Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of March 27, 2008
among
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.,
THE BANKS LISTED HEREIN,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Syndication Agent,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1. Definitions |
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SECTION 1.2. Accounting Terms and Determinations |
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SECTION 1.3. Types of Borrowings |
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ARTICLE II
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THE CREDITS
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SECTION 2.1. Commitments to Lend |
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SECTION 2.2. Notice of Borrowing |
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SECTION 2.3. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 2.4. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 2.5. Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans |
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SECTION 2.6. Notes |
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SECTION 2.7. Method of Electing Interest Rates |
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SECTION 2.8. Interest Rates |
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SECTION 2.9. Fees |
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SECTION 2.10. Maturity Date |
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SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments |
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SECTION 2.12. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 2.13. General Provisions as to Payments |
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SECTION 2.14. Funding Losses |
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SECTION 2.15. Computation of Interest and Fees |
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SECTION 2.16. Use of Proceeds |
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ARTICLE III
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CONDITIONS
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SECTION 3.1. Closing |
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SECTION 3.2. Borrowings |
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ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION 4.1. Existence and Power |
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SECTION 4.2. Power and Authority |
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SECTION 4.3. No Violation |
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SECTION 4.4. Financial Information |
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SECTION 4.5. Litigation |
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SECTION 4.6. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 4.7. Environmental |
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SECTION 4.8. Taxes |
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SECTION 4.9. Full Disclosure |
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SECTION 4.10. Solvency |
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SECTION 4.11. Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 4.12. Governmental Approvals |
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SECTION 4.13. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company Act |
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SECTION 4.14. Principal Offices |
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SECTION 4.15. REIT Status |
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SECTION 4.16. Patents, Trademarks, etc |
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SECTION 4.17. Judgments |
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SECTION 4.18. No Default |
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SECTION 4.19. Licenses, etc |
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SECTION 4.20. Compliance With Law |
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SECTION 4.21. No Burdensome Restrictions |
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SECTION 4.22. Brokers Fees |
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SECTION 4.23. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 4.24. Insurance |
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SECTION 4.25. Organizational Documents |
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SECTION 4.26. Unencumbered Properties |
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ARTICLE V
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AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 5.1. Information |
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SECTION 5.2. Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.3. Maintenance of Property; Insurance; Affiliate Transfers |
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SECTION 5.4. Maintenance of Existence |
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SECTION 5.5. Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 5.6. Inspection of Property, Books and Records |
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SECTION 5.7. Existence |
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SECTION 5.8. Financial Covenants |
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SECTION 5.9. Restriction on Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 5.10. Changes in Business |
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SECTION 5.11. General Partner Status |
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SECTION 5.12. Other Indebtedness |
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SECTION 5.13. Forward Equity Contracts |
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SECTION 5.14. Capital Funding Loans |
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ARTICLE VI
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DEFAULTS
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SECTION 6.1. Events of Default |
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SECTION 6.2. Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 6.3. Notice of Default |
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SECTION 6.4. Distribution of Proceeds after Default |
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ARTICLE VII
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THE AGENTS
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SECTION 7.1. Appointment and Authorization |
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SECTION 7.2. Agency and Affiliates |
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SECTION 7.3. Action by Agents |
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SECTION 7.4. Consultation with Experts |
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SECTION 7.5. Liability of Agents |
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SECTION 7.6. Indemnification |
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SECTION 7.7. Credit Decision |
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SECTION 7.8. Successor Agents |
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SECTION 7.9. Consents and Approvals |
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ARTICLE VIII
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CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
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SECTION 8.1. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair |
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SECTION 8.2. Illegality |
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SECTION 8.3. Increased Cost and Reduced Return |
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SECTION 8.4. Taxes |
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SECTION 8.5. Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Euro-Dollar Loans |
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ARTICLE IX
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 9.1. Notices |
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SECTION 9.2. No Waivers |
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SECTION 9.3. Expenses; Indemnification |
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SECTION 9.4. Sharing of Set-Offs |
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SECTION 9.5. Amendments and Waivers |
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SECTION 9.6. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.7. Collateral |
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SECTION 9.8. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction;
Judgment Currency |
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SECTION 9.9. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.11. Survival |
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SECTION 9.12. Domicile of Loans |
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SECTION 9.13. Limitation of Liability |
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SECTION 9.14. Recourse Obligation |
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SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.16. Banks Failure to Fund |
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SECTION 9.17. Banks ERISA Covenant |
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SECTION 9.18. Intentionally Omitted |
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SECTION 9.19. Optional Increase in Commitments |
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SECTION 9.20. Managing Agents, Documentation Agents and Co-Agents |
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SECTION 9.21. USA PATRIOT Act |
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EXHIBIT A Form of Note |
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EXHIBIT B Form of Transfer Supplement |
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SCHEDULE 1.1 |
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SCHEDULE 4.4 (b) |
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SCHEDULE 4.6 |
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SCHEDULE 5.11(c)(1) |
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SCHEDULE 5.11(c)(2) |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) dated as of March 27, 2008 among AMB
PROPERTY, L.P. (the Borrower), the BANKS listed on the signature pages hereof, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as Syndication
Agent, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agents.
W I T N E S S E T H
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 EBITDA means EBITDA for such period minus an amount equal to appropriate
reserves for replacements of Ten Cents ($0.10) (or in the case of any Real Property Asset owned by
an Investment Affiliate or by a Consolidated Subsidiary, Borrowers Share of Ten Cents ($0.10)) per
square foot per annum for each Real Property Asset (provided that, as to any Real Property Asset
acquired during such period such Ten Cents ($0.10) per square foot adjustment shall be pro-rated
for the period of ownership). Adjusted EBITDA includes rental income actually earned and shall
exclude the application of FAS 141, and non-cash expenses related to employee and trustee stock and
stock options.
Adjusted Interbank Offered Rate as applicable to any Interest Period means a rate per annum
equal to the quotient obtained (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) by
dividing (i) the Interbank Offered Rate applicable during such Interest Period by (ii) 1.00 minus
the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.
Administrative Agent shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 Bank, an administrative
questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative
Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such Bank.
Affiliate, as applied to any Person, means any other Person that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, that Person. For purposes of this
definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled
by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10.0%) or more of the equity Securities having voting
power for the election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting equity
Securities or by contract or otherwise.
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent, collectively.
Agreement shall mean this Credit Agreement as the same may from time to time hereafter be
modified, supplemented or amended.
Applicable Interest Rate means (i) with respect to any Fixed Rate Indebtedness, the fixed
interest rate applicable to such Fixed Rate Indebtedness at the time in question, and (ii) with
respect to any Floating Rate Indebtedness, either (x) the rate at which the interest rate
applicable to such Floating Rate Indebtedness is actually capped (or fixed pursuant to an interest
rate hedging device), at the time of calculation, if Borrower has entered into an interest rate cap
agreement or other interest rate hedging device with respect thereto or (y) if Borrower has not
entered into an interest rate cap agreement or other interest rate hedging device with respect to
such Floating Rate Indebtedness, the greater of (A) the rate at which the interest rate applicable
to such Floating Rate Indebtedness could be fixed for the remaining term of such Floating Rate
Indebtedness, at the time of calculation, by Borrowers entering into any unsecured interest rate
hedging device either not requiring an upfront payment or if requiring an upfront payment, such
upfront payment shall be amortized over the term of such device and included in the calculation of
the interest rate (or, if such rate is incapable of being fixed by entering into an unsecured
interest rate hedging device at the time of calculation, a fixed rate equivalent reasonably
determined by Administrative Agent) or (B) the floating rate applicable to such Floating Rate
Indebtedness at the time in question.
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Applicable Lending Office means with respect to any Bank, (i) in the case of its Base Rate
Loans, its Domestic Lending Office, and (ii) in the case of its Euro-Dollar Loans, its Euro-Dollar
Lending Office.
Applicable Margin means with respect to each Loan, the respective percentages per annum
determined, at any time, based on the range into which Borrowers Credit Rating then falls, in
accordance with the table set forth below. Any change in Borrowers Credit Rating causing it to
move to a different range on the table shall effect an immediate change in the Applicable Margin.
Borrower shall have not less than two (2) Credit Ratings at all times. In the event that Borrower
receives only two (2) Credit Ratings (one of which must be from S&P or Moodys), and such Credit
Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by the higher of such two (2)
Credit Ratings. In the event that Borrower receives more than two (2) Credit Ratings, and such
Credit Ratings are not all equivalent, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by the highest
Credit Rating, provided that said highest rating shall be from S&P or Moodys; provided, further,
that if the highest rating is not from S&P or Moodys, then the Applicable Margin shall be
determined by the highest Credit Rating from either S&P or Moodys.
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Range of |
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Applicable |
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Borrowers |
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Margin for |
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Credit Rating |
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Base Rate |
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Margin for Euro |
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Dollar Loans |
Ratings) |
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(% per annum) |
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<BBB-/Baa3
or unrated |
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0.00 |
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1.675 |
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BBB-/Baa3 |
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0.00 |
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1.425 |
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BBB/Baa2 |
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0.00 |
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1.175 |
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BBB+/Baa1 |
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0.00 |
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1.000 |
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A-/A3 or better |
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0.00 |
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0.925 |
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Assignee has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
Balance Sheet Indebtedness means with respect to any Person and assuming such Person is
required to prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, the
Indebtedness of such Person which would be
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required to be included on the liabilities side of the
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP excluding, in the case of Borrower or General
Partner, the Balance Sheet Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Balance Sheet Indebtedness shall include current liabilities and all guarantees of
Indebtedness of any Person.
Balloon Payments shall mean with respect to any loan constituting Balance Sheet
Indebtedness, any required principal payment of such loan which is either (i) payable at the
maturity of such Indebtedness or (ii) in an amount which exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the
original principal amount of such loan; provided, however, that the final payment of a fully
amortizing loan shall not constitute a Balloon Payment.
Bank means each entity (other than Borrower) listed on the signature pages hereof, each
Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 9.6(c), and their respective successors. For
purposes of this Agreement, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. shall not constitute a Bank.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, entitled Bankruptcy, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes.
Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate for
such day and (ii) the sum of 0.50% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day. Each change in the
Base Rate shall become effective automatically as of the opening of business on the date of such
change in the Base Rate, without prior written notice to Borrower or Banks.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan to be made by a Bank as a Base Rate Loan in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
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.
Borrower means AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Borrowers Share means Borrowers and General Partners direct or indirect share of a
Consolidated Subsidiary, a Joint Venture Subsidiary or an Investment Affiliate as reasonably
determined by Borrower based upon Borrowers
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and General Partners economic interest (whether
direct or indirect) of such Consolidated Subsidiary, Joint Venture Subsidiary or Investment
Affiliate, as of the date of such determination.
Borrowing has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in New York City are authorized by law to close.
Capital Leases as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Capital Funding Loan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14 hereof.
Cash or Cash Equivalents shall mean (a) cash; (b) marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by an agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year
after the date of acquisition thereof; (c) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within ninety (90) days after the date of acquisition thereof and,
at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from any two of S & P,
Moodys or Fitch (or, if at any time no two of the foregoing shall be rating such obligations, then
from such other nationally recognized rating services acceptable to Administrative Agent ); (d)
domestic corporate bonds, other than domestic corporate bonds issued by Borrower or any of its
Affiliates, maturing no more than two (2) years after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A or the equivalent from any two (2) of S & P,
Moodys or Fitch (or, if at any time no two of the foregoing shall be rating such obligations, then
from such other nationally recognized rating services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (e)
variable-rate domestic corporate notes or medium term corporate notes, other than notes issued by
Borrower or any of its Affiliates, maturing or resetting no more than one (1) year after the date
of acquisition thereof and having a rating of at least AA or the equivalent from two of S & P,
Moodys or Fitch (or, if at any time no two of the foregoing shall be rating such obligations, then
from such other nationally recognized rating services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (f)
commercial paper (foreign and domestic) or master notes, other than commercial paper or master
notes issued by Borrower or any of its Affiliates, and, at the time of acquisition, having a
long-term rating of at least A or the equivalent from S & P, Moodys or
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Fitch and having a
short-term rating of at least A-1 and P-1 from S & P and Moodys, respectively (or, if at any time
neither S & P nor Moodys shall be rating such obligations, then the highest rating from such other
nationally recognized rating services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (g) domestic and foreign
certificates of deposit or domestic time deposits or foreign deposits or bankers acceptances
(foreign or domestic) in Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, Singapore Dollars, Japanese Yen, Euros or
Pounds Sterling that are issued by a bank (I) which has, at the time of acquisition, a long-term
rating of at least A or the equivalent from S & P, Moodys or Fitch and (II) if a domestic bank,
which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (h) overnight securities repurchase
agreements, or reverse repurchase agreements secured by any of the foregoing types of securities or
debt instruments, provided that the collateral supporting such repurchase agreements shall have a
value not less than 101% of the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest;
and (i) money market funds invested in investments substantially all of which consist of the items
described in clauses (a) through (h) foregoing.
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.
Code shall mean 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 Bank, the amount set forth under the name of such Bank
on the signature pages hereof as its commitment for Loans in Dollars (and, for each Bank which is
an Assignee, the amount set forth in the Transfer Supplement entered into pursuant to Section
9.6(c) as the Assignees Commitment), as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.11(e) or in connection with an assignment to an Assignee, and as such amount may be
increased pursuant to Section 9.19 or in connection with an assignment from an Assignor. The
initial aggregate amount of the Banks Commitments is $325,000,000.
Consolidated Subsidiary means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity which is
consolidated with Borrower or General Partner in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth means, at any time, the tangible net worth of Borrower, on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, plus preferred units issued by Consolidated
Subsidiaries, plus all accumulated depreciation and amortization of Borrower plus Borrowers Share
of accumulated
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depreciation and amortization of Investment Affiliates, deducted, in either case,
from earnings in calculating Net Income.
Construction Asset has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Construction
Asset Cost.
Construction Asset Cost shall mean, with respect to a Real Property Asset (or, in the case
of any Real Property Asset to be developed in phases, any phase thereof) in which Development
Activity has begun (as evidenced by obtaining a permit to commence construction of the applicable
industrial or retail improvements by the applicable governmental authority) but has not yet been
substantially completed (substantial completion shall be deemed to mean not less than 90%
completion, as such completion shall be evidenced by a certificate of occupancy or its equivalent
and the commencement of the payment of rent by tenants of such Real Property Asset or phase) (a
Construction Asset), (i) in the case of the development and construction by the Borrower
described in clause (a) of the definition of Development Activity, the aggregate, good faith
estimate of the total cost to be incurred by the Borrower in the construction of such improvements
(including land acquisition costs); (ii) in the case of the development and construction by a Joint
Venture Subsidiary or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower described in clause (a) of the
definition of Development Activity, an amount equal to Borrowers Share of the aggregate, good
faith estimate of the total cost to be incurred by such Joint Venture Subsidiary or such
Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable, in the construction of such improvements (including land
acquisition costs); (iii) in the case of the financing of any development and construction by the
Borrower, the amount the Borrower has committed to fund to pay the cost to complete such
development and construction, (iv) in the case of the financing of any development and construction
by a Joint Venture Subsidiary or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower, an amount equal to
Borrowers Share of the amount such Joint Venture Subsidiary or such Consolidated Subsidiary, as
applicable, has committed to fund to pay the cost to complete such development and construction;
(v) in the case of the incurrence of any Contingent Obligations in connection with any development
and construction by the Borrower, the amount of such Contingent Obligation of the Borrower, (vi) in
the case of the incurrence of any Contingent Obligations in connection with any development and
construction by a Joint Venture Subsidiary or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower, an amount
equal to Borrowers Share of the amount of such Contingent Obligation of such Joint Venture
Subsidiary or such Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable.
Contingent Obligation as to any Person means, without duplication, (i) any contingent
obligation of such Person required to be shown on such Persons
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balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP, and (ii) any obligation required to be disclosed in the footnotes to such Persons financial
statements, guaranteeing partially or in whole any Non-Recourse Indebtedness, lease, dividend or
other obligation, exclusive of contractual indemnities (including, without limitation, any
indemnity or price-adjustment provision relating to the purchase or sale of securities or other
assets) and guarantees of non-monetary obligations (other than guarantees of completion) which have
not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person or of any other Person. The amount of any
Contingent Obligation described in clause (ii) shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guaranty
of interest or interest and principal, or operating income guaranty, the Net Present Value of the
sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which in the case of an operating income
guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to the debt service for the note secured thereby), calculated
at the Applicable Interest Rate, through (i) in the case of an interest or interest and principal
guaranty, the stated date of maturity of the obligation (and commencing on the date interest could
first be payable thereunder), or (ii) in the case of an operating income guaranty, the date through
which such guaranty will remain in effect, and (b) with respect to
all guarantees not covered by the preceding clause (a), an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such guaranty is made or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming
such Person is required to perform thereunder) as recorded on the balance sheet and on the
footnotes to the most recent financial statements of Borrower required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, guarantees of
completion shall not be deemed to be Contingent Obligations unless and until a claim for payment or
performance has been made thereunder, at which time any such guaranty of completion shall be deemed
to be a Contingent Obligation in an amount equal to any such claim. Subject to the preceding
sentence, (i) in the case of a joint and several guaranty given by such Person and another Person
(but only to the extent such guaranty is recourse, directly or indirectly to Borrower), the amount
of the guaranty shall be deemed to be 100% thereof unless and only to the extent that such other
Person has delivered Cash or Cash Equivalents to secure all or any part of such Persons guaranteed
obligations, (ii) in the case of joint and several guarantees given by a Person in whom Borrower
owns an interest (which guarantees are non-recourse to Borrower), to the extent the guarantees, in
the aggregate, exceed 15% of Total Asset Value, the amount which is the lesser of (x) the amount in
excess of 15% or (y) the amount of Borrowers interest therein shall be deemed to be a Contingent
Obligation of Borrower, and (iii) in the case of a guaranty (whether or not joint and several) of
an obligation otherwise constituting Indebtedness of such Person, the amount of such guaranty shall
be deemed to be only that amount in excess of the amount of the obligation constituting
Indebtedness of such Person. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
Contingent Obligations shall be deemed not to include guarantees of Unused Commitments or of
construction loans to the extent the same have not been drawn. All matters constituting
Contingent Obligations shall be calculated without duplication.
