
the
Borrowers (which consent in each case shall not unreasonably be withheld,
delayed or conditioned) at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees
(each, an “Assignee”)
all,
or a portion of, its rights and obligations under this Agreement, its Note
and
the other Loan Documents, provided,
however,
(i) no
such consent by the Borrowers shall be required (x) if a Default or Event of
Default exists, or (y) in the case of an assignment to another Lender or to
an
Affiliate of another Lender, (ii) any partial assignment shall be in an amount
at least equal to $5,000,000 and, after giving effect to such assignment, the
assigning Lender (unless it has sold its entire remaining Commitment and
outstanding Loans) holds a Commitment of at least $5,000,000, and (iii) such
Assignee shall assume the assigned rights and obligations, pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit
“B”
hereto,
executed by such Assignee and such transferor Lender. Upon execution and
delivery of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement and payment by such Assignee
to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed
between such transferor Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a
Lender party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations
of
a Lender with a Commitment as set forth in the applicable Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, and no further consent or action by any party shall be
required and the transferor Lender shall be released from its obligations
hereunder to a corresponding extent. Upon the consummation of any assignment
pursuant to this subsection (b), the transferor Lender, the Administrative
Agent
and the Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if required,
a
new Note is issued to the Assignee upon the return to the Borrowers of the
old
Note marked “cancelled”. In connection with any such assignment, the transferor
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an administrative fee for
processing such assignment in the amount of $3,500. If the Assignee is not
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof,
it shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent certification
as
to exemption from deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes in accordance with Section 8.4. Any assignment made during the
continuation of an Event of Default shall not be affected by any subsequent
cure
or waiver of such Event of Default.
(c) Any
Lender may at any time grant to one or more banks or other financial
institutions (in each case, a “Participant”)
participating interests in its Commitment or any or all of its Loans. In the
event of any such grant by a Lender of a participating interest to a
Participant, whether or not upon notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent, such Lender shall remain responsible for the performance of its
obligations hereunder, and the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to
which any Lender may grant such a participating interest shall provide that
such
Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations
of the Borrowers hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided
that
such participation agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to
any
modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in clause (i),
(ii), or (iii) of Section 9.5 without the consent of the Participant. The
Borrowers agree that each Participant shall, to the extent provided in its
participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits of Article VIII with
respect to its participating interest. An assignment or other transfer which
is
not permitted by subsection (b), above, or (d), below, shall be given effect
for
purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating interest
granted in accordance with this subsection (c).
(d) Any
Lender may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall
release the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder.
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(e) No
Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any Lender’s rights shall be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 8.3 or 8.4 than such
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights
transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Borrowers’ prior written
consent or by reason of the provisions of Section 8.2, 8.3 or 8.4 requiring
such
Lender to designate a different Applicable Lending Office under certain
circumstances or at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater
payment did not exist.
Section
9.7 Collateral.
Each of
the Lenders represents to the Administrative Agent and each of the other Lenders
that it in good faith is not relying upon any “margin stock” (as defined
in Regulation U) as collateral in the extension or maintenance of the credit
provided for in this Agreement.
Section
9.8 Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK,
WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(b) Any
legal
action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
and any action for enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof shall be
brought non-exclusively in the courts of the State of New York or of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution
and
delivery of this Agreement, the Borrowers hereby accept for themselves and
in
respect of their property, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and appellate courts. The Borrowers
irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned
courts in any such action or proceeding by the hand delivery, or mailing of
copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Borrowers at their address set forth below. The Borrowers hereby irrevocably
waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in the courts referred
to
above and hereby further irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim
in
any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court
has
been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein shall affect the right
of
the Administrative Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law
or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Borrowers
in
any other jurisdiction.
Section
9.9 Marshalling;
Recapture.
Neither
of the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of the Borrowers or any other
party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent
any Lender receives any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers in connection
with this Agreement, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required
to be repaid to the Borrowers or their estate, trustee, receiver, custodian
or
any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law
or
equitable cause, then to the extent of such payment or repayment, the Obligation
or part thereof which
has
been paid, reduced or satisfied by the amount so repaid shall be reinstated
by
the amount
so
repaid and shall be included within the liabilities of the Borrowers to such
Lender as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction
occurred.
