SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: June 27, 2000
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Maryland
(State of Incorporation)
1-13199 13-3956775
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Id. Number)
420 Lexington Avenue 10170
New York, New York (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(212) 594-2700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5. Other Events
On June 27, 2000, SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. ("SLGOP"),
entered into an unsecured credit facility with certain lenders identified in
the Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated June 27, 2000 (the "Credit
Facility"), among SLGOP, certain subsidiaries of SLGOP, SL Green Realty Corp.,
Fleet National Bank, N.A ("Fleet"), as administrative agent for the lenders,
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as syndication agent for the lenders, and Bankers
Trust Company, as documentation agent for the lenders. The Credit Facility
matures on June 27, 2003. The Credit Facility is unconditionally guaranteed by
SL Green Realty Corp. and certain of SLGOP's subsidiaries. The Credit Facility
provides for a maximum borrowing amount of up to $250 million at any time
outstanding, subject to increase to $300 million at the option of SLGOP if no
default or event of default has occurred and is continuing and upon the
satisfaction of certain other conditions set forth in the Credit Facility.
SLGOP's ability to borrow under the Credit Facility will be subject to the
satisfaction of, among other things, certain financial covenants, including
covenants relating to the value of unencumbered assets, minimum debt service
coverage, limitations on unsecured and secured borrowings, minimum tangible
net worth, ratio of unencumbered asset adjusted net operating income to
assumed debt service, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, and minimum
aggregate occupancy rate. Borrowings under the Credit Facility will bear
interest, at the option of SLGOP, at the Base Rate or at the LIBOR Rate plus,
in the case of the LIBOR Rate only, 1.25% (increasing to up to 1.75% if
minimum credit ratings are not maintained). The Base Rate is defined as the
higher of: (i) the annual rate of interest announced from time to time by
Fleet at Fleet's head office as its "base rate", and (ii) one-half of one
percent (0.50%) above the overnight federal funds effective rate as published
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from
time to time. The LIBOR Rate for a specified interest period is defined as the
rate per annum equal to the quotient (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/1000 of
one percent) of (i) the rate per annum for deposits in dollars in the London
interbank market for a period equal in length to the applicable interest
period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 A.M. London time, two
business days prior to the beginning of the applicable interest period,
divided by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
10.1 Form of June 27, 2000 Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
/S/ David J. Nettina
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David J. Nettina
President and Chief Operating Officer
Date: July 12, 2000
REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
among
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.,
As Borrower,
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES PARTY HERETO,
As Guarantors,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
As Lenders,
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, NA
As Administrative Agent for the Lenders
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.
As Syndication Agent for the Lenders
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
As Documentation Agent for the Lenders
FLEETBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS INC.
As Arranger
Effective Date: June 27, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. DEFINITIONS OF RULES OF INTERPRETATION.......................................................................1
Section 1.1. Definitions .......................................................................................1
Section 1.2. Rules of Interpretation ..........................................................................20
Section 2. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY....................................................................................21
Section 2.1. Commitment to Lend; Limitation on Total Commitment................................................21
Section 2.2. Changes in Total Commitment.......................................................................21
Section 2.3. The Notes.........................................................................................23
Section 2.4. Interest on Loans.................................................................................23
Section 2.5. Requests for Loans................................................................................24
Section 2.6. Conversion Options................................................................................24
Section 2.7. Funds for Loans...................................................................................25
Section 2.8. [Intentionally Omitted]............................................................................26
Section 2.9. Letters of Credit.................................................................................26
Section 3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS.......................................................................................29
Section 3.1. Maturity..........................................................................................29
Section 3.2. Mandatory Repayments of Loan......................................................................29
Section 3.3. Optional Repayments of Loans......................................................................29
Section 4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................................................................31
Section 4.1. Fees..............................................................................................31
Section 4.2. Commitment Fee....................................................................................31
Section 4.3. Funds for Payments................................................................................31
Section 4.4. Computations......................................................................................32
Section 4.5. Additional Costs, Etc.............................................................................32
Section 4.6. Capital Adequacy..................................................................................33
Section 4.7. Certificate.......................................................................................34
Section 4.8. Indemnity.........................................................................................34
Section 4.9. Interest on Overdue Amounts.......................................................................34
Section 4.10. Inability to Determine LIBOR Rate................................................................34
Section 4.11. Illegality.......................................................................................34
Section 4.12. Replacement of Lenders...........................................................................35
Section 5. UNENCUMBERED ASSETS; NO LIMITATION ON RECOURSE...............................................................36
Section 5.1. Unencumbered Assets...............................................................................36
Section 5.2. Waivers by Requisite Lenders......................................................................36
Section 5.3. Rejection of Unencumbered Assets..................................................................37
Section 5.4. Change in Circumstances...........................................................................37
Section 5.5. No Limitation on Recourse.........................................................................37
Section 5.6. Additional Guarantor Subsidiaries.................................................................38
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...............................................................................38
Section 6.1. Authority; Etc....................................................................................38
Section 6.2. Governmental Approvals............................................................................39
Section 6.3. Title to Properties...............................................................................39
Section 6.4. Financial Statements..............................................................................40
Section 6.5. No Material Changes, Etc..........................................................................40
Section 6.6. Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc .............................................................40
Section 6.7. Litigation........................................................................................41
Section 6.8. No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc..............................................................41
Section 6.9. Compliance With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc......................................................41
Section 6.10. Tax Status.......................................................................................41
Section 6.11. Event of Default.................................................................................41
Section 6.12. Investment Company Act...........................................................................41
Section 6.13. Absence of Financing Statements, Etc.............................................................41
Section 6.14. Status of the Company............................................................................42
Section 6.15. Certain Transactions.............................................................................42
Section 6.16. Benefit Plans: Multiemployer Plans: Guaranteed Pension Plans.....................................42
Section 6.17. Regulations U and X..............................................................................42
Section 6.18. Environmental Compliance.........................................................................42
Section 6.19. Subsidiaries and Affiliates......................................................................43
Section 6.20. Loan Documents...................................................................................44
Section 6.21. Buildings on the Unencumbered Assets.............................................................44
Section 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER........................................................................44
Section 7.1. Punctual Payment..................................................................................44
Section 7.2. Maintenance of Office.............................................................................44
Section 7.3. Records and Accounts..............................................................................44
Section 7.4. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information................................................44
Section 7.5. Notices ..........................................................................................46
Section 7.6. Existence; Maintenance of REIT Status; Maintenance of Properties .................................47
Section 7.7. Insurance ........................................................................................48
Section 7.8. Taxes.............................................................................................48
Section 7.9. Inspection of Properties and Books................................................................48
Section 7.10. Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits...........................................48
Section 7.11. Use of Proceeds..................................................................................49
Section 7.12. Prepayment of Existing Loan Facilities...........................................................49
Section 7.13. Notices of Significant Transactions..............................................................49
Section 7.14. Further Assurance................................................................................49
Section 7.15. Environmental Indemnification....................................................................49
Section 7.16. Response Actions.................................................................................50
Section 7.17. Employee Benefit Plans ..........................................................................50
Section 7.18. Required Interest Rate Contracts.................................................................51
Section 8. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER...................................................................51
Section 8.1. [Intentionally Omitted.]..........................................................................51
Section 8.2. Restrictions on Investments.......................................................................51
Section 8.3. Merger, Consolidation and Other Fundamental Changes...............................................53