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Convertible Securities means evidences of shares of stock, limited or general
partnership interests or other ownership interests, warrants, options, or other rights or
securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for, with or without payment of additional
consideration, common shares of beneficial interest of General Partner or partnership interests of
Borrower, as the case may be, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the
happening of a specified event.
Credit Rating means the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies to Borrowers senior
unsecured long term indebtedness.
Debt Restructuring means a restatement of, or material change in, the amortization or other
financial terms of any Indebtedness of General Partner, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
Investment Affiliate.
Debt Service means, for any period and without duplication, Interest Expense for such period
plus scheduled principal amortization (excluding Balloon Payments) for such period on all Balance
Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and General Partner, plus Borrowers Share of scheduled principal
amortization (excluding Balloon Payments) for such period on all Balance Sheet Indebtedness of
Investment Affiliates and Consolidated Subsidiaries.
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 2.8(d).
Development Activity means (a) the development and construction or redevelopment of
industrial or retail facilities by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or Joint
Venture Subsidiaries excluding Unimproved Assets, (b) the financing by the Borrower or any of its
Consolidated
Subsidiaries or Joint Venture Subsidiaries of any such development or construction or
redevelopment and (c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or
Joint Venture Subsidiaries of any Contingent Obligations in connection with such development or
construction or redevelopment (other than purchase contracts for Real Property Assets which are not
payable until after completion of development or construction).
Dollars and $ means the lawful money of the United States.
Domestic Lending Office means, as to each Bank, 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
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such other office as such Bank may
hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
EBITDA means, for any period (i) Borrowers and General Partners Income from Operations for
such period, including Borrowers Share of the Consolidated Subsidiary Income from Operations for
each Consolidated Subsidiary, plus (ii) Borrowers and General Partners depreciation and
amortization expense and other non-cash items deducted in the calculation of Income from Operations
for such period, plus (iii) Borrowers and General Partners Interest Expense deducted in the
calculation of Income from Operations for such period, plus (iv) Borrowers Share of the Investment
Affiliate EBITDA for each Investment Affiliate, all of the foregoing without duplication.
Effective Date means the date this Agreement becomes effective in accordance with Section
9.9.
Environmental Affiliate means any partnership, joint venture, trust or corporation in which
an equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower and, as a result of the
ownership of such equity interest, Borrower may have recourse liability for Environmental Claims
against such partnership, joint venture, trust or corporation (or the property thereof).
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 the
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 Materials of Environmental Concern 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 Materials of
Environmental Concern or the clean up or other remediation thereof.
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
ERISA Group means the Borrower, any Subsidiary, General Partner and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control and all members of an affiliated service group which, together with the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or General Partner, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code
or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
Euro-Dollar Borrowing has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Euro-Dollar Business Day means any Business Day on which banks are open for dealings in
Dollar deposits in the London interbank market and any day on which commercial banks are open for
foreign exchange business in London.
Euro-Dollar Lending Office means, as to each Bank, its office, branch or affiliate located
at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of such
Bank as it may hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
Euro-Dollar Loan means a Loan to be made by a Bank as a Euro-Dollar Loan in accordance with
the applicable Notice of Borrowing.
Euro-Dollar Reference Bank means the principal London offices of the Administrative Agent.
Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage means for any day that percentage (expressed as a decimal)
which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) under Regulation D, as Regulation D may be amended, modified or
supplemented, for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of the Federal
Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding five billion dollars in respect of
Eurocurrency liabilities (or in respect of any other category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Euro-Dollar Loans is determined or any category
of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of any
Bank to United States residents). The Adjusted Interbank Offered Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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Existing Credit Agreement means the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2006, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan
Europe Limited, as Administrative Agent for Alternate Currencies, and the banks party thereto.
Extension Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).
Extension Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).
Extension Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).
Facility Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
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 Business Day next succeeding such
day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Administrative
Agent 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.
FFO means funds from operations, defined to mean, without duplication for any period,
Income from Operations, plus (i) Borrowers Share of Income from Operations of any Investment
Affiliate (plus Borrowers Share of real estate depreciation and amortization expenses of
Investment Affiliates), plus (ii) real estate depreciation and amortization expense for such
period.
Financing Partnerships means any Subsidiary which is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly,
by Borrower or by Borrower and General Partner, with General Partner holding, directly or
indirectly other than through its interest in Borrower, no more than a 2% economic interest in such
Subsidiary.
First Tier JV has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of Borrower and General Partner.
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Fitch means Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Fixed Charges for any Fiscal Quarter period means the sum of (i) Debt Service for such
period, (ii) dividends on preferred units payable by Borrower for such period, and (iii)
distributions made by Borrower in such period to Guarantor for the purpose of paying dividends on
preferred shares in Guarantor. If any of the foregoing Indebtedness is subject to an interest rate
cap agreement purchased by the Borrower, the Guarantor or a Consolidated Subsidiary, the interest
rate shall be assumed to be the lower of the actual interest payable on such Indebtedness or the
capped rate of such interest rate cap agreement. In no event shall any dividends payable on the
Guarantors or any Consolidated Subsidiarys common stock be included in Fixed Charges.
Fixed Rate Borrowing has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Fixed Rate Indebtedness means all Indebtedness which accrues interest at a fixed rate.
Floating Rate Indebtedness means all Indebtedness which is not Fixed Rate Indebtedness and
which is not a Contingent Obligation or an Unused Commitment.
FMV Cap Rate means seven and three-quarters percent (7.75%).
Foreign Property Interests means Borrowers or General Partners interest, without
duplication, in Properties located outside the United States.
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 or in such other statements by such other
entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
General Partner means AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation qualified as a real
estate investment trust and the sole general partner of Borrower.
Group of Loans means, at any time, a group of Loans consisting of (i) all Loans which are
Base Rate Loans at such time, or (ii) all Euro-Dollar Loans having the same Interest Period at such
time; provided that, if a Loan of any particular Bank is converted to or made as a Base Rate Loan
pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.5, such Loan shall be included in the same Group or Groups of Loans
from time to time as it would have been in if it had not been so converted or made.
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Guarantor shall mean AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation qualified as a
real estate investment trust.
Guaranty shall mean that certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by General
Partner, as guarantor, to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks.
Income from Operations means, for any period, Net Income before the deduction of (i) Taxes,
(ii) minority interests, (iii) gains and losses on asset sales, Debt Restructurings or write-ups or
forgiveness of indebtedness, (iv) gains and losses from extraordinary items, (v) payment of
preferred dividends, calculated in conformity with GAAP, and (vi) an adjustment to exclude the
straight-lining of rents.
Indebtedness as applied to any Person (and without duplication), means (a) all indebtedness,
obligations or other liabilities of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, including all liabilities of such Person evidenced by Securities or
other similar instruments, (b) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, (c) all indebtedness
obligations or other liabilities of such Person or others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, in excess of 2.5% of Total Liabilities in the aggregate, whether or not such indebtedness,
obligations or liabilities are assumed by, or are a personal liability of such Person, and (d) all
other items which, in accordance with GAAP, would be included as liabilities on the liability side
of, or in the footnotes to the balance sheet of such Person, exclusive, however, of all dividends
and distributions declared but not yet paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the term
Indebtedness is used with respect to Borrower or General Partner without expressly stating that
such Indebtedness is to be determined on a consolidated basis, such Indebtedness shall only
include Borrowers Share of any Indebtedness of a Consolidated Subsidiary.
Indemnitee has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b).
Interbank Offered Rate applicable to any Interest Period means the average (rounded upward,
if necessary, to the next higher 1/16 of 1%) of the respective rates per annum at which deposits in
Dollars are offered to the Euro-Dollar Reference Bank in the interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Euro-Dollar Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period
in an amount approximately equal to
the principal amount of the Euro-Dollar Borrowing or Group of Loans or portion thereof to be
converted into or continued as Euro-Dollar Loans to which such Interest Period is to apply and for
a period of time comparable to such Interest Period.
Interest Expense means, for any period and without duplication, total interest
expense, whether paid, accrued or capitalized, determined in accordance with GAAP, with respect to
Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and
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General Partner, plus Borrowers Share of accrued, paid
or capitalized interest with respect to any Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates and
Consolidated Subsidiaries (in each case, including, without limitation, the interest component of
Capital Leases but excluding interest expense covered by an interest reserve established under a
loan facility such as capitalized construction interest provided for in a construction loan).
Interest Period means: with respect to each Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the period commencing on
the date of such Borrowing specified in the Notice of Borrowing or on the date specified in the
applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending 1, 2, 3, 6, or if available from all the
Banks, 12 months thereafter (or a period less than 1 month with the reasonable approval of
Administrative Agent, unless any Bank has previously advised Administrative Agent and Borrower that
it is unable to enter into Interbank Offered Rate Contracts for an Interest Period of the same
duration) as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Interest
Rate Election; provided, that:
(a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such
Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a
calendar month; and
(c) no Interest Period may end later than the Maturity Date.
Interest Rate Contracts means, collectively, interest rate swap, collar, cap or similar
agreements providing interest rate protection.
Intermediate Tier Entity has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
International FinCo has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Intracompany Indebtedness means Indebtedness whose obligor and obligee are each the
Borrower, the Guarantor or a Consolidated Subsidiary.
Investment Affiliate means any Person in whom Guarantor or Borrower holds an equity
interest, directly or indirectly, whose financial results are not consolidated under GAAP with the
financial results of Guarantor or Borrower on the consolidated financial statements of General
Partner and Borrower.
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Investment Affiliate EBITDA means, for any period (i) Income from Operations of an
Investment Affiliate for such period, plus (ii) depreciation and amortization expense and other
non-cash items deducted in the calculation of Income from Operations of such Investment Affiliate
for such period, plus (iii)
Interest Expense deducted in the calculation of Income from Operations of such Investment
Affiliate for such period, all of the foregoing without duplication.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating for a Persons senior long-term unsecured debt of
BBB- or better from S&P or a rating of Baa3 or better from Moodys. In the event that Borrower
receives Credit Ratings only from S&P and Moodys, and such Credit Ratings are not equivalent, the
higher of such two (2) Credit Ratings shall be used to determine whether an Investment Grade Rating
was achieved. In the event that Borrower receives more than two (2) Credit Ratings, and such
Credit Ratings are not all equivalent, the highest Credit Rating shall be used to determine whether
an Investment Grade Rating was achieved, provided that said highest rating is from S&P or Moodys;
provided, further, that if the highest rating is not from S&P or Moodys, then the highest Credit
Rating from either S&P or Moodys shall be used to determine whether an Investment Grade Rating was
achieved.
Investment Mortgages means mortgages securing indebtedness with respect to Real Property
Assets directly or indirectly owed to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, certificates of interest in real estate mortgage investment conduits.
Joint Bookrunners means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
in their capacity as Joint Bookrunners hereunder.
Joint Lead Arrangers means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation, in their capacity as Joint Lead Arrangers hereunder.
Joint Lenders has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Joint Venture Interests means partnership, joint venture, membership or other equity
interests issued by any Person which is an Investment Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary, is not
consolidated with Borrower and is not controlled by a Joint Venture Parent.
Joint Venture Parent means Borrower or one or more Financing Partnerships of Borrower which
directly or indirectly owns any interest in a Joint Venture Subsidiary.
Joint Venture Subsidiary means any entity (other than a Financing Partnership) in
which (i) a Joint Venture Parent owns at least 50% of the economic
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interests and (ii) the sale or
financing of any Property owned by such Joint Venture Subsidiary is substantially controlled by a
Joint Venture Parent, subject to customary provisions set forth in the organizational documents of
such Joint Venture Subsidiary with respect to refinancings or rights of first refusal granted to
other members of such Joint Venture Subsidiary. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the sale
or financing of a Property owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary shall be deemed to be substantially
controlled by a Joint Venture Parent, if such Joint Venture Parent has the ability to exercise a
buy-sell right in the event of a disagreement regarding the sale or financing of such Property.
JV Non-US Property Owner has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, in each case that has
the effect of creating a security interest, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this
Agreement, the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary 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 sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
Loan means a loan made by a Bank 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 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.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Notes and the Guaranty.
Majority Banks means at any time Banks having at least 51% of the aggregate amount of
Commitments, or if the Commitments shall have been terminated, holding Notes evidencing at least
51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans.
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
does or could reasonably be expected to, materially and adversely impair (i) the ability of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their respective
obligations under the Loan Documents, or (ii) the ability of Administrative Agent or the Banks to
enforce the Loan Documents.
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Materials of Environmental Concern means and includes pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous wastes, toxic and hazardous substances, asbestos, lead, petroleum and petroleum
by-products.
Maturity Date shall mean the date when all of the Obligations hereunder shall be due and
payable which shall be September 27, 2009, unless otherwise extended in accordance with Section
2.10(b) or accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof.
Moodys means Moodys 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 at any time after September 25, 1980 made contributions or
has been required to make contributions (for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member
of the ERISA Group after September 25, 1980 will be treated as a member of the ERISA Group).
Negative Pledge means, with respect to any Property, any covenant, condition, or other
restriction entered into by the owner of such Property or directly binding on such Property which
prohibits or limits the creation or assumption of any Lien upon such Property to secure any or all
of the Obligations; provided, however, that such term shall not include (a) any
covenant, condition or restriction contained in any ground lease from a governmental entity, and
(b) financial covenants given for the benefit of any Person that may be violated by the granting of
any Lien on any Property to secure any or all of the Obligations.
Net Income means, for any period, net income as calculated in conformity with GAAP.
Net Offering Proceeds means all cash or other assets received by General Partner or Borrower
as a result of the issuance or sale of common shares of beneficial interest, preferred shares of
beneficial interest, partnership interests, preferred partnership units, limited liability company
interests, Convertible Securities or
other ownership or equity interests in General Partner or Borrower less customary costs and
discounts of issuance paid by General Partner or Borrower, as the case may be.
Net Price means, with respect to the purchase of any Property, without duplication,
(i) the aggregate purchase price paid as cash consideration for such purchase (without adjustment
for prorations), including, without limitation, the principal amount of any note received or other
deferred payment to be made in connection with such purchase (except as described in clause (ii)
below) and the
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value of any non-cash consideration delivered in connection with such purchase
(including, without limitation, shares or preferred shares of beneficial interest in General
Partner and OP Units or Preferred OP Units (as defined in Borrowers partnership agreement)) plus
(ii) reasonable costs of sale and non-recurring taxes paid or payable in connection with such
purchase or sale.
Net Present Value shall mean, as to a specified or ascertainable dollar amount, the present
value, as of the date of calculation of any such amount using a discount rate equal to the Base
Rate in effect as of the date of such calculation.
Non-Recourse Indebtedness means Indebtedness with respect to which recourse for payment is
limited to (i) specific Property or Properties encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness
and/or another Person so long as there is no recourse to Borrower or the General Partner, or (ii)
any Consolidated Subsidiary or Investment Affiliate (provided that if an entity is a partnership,
there is no recourse to Borrower or General Partner as a general partner of such partnership);
provided, however, that personal recourse of Borrower or General Partner for any such Indebtedness
for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities
and other circumstances customarily excluded by institutional lenders from exculpation provisions
and/or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financing of real estate
shall not, by itself, prevent such Indebtedness from being characterized as Non-Recourse
Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, (a) if the Indebtedness
is partially guaranteed by the Borrower or the General Partner, then the portion of such
Indebtedness that is not so guaranteed shall still be Non-Recourse Indebtedness if it otherwise
satisfies the requirements in this definition, and (b) if the liability of Borrower or the General
Partner under any such guaranty is itself limited to specific Property or Properties, then such
Indebtedness shall still be Non-Recourse Indebtedness if such Indebtedness otherwise satisfies the
requirements of this definition.
Non-US Property has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Non-US Property Owners has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Notes means the promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans, and Note means any one of
such promissory notes issued hereunder.
Notice of Borrowing means a notice from Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2 or Section
2.3(b)(i).
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Notice of Interest Rate Election has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
Obligations means all obligations, liabilities, indemnity obligations and
Indebtedness of every nature of the Borrower, from time to time owing to Administrative Agent or
any Bank under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Parent means, with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such Bank.
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.
Permitted Holdings means Unimproved Assets, interests in Taxable REIT Subsidiaries and
Investment Mortgages, but only to the extent permitted in Section 5.8.
Permitted Liens means:
a. Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently conducted in accordance with the terms hereof;
b. statutory liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other similar
liens imposed by law, which are incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not more
than sixty (60) days delinquent or which are being contested in good faith in accordance with
the terms hereof;
c. deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation or to secure
liabilities to insurance carriers;
d. utility deposits and other deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, purchase contracts, construction
contracts, governmental contracts, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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e. Liens for purchase money obligations for equipment (or Liens to secure
Indebtedness incurred within 90 days after the purchase of any equipment to pay all or a
portion of the purchase price thereof or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of any such equipment, or extensions, renewals, or
replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or lesser amount); provided that (i) the
Indebtedness secured by any such Lien does not exceed the purchase price of such equipment,
(ii) any such Lien encumbers only the asset so purchased and the proceeds upon sale,
disposition, loss or destruction thereof, and (iii) such Lien, after giving effect to the
Indebtedness secured thereby, does not give rise to an Event of Default;
f. easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, other similar charges or encumbrances
and all other items listed on Schedule B to Borrowers owners title insurance policies,
except in connection with any Indebtedness, for any of Borrowers Real Property Assets, so
long as the foregoing do not interfere in any material respect with the use or ordinary
conduct of the business of Borrower and do not diminish in any material respect the value of
the Property to which it is attached or for which it is listed;
g. (I) Liens and judgments which have been or will be bonded (and the Lien on any cash
or securities serving as security for such bond) or released of record within thirty (30)
days after the date
such Lien or judgment is entered or filed against General Partner, Borrower, or any
Subsidiary, or (II) Liens which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
for review and in respect of which there shall have been secured a subsisting stay of
execution pending such appeal or proceedings and as to which the subject asset is not at risk
of forfeiture;
h. Liens on Property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than Unencumbered
Property) securing Indebtedness which may be incurred or remain outstanding without resulting
in an Event of Default hereunder; and
i. Liens in favor of Borrower, General Partner or a Consolidated Subsidiary against any
asset of any Consolidated Subsidiary or any Investment Affiliate.
Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including, without limitation, a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
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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 Stock Subsidiary means a corporation organized with two classes of stock,
consisting of one class of voting common shares and one class of non-voting preferred shares, all
of whose preferred shares are owned by a Person seeking to be treated as a real estate investment
trust under the Code (or an operating partnership of which such Person is general partner) and all
of the common shares of which are owned by individuals or entities who are neither owned nor
controlled by such Person (but which individuals may be, and which entities may be owned and
controlled by, officers, directors or employees of such Person), and to which such Person (or an
operating partnership of which such Person is general partner) has contributed at least ninety-five
percent (95%) or more of the equity capital raised by such corporation in exchange for the issuance
of such corporations shares.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest publicly announced by the Administrative Agent from
time to time as its Prime Rate (it being understood that the same shall not necessarily be the best
rate offered by the Administrative Agent to customers).
Pro Rata Share means, with respect to any Bank, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the
numerator of which shall be the amount of such Banks Commitment and the denominator of which shall
be the aggregate amount of all of the Banks Commitments, as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Property means, with respect to any Person, any real or personal property, building,
facility, structure, equipment or unit, or other asset owned by such Person.
Qualified Institution means a Bank, or one or more banks, finance companies, insurance or
other financial institutions which (A) has (or, in the case of a bank which is a subsidiary, such
banks parent has) a rating of its senior debt obligations of not less than Baa-1 by Moodys or a
comparable rating by a rating
agency acceptable to Syndication Agent and (B) has total assets in excess of Ten Billion
Dollars ($10,000,000,000).
Rating Agencies means, collectively, S&P, Moodys and Fitch.
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Real Property Assets means as to any Person as of any time, the real property assets
(including, without limitation, interests in participating mortgages in which such Persons
interest therein is characterized as equity according to GAAP) owned directly or indirectly by such
Person at such time.
Recourse Debt shall mean Indebtedness that is not Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as
in effect from time to time
REIT means a real estate investment trust, as defined under Section 856 of the Code.
Revised Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period, Adjusted EBITDA for such period, less ((a)
interest income, and (b) a management fee equal to three percent (3%) of consolidated rental
revenue from Real Property Assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and Investment
Affiliates for such period, plus (i) actual general and administrative expenses for such period to
the extent deducted in calculating Adjusted EBITDA, and (ii) actual management fees with respect to
Real Property Assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and Investment Affiliates
for such period.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
or any successor thereto.
Second Tier Funding Loan has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Secured Debt means Indebtedness (but excluding Intracompany Indebtedness), the payment of
which is secured by a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien, except for those Permitted Liens described
in clause (h) of the definition thereof) on any Property owned or leased by General Partner or
Borrower plus Borrowers Share of Indebtedness (but excluding Intracompany Indebtedness), the
payment of which is secured by a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien, except for those Permitted
Liens described in clause (h) of the definition thereof) on any Property owned or leased by any
Investment Affiliate or any Consolidated Subsidiary.
Securities means any stock, partnership interests, shares, shares of beneficial interest,
voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or
unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as
securities, or any certificates of interest, shares, or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire
any of the foregoing, but shall not include Joint Venture Interests, any interest in any
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Subsidiary
of General Partner or Borrower, any interest in a Taxable REIT Subsidiary, any Indebtedness which
would not be required to be included on the liabilities side of the balance sheet of General
Partner or Borrower on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, any Cash or Cash Equivalents
or any evidence of the Obligations.
Solvent means, with respect to any Person, that the fair saleable value of such
Persons assets exceeds the Indebtedness of such Person.
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 the Borrower
or General Partner.
Subsidiary Operating Partnership shall mean a limited liability company or limited
partnership in which the only interest therein not owned (directly or indirectly) by Borrower
and/or General Partner shall be preference interests or preference units, respectively.
Substantially Controlled by Borrower means, with respect to any action, that such action is
substantially controlled by Borrower as contemplated under Section 5.14.
Syndication Agent means Sumitomo Mistui Banking Corporation, in its capacity as syndication
agent hereunder and its permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Taxable REIT Subsidiary means any corporation (other than a REIT) in which General Partner
directly or indirectly owns stock and General Partner and such corporation jointly elect that such
corporation shall be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary of General Partner under and pursuant to
Section 856 of the Code.
Taxes means all federal, state, local and foreign income and gross receipts taxes.
Term has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.
Termination Event shall mean (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
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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 might reasonably 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 the Real Property Assets or any member of the ERISA Group under
ERISA or the Code.
Tiered Non-US Property has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Total Asset Value means, with respect to Borrower and without duplication, (i) the quotient
obtained by dividing (a) (x) (1) Revised Adjusted EBITDA for the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters
most recently ended, minus (2) for any Property (other than Construction Assets or Unimproved
Assets) which was acquired by Borrower, a Consolidated Subsidiary or an Investment Affiliate in any
of the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters, the Revised Adjusted EBITDA attributable to such Property
to the extent the same was included in the Revised Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower in clause (1) of
this definition by (b) the FMV Cap Rate, plus (ii) for any Property which was acquired by Borrower
in any of the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters, the sum of (x) the Net Price of the Property paid
by Borrower for such Property and (y) the cost of capital expenditures actually incurred in
connection with such Property, plus (iii) for any Property which was acquired
by an Investment Affiliate or a Consolidated Subsidiary in any of the previous four (4) Fiscal
Quarters, the sum of (x) Borrowers Share of the Net Price of the Property paid by such Investment
Affiliate or by such Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable, for such Property, and (y) Borrowers
share of the cost of capital expenditures actually incurred in connection with such Property plus
(iv) the value of any Cash or Cash Equivalent owned by Borrower (including Cash or Cash Equivalents
held in restricted Section 1031 accounts under the control of Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary), and Borrowers Share of any Cash or Cash Equivalent owned by any Consolidated
Subsidiary or Investment Affiliate (including Cash or Cash Equivalents held in restricted Section
1031 accounts under the control of Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary), plus (v) the value of
any Construction Assets, Unimproved Assets and any other tangible assets of Borrower (including
foreign currency exchange agreements, to the extent such agreements are material and are reported
or are required under GAAP to be reported by the Borrower in its financial statements), as measured
on a GAAP basis, plus (vi) Borrowers Share of the value of any Construction Assets, Unimproved
Assets and any other tangible assets of any Investment Affiliate or any Consolidated Subsidiary as
measured on a GAAP basis. For purposes of the foregoing, a Property which was a Construction Asset
will be deemed to have been acquired on the date it ceases to be a Construction Asset.
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Total Liabilities means, as of the date of determination and without duplication, all
Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and General Partner, plus Borrowers Share of all Balance
Sheet Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates and Consolidated Subsidiaries.
Unencumbered Net Operating Cash Flow means, as of any date of determination, the
Unencumbered Net Operating Income for the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters (provided that as to
any Unencumbered Property acquired during such period and owned for not less than one (1) Fiscal
Quarter, Unencumbered Net Operating Income attributable to such period occurring after such
acquisition shall be annualized).
Unencumbered Net Operating Income means, for any period, for all Unencumbered Properties,
the aggregate revenues from each such Unencumbered Property for such period (including, without
limitation, lease termination fees appropriately amortized, but excluding deferred rents
receivable) or in the case of any Unencumbered Property owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary,
Borrowers Share thereof, less the cost of maintaining such Unencumbered Properties (including,
without limitation, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance, but excluding depreciation,
amortization, interest costs and capital expenditures) or in the case of any Unencumbered Property
owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary, Borrowers Share thereof (provided that as to any Unencumbered
Property acquired during such period, only revenues and property level expenses attributable to
such period occurring after such acquisition shall be included), as adjusted for (i) capital
expenditure reserves at the rate of Ten Cents ($0.10, or in the case of any Unencumbered Property
owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary, Borrowers Share of Ten Cents ($0.10)) per square foot per
annum of space leased as of the applicable date of determination (provided that, as to any
Unencumbered Property acquired during such period, such amount per square foot shall be pro-rated
for the period of ownership) and (ii) to exclude the effects of straight-lining of rents.
Unencumbered Property means any retail or industrial Property (including Unimproved Assets
and Construction Assets, but excluding interests in participating mortgages in which such Persons
interest therein is characterized as equity according to GAAP) from time to time which (i) is an
operating Real Property Asset which is owned directly or indirectly 100% in fee (or ground
leasehold) by Borrower, a Financing Partnership or a Joint Venture Subsidiary, (ii) is not subject
(nor are any equity interests in such Property that are owned directly or indirectly by Borrower,
General Partner or any Joint Venture Parent subject) to a Lien which secures Indebtedness of any
Person other than Permitted Liens, and (iii) is not subject (nor are any equity
interests in such Property that are owned directly or indirectly by Borrower, General Partner
or any Joint Venture Parent subject) to any Negative Pledge (provided that a financial covenant
given for the benefit of any Person that may be violated by the granting of any Lien on any
Property to secure any or all of the Obligations shall not be deemed a Negative Pledge).
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Unimproved Assets means Real Property Assets (or, in the case of any Real Property Assets to
be developed in phases, any phase thereof) containing no material improvements other than
infrastructure improvements such as roads, utility feeder lines and the like.
United States means the United States of America, including the fifty states and the
District of Columbia.
Unsecured Debt means the amount of Indebtedness (excluding Intracompany Indebtedness) for
borrowed money of General Partner, Borrower, any Financing Partnership, any Preferred Stock
Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary and which is not Secured Debt, including, without
limitation, the amount of all then outstanding Loans.
Unsecured Interest Expense means, as of any date of determination, for the previous four (4)
Fiscal Quarters, the Interest Expense paid, accrued or capitalized on Unsecured Debt, provided,
however, in the case of any Preferred Stock Subsidiary, Joint Venture Subsidiary or Consolidated
Subsidiary only an amount equal to the Borrowers Share of any such Interest Expense on Unsecured
Debt of such entity shall be included in Unsecured Interest Expense.
Unused Commitments shall mean an amount equal to all unadvanced funds (other than unadvanced
funds in connection with any construction loan) which any third party is obligated to advance to
Borrower or another Person or otherwise pursuant to any loan document, written instrument or
otherwise.
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 the
Borrowers independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent;
provided that for purposes of references to the financial results and information of General
Partner, on a consolidated basis, General Partner shall be deemed to own one hundred percent
(100%) of the partnership interests in Borrower; and provided further that, if the Borrower
notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes 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 Borrower that the Majority Banks wish to amend Article V for such
purpose), then the Borrowers 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 Borrower
and the Majority Banks.
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SECTION 1.3. Types of Borrowings. The term Borrowing denotes the
aggregation of Loans of one or more Banks to be made to the Borrower pursuant to Article 2 on the
same date, all of which Loans are of the same type (subject to Article 8) and, except in the case
of Base Rate Loans, have the same initial Interest Period. Borrowings are classified for purposes
of this Agreement either by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing (e.g., a
Fixed Rate Borrowing is a Euro-Dollar Borrowing; and a Euro-Dollar Borrowing is a Borrowing
comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans).
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.1. Commitments to Lend. Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to this Article from
time to time during the term hereof in amounts such that the aggregate principal amount of Loans by
such Bank at any one time outstanding shall not exceed its Commitment. The initial Borrowing shall
be made on the Effective Date in an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments, and shall be made
from the several Banks ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments. Subject to the
provisions of Section 9.19 hereof, in no event shall the aggregate amount of Loans outstanding at
any time, exceed $325,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9.19, the Facility
Amount). In the event that the Facility Amount shall be increased pursuant to Section 9.19,
each Borrowing thereafter shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (except that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate
amount of the Commitments then available to be borrowed). Any amounts repaid may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.2. Notice of Borrowing. With respect to any Borrowing, the Borrower
shall give Administrative Agent notice not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City or London time, as
applicable) (x) the Business Day prior to each Base Rate Borrowing, or (y) the third
(3rd) Euro-Dollar Business Day before each Euro-Dollar Borrowing denominated in
Dollars,, specifying:
(i) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day in the case of a Base Rate
Borrowing or a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(iii) whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be Base Rate Loans or
Euro-Dollar Loans,
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(iv) in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period,
(v) payment instructions for delivery of such Borrowing; and
(vi) certify that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.
SECTION 2.3. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 2.4. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 2.5. Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans.
(a) Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing from Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof,
the Administrative Agent shall, on the date such Notice of Borrowing is received by the
Administrative Agent, notify each applicable Bank of the contents thereof and of such Banks share
of such Borrowing, of the interest rate determined pursuant thereto and the Interest Period(s) (if
different from those requested by the Borrower) and such Notice of Borrowing shall not thereafter
be revocable by the Borrower, unless Borrower shall pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section
2.14.
(b) Not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of each Borrowing as indicated
in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, each Bank shall (except as provided in subsection (d) of
this Section) 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.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the
date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Banks share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made such
share available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with this
Section 2.5 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, but shall not be
obligated to, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount on behalf of such
Bank. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made such share available to the
Administrative Agent, such Bank agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at
the rate of interest applicable to such Borrowing hereunder.
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If such Bank shall repay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Banks
Loan included in such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. If such Bank shall not pay to
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount after reasonable attempts are made by Administrative
Agent to collect such amounts from such Bank, Borrower agrees to repay to Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amounts together with interest thereto, for each day from
the date such amount is made available to Borrower, until the date such amount is repaid to
Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable thereto one (1) Business Day after demand.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.5(d) shall be deemed to reduce the Commitment of any Bank or in
any way affect the rights of Borrower with respect to any defaulting Bank or Administrative Agent.
The failure of any Bank to make available to the Administrative Agent such Banks share of any
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.5(b) hereof shall not relieve any other Bank of its
obligations to fund its Commitment, in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(e) Subject to the provisions hereof, the Administrative Agent shall make available each
Borrowing to Borrower in Federal funds immediately available in accordance with, and on the date
set forth in, the applicable Notice of Borrowing.
SECTION 2.6. Notes.
(a) The Loans of each Bank shall be evidenced by a single Note made by each Borrower payable
to the order of such Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending Office.
(b) Each Bank may, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, request that its
Loans of a particular type be evidenced by a separate Note in an amount equal to the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of such Loans. Any additional costs incurred by the Administrative Agent,
the Borrower or the Banks in connection with preparing such a Note shall be at the sole cost and
expense of the Bank requesting such Note. In the event any Loans evidenced by such a Note are paid
in full prior to the Maturity Date, any such Bank shall return such Note to Borrower. 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. Upon the execution and
delivery of any such Note, any existing Note payable to such Bank shall be replaced or modified
accordingly. Each reference in this Agreement to the Note of such Bank shall be deemed to
refer to and include any or all of such Notes, as the context may require.
(c) Upon receipt of each Banks Note pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Administrative
Agent shall forward such Note to such Bank. Each Bank shall record 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
Borrower, with respect thereto,
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and may, if such Bank 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 Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
Borrower hereunder or under the Notes. Each Bank is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrower
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 principal amount thereof shall be due and payable, on the
Maturity Date.
(e) There shall be no more than five (5) Euro-Dollar Groups of Loans outstanding at any one
time.
SECTION 2.7. Method of Electing Interest Rates. (a) The Loans included in each
Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate specified by the Borrower in the
applicable Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower 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 Base Rate Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert all or any portion of
such Loans to Euro-Dollar Loans as of any Euro-Dollar Business Day;
(ii) if such Loans are Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert all or any portion
of such Loans to Base Rate Loans and/or elect to continue all or any portion of such Loans as
Euro-Dollar Loans for an additional Interest Period or additional Interest Periods, 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 Borrower in the Notice of Interest Rate Election provided Borrower shall
pay any losses pursuant to Section 2.14.
Each such election shall be made by delivering a notice (a Notice of Interest Rate
Election) to the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to,
but excluding, the effective date of the conversion or continuation selected in such notice. 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 applies, and
the remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each in the amount of $5,000,000 or any
larger multiple of $1,000,000, (iii) there shall be no more than five (5) Euro-Dollar Groups of
Loans outstanding at any time, (iv) no Loan may be continued as, or converted into, a Euro-Dollar
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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 are to be converted, the new type of Loans and, if
such new Loans are Euro-Dollar Loans, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable
thereto; and
(iv) if such Loans are to be continued as Euro-Dollar 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.
(c) Upon receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrower pursuant to
subsection (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Bank 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 Borrower) and
such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower. If the Borrower fails to deliver a
timely Notice of Interest Rate Election to the Administrative Agent for any Group of Euro-Dollar
Loans, such Loans in Dollars shall be converted into Base Rate Loans.
SECTION 2.8. Interest Rates.
(a) Each 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
Euro-Dollar Loan pursuant to Section 2.7, at a rate per annum equal to sum of the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans for such day.
(b) Each Euro-Dollar 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 Euro-Dollar Loans for such day plus the Adjusted Interbank Offered Rate
applicable to such Interest Period.
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(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) 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 Loans, and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, overdue interest in respect of all Loans, shall bear interest at the annual rate
equal to the sum of the Base Rate and two percent (2%) (the Default Rate).
(e) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans
hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Banks of each
rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error.
(f) Intentionally Omitted.
(g) Interest on all Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate shall be payable on the first
Business Day of each calendar month. Interest on all Loans bearing interest based on the London
Interbank Offered Rate shall be payable on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of the applicable
Interest Period, but no less
frequently than every three months determined on the basis of the first (1st) day
of the Interest Period applicable to the Loan in question.
SECTION 2.9. Fees.
(a) Extension Fee. If Borrower elects to extend the term of the Loan in accordance
with Section 2.10(b), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Banks in proportion to their interests, a fee (a Extension Fee) in an amount equal to
0.20% of the aggregate Commitments. The Extension Fee shall be paid by Borrower on or before the
Extension Date.
(b) Fees Non-Refundable. All fees set forth in this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to
have been earned on the date payment is due in accordance with the provisions hereof and shall be
non-refundable. The obligation of the Borrower to pay such fees in accordance with the provisions
hereof shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Banks regardless of whether any Loans are actually made.
SECTION 2.10. Maturity Date.