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Section
9.10 Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an
original, with the same effect as if
the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto
and
supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall
become effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers
of
counterparts hereof signed by each of the parties hereto (or, in the case of
any
party as to which
an
executed counterpart shall not have been received, receipt by the Administrative
Agent in form satisfactory to it of telegraphic, telex or other written
confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart hereof by such
party).
Section
9.11 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF
THE BORROWERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT
OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
9.12 Survival.
All
indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making and repayment of the
Loans
hereunder.
Section
9.13 Domicile
of Loans.
Each
Lender may transfer and carry its Loans at, to or for the account of any
domestic or foreign branch office, subsidiary or affiliate of such
Lender.
Section
9.14 Limitation
of Liability.
No
claim may be made by the Borrowers or any other Person acting by or through
Borrowers against the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agent 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 by the other Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event
occurring in connection therewith; and
the
Borrowers hereby waive, release and agree not to xxx upon any claim for any
such
damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist
in its favor.
Section
9.15 Recourse
Obligation.
This
Agreement and the Obligations hereunder are fully recourse to the Borrowers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement shall be had against
any
officer, director, shareholder or employee of the Borrowers except for damages,
losses, costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Administrative Agent
with respect to any fraud or misappropriation of funds on the part of such
officer, director, shareholder or employee.
Section
9.16 Confidentiality.
The
Administrative Agent and each Lender (each, a “Lending
Party”)
agrees
to keep confidential any information furnished or made available to it
by the
Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent any Lending Party from disclosing such information
(a) to any other Lending Party, or any officer, director, employee, agent,
or
advisor of any Lending Party, (b) to
any
other Person
if
reasonably incidental to the administration
of the Facility provided herein such as an attorney or accountant for a Lending
Party, provided such Person agrees to maintain the confidentiality of such
information and uses same only in connection with the administration or
enforcement of the Facility, (c) as
required by any law, rule, or regulation, (d) upon the order of any court or
administrative agency, (e) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency
or authority, (f) that is or becomes available to the public or that is or
becomes available to any Lending Party other than as
a
result of a disclosure by any Lending Party prohibited by this Agreement, (g)
in
connection with any litigation to which such Lending Party or any of its
affiliates
may be a party, (h) to the extent necessary
in connection with the exercise of any remedy
under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and (i) subject to provisions substantially
similar to those contained in this Section, to any actual or proposed
participant or assignee.
The
Borrowers may disclose information concerning or relating to this Facility
as
required by any law, rule or regulation, upon the order of any court or
administrative agency, or based upon the reasonable advice of counsel that
such
disclosure should be made for legal purposes.
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Section
9.17 Legal
Rate.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary,
if at any time the interest rate applicable to the Notes, together
with all fees and charges which are treated as interest under applicable law
(collectively, the
“Charges”),
as
provided for in this Agreement or in any other document executed in connection
herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved
by
the Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the
“Legal
Rate”)
which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders in accordance with applicable
law, the rate of interest payable under
such Notes, together with all Charges payable, shall be limited to the Legal
Rate and any interest
or Charges not so charged, taken, received or reserved by Administrative Agent,
on behalf
of
the Lenders at such time shall be spread, prorated or amortized over the term
of
such Notes to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section
9.18 USA
Patriot Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"),
it
is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent,
as
applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
BORROWERS:
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP., a Maryland corporation
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership
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By:
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NorthStar
Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation, its general
partner
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By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary:
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NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP., a Maryland corporation
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
NS
ADVISORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | |||
Facsimile Number: 000-000-0000 | By: |
/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Floor | Title: | Senior Banker |
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 | |||
Attn: | Xx. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | ||
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title: Senior Banker |
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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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Commitment
$25,000,000.00
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as a Lender | ||
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Director |
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Commitment
$15,000,000.00
WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender | ||
By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxx
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Title: Executive Director | ||
By:
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/s/
Xxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxx
Xxxx
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Title: Director |
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