Section 8.4. [Intentionally Omitted.]..........................................................................54
Section 8.5. Compliance with Environmental Laws................................................................54
Section 8.6. Distributions.....................................................................................54
Section 8.7. Preferred Distributions...........................................................................54
Section 8.8. Preferred Redemptions.............................................................................54
Section 9. FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER..........................................................................54
Section 9.1. Value of All Unencumbered Assets..................................................................54
Section 9.2. Minimum Debt Service Coverage.....................................................................55
Section 9.3. Total Debt to Total Assets........................................................................55
Section 9.4. Maximum Secured Indebtedness; Secured Recourse Indebtedness.......................................55
Section 9.5. Minimum Tangible Net Worth........................................................................56
Section 9.6. Unencumbered Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income to Assumed Debt Service..........................56
Section 9.7. Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges..................................................................56
Section 9.8. Aggregate Occupancy Rate .........................................................................56
Section 10. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.................................................................................56
Section 10.1. Loan Documents...................................................................................56
Section 10.2. Certified Copies of Organization Documents; Good Standing Certificates ..........................56
Section 10.3. By-laws; Resolutions ............................................................................56
Section 10.4. Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers ......................................................57
Section 10.5. Title Insurance; Lien Searches...................................................................57
Section 10.6. Opinions of Counsel Concerning Organization and Loan Documents...................................57
Section 10.7. Payment of Fees..................................................................................57
Section 11. CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT ADVANCES...........................................................................57
Section 11.1. Representations True; No Event of Default; Compliance Certificate ...............................57
Section 11.2. No Legal Impediment .............................................................................58
Section 11.3. Proceedings and Documents .......................................................................58
Section 12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC........................................................................58
Section 12.1. Events of Default and Acceleration...............................................................58
Section 12.2. Termination of Commitments.......................................................................60
Section 12.3. Remedies.........................................................................................60
Section 12.4. Distribution of Enforcement Proceeds.............................................................61
Section 13. SETOFF......................................................................................................62
Section 14. THE AGENT...................................................................................................62
Section 14.1. Authorization....................................................................................62
Section 14.2. Employees and Agents.............................................................................63
Section 14.3. No Liability to Lenders..........................................................................63
Section 14.4. No Representations...............................................................................63
Section 14.5. Payments.........................................................................................63
Section 14.6. Holders of Notes.................................................................................65
Section 14.7. Indemnity........................................................................................65
Section 14.8. Agent as Lender..................................................................................65
Section 14.9. Resignation......................................................................................65
Section 14.10. Notification of Defaults and Events of Default and Other Notices................................65
Section 14.11. Duties in the Case of Enforcement...............................................................66
Section 14.12. Mandatory Resignation of Agent..................................................................66
Section 15. EXPENSES....................................................................................................67
Section 16. INDEMNIFICATION.............................................................................................68
Section 17. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC..................................................................................68
Section 18. GUARANTY....................................................................................................69
Section 18.1. Guaranty.........................................................................................69
Section 18.2. Obligations Unconditional........................................................................69
Section 18.3. Modifications....................................................................................70
Section 18.4. Waiver of Rights.................................................................................70
Section 18.5. Reinstatement....................................................................................71
Section 18.6. Remedies.........................................................................................71
Section 18.7. Limitation of Guaranty...........................................................................71
Section 19. ASSIGNMENT; PARTICIPATIONS; ETC.............................................................................72
Section 19.1. Conditions to Assignment by Lenders..............................................................72
Section 19.2. Certain Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants...................................72
Section 19.3. Register.........................................................................................73
Section 19.4. New Notes........................................................................................73
Section 19.5. Participations...................................................................................74
Section 19.6. Pledge by Lender.................................................................................74
Section 19.7. No Assignment by Borrower........................................................................74
Section 19.8. Disclosure.......................................................................................75
Section 20. NOTICES, ETC................................................................................................75
Section 21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE..........................................................75
Section 22. HEADINGS....................................................................................................76
Section 23. COUNTERPARTS................................................................................................76
Section 24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT............................................................................................76
Section 25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS..............................................................76
Section 26. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. .....................................................................77
Section 27. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................78
Section 28. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................................................................78
Exhibit A Form of Note
Exhibit B Form of Loan Request
Exhibit C Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Letter of Credit Request
Exhibit E Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Schedule 1 Lenders; Domestic and LIBOR Lending Offices
Schedule 1.1 Unencumbered Assets
Schedule 1.2 Commitments and Commitment Percentages
Schedule 1.3 Related Companies, Guarantor Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Entities
Schedule 1.4. Existing Letter of Credit
Schedule 6.3 Title to Properties
Schedule 6.7 Litigation
Schedule 6.15 Insider Transactions
Schedule 6.16 Employee Benefit Plans
Schedule 6.18 Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.19 Company Assets
Schedule 6.21 Building Structural Defects, etc.
Schedule 6.22 Indebtedness
Schedule 8.2(d) Investments
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT is made as of the 27th day
of June, 2000, by and among (i) SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Borrower"), (ii) SL GREEN REALTY CORP., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company", and a "Guarantor", as such term is
defined herein), (iii) each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the
Borrower or the Company that is a signatory hereto under the caption
"Guarantors" on the signature pages hereto or from time to time hereafter as a
"Guarantor", (iv) each of the financial institutions that is a signatory
hereto under the caption "Lenders" on the signature pages hereto or that,
pursuant to Section 19 hereof, shall become a "Lender" (individually, a
"Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), (v) FLEET NATIONAL BANK, NA, a
national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders
hereunder (in such capacity, the "Agent"), (vi) SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC., as
syndication agent for the Lenders hereunder, and (vii) BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as documentation agent for the Lenders hereunder.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide an unsecured
revolving credit facility in the maximum amount of $250,000,000 (the
"Facility") to the Borrower and the Lenders have agreed to provide such
Facility subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, to accomplish these purposes, the Agent, the Borrower,
the Guarantors and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS OF RULES OF INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1. Definitions . The following terms shall have the meanings
set forth in this Section l or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement
referred to below:
Additional Commitment. The portion (if any) of any Lender's Commitment
which will become effective on the Commitment Increase Date if the Total
Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.2.
Additional Commitment Lenders. Those Lenders which provide an Additional
Commitment.
Adjusted EBITDA. For any Person for any period, EBITDA minus (i) Minimum
Capital Expenditure Reserves and (ii) straight line rent adjustments for the
applicable period.
Adjusted Net Operating Income. For any Real Estate Asset, as of any date
of determination, Net Operating Income for the three (3) month period
immediately preceding the date of determination, minus Minimum Capital
Expenditures Reserves for such period, and minus the Minimum Management Fees
for such period.
Affiliated Lenders. Any commercial bank or financial institution which is
(i) the parent corporation of any of the Lenders, (ii) a wholly-owned
subsidiary of any of the Lenders or (iii) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
parent corporation of any of the Lenders.
Agent. Fleet National Bank acting in its capacity as sole administrative
agent for the Lenders, or any sole successor administrative agent appointed
pursuant to Section 14 hereof .
Agent's Head Office. The Agent's head office located at 100 Federal
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or at such other location in the United
States as the Agent may designate from time to time.
Aggregate Occupancy Rate. With respect to the Unencumbered Assets at any
time, the ratio, as of such date, expressed as a percentage, of
(i) the summation of the amounts arrived at by multiplying (a) the Occupancy
Rate of each Unencumbered Asset by (b) the net rentable area of such
Unencumbered Asset,
divided by
(ii) the aggregate net rentable area of all such Unencumbered Assets.
Agreement. This Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, including the
Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
Applicable Base Rate Margin. Zero (0) basis points.
Applicable LIBOR Margin. As of any date of determination:
(i) One hundred twenty five (125) basis points, if the Moody's Rating is
at least Baa3 and the S&P Rating is at least BBB-.