(a) The term (the Term) of the Commitments (and each Banks obligations to make Loans) shall
terminate and expire on the Maturity Date. Upon the date of the termination of the Term, any Loans
then outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon and all other Obligations) shall be due
and payable on such date.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may extend the Maturity Date for a
period of one (1) year upon the following terms and conditions: (i) delivery by Borrower of a
written notice to the Administrative Agent (the Extension Notice) on or before a date
that is not more than twelve and one half (12 1/2) months nor less than one (1) month prior to the
Maturity Date, which Extension Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to the Banks;
(ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both on the date the Borrower
delivers the Extension Notice and on the original Maturity Date (the Extension Date),
(iii) Borrower shall maintain an Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moodys, and (iv)
Borrower shall pay the Extension Fee to Administrative Agent on or before the Extension Date.
Borrowers delivery of the Extension Notice shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent,
prepay any Group of Base Rate Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate pursuant to Section 8.1, in
whole at any time, or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) or more, 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 Loans of the several Banks included in such Group or Borrowing.
(b) The Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days notice to the
Administrative Agent, pay all or any portion of any Euro-Dollar Loan as of the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto. Except as provided in Article 8 and except with respect to any
Euro-Dollar Loan which has been converted to a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.19, 8.2, 8.3 or
8.4 hereof, the Borrower may not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount of any
Euro-Dollar Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrower
shall also pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.14. Any
such prepayment shall be given on or prior to the third (3rd) Euro-Dollar Business
Day prior to, but excluding, the date of prepayment to the Administrative Agent. 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 Loans of the Banks included in any Group of Euro-Dollar Loans, except that
any Euro-Dollar Loan which has been converted to a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.19, 8.2,
8.3 or 8.4 hereof may be prepaid without ratable payment of the other Loans in such Group of Loans
which have not been so converted.
(c) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time cancel all or any part of the
Commitments 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 Loans then outstanding
or, if there are no Loans outstanding at such time as to which the Commitments with respect thereto
are being canceled,
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upon at least three (3) Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent,
whereupon, in either event, all or such portion of the Commitments, as applicable, shall terminate
as to the applicable Banks, pro rata on the date set forth in such notice of cancellation, and, if
there are any Loans then outstanding, Borrower shall prepay, as applicable, all or such portion of
Loans outstanding on such date in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.11(a) and (b).
(d) Any amounts so prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11 (a) or (b) may not be reborrowed.
In the event Borrower elects 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. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 2.13. General Provisions as to Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment of the principal of and interest on the Loans and
fees hereunder, by initiating a wire transfer not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City) on the date
when due,, of Federal or other funds immediately available in New York, New York, to the
Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.1, and the Borrower shall deliver a
federal reference number evidencing such wire to Administrative Agent as soon as possible
thereafter on the date when due. The Administrative Agent will promptly (and in any event within
one (1) Business Day distribute to each Bank its ratable share of each such payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks. If and to the extent that the Administrative
Agent shall receive any such payment for the account of the Banks on or before 11:00 A.M. (New York
City) on any Business Day (or Euro-Dollar Business Day, as applicable), and Administrative Agent
shall not have distributed to any Bank its applicable share of such payment on such day,
Administrative Agent shall distribute such amount to such Bank together with interest thereon, for
each day from the date such amount should have been distributed to such Bank until the date
Administrative Agent distributes such amount to such Bank, at the Federal Funds Rate. Whenever any
payment of principal of, or interest on the Base Rate Loans or of fees shall be due on a day which
is not a Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day. Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be
due on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the next preceding
Euro-Dollar 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 Borrower prior
to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks
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hereunder that the Borrower will not make such
payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has 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 Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such
Bank. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment, each Bank shall
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank together
with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the
date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.14. Funding Losses. If the Borrower makes any payment of principal with
respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan (pursuant to Article II, VI or VIII or otherwise) on any day other
than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or if the Borrower fails to borrow any
Euro-Dollar Loans after notice has been given to any Bank in accordance with Section 2.5(a) or
2.4(f), as applicable, or if Borrower shall deliver a Notice of Interest Rate Election specifying
that a Euro-Dollar Loan shall be converted on a date other than the first (1st) day of the then
current Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall reimburse each Bank within 15 days
after certification of such Bank of such loss or expense (which shall be delivered by each such
Bank to Administrative Agent for delivery to Borrower) for any resulting loss or expense incurred
by it (or by an existing 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 Bank shall
have delivered to Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the
Borrower a certification as to the amount of such loss or expense, which certification shall set
forth in reasonable detail the basis for and calculation of such loss or expense and shall be
conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error.
SECTION 2.15. Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest based on the Prime Rate
hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in the case of interest based
on the Prime Rate only, 366 days in a leap year) and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). All other interest and fees 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 2.16. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans for
general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, the acquisition of real property to be
used in the Borrowers existing business and for general working capital needs of the Borrower.
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS
SECTION 3.1. Closing. The closing hereunder shall occur on the date when each of
the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent and the
Banks), each document to be dated the Closing Date unless otherwise indicated:
(a) the Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Note
for the account of each Bank dated on or before the Closing Date complying with the provisions of
Section 2.6;
(b) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks shall have executed and
delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a duly executed original of this Agreement;
(c) Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed
original of the Guaranty;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of DLA Piper US LLP, counsel for
the Borrower and Guarantor, acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Banks and their counsel;
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received all documents the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request relating to the existence of the Borrower, and General Partner, the authority
for and the validity of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the incumbency of officers
executing 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, the agreement of limited partnership of the Borrower, as well as the
certificate of limited partnership of the Borrower, both as amended, modified or supplemented to
the Closing Date, certified to be true, correct and complete by a senior officer of the Borrower as
of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a certificate of
existence as to the Borrower from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of Delaware,
to be dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, as well as the articles of
incorporation of General Partner, as amended, modified or supplemented to the Closing Date,
certified to be true, correct and complete by a senior officer of General Partner as of a date not
more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a good standing certificate as to
General Partner from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of Maryland, to be dated
not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date;
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(f) the Borrower and General Partner each shall have executed a solvency certificate
acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(g) 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 their sole discretion;
(h) the Borrower 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
Borrower, General Partner shall have taken all actions required to authorize the execution and
delivery of the Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and the performance thereof by General
Partner;
(i) the Banks shall be satisfied that neither the Borrower, General Partner nor any
Consolidated Subsidiary is subject to any present or contingent environmental liability which could
have a Material Adverse Effect and the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate so stating;
(j) the Administrative Agent shall have received, for its and any other Banks account, all
fees due and payable pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof on or before the Closing Date, and the
reasonable fees and expenses accrued through the Closing Date of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, if required by such firm and if such firm has delivered an invoice in reasonable detail
of such fees and expenses in sufficient time for Borrower to approve and process the same, shall
have been paid to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP;
(k) the Borrower shall have delivered copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any,
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and General
Partner, 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;
(l) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred; and
(m) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate in form acceptable to Administrative Agent
showing compliance with the requirements of Section 5.8 as of the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.2. Borrowings. The obligation of any Bank to make a Loan on the occasion
of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
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(a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section 2.2;
(b) immediately after such Borrowing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
will not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments;
(c) immediately before and after such Borrowing, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing both before and after giving effect to the making of such Loans;
(d) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (other than
representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a different date) 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;
(e) 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 or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(f) no event, act or condition shall have occurred after the Closing Date which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent or the Majority Banks, as the case may be, has had
or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the
date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) (to the
extent that Borrower is or should have been aware of any Material Adverse Effect) of this Section,
except as otherwise disclosed in writing by Borrower to the Banks. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, no Borrowing shall be permitted if such Borrowing would cause Borrower to fail to be in
compliance with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan
Documents.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Administrative Agent and each of the other Banks which is or may become
a party to this Agreement to make the Loans, the Borrower makes 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. The Borrower is a limited partnership, duly
formed and validly existing as a limited partnership 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 in which the failure to be so qualified and/or in good standing is likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. General Partner is a corporation, duly formed, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State 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 in which the failure to be so
qualified and/or in good standing is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.2. Power and Authority. The Borrower has the requisite power 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 action, if any, to authorize the execution and
delivery on behalf of the Borrower and the performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party. The Borrower and General Partner each have 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 the Borrower and General
Partner, 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. General Partner has the power 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 action
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of such Loan Documents. General Partner has
the power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of each of the
Loan Documents on behalf of the Borrower to which the Borrower is a party and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the
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execution and delivery on behalf of the Borrower and the
performance by the Borrower of such Loan Documents.
SECTION 4.3. No Violation. (a) Neither the execution, delivery or
performance by or on behalf of the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor
compliance by the Borrower with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such 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, (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 the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower
(or of any partnership of which the Borrower is a partner) or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it is subject
(except for such breaches and defaults under loan agreements which the lenders thereunder have
agreed to forbear pursuant to valid forbearance agreements), or (iii) will cause a material default
by the Borrower under any organizational document of any Person in which the Borrower has an
interest, or cause a material default under the Borrowers agreement or certificate of limited
partnership, the consequences of which conflict, breach or default would have a Material Adverse
Effect, or result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any Property
(except as contemplated herein).
(b) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by General Partner of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, nor compliance by General Partner with the terms and provisions thereof nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such 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, (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 General Partner or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries pursuant
to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or other instrument to
which General Partner (or of any partnership of which General Partner is a partner) or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to
which it is subject (except for such breaches and defaults under loan agreements which the lenders
thereunder have agreed to forbear pursuant to valid forbearance agreements), or (iii) will cause a
material default by General Partner under any organizational document of any Person in which
General Partner has an interest, the consequences of which conflict, breach or default would have a
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Material Adverse Effect, or result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever
upon any Property (except as contemplated herein).
SECTION 4.4. Financial Information. (a) The consolidated balance sheet of Borrower
and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, and the related consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of General Partner for the fiscal year then ended, reported
on by PriceWaterhouseCoopers fairly present, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial
position of Borrower, General Partner and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal quarter.
(b) Since December 31, 2007, (i) except as may have been disclosed in writing to the Banks,
nothing has occurred having a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) except as set forth on Schedule
4.4(b), neither the Borrower nor General Partner has incurred any material indebtedness or guaranty
on or before the Closing Date.
SECTION 4.5. Litigation. Except as previously disclosed by the Borrower in
writing to the Banks, there is no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge
of the Borrower threatened against or affecting, (i) the Borrower, General Partner or any of their
Consolidated Subsidiaries, (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. As of the Closing
Date, no such action, suit or proceeding exists.
SECTION 4.6. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 4.7. Environmental. The Borrower conducts reviews of the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries when necessary 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, without
limitation, employees, and any related costs and expenses). On the basis of this review, the
Borrower has reasonably concluded that such associated liabilities and costs, including, without
limitation, the costs of compliance with Environmental Laws, are unlikely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 4.8. Taxes. The Borrower, General Partner 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 Borrower, General Partner or any Consolidated
Subsidiary, except such taxes, if any, as are reserved against in accordance with GAAP, such taxes
as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or such taxes, the failure to make
payment of which when due and payable will not have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower, General Partner and their
Consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the opinion of
the Borrower, adequate.
SECTION 4.9. Full Disclosure. All information heretofore furnished by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Bank for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is true and accurate in all material
respects on the date as of which such information is stated or certified. The Borrower has
disclosed to the Administrative Agent, in writing any and all facts which have or may have (to the
extent the Borrower can now reasonably foresee) a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.10. Solvency. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents occurring on the Closing Date, the Borrower and
General Partner will be Solvent.
SECTION 4.11. Use of Proceeds. All proceeds of the Loans will be used by the
Borrower only in accordance with the provisions hereof. Neither the making of any Loan nor the use
of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of regulations T, U, or
X of the Federal Reserve Board.
SECTION 4.12. 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 those that have already
been duly made or obtained and remain in full force and effect or those which, if not made or
obtained, would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
SECTION 4.13. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither
the Borrower, General Partner nor any Consolidated Subsidiary (other than AMB Capital Partners,
LLC) is (x) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company, within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (y) a holding company or a
subsidiary company of a holding company or an affiliate of either a holding
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company or a
subsidiary company within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, or (z)
subject to any other federal or state law or regulation which purports to restrict or regulate its
ability to borrow money.
SECTION 4.14. Principal Offices. As of the Closing Date, the principal office,
chief executive office and principal place of business of the Borrower and Guarantor is Pier 1, Bay
1, San Francisco, California 94111.
SECTION 4.15. REIT Status. General Partner is qualified and General Partner intends
to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code.
SECTION 4.16. Patents, Trademarks, etc. The Borrower has obtained and holds 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 4.17. Judgments. As of the Closing Date, there are no final,
non-appealable judgments or decrees in an aggregate amount of Thirty-Five Million Dollars
($35,000,000) or more entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against General
Partner or the Borrower or, to the extent such judgment would be recourse to General Partner or
Borrower, any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (other than judgments as to which, and only to the
extent, a reputable insurance company has acknowledged coverage of such claim in writing or which
have been paid or stayed).
SECTION 4.18. No Default. No Event of Default or, to the best of the Borrowers
knowledge, Default exists under or with respect to any Loan Document and neither the Borrower nor
Guarantor is 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.
SECTION 4.19. Licenses, etc. The Borrower has obtained and does 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 4.20. Compliance With Law. To the Borrowers knowledge, the Borrower and
each of its respective Real Property Assets are in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations,
orders, judgments, writs and decrees,
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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 4.21. No Burdensome Restrictions. Except as may have been disclosed by the
Borrower in writing to the Banks, the Borrower is not 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 4.22. Brokers Fees. The Borrower has 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 Borrower has 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 Borrower 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 Banks, and certain other Persons as
previously disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4.23. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 4.24. Insurance. The Borrower currently maintains insurance at 100%
replacement cost insurance coverage (subject to customary deductibles) in respect of each of its
Real Property Assets, as well as commercial general liability insurance (including, without
limitation, builders risk where applicable) against claims for personal, and bodily injury
and/or death, to one or more persons, or property damage, as well as workers compensation
insurance, in each case with respect to liability and casualty insurance with insurers
having an A.M. Best policyholders rating of not less than A-VII in amounts that prudent
owners of assets such as Borrowers directly or indirectly owned Real Property Assets would
maintain.
SECTION 4.25. 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 Borrower and General Partner. The Borrower
represents that it has delivered to the Administrative Agent true, correct and complete copies of
each such documents. General Partner is the general partner of the Borrower. General Partner
holds (directly or indirectly) an approximately 94.5% common equity ownership interest in the
Borrower as of the date hereof.
SECTION 4.26. Unencumbered Properties. As of [September 30, 2007], each Property
listed on Schedule 1.1 as a Unencumbered Property (i) is a wholly-owned or ground leased (directly
or beneficially) by Borrower, a Financing Partnership or a Joint Venture Subsidiary, (ii) is not
subject (nor are any equity
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interests in such Property that are owned directly or indirectly by
Borrower, General Partner or any Joint Venture Parent subject) to a Lien which secures Indebtedness
of any Person, other than Permitted Liens, and (iii) is not subject (nor are any equity interests
in such Property that are owned directly or indirectly by Borrower, General Partner or Joint
Venture Parent subject) to any Negative Pledge. All of the information set forth on Schedule 1.1
is true and correct in all material respects.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Bank has any Commitment hereunder or
any Obligations remain unpaid:
SECTION 5.1. Information. The Borrower will deliver to each of the Banks:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the same is
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 95 days after the end
of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower) a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, General Partner
and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated
statements of Borrowers and General Partners operations and consolidated statements of Borrowers
and General Partners cash flow for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year (if available), all reported in a manner acceptable
to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Borrowers and General Partners Form 10K and reported
on by PriceWaterhouseCoopers or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized
standing;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the same is
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 50 days after the end
of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower and General Partner), (i) a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, General Partner and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of Borrowers and General
Partners operations and consolidated statements of Borrowers and General Partners cash flow for
such quarter and for the portion of the Borrowers or General Partners Fiscal Year ended at the
end of such quarter, all reported in the form provided to the Securities and
Exchange Commission on Borrowers and General Partners Form 10Q, and (ii) and such other
information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Bank;
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(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower (i) setting
forth in reasonable detail (including, without limitation, reconciliation to GAAP) the calculations
required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.8
on the date of such financial statements; (ii) certifying (x) that such financial statements fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations of the
Borrower on the dates and for the periods indicated, on the basis of GAAP, with respect to the
Borrower subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normally recurring year-end
adjustments, and (y) that such officer has reviewed the terms of the Loan Documents and has made,
or caused to be made under his or her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the business
and condition of the Borrower during the period beginning on the date through which the last such
review was made pursuant to this Section 5.1(c) (or, in the case of the first certification
pursuant to this Section 5.1(c), the Closing Date) and ending on a date not more than ten (10)
Business Days prior to, but excluding, the date of such delivery and that (1) on the basis of such
financial statements and such review of the Loan Documents, no Event of Default existed under
Section 6.1(b) with respect to Sections 5.8 and 5.9 at or as of the date of said financial
statements, and (2) on the basis of such review of the Loan Documents and the business and
condition of the Borrower, to the best knowledge of such officer, as of the last day of the period
covered by such certificate no Default or Event of Default under any other provision of Section 6.1
occurred and is continuing or, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof and, the action the Borrower proposes to take
in respect thereof. Such certificate shall set forth the calculations required to establish the
matters described in clauses (1) and (2) above;
(d) (i) within five (5) Business Days after any officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge of
any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate of the chief financial officer, or
other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action which the
Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; and (ii) promptly and in any event
within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (x) any
litigation or governmental proceeding pending or threatened against the Borrower or its directly or
indirectly Real Property 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, and (y) any other event, act or condition which is likely to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of General Partner generally, copies
of all proxy statements so mailed;
(f) promptly upon the filing thereof and to the extent that the same is not publicly
available, 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
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request therefor by any Bank) which General
Partner shall have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(g) promptly and in any event within thirty (30) days, if and when any member of the
ERISA Group (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 might constitute 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 in respect of any Benefit Arrangement or makes any amendment to any
Plan or Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the
posting of a bond or other security, and in the case of clauses (i) through (vii) above, which
event could result in a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of the chief financial officer or
the chief accounting officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and
action, if any, which the Borrower or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes
to take;
(h) promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after the Borrower obtains actual knowledge
of any of the following events, a certificate of the Borrower, executed by an officer of the
Borrower, specifying the nature of such condition, and the Borrowers or, if the Borrower has
actual knowledge thereof, the Environmental Affiliates proposed initial response thereto: (i) the
receipt by the Borrower, or any of the Environmental Affiliates of any communication (written or
oral), whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges
that the Borrower, or 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) the
existence of any Environmental Claim pending against the Borrower or any Environmental Affiliate
and such Environmental Claim is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any release,
emission, discharge or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern that is likely to form the
basis of any Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any Environmental Affiliate which in any
such event is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(i) promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of any notices or
correspondence from any company or agent for any company providing insurance coverage to the
Borrower relating to any loss which is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, copies of
such notices and correspondence;
(j) simultaneously with the delivery of the information required by Sections 5.1(a) and (b), a
statement of all Unencumbered Properties; and
(k) from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business
of the Borrower, General Partner and their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the request
of any Bank, may reasonably request in writing, so long as disclosure of such information could not
result in a violation of, or expose the Borrower, General Partner or their Subsidiaries to any
material liability under, any applicable law, ordinance or regulation or any agreements with
unaffiliated third parties that are binding on the Borrower, General Partner or any of their
Subsidiaries or on any Property of any of them.
SECTION 5.2. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower, General Partner and their
Consolidated Subsidiaries will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all 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, in each case where the failure to so pay
or discharge such obligations or liabilities is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and
will maintain in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.
SECTION 5.3. Maintenance of Property; Insurance; Affiliate Transfers.
(a) The Borrower will keep, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to keep, all property
useful and necessary in its business, including without limitation its Real Property Assets (for so
long as it constitutes Real Property Assets), in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted, in each case where the failure to so maintain and repair will have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Borrower shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance described in Section
4.24 hereof with insurers meeting the qualifications described therein, which insurance shall in
any event not provide for less coverage than insurance customarily carried by owners of properties
similar to, and in the same locations as, Borrowers Real Property Assets. The Borrower will
deliver to the Administrative Agent upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent from
time to time (i) full information as to the insurance carried, (ii) within five (5) days of receipt
of notice from any insurer a copy of any notice of cancellation or
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material change in coverage
required by Section 4.24 from that existing on the date of this Agreement and (iii) forthwith,
notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal (without replacement) of coverage by the Borrower.
SECTION 5.4. Maintenance of Existence. The Borrower and General Partner each will
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect, their respective partnership and corporate
existence and their respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary for the normal conduct
of business unless the failure to maintain such rights and franchises does not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.5. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and General Partner will, and
will cause their Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with all applicable laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities (including, without
limitation, Environmental Laws, and all zoning and building codes with respect to its Real Property
Assets and ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder 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 do so will not have a Material Adverse Effect or expose Administrative
Agent or Banks to any material liability therefor.
SECTION 5.6. Inspection of Property, Books and Records. The Borrower 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 in conformity with GAAP,
modified as required by this Agreement and applicable law; and will permit representatives of any
Bank, at such Banks expense, or from and after an Event of Default, at Borrowers expense, to
visit and inspect any of its properties, including without limitation its Real Property Assets, and
so long as disclosure of such information could not result in a violation of, or expose the
Borrower, General Partner or their Subsidiaries to any material liability under, any applicable
law, ordinance or regulation or any agreements with unaffiliated third parties that are binding on
the Borrower, General Partner or any of their Subsidiaries or on any Property of any of them, 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
during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice and as often as may reasonably be
desired. Administrative Agent shall coordinate any such visit or inspection to arrange for review
by any Bank requesting any such visit or inspection.
SECTION 5.7. Existence. The Borrower shall do or cause to be done, all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its, General Partners and their
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.
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SECTION 5.8. Financial Covenants.
(a) Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value. Borrower shall not permit the ratio of
Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value of Borrower to exceed 0.60:1 at any time; provided, however,
such ratio may exceed 0.60:1 for any two (2) consecutive quarters but in no event shall Borrower
permit the ratio of Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value to exceed 0.65:1 at any time.
(b) Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges Ratio. Borrower shall not permit the ratio of
Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges, for the then most recently completed four (4) consecutive Fiscal
Quarters, to be less than 1.75:1.
(c) Secured Debt to Total Asset Value. Borrower shall not permit the ratio of Secured
Debt to Total Asset Value of Borrower to exceed 0.25:1 at any time.
(d) Intentionally Omitted.
(e) Unencumbered Net Operating Cash Flow to Unsecured Interest Expense. Borrower
shall not permit the ratio of Unencumbered Net Operating Cash Flow to Unsecured Interest Expense to
be less than 1.75:1.
(f) Minimum Tangible Net Worth. The Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower
determined in conformity with GAAP will at no time be less than the sum of Two Billion Two Hundred
Million Dollars ($2,200,000,000.00) and seventy percent (70%) of the Net Offering Proceeds (other
than proceeds received within ninety (90) days after the redemption, retirement or repurchase of
ownership or equity interests in Borrower or Guarantor, up to the amount paid by Borrower or
Guarantor in connection with such redemption, retirement or repurchase, where, for the avoidance of
doubt, the net effect is that neither Borrower nor Guarantor shall have increased its Net Worth as
a result of any such proceeds) received by the Borrower or General Partner subsequent to the
Closing Date.
(g) Dividends. During the continuance of a monetary Event of Default, Borrower shall
only pay partnership distributions that are necessary to enable General Partner to make those
dividends necessary to maintain General Partners status as a real estate investment trust.
(h) Permitted Holdings. Borrowers primary business will not be substantially
different from that conducted by Borrower on the Closing Date and shall include the ownership,
operation and development of Real Property Assets and any other business activities of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries will remain incidental thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may acquire or maintain Permitted Holdings if and so long as the aggregate value of
Permitted Holdings, whether held directly or indirectly by Borrower does not exceed, at any
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time,
twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Asset Value of Borrower unless a greater percentage is approved
by the Majority Banks (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
For purposes of calculating the foregoing percentage, the value of Unimproved Assets shall be
calculated based upon the book value thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
(i) Intentionally Omitted.
(j) No Liens. Borrower and General Partner shall not, and shall not allow any of their
Subsidiaries, Financing Partnerships or Joint Venture Subsidiaries to, allow any Unencumbered
Property (or
any equity interests in such Property that are owned directly or indirectly by Borrower,
General Partner or any Joint Venture Parent), that is necessary to comply with the provisions of
Section 5.8(e) hereof, to become subject to a Lien that secures the Indebtedness of any Person,
other than Permitted Liens.
(k) Calculation. Each of the foregoing ratios and financial requirements shall
be calculated as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter.
SECTION 5.9. Restriction on Fundamental Changes. (a) Neither the Borrower nor
General Partner shall enter into any merger or consolidation without obtaining the prior written
consent thereto in writing of the Majority Banks, unless the following criteria are met: (i) either
(x) the Borrower or General Partner is the surviving entity, or (y) the individuals constituting
the General Partners board of directors or board of trustees immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation represent a majority of the surviving entitys board of directors or board of
trustees after such merger or consolidation; and (ii) the entity which is merged into Borrower or
General Partner is predominantly in the commercial real estate business. Nothing in this Section
shall be deemed to prohibit the sale or leasing of portions of the Real Property Assets in the
ordinary course of business.
(b) The Borrower shall not amend its agreement of limited partnership or other organizational
documents in any manner that would have a Material Adverse Effect without the Majority Banks
consent. Without limitation of the foregoing, no Person shall be admitted as a general partner of
the Borrower other than General Partner. General Partner shall not amend its articles of
incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents in any manner that would have a Material
Adverse Effect without the Majority Banks consent. The Borrower shall not make any in-kind
transfer of any of its property or assets to any of its constituent partners if such transfer would
result in an Event of Default under Section 6.1(b) by reason of a breach of the provisions of
Section 5.8.
SECTION 5.10. Changes in Business. (a) Except for Permitted Holdings and Foreign
Property Interests, neither the Borrower nor General Partner shall enter into any business which is
substantially different from that conducted by
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the Borrower or General Partner on the Closing Date
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. The Borrower shall
carry on its business operations through the Borrower, its Consolidated Subsidiaries and its
Investment Affiliates.
(b) Except for Permitted Holdings and Foreign Property Interests, Borrower shall not engage in
any line of business which is substantially different from the business conducted by the Borrower
on the Closing Date, which includes the ownership, operation and development of Real Property
Assets and the provision of services incidental thereto, whether directly or through its
Consolidated Subsidiaries and Investment Affiliates.
SECTION 5.11. General Partner Status.
(a) Status. General Partner shall at all times (i) remain a publicly traded company
listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and (ii) maintain its status as a self-directed
and self-administered real estate investment trust under the Code.
(b) Indebtedness. General Partner shall not, directly or indirectly, create, incur,
assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any
Indebtedness, except:
(1) the Obligations; and
(2) Indebtedness of Borrower for which there is recourse to General Partner which, after
giving effect thereto, may be incurred or may remain outstanding without giving rise to an
Event of Default or Default under any provision of this Article V.
(c) Restriction on Fundamental Changes.
(1) General Partner shall not have an investment in any Person other than (i) Borrower
or indirectly through Borrower, (ii) directly or indirectly in Financing Partnerships, and
(iii) the interests identified on Schedule 5.11(c)(1) as being owned by General Partner.
(2) General Partner shall not acquire an interest in any Property other than securities
issued by Borrower and Financing Partnerships and the interests identified on Schedule
5.11(c)(2) attached hereto.
(d) Environmental Liabilities. Neither General Partner nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall become subject to any Environmental Claim which has a Material Adverse Effect,
including, without limitation, any arising out of or related to (i) the release or threatened
release of any Material of Environmental Concern into
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the environment, or any remedial action in
response thereto, or (ii) any violation of any Environmental Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provision, General Partner shall have the right to contest in good faith any claim of violation of
an Environmental Law by appropriate legal proceedings and shall be entitled to postpone compliance
with the obligation being contested as long as (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (ii) General Partner shall have given Administrative Agent prior written notice of the
commencement of such contest, (iii) noncompliance with such Environmental Law shall not subject
General Partner or such Subsidiary to any criminal penalty or subject Administrative Agent or any
Bank to pay any civil penalty or to prosecution for a crime, and (iv) no portion of any Property
material to Borrower or its condition or prospects shall be in substantial danger of being sold,
forfeited or lost, by reason of such contest or the continued existence of the matter being
contested.
(e) Disposal of Partnership Interests. General Partner will not directly or
indirectly convey, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of its
partnership interests in Borrower or any of its equity interest in any of the partners of the
Borrower as of the date hereof (except in connection with the dissolution or liquidation of such
partners of the Borrower or the redemption of interests in connection with stock repurchase
programs), except for the reduction of General Partners interest in the Borrower arising from
Borrowers issuance of partnership interests in the Borrower or the retirement of preferred units
by Borrower. General Partner will continue to be the managing general partner of Borrower.
SECTION 5.12. Other Indebtedness. Borrower and General Partner shall not allow any
of their Subsidiaries, Financing Partnerships or Joint Venture Subsidiaries that own, directly or
indirectly, any Unencumbered Property to directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise
become or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than trade debt incurred in the
ordinary course of business and Indebtedness owing to Borrower or any Financing Partnership, if the
resulting failure of such Property to qualify as a Unencumbered Property would result in an Event
of Default under Section 5.8.
SECTION 5.13. Forward Equity Contracts. If Borrower shall enter into any forward
equity contracts, Borrower may only settle the same by delivery of stock, it being agreed that if
Borrower shall settle the same with cash, the same shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder
unless Borrower shall have received the unanimous consent of the Banks to settle such forward
equity contracts with cash.
SECTION 5.14. Capital Funding Loans. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event that any Property located outside the United States (each a
Non-US Property) is owned by a Financing Partnership (a 100% AMB Non-US Property
Owner), by a Joint Venture Subsidiary (a JV Non-US Property Owner) or by a
wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of a Joint
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Venture Subsidiary (a Tiered Non-US
Property Owner; such Joint Venture Subsidiary is hereinafter referred to as the First
Tier JV; each entity through which the First Tier JV indirectly owns a Tiered Non-US Property
Owner is hereinafter referred to as an Intermediate Tier Entity; and the Tiered Non-US
Property Owners, the 100% AMB Non-US Property Owners and the JV Non-US Property Owners are
sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a Non-US Property Owner and collectively as the
Non-US Property Owners) and the Non-US Property Owner or, in the case of any Tiered
Non-US Property Owner, the related First Tier JV or a related Intermediate Tier Entity has incurred
Indebtedness (whether or not such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien against such Non-US Property
and/or any direct or indirect equity interests in the Non-US Property Owner) (each a Capital
Funding Loan) held by
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in the case of a JV Non-US Property Owner or a Tiered Non-US Property Owner,
either (AA) an entity (hereinafter an International FinCo) in which Borrowers
Share is the same or greater than Borrowers Share in such Non-US Property Owner, or
(BB) a Financing Partnership (or Borrower directly) and entities which are not Financing
Partnerships (including Persons who are not Affiliates of Borrower or whose constituent
entities include Persons who are not Affiliates of Borrower) (Joint Lenders),
provided that Borrowers direct or indirect share of such Indebtedness is the same or
greater than Borrowers Share of such Non-US Property Owner, |
then no such Capital Funding Loan or related Second Tier Funding Loan (as defined below) shall be
deemed to constitute Indebtedness for any purposes under this Agreement, any Lien securing such
Capital Funding Loan shall be a Permitted Lien and no Non-US Property to which such Capital Funding
Loan or Second Tier Funding Loan relates shall fail to be a Unencumbered Property solely because
the capital provided to the applicable Non-US Property Owner or related First Tier JV or
Intermediate Tier Entity was in the form of a Capital Funding Loan rather than a contribution to
the equity of such Non-US Property Owner, First Tier JV or Intermediate Tier Entity, so long as
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in the case of a Capital Funding Loan made by an International FinCo, the sale of
such Capital Funding Loan, or the sale or refinancing of any interest in the Non-US
Property or any direct or indirect equity interests in the Non-US Property Owner
acquired as a result of the exercise of any remedies in connection with the enforcement
of such Capital Funding Loan, is Substantially Controlled by Borrower (as defined
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in the case of a Capital Funding Loan made by Joint Lenders, any remedies in
connection with enforcement of such Capital Funding Loan may only be exercised by such
Joint Lenders concurrently and, in the event of any such exercise and the Joint
Lenders acquire such Non-US Property or any direct or indirect equity interests in
such Non-US Property Owner, the sale or refinancing of such Non-US Property and, if
the direct or indirect equity interests in such Non-US Property Owner are held
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directly or indirectly by Borrower is subject to any Lien (other than a Permitted
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For purposes of the foregoing, an action will be Substantially Controlled by Borrower if such
action is substantially controlled directly by Borrower or through one or more Financing
Partnerships either by agreement of the parties, through the provisions of a Persons formation
documents or otherwise. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an action shall be deemed to be
substantially controlled directly by Borrower or through one or more Financing Partnerships if
Borrower or such Financing Partnerships have the ability to exercise a usual and customary buy-sell
right in the event of a disagreement regarding such action. As used herein the term Second
Tier Funding Loan means any loans made to an International FinCo by Borrower, any Financing
Partnerships of Borrower and/or any other Person with an equity interest in such International
FinCo (or affiliates of such other Person) so long as (x) Borrowers direct or indirect share of
the combined loans of Borrower, any Financing Partnership and/or such other Persons (or affiliates
thereof) to the International FinCo is the same or greater than Borrowers Share of the applicable
Non-US Property Owner, and (y) all such loans are pari passu and any remedies that may be exercised
in connection with enforcement of such loans may only be exercised concurrently or not at all.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default. An Event of Default shall have occurred if one or
more of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to (i) pay when due any principal of any Loan, or (ii) the
Borrower shall fail to pay when due interest on any Loan or any fees or any other amount payable to
Administrative Agent or the Banks hereunder and the same shall continue for a period of five (5)
days after the same becomes due;
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(b) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section 5.8,
Section 5.9(a) or (b), Section 5.10, Section 5.11(a), (b) or (c), Section 5.12 or Section 5.13;
(c) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained
in this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a), (b), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (n) or (o)
of this Section 6.1) for 30 days after written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent; or if such default is of such a nature that it 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 Borrower commences such cure within said thirty (30)
day period and diligently prosecutes same, until completion, but in no event shall such extended
period exceed ninety (90) days;
(d) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Borrower in this
Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made)
and, with respect to such representations, warranties, certifications or statements not known by
the Borrower at the time made or deemed made to be incorrect, the defect causing such
representation or warranty to be incorrect when made (or deemed made) is not removed within thirty
(30) days after written notice thereof from Administrative Agent to Borrower;
(e) the Borrower, the General Partner, any Subsidiary or any Investment Affiliate shall
default in the payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise) of any amount owing in respect of any Recourse Debt (other than the
Obligations) for which the aggregate outstanding principal amounts exceed Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000) and such default shall continue beyond the giving of any required notice and the
expiration of any applicable grace period and such default has not been waived, in writing, by the
holder of any such Debt; or the Borrower, the General Partner, any Subsidiary or any Investment
Affiliate shall default in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with
respect to any such Recourse Debt or any other event shall occur or condition exist beyond the
giving of any required notice and the expiration of any applicable grace period, if the effect of
such default, event or condition is to accelerate the maturity of any such indebtedness or to
permit (without any further requirement of notice or lapse of time) the holder or holders thereof,
or any trustee or agent for such holders, to accelerate the maturity of any such indebtedness;
(f) the Borrower or the General Partner 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,
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liquidate, 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 action to authorize any of the foregoing;
(g) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower or
the General Partner 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 90 days; or an order for relief shall be entered against
the Borrower or the General Partner under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in
effect;
(h) intentionally omitted;
(i) one or more final, non-appealable judgments or decrees in an aggregate amount of
Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000) or more shall be entered by a court or courts of
competent jurisdiction against the General Partner, the Borrower or, to the extent of any recourse
to the General Partner or the Borrower or any General Partners or Borrowers Consolidated
Subsidiaries (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;
(j) there shall be a change in the majority of the Board of Directors of the General Partner
during any twelve (12) month period, excluding any change in directors resulting from (x) the death
or disability of any director, or (y) satisfaction of any requirement for the majority of the
members of the board of directors or trustees of the General Partner to qualify under applicable
law as independent directors or (z) the replacement of any director who is an officer or employee
of the General Partner or an affiliate of the General Partner with any other officer or employee of
the General Partner or an affiliate of the General Partner;
(k) 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 the General Partner;
(l) the General Partner shall cease at any time to qualify as a real estate investment trust
under the Code;
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(m) if any Termination Event with respect to a Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Benefit
Arrangement shall occur as a result of which Termination Event or Events any member of the ERISA
Group has incurred or may 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, Multiemployer Plan or Benefit Arrangement and the insufficiency of any and all other Plans,
Multiemployer Plans and Benefit Arrangements with respect to which such a Termination Event shall
occur and be continuing (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 and in the case of a liability with respect to a Termination Event which is or could
be a liability of the Borrower or the General Partner rather than a liability of the Plan, the
liability of the Borrower or the General Partner) is equal to or greater than $20,000,000 and which
the Administrative Agent reasonably determines will have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) if, any member of the ERISA Group shall commit a failure described in Section 302(f)(1) of
ERISA or Section 412(n)(1) of the Code and the amount of the lien determined under Section
302(f)(3) of ERISA or Section 412(n)(3) of the Code that could reasonably be expected to be imposed
on any member of the ERISA Group or their assets in respect of such failure shall be equal to or
greater than $20,000,000 and which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines will have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(o) at any time, for any reason the Borrower seeks to repudiate its obligations under any Loan
Document or the General Partner seeks to repudiate its obligations under the Guaranty.