(ii) If the condition set forth in clause (i) of this definition is not
satisfied, the number of basis points ("bps") per annum opposite the
Leverage Ratio (calculated as of the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal quarter) set forth in the grid below under the
caption "Applicable LIBOR Margin":
Applicable
Leverage Ratio LIBOR Margin
less than or equal to .35 137.5 bps
>.35 but less than or equal to .45 150 bps
-
>.45 175 bps
Any change in the Applicable LIBOR Margin shall become effective on the first
day following the effective date of a change in the Moody's Rating or the S&P
Rating or the date the Leverage Ratio is determined pursuant to the Compliance
Certificate, as the case may be.
Appraisal. A written appraisal of property requested by the Agent on
behalf of the Requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(b) hereof (i) in form,
content and methodology satisfactory to the Agent and in compliance with all
applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and (ii) prepared by an
independent appraiser selected by the Agent who meets all regulatory
requirements applicable to the Agent and the Lenders.
Arranger. FleetBoston Robertson Stephens, Inc. or any successor.
Assignment and Acceptance. See Section 19.
Assumed Debt Service. With respect to all unsecured Indebtedness of any
Person for any period, the greater of (i) debt service on the actual principal
amount outstanding on such unsecured Indebtedness on the last day of such
fiscal quarter at the rates of interest then in effect, or (ii) the aggregate
payment of principal and interest that would be due on such actual outstanding
amount of unsecured Indebtedness for such quarter assuming a ten-year Treasury
Rate plus 175 basis points and a twenty-five year amortization schedule.
Balance Sheet Date. December 31, 1999.
Bankruptcy Code. Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Sections
1101 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
Base Rate. The higher of (a) the annual rate of interest announced from
time to time by Fleet National Bank, NA ("Fleet") at Fleet's Head Office as
its "base rate", and (b) one half of one percent (1/2%) above the overnight
federal funds effective rate as published by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Base Rate Loans. Those Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to
the Base Rate.
Borrower. As defined in the preamble hereto.
Borrowing Date. The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made
(including, without limitation, the date on which any Mandatory Base Rate Loan
is made), and the date on which any Loan is converted or continued in
accordance with Section 2.6.
Buildings. The buildings, structures and other improvements now or
hereafter located on the Unencumbered Assets.
Business Day. Any day on which banking institutions in Boston,
Massachusetts, are open for the transaction of banking business and, in the
case of LIBOR Rate Loans, also a day which is a Eurodollar Business Day.
Capitalized Leases. Leases under which the discounted future rental
payment obligations are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the
Borrower in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
CERCLA. See Section 6.18.
Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from
time to time.
Commitment. With respect to each Lender, the amount set forth from time
to time on Schedule 1.2 hereto as the amount of such Lender's commitment to
make Loans to the Borrower.
Commitment Increase. An increase in the Total Commitment to not more than
$300,000,000 pursuant to Section 2.2(a).
Commitment Increase Date. See Section 2.2(a).
Commitment Percentage. With respect to each Lender, the percentage set
forth from time to time on Schedule 1.2 hereto as such Lender's percentage of
the Total Commitment. If Borrower exercises its option to increase the Total
Commitment pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Commitment Percentages of the
Lenders may change effective upon the Commitment Increase Date.
Company. As defined in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate. See Section 2.5(a).
Conversion Request. A notice given by the Borrower to the Agent of its
election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with Section 2.6.
Default. See Section 12.1.
Delinquent Lender. See Section 14.5(c).
Distribution. The declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution
of cash or cash equivalents to the holders of common shares of beneficial
interest in the Company or the holders of common units of limited partnership
interest in the Borrower, or any distribution to any officer, employee or
director of the Borrower or the Company, other than employee compensation
consistent with past practices.
Dollars or $. Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Lending Office. Initially, the office of each Lender designated
as such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if
any, located within the United States that will be making or maintaining Base
Rate Loans.
Drawing Date: The date on which a draft under a Letter of Credit is paid
by the Agent.
EBITDA. With respect to any Person for any period, earnings (or losses)
before interest and taxes of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period
plus, to the extent deducted in computing such earnings (or losses) before
interest (including, without limitation, the interest portion of payments made
under Capitalized Leases) and taxes, depreciation and amortization expense and
other non-cash charges, all as determined on a consolidated basis with respect
to such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles; provided, however, EBITDA shall exclude earnings or
losses resulting from (i) cumulative changes in accounting practices, (ii)
discontinued operations, (iii) extraordinary items, (iv) net income or net
losses of any entity acquired in a pooling of interest transaction for the
period prior to the acquisition, (v) net income or net losses, before
depreciation and amortization, of a Subsidiary that is unavailable to the
Borrower or the Company, (vi) net income or net losses not readily convertible
into Dollars or remittable to the United States, (vii) gains and losses from
the sale of assets, and (viii) net income or net losses, before depreciation
and amortization, from corporations, partnerships, associations, joint
ventures or other entities in which the Borrower, the Company or a Related
Company thereof has a minority interest and in which neither Borrower, the
Company or the Related Companies has control, except to the extent actually
received.
Effective Date. The date upon which this Agreement shall become effective
pursuant to Section 10. Unless the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders
on the date hereof that some other date is the Effective Date, the Effective
Date shall be the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.
Eligible Assignee. Any of (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws
of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and
having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (b) a savings and loan
association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and having a net worth of at
least $100,000,000, calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any
other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (the "OECD"), and having total assets in excess of
$5,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency
located in the country in which it is organized or another country which is
also a member of the OECD; (d) the central bank of any country which is a
member of the OECD; and (e) a finance company, insurance company or other
financial institution (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or other
entity) that is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having total
assets in excess of $5,000,000,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
the term Eligible Assignee shall exclude any Person controlling, controlled by
or under common control with, the Borrower or the Company.
Employee Benefit Plan. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3 (3) of ERISA currently maintained or contributed to by the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental Laws. See Section 6.18(a).
ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
and in effect from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate. Any Person which is treated as a single employer with
the Borrower under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
ERISA Event. Any of the following:
(i) a "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA
and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Guaranteed
Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice
to the PBGC has been waived by regulation),
(ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412
of the Code with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan (whether or not
waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Code) or the failure to
make by its due date a required installment under Section 412 (m) of the
Code with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan or the failure to make
by its due date any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan,
(iii) the provision by the administrator of any Guaranteed Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to
terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section
4041(c) of ERISA,
(iv) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
from any Guaranteed Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors
or the termination of any such Guaranteed Pension Plan resulting in
liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA in excess of
$5,000,000.00,
(v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any
Guaranteed Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition
which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for
the involuntary termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Guaranteed Pension Plan,
(vi) the imposition of liability on the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000.00 pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069
of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA,
(vii) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203
and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential
liability therefor in excess of $5,000,000.00, or the receipt by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer
Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241
or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under
Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, if such event could reasonably be
expected to result in liability being imposed on Borrower or any of its
ERISA Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000.00,
(viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to
the imposition on the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of fines,
penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under
Section 409 or 502(c), (i) or (1) or 4071 of ERISA in excess of
$5,000,000 in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan,
(ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims
for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a
Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Borrower or any
of its ERISA Affiliates in connection with any such Employee Benefit
Plan,
(x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the
failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Benefit Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any
Guaranteed Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Code, or
(xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or
412(n) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Guaranteed
Pension Plan.
Eurocurrency Reserve Rate. For any day with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan,
the maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which any of the Lenders would be
required to maintain reserves under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or similar regulations relating
to such reserve requirements) against "Eurocurrency Liabilities" (as that term
is used in Regulation D) , if such liabilities were outstanding. The
Eurocurrency Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate.
Eurodollar Business Day. Any day on which commercial banks are open for
international business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in London or
such other eurodollar interbank market as may be selected by the Agent in its
sole discretion acting in good faith.
Event of Default. See Section 12.1.
Facility. The unsecured revolving line of credit facility provided to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Fixed Charges. With respect to any fiscal period of any Person, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) Interest Expense, (ii) regularly scheduled
installments of principal payable with respect to all Indebtedness of such
Person, other than balloon payments of principal at maturity, (iii) scheduled
cash lease payments or obligations with respect to Capitalized Leases of such
Person plus (iv) in the cases of the Company and the Borrower, all dividend
payments due to the holders of any preferred shares of beneficial interest of
the Company and all distributions due to the holders of any preferred limited
partnership interests in the Borrower.
Fixed Rate Prepayment Fee. See Section 3.3.
Forward Purchase Contract. With respect to any Person, a purchase
agreement entered into by such Person for the fee or leasehold purchase of an
office property to be constructed .
Funds From Operations. Consolidated net income (loss) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries before extraordinary items, computed in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, plus, to the extent deducted in
determining net income (loss) and without duplication, (i) gains (or losses)
from debt restructuring and sales of property (or adjustments to basis of
properties or other assets), (ii) non-recurring charges, (iii) provisions for
losses, (iv) real estate related depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
charges (excluding amortization of financing costs), and (v) amortization of
organizational expenses minus, to the extent included in net income (loss) and
without duplication, (a) non-recurring income (loss) and (b) equity income
(loss) from unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures less the
proportionate share of Funds From Operations of such partnerships and joint
ventures, which adjustments shall be calculated on a consistent basis.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Principles that are (a)
consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, as in effect from time to
time and (b) consistently applied with past financial statements of the
Borrower adopting the same principles; provided that a certified public
accountant would, insofar as the use of such accounting principles is
pertinent, be in a position to deliver an unqualified opinion (other than a
qualification regarding changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
as to financial statements in which such principles have been properly
applied.
Ground Lease. A leasehold interest in land and/or the improvements
thereon.
Guaranteed Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in
full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a
Multiemployer Plan.
Guaranteed Obligations. Collectively,
(i) the payment, as and when due, or by stated maturity,
acceleration, or otherwise, of the Notes and all other amounts due and
payable under the other Loan Documents to the Agent and the Lenders at
such times and in the manner provided for in the Loan Documents,
including interest accruing from and after the date of the commencement
of a bankruptcy case against the Borrower or a Guarantor, and
(ii) the payment of all other obligations of the Borrower under the
Loan Documents that can be performed by the payment of monies, either to
the Agent and the Lenders directly or by reimbursement of advances by
them, including, without limitation, the payment of income and other
taxes by the Borrower.
Guarantor. Each of the Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries.
Guarantor Subsidiaries. The partnerships, limited liability companies and
corporations designated as Guarantor Subsidiaries on Schedule 1.3 hereto and
any other Subsidiaries of the Borrower or the Company which execute and
deliver this Agreement as a Guarantor, and which shall include each
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower
which, in each case pursuant to Section 5.6, directly or indirectly owns an
Unencumbered Asset as of the Effective Date or at any time thereafter;
provided, however, that if a Subsidiary acquired by Borrower or the Company
after the Effective Date, or if an entity that becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or the Company after the Effective Date, directly or indirectly owns
Real Estate which has been mortgaged, or the beneficial or legal ownership
interests of such Subsidiary have been pledged, to secure Indebtedness, such
Subsidiary shall not be a Guarantor Subsidiary unless and until the Real
Estate owned by such Subsidiary becomes an Unencumbered Asset.
Guaranty. See Section 18.1.
Hazardous Materials. See Section 6.18(b).
Indebtedness. For any Person, without duplication, (i)(a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and (b) all obligations of such
Person to pay a deferred purchase price for property or services, including,
but not limited to, obligations under Forward Purchase Contracts, having met
all conditions of repayment thereof but for the passage of time, (ii) all
indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar
instrument, (iii) the outstanding undrawn amount of all letters of credit
issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all
un-reimbursed amounts drawn thereunder, (iv) all indebtedness of any other
person or entity secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person,
whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed, (v) indebtedness of others
guaranteed by such Person (including, without limitation, indebtedness of a
partnership for which such Person, if a general partner, would be liable as a
matter of law or contractually), but only to the extent of the specific amount
guaranteed as a matter of contract or law, provided that for purposes of this
definition the term "guarantee" shall not include the guarantee of customary
non-recourse carve-outs (including, but not limited to, claims for fraud,
misrepresentation, or environmental law violations), (vi) all payment
obligations of such Person under any Interest Rate Contracts and currency
swaps and similar agreements, to the extent such liabilities are material and
are reported or are required under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to
be reported by such Person in its financial statements, (vii) all indebtedness
and liabilities of such Person secured by any Lien or mortgage on any property
of such Person, whether or not the same would be classified as a liability on
a balance sheet, (viii) the liability of such Person in respect of banker's
acceptances and the estimated liability under any participating mortgage,
convertible mortgage or similar arrangement, (ix) the aggregate principal
amount of rentals or other consideration payable by such Person in accordance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles over the remaining unexpired
term of all Capitalized Leases of such Person, (x) all outstanding monetary
judgments or decrees by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction entered
against such Person, (xi) all convertible debt and subordinated debt owed by
such Person, (xii) all preferred partnership interests and preferred stock
issued by such Person that, in either case, are redeemable prior to the
Maturity Date for cash on a mandatory basis, a cash equivalent, a note
receivable or similar instrument or are convertible prior to the Maturity Date
on a mandatory basis to Indebtedness as defined herein (other than
Indebtedness described in clauses (iii), (ix), or (x) of this definition),
(xiii) all customary trade payables and accrued expenses more than sixty (60)
days past due, (xiv) expected amortization of tenant costs and leasing
commissions over such Person's next twelve succeeding fiscal months, and (xv)
all obligations, liabilities, reserves and any other items which are listed as
a liability on a balance sheet of such Person determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, but
excluding all general contingency reserves and reserves for deferred income
taxes and investment credit, and excluding debt covered by escrows and
security deposits fully funded by cash or cash equivalents.
Interest Expense. For any Person for any Period, with respect to all
Indebtedness of such Person, an amount equal to the sum of the following with
respect to all Indebtedness of such Person: (i) total interest expense,
accrued in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, plus (ii)
all capitalized interest determined in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, but only to the extent that such capitalized interest
is not covered by an interest reserve established under a loan facility (such
as capitalized construction interest provided for in a construction loan).
Interest Payment Date. As to any Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan, the
first day of each calendar month.
Interest Period. With respect to each Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending on the last day of
one of the periods set forth below, as selected by the Borrower in a Loan
Request (except that no Loan Request is required for Mandatory Base Rate
Loans) (i) for any Base Rate Loan, the day on which such Base Rate Loan is
paid in full or converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan; and (ii) for any LIBOR Rate
Loan, 7 days (but only to the extent available in the Eurodollar market to all
Lenders), 1, 2, or 3 months; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the
last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Loan and
ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth above, as selected by
the Borrower in a Conversion Request; provided that all of the foregoing
provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(A) if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Eurodollar Business Day, that Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Eurodollar Business Day unless
the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into
another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the
immediately preceding Eurodollar Business Day;
(B) if any Interest Period with respect to a Base Rate Loan would
end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall end on the
next succeeding Business Day;
(C) if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in Section
2.6, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a conversion of the
affected LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto;
(D) any Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan that begins
on the last Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Business Day of a
calendar month;
(E) no more than five (5) Interest Periods relating to LIBOR Rate
Loans may be outstanding at any one time; and
(F) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period relating to any
LIBOR Rate Loan that would extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Interest Rate Contracts. Interest rate swap, cap, collar or similar
agreements providing for interest rate protection.