(p) a default beyond any applicable notice or grace period under any of the other Loan
Documents;
(q) any assets of Borrower shall constitute assets (within the meaning of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, including but not limited to 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or any successor regulation
thereto) of an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA or a plan
within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code; or
(r) the Note, the Loan, the Obligations, the Guaranty or any of the Loan Documents or the
exercise of any of the Administrative Agents or any of the Banks rights in connection therewith
shall constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA and/or the Code.
SECTION 6.2. Rights and Remedies. (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in Sections 6.1(f), (g), (o) or (q), the Commitments shall immediately terminate
and the unpaid principal amount of, and any and all
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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 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 Borrower; and upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, following
consultation with the Banks, may (and upon the demand of the Majority Banks shall), by written
notice to the Borrower, in addition to the exercise of all of the rights and remedies permitted the
Administrative Agent and the Banks at law or equity or under any of the other Loan Documents,
declare that the Commitments are terminated and 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 otherwise provided in the 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 Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent and the Banks each agree that any exercise or enforcement of the
rights and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent or the Banks 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 Banks. The
Administrative Agent shall act at the direction of the Majority Banks in connection with the
exercise of any and all remedies at law, in equity or under any of the Loan Documents or, if the
Majority Banks 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.
SECTION 6.3. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to the
Borrower
under Section 6.1(c) and 6.1(d) promptly upon being requested to do so by the Majority Banks
and shall thereupon notify all the Banks thereof. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default (other than
nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Loans) unless Administrative Agent has received
notice in writing from a Bank or Borrower referring to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
describing such event or condition. Should Administrative Agent receive notice of the occurrence
of an Default or Event of Default expressly stating that such notice is a notice of an Default or
Event of Default, or should Administrative Agent send Borrower a notice of Default or Event of
Default, Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to each Bank.
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SECTION 6.4. Distribution of Proceeds after Default. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary but subject to the provisions of Section 9.16 hereof , from and
after an Event of Default, to the extent proceeds are received by Administrative Agent, such
proceeds will be distributed to the Banks pro rata in accordance with the unpaid principal amount
of the Loans (giving effect to any participations granted therein pursuant to Section 9.4).
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENTS
SECTION 7.1. Appointment and Authorization. Each Bank 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. Except as set forth in Sections 7.8 and 7.9 hereof, the provisions of this Article VII are
solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Banks, and Borrower shall not have any
rights to rely on or enforce any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties
under this Agreement, Administrative Agent shall each act solely as an agent of the Banks and do
not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency
or trust with or for the Borrower.
SECTION 7.2. Agency and Affiliates. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation each has the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Bank and
may exercise or refrain from exercising the same
as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent, as applicable, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and each of their affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the
Borrower, General Partner or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Borrower as if they were not the
Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent, as applicable, hereunder, and the term Bank and
Banks shall include each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
each in its individual capacity.
SECTION 7.3. Action by Agents. The obligations of each of the Agents hereunder are
only those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of
the Agents shall not be required to take any action with respect to any Default or Event of
Default, except as expressly provided in Article VI. The duties of each Agent shall be
administrative in nature. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6, each Agent shall
administer the Loans in the same manner as each administers its own loans.
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SECTION 7.4. Consultation with Experts. As between Administrative Agent on the one
hand and the Banks on the other hand, the Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other 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 Agents. As between each Agent on the one hand and
the Banks on the other hand, none of the Agents nor any of their 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 Majority Banks or
(ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. As between each Agent on
the one hand and the Banks on the other hand, none of the Agents nor any of their respective
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 Borrower; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article III,
except receipt of items required to be delivered to such 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. As between each Agent on the one hand and the Banks on the other
hand, none of the Agents shall 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 Bank shall, ratably in accordance with its
Commitment, indemnify the Agents and their affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense
(including, without limitation, counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or
liability (except such as result from such indemnitees gross negligence or willful misconduct)
that such indemnitee may suffer or incur in connection with its duties as Agent under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitee hereunder.
In the event that any Agent shall, subsequent to its receipt of indemnification payment(s) from
Banks in accordance with this section, recoup any amount from the Borrower, or any other party
liable therefor in connection with such indemnification, such Agent shall reimburse the Banks which
previously made the payment(s) pro rata, based upon the actual amounts which were theretofore paid
by each Bank. Each Agent shall reimburse such Banks so entitled to reimbursement within two (2)
Business Days of its receipt of such funds from the Borrower or such other party liable therefor.
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SECTION 7.7. Credit Decision. Each Bank acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent or any
other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent or any
other Bank, 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 Agents. The Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent may
resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Banks, the Borrower and each other and the
Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent, as applicable, shall resign in the event its
Commitment (without participants) is reduced to less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) unless
as a result of a cancellation or reduction in the aggregate Commitments. Upon any such
resignation, the Majority Banks shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent, as applicable, which successor Administrative Agent or successor Syndication
Agent (as applicable) shall, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, be
subject to Borrowers approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If
no successor Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent (as applicable) shall have been so appointed
by the Majority Banks and approved by the Borrower, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent (as applicable)
gives notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent or retiring Syndication Agent
(as applicable) may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent (as applicable), which shall be the Administrative Agent, Documentation Agent or
the Syndication Agent as the case may be, who shall act until the Majority Banks shall appoint an
Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent. Any appointment of a successor Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent by Majority Banks or the retiring Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, be subject to the Borrowers approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent or successor Syndication Agent, as
applicable, such successor Administrative Agent or successor Syndication Agent, as applicable,
shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring
Administrative Agent or retiring Syndication Agent, as applicable, and the retiring Administrative
Agent or the retiring Syndication Agent, as applicable, shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agents or retiring Syndication Agents
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 or the Syndication Agent,
as applicable. For gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by all the
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Banks
(excluding for such determination Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent in its capacity as a
Bank, as applicable), Administrative Agent or Syndication Agent may be removed at any time by
giving at least thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice to Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent and Borrower. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the acceptance
of appointment by a successor Administrative Agent, Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent, as
applicable, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.8.
SECTION 7.9. Consents and Approvals. All communications from Administrative
Agent to the Banks requesting the Banks determination, consent, approval or disapproval (i) shall
be given in the form of a written notice to each Bank, (ii) shall be accompanied by a description
of the matter or item as to which such determination, approval, consent or disapproval is
requested, or shall advise each Bank where such matter or item may be inspected, or shall otherwise
describe the matter or issue to be resolved, (iii) shall include, if reasonably requested by a Bank
and to the extent not previously provided to such Bank, written materials and a summary of all oral
information provided to Administrative Agent by Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be
resolved, (iv) shall include Administrative Agents recommended course of action or determination
in respect thereof ), and (v) shall include the following clause in capital letters, FAILURE TO
RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE WITHIN THE BANK REPLY PERIOD SHALL BE DEEMED CONSENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION
SET FORTH HEREIN. Each Bank
shall reply promptly, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the
request therefor from Administrative Agent (the Bank Reply Period). Unless a Bank shall give
written notice to Administrative Agent that it objects to the recommendation or determination of
Administrative Agent (together with a written explanation of the reasons behind such objection)
within the Bank Reply Period, such Bank shall be deemed to have approved of or consented to such
recommendation or determination. With respect to decisions requiring the approval of the Majority
Banks or all the Banks, Administrative Agent shall submit its recommendation or determination for
approval of or consent to such recommendation or determination to all Banks and upon receiving the
required approval or consent (or deemed approval or consent, as the case may be) shall follow the
course of action or determination of the Majority Banks or all the Banks (and each non-responding
Bank shall be deemed to have concurred with such recommended course of action), as the case may be.
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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 Euro-Dollar Borrowing the Administrative
Agent determines in good faith that deposits in Dollars (in the applicable amounts) are not being
offered in the relevant market for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith
give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Banks, whereupon until the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the
obligations of the Banks to make Euro-Dollar Loans shall be suspended. In such event unless the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent on or before the second (2nd) Euro-Dollar
Business Day before, but excluding, the date of any Euro-Dollar Borrowing for Dollars for which a
Notice of Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, such
Borrowing shall instead be made as a 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 Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) made after the Closing Date of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency shall make it unlawful
for any Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Euro-Dollar
Loans, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Banks and the
Borrower, whereupon until such Bank notifies the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Bank to make
Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be suspended. With respect to Euro-Dollar Loans, before giving any notice
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section, such Bank shall designate a different
Euro-Dollar Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will
not, in the judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. If such Bank shall
determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any of its outstanding Euro-Dollar
Loans to maturity and shall so specify in such notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election and such Euro-Dollar Loan shall be converted as of
such date to a Base Rate Loan (without payment of any amounts that Borrower would otherwise be
obligated to pay pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof with respect to Loans converted pursuant to this
Section 8.2) in an equal principal amount from such Bank (on which interest and principal shall be
payable contemporaneously with the related Euro-Dollar Loans of the other Banks), and such Bank
shall make such a Base Rate Loan.
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If at any time, it shall be unlawful for any Bank to make, maintain or fund its Euro-Dollar
Loans, the Borrower shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days 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 Bank for an amount equal to such Banks outstanding Loans,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and to become a Bank hereunder, or obtain the
agreement of one or more existing Banks to offer to purchase the Commitments of such Bank for such
amount, which offer such Bank is hereby required to accept, or (y) to repay in full all Loans then
outstanding of such Bank, together with interest due thereon and any and all fees due hereunder,
upon which event, such Banks Commitments shall be deemed to be canceled pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
SECTION 8.3. Increased Cost and Reduced Return.
(a) If, on or after the date hereof (the Loan Effective Date), 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 Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) made at the Closing Date 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 Euro-Dollar Loan any such requirement reflected in an applicable Euro-Dollar Reserve
Percentage)), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Bank (or its Applicable Lending
Office) or shall impose on any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or on the interbank market
any other condition materially more burdensome in nature, extent or consequence than those in
existence as of the Loan Effective Date affecting such Banks Euro-Dollar Loans, its Note, or its
obligation to make Euro-Dollar Loans, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the
cost to such Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making or maintaining any Euro-Dollar Loan,
or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Bank (or its Applicable Lending
Office) under this Agreement or under its Note with respect to such Euro-Dollar Loans, by an amount
deemed by such Bank to be material, then, within 15 days after demand by such Bank (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Bank such additional amount or amounts
(based upon a reasonable allocation thereof by such Bank to the Euro-Dollar Loans made by such Bank
hereunder) as will compensate such Bank for such increased cost or reduction to the extent such
Bank generally imposes such additional amounts on other borrowers of such Bank in similar
circumstances.
(b) If any Bank shall have reasonably determined that, after the date hereof, the adoption of
any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital
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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 compliance by any Bank with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) made after the
Closing Date 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 Bank (or its Parent) as a consequence of such
Banks obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Bank (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 Bank to be
material, then from time to time, within 15 days after demand by such Bank (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Bank such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Bank (or its Parent) for such reduction to the extent such Bank generally
imposes such additional amounts on other borrowers of such Bank in similar circumstances.
(c) Each Bank will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any event of
which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Bank 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 Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. If such Bank
shall fail to notify Borrower of any such event within ninety (90) days following the end of the
month during which such event occurred, then Borrowers liability for any amounts described in this
Section incurred by such Bank as a result of such event shall be limited to those attributable to
the period occurring subsequent to the ninetieth (90th) day prior to, but excluding, the
date upon which such Bank actually notified Borrower of the occurrence of such event. A
certificate of any Bank claiming compensation under this Section and setting forth a reasonably
detailed calculation of 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 Bank may use any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(d) If at any time, any Bank shall be owed amounts pursuant to this Section 8.3, the Borrower
shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days 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 Bank for an amount equal to such Banks outstanding Loans, and to become a Bank
hereunder, or to obtain the agreement of one or more existing Banks to offer to purchase the
Commitments of such Bank for such amount, which offer such Bank is hereby required to accept, or
(y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such Bank, together with interest and all other
amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Banks Commitment shall be deemed to be canceled
pursuant to Section 2.11(c).
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SECTION 8.4. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Bank or the
Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other 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
Bank and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it,
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may
be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Bank, taxes imposed
on its income, and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Banks
Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof or by any other jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision thereof) as a result of a present or former connection between such Bank or
Administrative Agent and such other jurisdiction or by the United States (all such non-excluded
taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as Non-Excluded Taxes). If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any
Non-Excluded Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including,
without limitation, deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 8.4) such
Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii)
the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law and (iv) the Borrower shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.1, the original or a certified copy
of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes
and any other excise or property taxes, or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment
made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any Note (hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes).
(c) In the event that Non-Excluded Taxes not imposed on the Closing Date are imposed, or
Non-Excluded Taxes imposed on the Closing Date increase, the applicable Bank shall notify the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower of such event in writing within a reasonable period following
receipt of knowledge thereof. If such Bank shall fail to notify Borrower of any such event within
ninety (90) days following the end of the month during which such event occurred, then Borrowers
liability for such additional Non-Excluded Taxes incurred by such Bank as a result of such event
(including payment of a make-whole amount under Section 8.4(a)(i)) shall be limited to those
attributable to the period occurring
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subsequent to the ninetieth (90th) day prior to, but excluding, the date upon which such Bank
actually notified Borrower of the occurrence of such event.
(d) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Bank and the Administrative Agent for the full
amount of Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Non-Excluded Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 8.4)
paid by such Bank, or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and, so long as such or
Administrative Agent has promptly paid any such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, any liability
for penalties and interest arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall
be made within 15 days from the date such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be)
makes demand therefor.
(e) Each Bank 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 Bank listed
on the signature pages hereof and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Bank in the case of
each other Bank, shall provide the Borrower with (A) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue
Service form 1001 or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, and (B) an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Service, and shall provide Borrower with two further copies of any such form
or certification on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes
obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form
previously delivered by it to Borrower, certifying (i) in the case of a Form 1001, that such Bank
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, and (ii) in the case of a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, that it is entitled
to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. If the form provided by a Bank at the
time such Bank 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 Non-Excluded Taxes as defined in Section 8.4(a).
(f) Upon reasonable demand by Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Bank, the
Administrative Agent or Bank, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Borrower, or to such
government or taxing authority as the Borrower may reasonably direct, any form or document that may
be required or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow the Borrower to make a payment to
or for the account of such Bank or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan
Document without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Non-Excluded Taxes or with
such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long as the completion, execution or submission
of such form or document would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the
party in receipt of such
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demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower making such demand and to be executed and to be delivered with any
reasonably required certification.
(g) For any period with respect to which a Bank has failed to provide the Borrower 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 Bank shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 8.4(c) with respect to
Non-Excluded Taxes imposed by the United States; provided, however, that should a Bank, which is
otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, become subject to
Non-Excluded Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrower shall
take such steps as such Bank shall reasonably request to assist such Bank to recover such Taxes so
long as Borrower shall incur no cost or liability as a result thereof.
(h) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Bank
pursuant to this Section 8.4, then such Bank 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 Bank, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
(i) If at any time, any Bank shall be owed amounts pursuant to this Section 8.4, the Borrower
shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days 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 Bank for an amount equal to such Banks outstanding Loans, and to become a Bank
hereunder, or to obtain the agreement of one or more existing Banks to offer to purchase the
Commitments of such Bank for such amount, which offer such Bank is hereby required to accept, or
(y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such Bank, together with interest and all other
amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Banks Commitment shall be deemed to be canceled
pursuant to Section 2.11(c).
SECTION 8.5. Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Euro-Dollar Loans. If (i) the
obligation of any Bank to make Euro-Dollar Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.2 or (ii)
any Bank has demanded compensation under Section 8.3 or 8.4 with respect to its Euro-Dollar Loans
and the Borrower shall, by at least five Business Days prior notice to such Bank through the
Administrative Agent, have elected that the provisions of this Section shall apply to such Bank,
then, unless and until such Bank notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist:
(a) Borrower shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election with respect
to such affected Euro-Dollar Loans and thereafter
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all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Bank to the Borrower as Dollar-denominated
Euro-Dollar Loans shall be made instead as Base Rate Loans; and
(b) after each of its Euro-Dollar Loans has been repaid, all payments of principal which would
otherwise be applied to repay such Euro-Dollar Loans shall be applied to repay its Base Rate Loans
instead, and
(c) Borrower will not be required to make any payment which would otherwise be required by
Section 2.14 with respect to such Euro-Dollar Loans converted to 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) and shall be given to such party: (x) in the case of
the Administrative Agent , at its address, telex number or facsimile number set forth on the
signature page hereof with a duplicate copy thereof, in the case of the Borrower, to the Borrower,
at its address set forth on the signature page hereof, Attn: General Counsel, (y) in the case of
any Bank, at its address, telex number or facsimile number set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire or (z) in the case of any party, such other address, telex number or facsimile number
as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower. 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 certified registered mail, return receipt requested, with first class
postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, upon receipt or refusal to accept delivery, (iii) if given
by a nationally recognized overnight carrier, 24 hours after such communication is deposited with
such carrier with postage prepaid for next day delivery, 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.