Investments. In any Person, any loan, advance, or extension of credit to
or for the account of, any guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection in
the ordinary course of business) or other direct or indirect contingent
liability in connection with the obligations, capital interests or equity
distributions of, any ownership, purchase or acquisition of any capital
interests, business, assets, obligations or securities of, or any other
interest in or capital contribution to, such Person.
Leases. Leases, licenses and agreements whether written or oral, relating
to the use or occupation of space in the Buildings located on the Unencumbered
Assets by persons other than the owner thereof.
Lenders. As defined in the preamble hereto.
Letter of Credit. A letter of credit issued by the Agent for the account
of the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.9 and the letter of credit issued prior
to the Effective Date and described on Schedule 1.4.
Letter of Credit Request. See Section 2.9.
Leverage Ratio. As of any date of determination, Total Debt divided by
Total Assets.
LIBOR Lending Office. Initially, the office of each Lender designated as
such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if
any, that shall be making or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans.
LIBOR Rate. For any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan,
the rate per annum equal to the quotient (rounded upwards to the nearest
1/1000 of one percent) of (a) the rate per annum for deposits in Dollars in
the London interbank market for a period equal in length to such Interest
Period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England
time) two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest
Period, divided by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Eurocurrency Reserve
Rate.
LIBOR Rate Loans. Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the
LIBOR Rate.
Lien. Any lien, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, restriction
or other security interest. If title to any Real Estate Asset is held by a
Subsidiary of Borrower or an Unconsolidated Entity then any pledge or
assignment of Borrower's stock, partnership interest, limited liability
company interest or other ownership interest in such Subsidiary or
Unconsolidated Entity shall be deemed to be a Lien on the Real Estate Assets
owned by such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Entity.
Loan Documents. This Agreement, the Notes, and any and all other
agreements, documents and instruments now or hereafter evidencing, securing or
otherwise relating to the Loans.
Loan Request. See Section 2.5.
Loans. Loans made or to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.1 and Section 2.5 and Mandatory Base Rate Loans made pursuant to
Section 2.9.
Majority Lenders. As of any date, the Lenders whose aggregate Commitments
constitute at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Total Commitment provided
that the Commitments of any Delinquent Lenders shall be disregarded when
determining the Majority Lenders.
Mandatory Base Rate Loans. Loans made by the Lenders (without a Loan
Request) under the circumstances described in Section 2.9(d).
Material Adverse Effect. Any condition which has a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Company or any other Guarantor,
taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Borrower, the Company or any other
Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the remedies or
material rights of the Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
Maturity Date. June 27, 2003 [the third anniversary of the Closing Date],
or such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant
to the terms hereof.
Maximum Credit Amount. Maximum Credit Amount shall mean the lesser of the
following: (i) the maximum amount of Outstanding Obligations without causing a
violation of Section 9.1; and (ii) the Total Commitment.
Minimum Capital Expenditure Reserves. For any Real Estate Asset,
$0.40 per net rentable square foot of such Real Estate Asset per annum, or,
for any shorter period, such amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of
which is the length of the applicable period in months (or portions thereof)
and the denominator of which is 12.
Minimum Leasing Commission and Tenant Improvement Reserves. For any Real
Estate Asset, $1.75 per net rentable square foot of such Real Estate Asset per
annum, or, for any shorter period, such amount multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the length of the applicable period in months (or
portions thereof) and the denominator of which is 12.
Minimum Management Fees. Shall mean the greater of (i) three percent (3%)
of Rents from the related Real Estate Asset for the three (3) month period
immediately preceding the calculation, and (ii) the actual management fees
paid by the Borrower and the Related Companies with respect to such Real
Estate Asset during such three (3) month period.
Moody's Rating. The rating for the Company's senior long-term unsecured
debt assigned by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or its successors.
Mortgage. Any mortgage, deed of trust, or other security instrument that
creates a Lien on a class B (or better) office property (including the
development of same) located in the greater New York City area or assets
related thereto to secure Indebtedness.
Mortgage Loan. Any Indebtedness the payment or performance of which is
secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgage Note. Any instrument, document or agreement evidencing a
Mortgage Loan.
Multiemployer Plan. Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section
3(37) of ERISA contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
Net Offering Proceeds. All cash proceeds received after the Effective
Date by the Borrower or the Company as a result of the sale of common,
preferred or other classes of stock of the Company or the issuance of limited
partnership interests in the Borrower less customary costs and discounts of
issuance paid by Company or Borrower in connection therewith.
Net Operating Income. With respect to any Real Estate Asset, for the
period of determination, the Rents derived from the customary operation of
such Real Estate Asset, less operating expenses attributable to such Real
Estate Asset, and shall include only the sum of (i) the Rents received or
expected to be received, and earned in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, pursuant to Leases in place, plus (ii) other income
actually received and earned in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles with respect to such Real Estate Asset, plus (iii) rent loss or
business interruption insurance proceeds received or expected to be received
during or relating to such period due to a casualty that has occurred prior to
the date of calculation plus (iv) parking or other income, less operating
expenses actually paid or payable on an accrual basis in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles attributable to such Real Estate
Asset during such period, as set forth on operating statements and schedules
reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Net Operating Income shall be calculated in
accordance with customary accounting principles applicable to real estate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Net Operating Income shall not include (i) any
condemnation or insurance proceeds (excluding rent loss or business
interruption insurance proceeds as described above), (ii) any proceeds
resulting from the sale, exchange, transfer, financing or refinancing of all
or any portion of the Real Estate Asset for which it is to be determined,
(iii) amounts received from tenants as security deposits unless actually
applied toward the payment of rent or additional rent in accordance with the
terms of such tenant's lease, (iv) interest income and (v) any type of income
otherwise included in Net Operating Income but paid directly by any tenant to
a Person other than Borrower or a Guarantor or other Related Company or their
respective agents or representatives.
Notes. See Section 2.3.
Obligations. All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower or any Guarantor to any of the Lenders and the Agent, individually or
collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in
respect of any of the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Notes or other
instruments at any time evidencing any thereof, whether existing on the date
of this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or indirect, joint
or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law of
otherwise.
Occupancy Rate. With respect to an Unencumbered Asset at any time, the
ratio, as of such date, expressed as a percentage, of (i) the net rentable
area of such Unencumbered Asset leased to tenants paying rent pursuant to, and
to the extent required under, Leases other than Leases which are in material
default, to (ii) the net rentable area of such Unencumbered Asset. For
purposes of this definition, if a tenant has sublet all or a portion of the
premises demised under its Lease, and such subtenant is actually occupying
such premises or portion thereof, the tenant shall be deemed to be actually
occupying such premises or portion thereof, as the case may be.
Outstanding Obligations. As of any date of determination, the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus the face amount of each Letter
of Credit issued under Section 2.9 which has not expired or terminated prior
to the date of determination.
PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002 of
ERISA and any successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities.
Permitted Developments. The construction of any new buildings or the
construction of additions expanding existing buildings or the rehabilitation
of existing buildings (other than normal refurbishing of common areas and
tenant fit up work when one tenant leases space previously occupied by another
tenant) relating to any Real Estate Assets of the Borrower, any Guarantor or
any of the other Related Companies, including (but not limited to) Forward
Purchase Contracts, having met all conditions of payment thereof but for the
passage of time, and each Permitted Development shall be counted for purposes
of Section 8.2 from the time of commencement of the applicable construction
work until a final certificate of occupancy has been issued with respect to
such project in the amount of the total projected cost of such project.
Permitted Liens. The following Liens, security interests and other
encumbrances:
(i) liens to secure taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges in respect of obligations not overdue, the Indebtedness with respect
to which is permitted hereunder;
(ii) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure
payment of, workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions
or other social security obligations;
(iii) liens in respect of judgments or awards, the Indebtedness with
respect to which is permitted hereunder;
(iv) liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, and
other like liens which are either covered by a full indemnity from a
creditworthy indemnitor or have been in existence less than 120 days from the
date of creation thereof in respect of obligations not overdue, the
Indebtedness with respect to which is permitted hereunder; and
(v) encumbrances consisting of easements, rights of way, Leases,
covenants, restrictions on the use of real property and defects and
irregularities in the title thereto; and other minor liens or encumbrances
none of which in the opinion of the Borrower interferes materially with the
use of the property affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Borrower, and which matters (x) do not individually or in the aggregate have a
materially adverse effect on the value of the Unencumbered Asset and (y) do
not make title to such property unmarketable by the conveyancing standards in
effect where such property is located.
Person. Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated
association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
Preferred Distribution. The declaration or payment of any dividend or
distribution of cash or cash equivalents to the holders of preferred shares of
beneficial interest in the Company or the holders of preferred units of
limited partnership interest of the Borrower.
Prepayment Date. See Section 3.3.
Properties. All Real Estate Assets, Real Estate, and all other assets,
including, without limitation, intangibles and personalty owned by the
Borrower or any of the Related Companies.
Rating Agencies. Moody's Investors Services, Inc. and Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or their
respective successors.
Real Estate. All real property at any time owned, leased (as lessee or
sublessee) or operated by the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any of the Related
Companies or any Unconsolidated Entity.
Real Estate Assets. Those fixed and tangible properties consisting of
land, buildings and/or other improvements owned by the Borrower, by any
Guarantor, by any of the Related Companies or by any Unconsolidated Entity at
the relevant time of reference thereto, including without limitation, the
Unencumbered Assets, but excluding all leaseholds other than leaseholds under
Ground Leases which either have an unexpired term (including unexercised
renewals options exercisable at the option of the lessee) of at least 20 years
or contain a purchase option for nominal consideration.
Real Estate Effective Control Assets. Those Investments in mortgages and
mortgage participations owned by the Borrower or by any Guarantor as to which
the Borrower has demonstrated to the Agent, in the Agent's discretion, that
Borrower or a Guarantor has control of the decision-making functions of
management and leasing of such mortgaged properties, has control of the
economic benefits of such mortgaged properties, and holds an option to
purchase such mortgaged properties.
Record. The grid attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid,
or any other similar record, including computer records, maintained by any
Lender with respect to any Loan referred to in such Note.
Recourse Indebtedness. All Indebtedness except Indebtedness with respect
to which recourse for payment is contractually limited (except for customary
exclusions) to specific assets encumbered by a lien securing such
Indebtedness.
Register. See Section 19.3.
Related Companies. The entities listed and described on Schedule 1.3
hereto, or thereafter, any entity whose financial statements are consolidated
or combined with the Company's pursuant to Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, or any ERISA Affiliate.
Release. A release, spillage, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharge, injection, escape, disposal or dumping of Hazardous
Material.
Rents. All rents, issues, profits, royalties, receipts, revenues,
accounts receivable, and income, including fixed, additional and percentage
rents, occupancy charges, operating expense reimbursements, reimbursements for
increases in taxes, sums paid by tenants to the Borrower or the Related
Companies to reimburse the Borrower or the Related Companies for amounts
originally paid or to be paid by the Borrower or the Related Companies or
their respective agents or affiliates for which such tenants were liable, as,
for example, tenant improvements costs in excess of any work letter, lease
takeover costs, moving expenses and tax and operating expense pass-throughs
for which a tenant is solely liable, parking income, recoveries for common
area maintenance expense, tax, insurance, utility and service charges and
contributions, proceeds of sale of electricity, gas, heating, air-conditioning
and other utilities and services, deficiency rents and liquidated damages, and
other benefits.
Requisite Lenders. As of any date, the Lenders whose aggregate
Commitments constitute at least sixty-six and seven-tenths percent (66.7%) of
the Total Commitment provided that the Commitments of any Delinquent Lenders
shall be disregarded when determining the Requisite Lenders.
Responsible Officer. With respect to the Company, any one of its
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer, Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice
Presidents.
S&P Rating. The rating for the Company's senior long-term unsecured debt
assigned by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or its successors.
Secured Indebtedness. All Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of the
Related Companies which is secured by a Lien on any Properties.
Secured Recourse Indebtedness. All Secured Indebtedness except
Indebtedness with respect to which recourse for payment is contractually
limited (except for customary exclusions) to the specific assets encumbered by
the Lien securing such Indebtedness, and other than Indebtedness fully
collateralized by cash or cash equivalents.
Structured Finance Investments. Collectively, (i) Investments in (or in
entities whose Investments are primarily in) Mortgages, Mortgage Loans, and
Mortgage Notes, and (ii) preferred equity Investments (including preferred
limited partnership interests) in entities owning (or leasing pursuant to a
Ground Lease) class B (or better) office properties located in the city of New
York, New York.
Subsidiary. Any corporation, association, trust, or other business entity
of which the designated parent or other controlling Person shall at any time
own directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries at least a
majority (by number of votes) of the outstanding Voting Interests.
Tangible Net Worth. The book value of all of the assets of the Borrower
and the Related Companies minus the book value of all of the liabilities of
the Borrower and the Related Companies minus all intangibles determined in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Telerate Page 3750. The display designated as "Page 3750" on the Telerate
Service, or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such
other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers' Association as the
information vender for the purpose of displaying British Bankers' Association
interest settlement rates for U.S. Dollar deposits.
Total Assets. As of any date of determination, the sum of the following,
without duplication: (i) the Value of All Unencumbered Assets, plus (ii) the
aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for the fiscal quarter immediately
preceding such date, annualized, for all Real Estate Assets (other than
Unencumbered Assets) and Real Estate Effective Control Assets owned or leased
by the Borrower or the Guarantors other than Real Estate Assets referred to in
clause (iii) of this definition, divided by nine and one-half percent (9.5%),
plus (iii) the aggregate purchase price of all Real Estate Assets (other than
Unencumbered Assets but including Forward Purchase Contracts having met all
conditions of repayment thereof but for the passage of time) and Real Estate
Effective Control Assets acquired or initially leased by the Borrower or the
Guarantors within the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date,
multiplied by ninety-five percent (95.0%), plus (iv) the book value of
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Borrowers and the Guarantors,
plus (v) the aggregate book value of all Investments of the Borrower and the
Guarantors (other than Real Estate Effective Control Assets) permitted under
Section 8.2 hereof.
Total Commitment. The sum of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect
from time to time.
Total Debt. The sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness of the
Borrower and the Company included in the liabilities portion of the Borrower's
balance sheet prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
statements have been provided pursuant to Section 7.4.
Treasury Rate. The semi-annual yield (without decompounding), as reported
in The Wall Street Journal (or if such rate is not published therein, in the
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 - Selected Interest Rates under the
heading "U.S. Government Securities/Treasury constant maturities") on the date
of calculation (provided, however, if such date is not a Business Day, then on
the next succeeding Business Day) for the current U.S. Treasury security with
a maturity which most closely approximates the date which is ten (10) years
from the date of calculation, plus 1.75%. In the event such rate is not
published in either The Wall Street Journal or H.15, the Agent shall select a
comparable publication to determine the Treasury Rate.