SECTION 9.2. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Bank
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.
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SECTION 9.3. Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The Borrower shall pay within thirty (30) days after written notice from the
Administrative Agent, (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative
Agent (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ), in connection with the preparation of this Agreement, the Loan
Documents and the documents and instruments referred to therein, and any waiver or consent
hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged Default hereunder, (ii) all reasonable
fees and disbursements of special counsel in connection with the syndication of the Loans, and
(iii) if an Event of Default occurs, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and each Bank, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks, 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; provided,
however, that the attorneys fees and disbursements for which Borrower is obligated under this
subsection (a)(iii) shall be limited to the reasonable non-duplicative fees and disbursements of
(A) counsel for Administrative Agent and (B) counsel for all of the Banks as a group; and provided,
further, that all other costs and expenses for which Borrower is obligated under this subsection
(a)(iii) shall be limited to the reasonable non-duplicative costs and expenses of Administrative
Agent. For purposes of this Section 9.3(a)(iii), (1) counsel for Administrative Agent shall mean a
single outside law firm representing Administrative Agent and (2) counsel for all of the Banks as a
group shall mean a single outside law firm representing such Banks as a group (which law firm may
or may not be the same law firm representing the Administrative Agent).
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Bank, 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 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 that may at any time (including, without
limitation, at any time following the payment of the Obligations) be asserted against any
Indemnitee, 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 Borrower 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 Borrower or any of the Environmental
Affiliates, including, without limitation, all on-site and off-site activities of Borrower or any
Environmental Affiliate involving Materials of Environmental Concern, (iv) the breach of any
environmental representation or warranty set forth herein, but
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excluding those liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (a) for which such Indemnitee
has been compensated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (b) incurred solely by reason of the
gross negligence, willful misconduct bad faith or fraud of any Indemnitee as finally determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction, (c) arising from violations of Environmental Laws relating to a
Property which are caused by the act or omission of such Indemnitee after such Indemnitee takes
possession of such Property or (d) owing by such Indemnitee to any third party based upon
contractual obligations of such Indemnitee owing to such third party which are not expressly set
forth in the Loan Documents. In addition, the indemnification set forth in this Section 9.3(b) in
favor of any director, officer, agent or employee of Administrative Agent or any Bank shall be
solely in their respective capacities as such director, officer, agent or employee. The Borrowers
obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of
the Obligations. Without limitation of the other provisions of this Section 9.3, Borrower shall
indemnify and hold each of the Administrative Agent and the Banks free and harmless from and
against all loss, costs (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses), expenses, taxes, and
damages (including consequential damages) that the Administrative Agent and the Banks may suffer or
incur by reason of the investigation, defense and settlement of claims and in obtaining any
prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA or the Code necessary in the Administrative Agents
reasonable judgment by reason of the inaccuracy of the representations and warranties, or a breach
of the provisions, set forth in Section 4.6(b).
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 Bank is hereby authorized at
any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind to
the Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but subject to
the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, 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 at any time held or owing by such Bank (including,
without limitation, by branches and agencies of such Bank wherever located) to or for the credit or
the account of the Borrower against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrower then due and
payable to such Bank under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, including,
without limitation, all interests in Obligations purchased by such Bank. Each Bank 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, which is greater than the proportion received by any other Bank, the Bank receiving such
proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Notes held by the other
Banks, 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 Banks shall be shared by the Banks pro
rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of
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any Bank 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 Borrower other than its indebtedness under the Notes. The Borrower
agrees, to the fullest extent it 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 Borrower in the amount of
such participation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Bank may, by
separate agreement with the Borrower, waive its right to set off contained herein or granted by law
and any such written waiver shall be effective against such Bank under this Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.5. Amendments and Waivers. (a) 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 Borrower and the Majority Banks (and, if the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent in their capacity as Administrative Agent or
Syndication Agent, as applicable, are affected thereby, by the Administrative Agent or the
Syndication Agent, as applicable); provided that no amendment or waiver with respect to this
Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents shall, unless signed by all the Banks, (i)
increase or decrease the Commitment of any Bank (except for a ratable decrease in the Commitments
of all Banks) or subject any Bank 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 Banks, which shall be required for the Banks or any
of them to take any action under this Section or any other provision of this Agreement, (v) release
the Guaranty, or (vi) modify the provisions of this Section 9.5.
(b) The provisions in Sections 5.1, 5.8 through 5.14 and 6.1(b) through (r) of this Agreement,
as well as the definitions of Applicable Fee Percentage and Applicable Margin (in both cases,
the language contained therein other than with respect to the actual fees and margins) and
Investment Grade Rating, contain essentially the same provisions with respect to AMB and AMB LP
as those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.8 through 5.14 and 6.1(b) through (r) of the Existing Credit
Agreement and in such definitions in the Existing Credit Agreement (the AMB Revolver Provisions).
In the event that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement
propose to modify, waive or restate, or request a consent or approval with respect to, the AMB
Revolver Provisions (and related definitions) (other than a change limited to the actual fees
and/or margins) of the Existing Credit Agreement in writing (which may include a written waiver of
an existing actual or potential Default or Event of Default that is
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intended to be eliminated by such modification, restatement or waiver) (individually, a
Covenant Modification), then simultaneously with the agreement to or granting of such Covenant
Modification under the Existing Credit Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed modified or
restated, or waiver, consent or approval granted, in a manner consistent with the Covenant
Modifications under the Existing Credit Agreement. If requested by Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and each Bank shall execute and
deliver a written amendment to, restatement of, or waiver, consent or approval under, this
Agreement memorializing such modification, restatement, waiver, consent or approval. In addition,
the Borrower will
be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Banks the same fee as the Borrower
shall pay to the agents and the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement in connection with such
modification, restatement, waiver, consent or approval.
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 Borrower may not assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without
the prior written consent of all Banks and the Administrative Agent and a Bank may not assign or
otherwise transfer any of its interest under this Agreement except as permitted in subsection (b)
and (c) of this Section 9.6.
(b) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, any Bank may at any time, grant to an
existing Bank, one or more banks, finance companies, insurance companies or other financial
institutions (a Participant) in minimum amounts of not less than $5,000,000 (or any lesser
amount in the case of participations to an existing Bank) participating interests in its Commitment
or any or all of its Loans. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, any Bank may at any time grant to any Person in any amount (also a Participant),
participating interests in its Commitment or any or all of its Loans. Any participation made
during the continuation of an Event of Default shall not be affected by the subsequent cure of such
Event of Default. In the event of any such grant by a Bank of a participating interest to a
Participant, whether or not upon notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, such Bank
shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with
such Banks rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which any Bank
may grant such a participating interest shall provide that such Bank shall retain the sole right
and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower 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 Bank will not agree to
any modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in
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clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 9.5 without the consent of the Participant. The
Borrower agrees 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.
(c) Any Bank may at any time assign to a Qualified Institution (in each case, an Assignee)
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, in minimum amounts of not less than Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and integral multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) thereafter
(or any lesser amount in the case of assignments to an existing Bank) and (ii) after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in any amount, all or a proportionate part of
all, of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents,
and, in either case, such Assignee shall assume such rights and obligations, pursuant to a Transfer
Supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto executed by such Assignee and such
transferor Bank; provided, that such assignment shall be subject to the Administrative Agents
consent and, provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Borrowers consent, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and provided
further that if an Assignee is an affiliate of such transferor Bank or was a Bank immediately prior
to such assignment, no such consent of Borrower shall be required. Upon execution and delivery of
such instrument and payment by such Assignee to such transferor Bank of an amount equal to the
purchase price agreed between such transferor Bank and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a Bank
party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Bank with a Commitment
as set forth in such instrument of assumption, and no further consent or action by any party shall
be required and the transferor Bank shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a
corresponding extent. Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection (c), the
transferor Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so
that, if required, a new Note is issued to the Assignee. In connection with any such assignment
(other than an assignment by a Bank to an affiliate), the transferor Bank 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 Borrower 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 of such Event of Default.
(d) Any Bank 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 Bank from its
obligations hereunder.
(e) No Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any Banks rights shall be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 8.3 or 8.4 than
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such Bank 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 Bank 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.
(f) No Assignee of any rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be permitted to
further assign less than all of such rights and obligations. No participant in any rights and
obligations under this Agreement shall be permitted to sell subparticipations of such rights and
obligations.
(g) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, no Bank shall be permitted to enter into an assignment of,
or sell a participation interest in, its rights and obligations hereunder which would result in
such Bank holding a Commitment without participants of less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)
(or in the case of each of the Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent, Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000)) unless as a result of a cancellation or reduction of the aggregate Commitments;
provided, however, that no Bank shall be prohibited from assigning its entire Commitment so long as
such assignment is otherwise permitted under this Section 9.6.
SECTION 9.7. Collateral. Each of the Banks represents to the Administrative Agent
and each of the other Banks 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; Judgment Currency. (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 PRINCIPLES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW).
(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 may be brought 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 Borrower hereby accepts for itself and in
respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts and appellate courts from any thereof. The Borrower irrevocably consents 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 Borrower at its address set forth
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below. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives any objection
which it 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 waives and agrees 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 Borrower in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.9. 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 Borrower 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 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE SYNDICATION AGENT AND THE BANKS 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 9.11. 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 9.12. Domicile of Loans. Each Bank may transfer and carry its Loans at, to
or for the account of any domestic or foreign branch office, subsidiary or affiliate of such Bank.
SECTION 9.13. Limitation of Liability. No claim may be made by the Borrower or any
other Person acting by or through Borrower against the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent
or any Bank or the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agent of any of them
for any 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
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Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether
or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
SECTION 9.14. Recourse Obligation. This Agreement and the Obligations hereunder are
fully recourse to the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement shall be had against (i) any
officer, director, shareholder or employee of the Borrower or General Partner or (ii) any general
partner of Borrower other than General Partner, in each case except in the event of fraud or
misappropriation of funds on the part of such officer, director, shareholder or employee or such
general partner.
SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners and each Bank shall use reasonable efforts to assure
that information about Borrower, General Partner and its Subsidiaries and Investment Affiliates,
and the Properties thereof and their operations, affairs and financial condition, not generally
disclosed to the public, which is furnished to Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners or any Bank pursuant to the provisions hereof or any
other Loan Document is used only for the purposes of this Agreement and shall not be divulged to
any Person other than the Administrative Agent, the Banks, and their affiliates and respective
officers, directors, employees and agents who are actively and directly participating in the
evaluation, administration or enforcement of the Loan and other transactions between such Bank and
the Borrower, except: (a) to their attorneys and accountants, (b) in connection with the
enforcement of the rights and exercise of any remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Banks
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) in connection with assignments and participations
and the solicitation of prospective assignees and participants referred to in Section 9.6 hereof,
who have agreed in writing to be bound by a confidentiality agreement substantially equivalent to
the terms of this Section 9.15, and (d) as may otherwise be required or requested by any regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or any Bank or by any applicable law,
rule, regulation or judicial process (but only to the extent not in violation, conflict or
inconsistent with the
applicable regulatory requirement, request, summons or subpoena); provided, however, that in
the event a Bank receives a summons or subpoena to disclose confidential information to any party,
such Bank shall, if legally permitted, endeavor to notify Borrower thereof as soon as possible
after receipt of such request, summons or subpoena and Borrower shall be afforded an opportunity to
seek protective orders, or such other confidential treatment of such disclosed information, as
Borrower and Administrative Agent may deem reasonable.
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SECTION 9.16. Banks Failure to Fund.
(a) If a Bank does not advance to Administrative Agent such Banks Pro Rata Share of a Loan in
accordance herewith, then neither Administrative Agent nor the other Banks shall be required or
obligated to fund such Banks Pro Rata Share of such Loan.
(b) As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(i) Defaulting Bank shall mean any Bank which (x) does not advance to the Administrative
Agent such Banks Pro Rata Share of a Loan in accordance herewith for a period of five (5) Business
Days after notice of such failure from Administrative Agent, (y) shall otherwise fail to perform
such Banks obligations under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the obligation to
purchase participations pursuant to Section 2.3) for a period of five (5) Business Days after
notice of such failure from Administrative Agent, or (z) shall fail to pay the Administrative Agent
or any other Bank, as the case may be, upon demand, such Banks Pro Rata Share of any costs,
expenses or disbursements incurred or made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the
Loan Documents for a period of five (5) Business Days after notice of such failure from
Administrative Agent, and in all cases, such failure is not as a result of a good faith dispute as
to whether such advance is properly required to be made pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, or as to whether such other performance or payment is properly required pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) Junior Creditor means any Defaulting Bank which has not (x) fully cured each and every
default on its part under the Loan Documents and (y) unconditionally tendered to the Administrative
Agent such Defaulting Banks Pro Rata Share of all costs, expenses and disbursements required to be
paid or reimbursed pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents.
(iii) Payment in Full means, as of any date, the receipt by the Banks who are not Junior
Creditors of an amount of cash, in lawful currency of the United States, sufficient to indefeasibly
pay in full all Senior Debt.
(iv) Senior Debt means (x) collectively, any and all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower to the Banks who are not Junior Creditors from time to time, whether
fixed or contingent, direct or indirect, joint or several, due or not due, liquidated or
unliquidated, determined or undetermined, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise,
whether on open account or evidenced by one or more instruments, and whether for principal,
premium, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of a petition
initiating any proceeding referred to in Section 6.1(f) or (g)), reimbursement for fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, which arise under, in connection
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the Loans or the Loan Documents, and (y) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings
of, or amendments, restatements, rearrangements, modifications or supplements to, any such
indebtedness, obligation or liability.
(v) Subordinated Debt means (x) any and all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of
Borrower to one or more Junior Creditors from time to time, whether fixed or contingent, direct or
indirect, joint or several, due or not due, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or
undetermined, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, whether on open account or
evidenced by one or more instruments, and whether for principal, premium, interest (including,
without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding
referred to in Section 6.1(f) or (g)), reimbursement for fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or
otherwise, which arise under, in connection with or in respect of the Loans or the Loan Documents,
and (y) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, restatements,
rearrangements, modifications or supplements to, any such indebtedness, obligation or liability.
(c) Immediately upon a Banks becoming a Junior Creditor and until such time as such Bank
shall have cured all applicable defaults, no Junior Creditor shall, prior to Payment in Full of all
Senior Debt:
(i) accelerate, demand payment of, sue upon, collect, or receive any payment upon, in any
manner, or satisfy or otherwise discharge, any Subordinated Debt, whether for principal, interest
and otherwise;
(ii) take or enforce any Liens to secure Subordinated Debt or attach or levy upon any assets
of Borrower, to enforce any Subordinated Debt;
(iii) enforce or apply any security for any Subordinated Debt; or
(iv) incur any debt or liability, or the like, to, or receive any loan, return of capital,
advance, gift or any other property, from, the Borrower.
(d) In the event of:
(i) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization,
readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to Borrower;
(ii) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of the Borrower, voluntary or
involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy proceedings;
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(iii) any assignment by the Borrower for the benefit of creditors;
(iv) any sale or other transfer of all or substantially all assets of the Borrower; or
(v) any other marshaling of the assets of the Borrower;
each of the Banks shall first have received Payment in Full of all Senior Debt before any payment
or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made in respect of or upon
any Subordinated Debt. Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property
that would otherwise be payable or deliverable in respect of Subordinated Debt to any Junior
Creditor but for this Agreement shall be paid or delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to the Banks in accordance with this Agreement until Payment in Full of all Senior
Debt. If any Junior Creditor receives any such payment or distribution, it shall promptly pay over
or deliver the same to the Administrative Agent for application in accordance with the preceding
sentence.
(e) Each Junior Creditor shall file in any bankruptcy or other proceeding of Borrower
in which the filing of claims is required by law, all claims relating to Subordinated Debt that
such Junior Creditor may have against Borrower and assign to the Banks who are not Junior Creditors
all rights of such Junior
Creditor thereunder. If such Junior Creditor does not file any such claim prior to forty-five
(45) days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, Administrative Agent, as
attorney-in-fact for such Junior Creditor, is hereby irrevocably authorized to do so in the name of
such Junior Creditor or, in Administrative Agents sole discretion, to assign the claim to a
nominee and to cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of such nominee. The foregoing power
of attorney is coupled with an interest and cannot be revoked. The Administrative Agent shall, to
the exclusion of each Junior Creditor, have the sole right, subject to Section 9.5 hereof, to
accept or reject any plan proposed in any such proceeding and to take any other action that a party
filing a claim is entitled to take. In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or
otherwise, the Person or Persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to Administrative Agent the
amount payable on such claim and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Junior
Creditor hereby transfers and assigns to the Administrative Agent all of the Junior Creditors
rights to any such payments or distributions to which Junior Creditor would otherwise be entitled.
(f) (i) If any payment or distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash,
securities or other property, shall be received by any Junior Creditor in contravention of any of
the terms hereof, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for the
benefit of, and shall promptly be paid over or delivered and transferred to, Administrative Agent
for application to
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the payment of all Senior Debt, to the extent necessary to achieve Payment in
Full. In the event of the failure of any Junior Creditor to endorse or assign any such payment,
distribution or security, Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or
assign the same as attorney-in-fact for such Junior Creditor.
(ii) Each Junior Creditor shall take such action (including, without limitation, the execution
and filing of a financing statement with respect to this Agreement and the execution, verification,
delivery and filing of proofs of claim, consents, assignments or other instructions that
Administrative Agent may require from time to time in order to prove or realize upon any rights or
claims pertaining to Subordinated Debt or to effectuate the full benefit of the subordination
contained herein) as may, in Administrative Agents sole and absolute discretion, be necessary or
desirable to assure the effectiveness of the subordination effected by this Agreement.
(g) (i) Each Bank that becomes a Junior Creditor understands and acknowledges by its execution
hereof that each other Bank is entering into this Agreement and the Loan Documents in reliance upon
the absolute subordination in right of payment and in time of payment of Subordinated Debt to
Senior Debt as set forth herein.