Type. As to any Loan its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Unconsolidated Entity. As of any date, any Person in whom the Borrower,
the Company or any Related Company holds an Investment, and whose financial
results would not be consolidated under Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles with the financial statements of the Borrower, if such statements
were prepared as of such date. Unconsolidated Entities existing on the date
hereof are set forth in Schedule 1.3.
Unconsolidated Entity Percentage . For any Person, with respect to such
Person's Unconsolidated Entities, the percentage economic ownership interest
of such Person in such Unconsolidated Entity; provided, however, that in the
event that such Person is the general partner of such Unconsolidated Entity,
such Person's Unconsolidated Entity Percentage with respect to such
Unconsolidated Entity's liabilities shall be the percentage of the general
partner interests owned by such Person in such Unconsolidated Entity with
respect to any Indebtedness for which recourse may be made against any general
partner of such Unconsolidated Entity.
Unencumbered Asset. Any Real Estate Asset set forth on Schedule 1.1, as
such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time which at the
date of determination, (i) is 100% owned in fee, or pursuant to a Ground Lease
as approved by the Requisite Lenders (it being understood that all
Unencumbered Assets owned pursuant to a Ground Lease as of the Effective Date
are so approved), by Borrower or one of the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (ii) is
improved with one or more Class B (or better) office buildings; (iii) is not
directly or indirectly subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or to
any negative pledge agreement or other agreement that prohibits the creation
of any Lien thereon; (iv) is a Real Estate Asset with respect to which each of
the representations contained in Section 6.18 and Section 6.21 hereof is true
and accurate as of such date of determination; (v) may be legally conveyed
separately from any other Real Estate without the need to obtain any
subdivision approval, zoning variance or other consent or approval from an
unrelated Person; (vi) is reasonably free of all material structural and
material title defects and other material adverse matters; (vii) is in
compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Environmental Laws,
and as to which the representations set forth in Section 6.18(b) hereof are
true and correct, (viii) has an Occupancy Rate of 70% or better; (ix) is
managed by Borrower or a wholly owned Affiliate or Subsidiary of Borrower and
(x) to the extent requested by the Agent and in Borrower's possession or
control, the Borrower has delivered to the Agent historical operating and
leasing information relating to such Unencumbered Asset, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent. Each Real Estate Asset which satisfies the
conditions set forth in this definition or with respect to which the Requisite
Lenders have granted the necessary waivers pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be
deemed to be an Unencumbered Asset only during such periods of time as
Borrower has included the same on the list of Unencumbered Assets attached to
the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered hereunder.
Unencumbered Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income. For any period, the
aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for all Unencumbered Assets for such
Period, plus (or minus) straight line rent adjustments for the applicable
period, minus Minimum Leasing Commission and Tenant Improvement Reserves for
all Unencumbered Assets for such period.
Unencumbered Asset Value. With respect to any Unencumbered Asset at any
time, an amount computed as follows: (i) for any Unencumbered Asset owned or
leased by the Borrower or the Guarantors other than Unencumbered Assets
referred to in clause (ii) of this definition, the Adjusted Net Operating
Income for such Unencumbered Asset for the fiscal quarter immediately
preceding such date, annualized, divided by nine and one-half percent (9.5%),
or (ii) for any Unencumbered Asset acquired or initially leased by the
Borrower or the Guarantors within the fiscal quarter immediately preceding
such date, the purchase price of such Unencumbered Asset multiplied by
ninety-five percent (95.0%).
Unsecured Indebtedness. All Indebtedness of Borrower or of any of the
Related Companies which is not secured by a Lien on any Properties including,
without limitation, the Outstanding Obligations and any Indebtedness evidenced
by any bonds, debentures, notes or other debt securities presently outstanding
or which may be hereafter issued by Borrower or by the Company. Unsecured
Indebtedness shall not include accrued ordinary operating expenses payable on
a current basis.
Unused Amount. See Section 4.2.
Value of All Unencumbered Assets. When determined as of the end of a
fiscal quarter, an amount computed as follows: the sum of (i) the aggregate
Adjusted Net Operating Income for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding
such date, annualized, for all Unencumbered Assets owned or leased by the
Borrower or the Guarantors other than Unencumbered Properties referred to in
clause (ii) of this definition, divided by nine and one-half percent (9.5%),
plus (ii) the aggregate purchase price of all Unencumbered Assets acquired or
initially leased by the Borrower or the Guarantors within the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding such date, multiplied by ninety-five percent (95.0%);
provided, however, that after making such computation, the Value of All
Unencumbered Assets shall be reduced by the amount by which the Unencumbered
Asset Value of any single Unencumbered Asset exceeds (i) during the period to
and including the first anniversary of the Effective Date, forty percent (40%)
of the Value of All Unencumbered Assets as so computed, and (ii) after the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, thirty-five percent (35%) of the
Value of All Unencumbered Assets as so computed.
Variable Rate Indebtedness. The Loans and all other Indebtedness of the
Borrower which bears interest at a rate which is not fixed either through
maturity or for a term of at least thirty-six (36) months from the date that
such fixed rate became effective.
Voting Interests. Stock or similar ownership interests, of any class or
classes (however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled,
as such holders, (a) to vote for the election of a majority of the directors
(or persons performing similar functions) of the corporation, association,
partnership, trust or other business entity involved, or (b) to control,
manage or conduct the business of the corporation, partnership, association,
trust or other business entity involved.
Section 1.2. Rules of Interpretation .
(a) A reference to any document or agreement shall include such
document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the
singular.
(c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to
such law.
(d) A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and
permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles applied on a
consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they refer and, except as
otherwise expressly stated, all use of accounting terms with respect to the
Borrower shall reflect the consolidation of the financial statements of
Borrower and the Related Companies.
(f) The words "include", "includes" and "including" are not
limiting.
(g) All terms not specifically defined herein or by Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles, which terms are defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in New York, have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
(h) Reference to a particular "Section" refers to that section of
this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(i) The words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of like
import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
section or subdivision of this Agreement.
(j) The words "so long as any Loan or Note is outstanding" shall
mean so long as such Loan or Note is not indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
Section 2. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.
Section 2.1. Commitment to Lend; Limitation on Total Commitment. Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.5 and the other terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees to lend to the
Borrower and the Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow from time to time
between the Effective Date and the Maturity Date upon notice by the Borrower
to the Agent given in accordance with Section 2.5, such sums as are requested
by the Borrower up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Obligations (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time
equal to such Lender's Commitment, provided that the sum of the Outstanding
Obligations (after giving effect to all amounts requested) shall not at any
time exceed the Maximum Credit Amount. The Loans shall be made pro rata in
accordance with each Lender's Commitment Percentage and the Lenders shall at
all times immediately adjust inter se any inconsistency between each Lender's
outstanding principal amount and each Lender's Commitment. Each request for a
Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower
that the conditions set forth in Section 10 or Section 11 (whichever is
applicable) have been satisfied on the date of such request and will be
satisfied on the proposed Borrowing Date of the requested Loan, provided that
the making of such representation and warranty by Borrower shall not limit the
right of any Lender not to lend upon a determination by the Requisite Lenders
that such conditions have not been satisfied.
Section 2.2. Changes in Total Commitment.
(a) Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to request an increase in the
Total Commitment to not more than $300,000,000 by written notice to the Agent.