(ii) Only upon the Payment in Full of all Senior Debt shall any Junior Creditor be
subrogated to any remaining rights of the Banks which are not Defaulting Banks to receive payments
or distributions of assets of the Borrower made on or applicable to any Senior Debt.
(iii) Each Junior Creditor agrees that it will deliver all instruments or other writings
evidencing any Subordinated Debt held by it to Administrative Agent, promptly after request
therefor by the Administrative Agent.
(iv) No Junior Creditor may at any time sell, assign or otherwise transfer any Subordinated
Debt, or any portion thereof, including, without limitation, the granting of any Lien thereon,
unless and until satisfaction of the requirements of Section 9.6 above and the proposed transferee
shall have assumed in writing the obligation of the Junior Creditor to the Banks under this
Agreement, in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(v) If any of the Senior Debt, should be invalidated, avoided or set aside, the subordination
provided for herein nevertheless shall continue in full force and effect and, as between the Banks
which are not Defaulting Banks and all Junior Creditors, shall be and be deemed to remain in full
force and effect.
(vi) Each Junior Creditor hereby irrevocably waives, in respect of Subordinated Debt, all
rights (x) under Sections 361 through 365, 502(e)
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and 509 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar
sections hereafter in effect under any other Federal or state laws or legal or equitable principles
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganizations, liquidations or otherwise for the relief of
debtors or protection of creditors), and (y) to seek or obtain conversion to a different type of
proceeding or to seek or obtain dismissal of a proceeding, in each case in relation to a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other proceeding under similar laws with respect to the
Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Junior Creditor hereby
specifically waives (A) the right to seek to give credit (secured or otherwise) to the Borrower in
any way under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code unless the same is subordinated in all respects to
Senior Debt in a manner acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion and
(B) the right to receive any collateral security (including, without limitation, any super
priority or equal or priming or replacement Lien) for any Subordinated Debt unless the Banks
which are not Defaulting Banks have received a senior position acceptable to the Banks in their
sole and absolute discretion to secure all Senior Debt (in the same collateral to the extent
collateral is involved).
(h) (i) In addition to and not in limitation of the subordination effected by this
Section 9.16, the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks which are not Defaulting Banks may in
their respective sole and absolute discretion, also exercise any and all other rights and remedies
available at law or in equity in respect of a Defaulting Bank; and
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall give each of the Banks notice of the occurrence of a
default under this Section 9.16 by a Defaulting Bank and if the Administrative Agent and/or one or
more of the other Banks shall, at their option, fund any amounts required to be paid or advanced by
a Defaulting Bank, the other Banks who have elected not to fund any portion of such amounts shall
not be liable for any reimbursements to the Administrative Agent and/or to such other funding
Banks.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained or implied herein, a Defaulting Bank
shall not be entitled to vote on any matter as to which a vote by the Banks is required hereunder,
including, without limitation, any actions or consents on the part of the Administrative Agent as
to which the approval or consent of all the Banks or the Majority Banks is required under Article
VIII, Section 9.5 or elsewhere, so long as such Bank is a Defaulting Bank; provided, however, that
in the case of any vote requiring the unanimous consent of the Banks, if all the Banks other than
the Defaulting Bank shall have voted in accordance with each other, then the Defaulting Bank shall
be deemed to have voted in accordance with such Banks.
(j) Each of the Administrative Agent and any one or more of the Banks which are not Defaulting
Banks may, at their respective option, (i) advance to the Borrower such Banks Pro Rata Share of
the Loans not advanced by a Defaulting Bank in accordance with the Loan Documents, or (ii) pay to
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Agent such Banks Pro Rata Share of any costs, expenses or disbursements
incurred or made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement not
theretofore paid by a Defaulting Bank. Immediately upon the making of any such advance by the
Administrative Agent or any one of the Banks, such Banks Pro Rata Share and the Pro Rata Share of
the Defaulting Bank shall be recalculated to reflect such advance. All payments, repayments and
other disbursements of funds by the Administrative Agent to Banks shall thereupon and, at all times
thereafter be made in accordance with such Banks recalculated Pro Rata Share
unless and until a Defaulting Bank shall fully cure all defaults on the part of such
Defaulting Bank under the Loan Documents or otherwise existing in respect of the Loans or this
Agreement, at which time the Pro Rata Share of the Bank(s) which advanced sums on behalf of the
Defaulting Bank and of the Defaulting Bank shall be restored to their original percentages.
SECTION 9.17. Banks ERISA Covenant. Each Bank, by its signature hereto or on the
applicable Transfer Supplement, hereby agrees (a) that on the date any Loan is disbursed hereunder
no portion of such Banks Pro Rata Share of such Loan will constitute assets within the meaning
of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, and (b) that following such date
such Bank shall not allocate such Banks Pro Rata Share of any Loan to an account of such Bank if
such allocation (i) by itself would cause such Pro Rata Share of such Loan to then constitute
assets (within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101) of an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code
and (ii) by itself would cause such Loan to constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the
Code (which is not exempt from the restrictions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the
Code and the taxes and penalties imposed by Section 4975 of the Code and Section 502(i) of ERISA)
or any Agent or Bank being deemed in violation of Section 404 of ERISA.
SECTION 9.18. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 9.19. Optional Increase in Commitments. At any time prior to the date that
is six (6) months after the date of this Agreement, provided no Event of Default shall have
occurred and then be continuing, the Borrower may, if it so elects, increase the aggregate amount
of the Commitments (subject to proviso (b) in the next sentence), either by designating a Qualified
Institution not theretofore a Bank to become a Bank (such designation to be effective only with the
prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld)
and/or by agreeing with an existing Bank or Banks that such Banks Commitment shall be increased.
Upon execution and delivery by the Borrower and such Bank or other financial institution of an
instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such existing Bank shall
have a Commitment as therein set forth or such Qualified Institution shall become a Bank
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with a Commitment as therein set forth and all the rights and obligations of a Bank with such
a Commitment hereunder; provided that:
(a) the Borrower shall provide prompt notice of such increase to the Administrative Agent, who
shall promptly notify the Banks; and
(b) the amount of such increase, together with all other increases in the aggregate amount of
the Commitments pursuant to this Section 9.19 since the date of this Agreement, does not cause the
Facility Amount to exceed $500,000,000.
Upon any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 9.19, within
five Business Days (in the case of any Base Rate Loans then outstanding) or at the end of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto (in the case of any Euro-Dollar Loans then
outstanding), as applicable, each Banks Pro Rata Share shall be recalculated to reflect such
increase in the Commitments and the outstanding principal balance of the Loans shall be reallocated
among the Banks such that the outstanding principal amount of Loans owed to each Bank shall be
equal to such Banks Pro Rata Share (as recalculated). All payments, repayments and other
disbursements of funds by the Administrative Agent to Banks shall thereupon and, at all times
thereafter be made in accordance with each Banks recalculated Pro Rata Share.
SECTION 9.20. Managing Agents, Documentation Agents and Co-Agents. Each of the
Borrower, the Agents and each Bank acknowledges and agrees that (a) the obligations of the Managing
Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Co-Agent hereunder shall be limited to those obligations
that are expressly set forth herein, if any, and the Managing Agents, Documentation Agents and
Co-Agent shall not be required to take any action or assume any liability except as may be required
in each of their capacity as a Bank hereunder, and (b) the indemnifications set forth herein for
the benefit of the Agents shall also run to the benefit of the Managing Agents, the Documentation
Agents and the Co-Agent to the extent any of them incurs any loss, cost or damage arising from its
capacity as a Managing Agent, Documentation Agent or a Co-Agent.
SECTION 9.21. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Bank 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 Bank to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited |
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AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, a |
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Maryland corporation and its sole general partner |
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/s/ Thomas S. Olinger |
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Thomas S. Olinger |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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(415) 394-9001 |
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Address:
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San Francisco, California 94111 |
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Attn: Chief Financial Officer |
TOTAL COMMITMENTS: $325,000,000
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative |
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Agent and as a Bank |
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/s/ Vanessa Chiu |
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Name: Vanessa Chiu |
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Title: Vice President |
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Commitment: $70,000,000 |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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277 Park Avenue |
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Attn: Ralph Totoonchie |
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Facsimile: (646) 534-0574 |
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, |
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William M. Ginn
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General Manager |
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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
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Documentation Agent and as a Bank |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
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Ben Lewis |
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BANK OF CHINA,
NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank |
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William Warren Smith
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, [ACTING |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Bank |
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James A. Colella
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Commitment: $20,000,000 |
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CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., LOS |
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ANGELES BRANCH, as a Bank |
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Wen-Che Chen
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Commitment: $5,000,000 |
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THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Bank |
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EXHIBIT A
NOTE
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New York, New York |
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March 27, 2008 |
For value received, AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
Borrower), promises to pay to the order of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (the Bank)
the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit
Agreement referred to below on the maturity date provided for in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower
further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan from the date
advanced until such principal amount is paid in full on the dates and at the rate or rates provided
for in the Credit Agreement. All such payments of principal and interest shall be made in lawful
money of the United States in Federal or other immediately available funds to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. for the account of the Bank, pursuant to the following wire transfer instructions:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
ABA #
Account #
Attention:
Reference:
All Loans made by the Bank, the respective types and maturities thereof and all repayments of
the principal thereof shall be recorded by the Bank and, if the Bank so elects in connection with
any transfer or enforcement hereof, appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing information
with respect to each such Loan then outstanding may be endorsed by the Bank on the schedule
attached hereto, or on a continuation of such schedule attached to and made a part hereof;
provided that the failure of the Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not
affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
This note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is executed and delivered pursuant to
and subject to all of the terms of, the Term Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among
the Borrower, the banks listed on the signature pages thereof, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (as the same may be amended from time to time, the
Credit Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. The terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement are hereby incorporated in their entirety by reference as though fully set forth herein.
Upon the occurrence of certain Events of Default as more particularly described in the Credit
Agreement, the unpaid principal amount
evidenced by this Note shall become, and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
certain other Events of Default, such unpaid principal amount may be declared to be, due and
payable in the manner, upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
Demand, presentment, diligence, protest and notice of nonpayment are hereby waived by the
Borrower.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
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Note (contd)
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EXHIBIT B
TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT
TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT (this Transfer Supplement) dated as of ___, 200___between
(the Assignor) and having an address at
(the Purchasing Bank).
W
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T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Assignor has made loans to AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(the Borrower), pursuant to the Term Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among
the Borrower, the banks listed on the signature pages thereof, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (the Credit Agreement). All capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Bank desires to purchase and assume from the Assignor, and the
Assignor desires to sell and assign to the Purchasing Bank, certain rights, title, interest and
obligations under the Credit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. In consideration of the amount set forth in the receipt (the Receipt) given by
Assignor to Purchasing Bank of even date herewith, and transferred by wire to Assignor, the
Assignor hereby assigns and sells, without recourse, representation or warranty except as
specifically set forth herein, to the Purchasing Bank, and the Purchasing Bank hereby purchases and
assumes from the Assignor, a ___% interest (the Purchased Interest) of the Loans
constituting a portion of the Assignors rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of
the Effective Date (as defined below) including, without limitation, such percentage interest of
the Assignor in any Loans owing to the Assignor, any Note held by the Assignor, any Loan Commitment
of the Assignor and any other interest of the Assignor under any of the Loan Documents.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of its share of the Loans owing to it (without giving effect to
assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) is $ ; (ii) represents and warrants
that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interests being assigned by it hereunder and that
such interests are free and clear of any adverse claim; (iii) represents and warrants that it has
not received any notice of Default or Event of Default from the Borrower; (iv) represents and
warrants that is has full power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform under, this
Transfer Supplement, and all necessary corporate and/or partnership action has been taken to
authorize, and all approvals and consents have been obtained for, the execution, delivery and
performance thereof; (v) represents and warrants that this Transfer Supplement constitutes its
legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties
or representations (or the truthfulness or accuracy thereof) made in or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (vii) makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the
performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or
the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto. Except as
specifically set forth in this Paragraph 2, this assignment shall be without recourse to Assignor.
3. The Purchasing Bank (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and
the other Loan Documents, together with such financial statements and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Transfer Supplement and to become a party to the Credit Agreement, and has not relied on any
statements made by Assignor; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon any
of the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Assignor or any
other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Borrower and will make its
own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Agreement, and the other Loan Documents; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent,
the Documentation Agent and the Syndication Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to
such agents by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; (iv) agrees
that it will be bound by and perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by
the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank; (v) specifies as
its addresses for notices, its Domestic Lending Office and its Eurodollar Lending office, the
addresses and offices set forth beneath its name on the signature page hereof; (vi) represents and
warrants that it has full power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform under, this
Transfer Supplement, and all necessary corporate and/or partnership action has been taken to
authorize, and all approvals and consents have been obtained for, the execution, delivery and
performance thereof; (vii) represents and warrants that this Transfer Supplement constitutes its
legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms; and (viii) represents
and warrants that the interest being assigned hereunder is being acquired by it for its own
account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to the public distribution thereof and
without any present intention of its resale in either case that would be in violation of applicable
securities laws.
4. This Transfer Supplement shall be effective on the date (the Effective Date) on
which all of the following have occurred (i) it shall have been executed and delivered by the
parties hereto, (ii) copies hereof shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower, (iii) the Purchasing Bank shall have received an original Note, and (iv) the Purchasing
Bank shall have paid to the Assignor the agreed purchase price as set forth in the Receipt.
5. On and after the Effective Date, (i) the Purchasing Bank shall be a party to the Credit
Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Transfer Supplement, have the rights and obligations
of a Bank thereunder and be entitled to the benefits and rights of the Banks thereunder and (ii)
the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Transfer Supplement as to the Purchased
Interest, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. From and after the Effective Date, the Assignor shall cause the Administrative Agent to
make all payments under the Credit Agreement, and the Notes in respect of the Purchased Interest
assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, fees and interest with
respect thereto and any amounts accrued but not paid prior to such date) to the Purchasing Bank.
7. This Transfer Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts which, when taken
together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
8. Assignor hereby represents and warrants to Purchasing Bank that it has made all payments
demanded to date by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, in connection with the
Assignors Pro Rata Share of the obligation to reimburse the Agent for its expenses and made all
Loans required. In the event JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative Agent, shall demand
reimbursement for fees and expenses from Purchasing Bank for any period prior to the Effective
Date, Assignor hereby agrees to promptly pay JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative Agent,
such sums directly, subject, however, to Paragraph 12 hereof.
9. Assignor will, at the cost of Assignor, and without expense to Purchasing Bank, do,
execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, assignments,
notices of assignments, transfers and assurances as Purchasing Bank shall, from time to time,
reasonably require, for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring and confirming unto
Purchasing Bank the property and rights hereby given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed,
conveyed, confirmed, assigned and/or intended now or hereafter so to be, on which Assignor may be
or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Purchasing Bank, or for carrying out the
intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Agreement or for filing, registering
or recording this Agreement.
10. The parties agree that no broker or finder was instrumental in bringing about this
transaction. Each party shall indemnify, defend the other and hold the other free and harmless
from and against any damages, costs or expenses
(including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) suffered by such party
arising from claims by any broker or finder that such broker or finder has dealt with said party in
connection with this transaction.
11.
Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 12 hereof, if, with respect to the Purchased
Interest only, Assignor shall on or after the Effective Date receive (a) any cash, note,
securities, property, obligations or other consideration in respect of or relating to the Loan or
the Loan Documents or issued in substitution or replacement of the Loan or the Loan Documents, (b)
any cash or non-cash consideration in any form whatsoever distributed, paid or issued in any
bankruptcy proceeding in connection with the Loan or the Loan Documents or (c) any other
distribution (whether by means of repayment, redemption, realization of security or otherwise),
Assignor shall accept the same as Purchasing Banks agent and hold the same in trust on behalf of
and for the benefit of Purchasing Bank, and shall deliver the same forthwith to Purchasing Bank in
the same form received, with the endorsement (without recourse) of Assignor when necessary or
appropriate. If the Assignor shall fail to deliver any funds received by it within the same
Business Day of receipt, unless such funds are received by Assignor after 4:00 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, then the following Business Day after receipt, said funds shall accrue interest at
the Federal Funds Rate and in addition to promptly remitting said amount, Assignor shall remit such
interest from the date received to the date such amount is remitted to the Purchasing Bank.
12. Assignor and Purchasing Bank each hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the other,
each of its directors and each of its officers in connection with any claim or cause of action
based on any matter or claim based on the acts of either while acting as a Bank under the Credit
Agreement. Promptly after receipt by the indemnified party under this Section of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall notify the indemnifying party in writing
of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and that
party notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to
the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after receipt
of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof. In no event shall the indemnified party settle or consent to
a settlement of such cause of action or claim without the consent of the indemnifying party.
13. THIS TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL
BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
14. On or promptly after the Effective Date, Borrower, Administrative Agent, Assignor and
Purchasing Bank shall make appropriate arrangements so that a Note executed by Borrower, dated the
Effective Date is issued to Purchasing Bank.
[15. On or before the Effective Date, Purchasing Bank shall comply with the provisions of
Section 8.4(d) of the Credit Agreement.] [Include only if Purchasing Bank is a foreign
institution.]
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Domestic Lending Office:
Eurodollar Lending Office:
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Receipt Acknowledged this
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SCHEDULE 1.1
Initial Unencumbered Properties
SCHEDULE 4.4 (b)
Disclosure of
Additional Material Indebtedness
None
SCHEDULE 4.6
Borrower and General Partner ERISA Plans
The employees of Borrower may currently participate in a 401(k) Plan.
Other benefits for employees include: health care plans, dental care, vision care, stock option
and incentive plan, non-qualified deferred compensation plan (for officers only), life insurance
and accidental death and dismemberment plan, flexible spending account, travel/accident insurance,
short-term disability, long-term disability, sick time, vacation time, personal days, holidays,
employee assistance program, work/life benefits, and direct paycheck deposit.
SCHEDULE 5.11(c)(1)
Interests owned by General Partner
AMB Property Holding Corporation
AMB Property Holding II Corporation
AMB Property Holding III Corporation
Texas AMB I, LLC
SCHEDULE 5.11(c)(2)
General Partner owned Interests
AMB Property Holding Corporation
AMB Property Holding II Corporation
AMB Property Holding III Corporation
Texas AMB I, LLC