Upon receipt of such notice, the Agent shall consult with Arranger and shall
notify the Borrower of the amount of facility fees to be paid to any Lenders
who provide an Additional Commitment in connection with such increase in the
Total Commitment. If the Borrower agrees to pay the facility fees so
determined, then the Agent shall send a notice to all Lenders (the "Additional
Commitment Request Notice") informing them of the Borrower's request to
increase the Total Commitment and of the facility fees to be paid with respect
thereto. Each Lender who desires in its sole discretion to provide an
Additional Commitment upon such terms shall provide Agent with a written
commitment letter specifying the amount of the Additional Commitment which it
is willing to provide prior to such deadline as may be specified in the
Additional Commitment Request Notice. If the requested increase is
oversubscribed then the Agent and the Arranger shall allocate the Commitment
Increase among the Lenders who provide such commitment letters on such basis
as the Agent and the Arranger shall determine in their sole discretion. If the
Additional Commitments so provided are not sufficient to provide the full
amount of the Commitment Increase requested by the Borrower, then the Agent
may, but shall not be obligated to, invite one or more Eligible Assignees to
become a Lender and provide an Additional Commitment. The Agent shall provide
all Lenders with a notice setting forth the amount, if any, of the Additional
Commitment to be provided by each Lender and the revised Commitment
Percentages which shall be applicable after the effective date of the
Commitment Increase specified therein (the "Commitment Increase Date").
(b) On the Commitment Increase Date the outstanding principal
balance of the Loans shall be reallocated among the Lenders such that after
the Commitment Increase Date the outstanding principal amount of Loans owed to
each Lender shall be equal to such Lender's Commitment Percentage (as in
effect after the Commitment Increase Date) of the outstanding principal amount
of all Loans. On the Commitment Increase Date those Lenders whose Commitment
Percentage is increasing shall advance the funds to the Agent and the funds so
advanced shall be distributed among the Lenders whose Commitment Percentage is
decreasing as necessary to accomplish the required reallocation of the
outstanding Loans. The funds so advanced shall be Base Rate Loans until
converted to LIBOR Rate Loans which are allocated among all Lenders based on
their Commitment Percentages. To the extent such reallocation results in
certain Lenders receiving funds which are applied to LIBOR Rate Loans prior to
the last day of the applicable Interest Period, then the Borrower shall pay to
the Agent for the account of the affected Lenders the Fixed Rate Prepayment
Fee which shall be determined separately for each such Lender in the manner
set forth in Section 3.3. On the Commitment Increase Date, the Lenders'
respective interests in outstanding Letters of Credit shall also be adjusted
to reflect the revised Commitment Percentages. Upon request from any Lender
whose interest in an outstanding Letter of Credit is so increasing, the
Borrower will pay additional Letter of Credit fees for the amount of such
increase at the rate provided in Section 2.9(c) prorated for the period from
the Commitment Increase Date until the expiration of the applicable Letter of
Credit.
(c) The Borrower shall have the right at any time upon at least ten
(10) Business Days' prior written notice to the Agent (which shall promptly
notify each Lender), to reduce by $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof the unborrowed portion of the then Total
Commitment, provided that the Total Commitment shall not be reduced to less
than $150,000,000, whereupon the Commitments of the Lenders shall be reduced
pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages by the
amount specified in such notice. Upon the effective date of any such
reduction, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the respective accounts of
the Lenders the full amount of any commitment fee required under Section 4.2
hereof then accrued and unpaid on the amount of the reduction. No reduction of
the Commitments may be reinstated.
(d) Upon the effective date of each increase or reduction in the
Total Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.2 the parties shall enter into an
amendment of this Agreement revising Schedule 1.2 and the Borrower shall
execute and deliver to the Agent new Notes for each Lender whose Commitment
has changed so that the maximum principal amount of such Lender's Note shall
equal its Commitment. The Agent shall promptly deliver such replacement Notes
to the respective Lenders in exchange for the Notes replaced thereby which
shall be surrendered by such Lenders. Such new Notes shall provide that they
are replacements for the surrendered Notes and that they do not constitute a
novation, shall be dated as of the Commitment Increase Date or the effective
date of such reduction in the Total Commitment, as applicable, and shall
otherwise be in substantially the form of the replaced Notes. On the date of
issuance of any new Notes pursuant to this Section 2.2(d), the Borrower shall
deliver an opinion of counsel, addressed to the Lenders and the Agent,
relating to the due authorization, execution and delivery of such new Notes
and the enforceability thereof, substantially in the form of the relevant
portions of the opinion delivered pursuant to Section 10.6 hereof. The
surrendered Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.
Section 2.3. The Notes. The Loans shall be evidenced by separate
promissory notes of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto
(each a "Note"), and completed with appropriate insertions. One Note shall be
payable to the order of each Lender in an aggregate principal amount equal to
such Lender's Commitment. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes each Lender to
make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Borrowing Date of any
Loan or at the time of receipt of any payment of principal on such Lender's
Note, an appropriate notation on such Lender's Record reflecting the making of
such Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding
amount of the Loans set forth on such Lender's Record shall (absent manifest
error) be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and
unpaid to such Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so
recording, any such amount on the Record shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Note to make payments
of principal of or interest on any Note when due.
Section 2.4. Interest on Loans.
(a) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest commencing with the
Borrowing Date thereof at the rate equal to the Base Rate.
(b) Each LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period
commencing with the Borrowing Date thereof and ending on the last day of the
Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate equal to the Applicable LIBOR
Margin per annum above the LIBOR Rate determined for such Interest Period.
(c) The Borrower unconditionally promises, in accordance with and
subject to the provisions of the Loan Documents, to pay interest on each Loan
in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto and, with
respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, on the last day of the Interest Period with
respect thereto.
Section 2.5. Requests for Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall give to the Agent written notice in the form
of Exhibit B hereto of each Loan requested hereunder (a "Loan Request") no
less than (a) one (1) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date of
any Base Rate Loan and (b) three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the
proposed Borrowing Date of any LIBOR Rate Loan. Each such notice shall specify
(i) the principal amount of the Loan requested, (ii) the proposed Borrowing
Date of such Loan, (iii) the Interest Period for such Loan, and (iv) the Type
of such Loan, and shall be accompanied by a statement in the form of Exhibit C
hereto signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail
computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9.1
through Section 9.7 hereof after giving effect to such requested Loan (a
"Compliance Certificate"). On the same day as the receipt of a Loan Request
for a Base Rate Loan, and within one (1) Business Day after receipt of a Loan
Request for a LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent shall provide to each of the Lenders
by facsimile a copy of such Loan Request and accompanying Compliance
Certificate and each Lender shall, within 24 hours thereafter (if such
following day is a Business Day, and if not, before 10:30 AM Boston time on
the next succeeding Business Day), notify the Agent if it believes that any of
the conditions contained in Section 11 of this Agreement has not been met or
waived. If such a notice is given, Agent shall poll the Lenders, and the
Requisite Lenders shall promptly determine whether all of the conditions
contained in Section 11 of this Agreement have been met or waived. If no such
notice is given by any Lender or if following such notice the Requisite
Lenders determine that the conditions contained in Section 11 have been met or
waived, or, in any event, if all conditions in Section 11 have in fact been
met or waived, Agent shall notify the Lenders that each of the Lenders shall
be obligated to fund its Commitment Percentage of the requested Loans. Each
such Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and the
Borrower shall be obligated to accept the Loan requested from the Lenders on
the proposed Borrowing Date. Each Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate
amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 2.5 (a) to the
contrary, in the event that the making of a requested Loan would cause
non-compliance with any of the covenants contained in Section 9.1 through
Section 9.7 hereof, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, reduce the amount
of the Loan Request to an amount which would enable the Borrower to maintain
compliance with such otherwise defaulted covenant or covenants and Borrower
shall accept the Loan made pursuant to such reduced Loan Request.
Section 2.6. Conversion Options.
(a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any
outstanding Loan to a Loan of another Type, provided that (i) with respect to
any such conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, the Borrower
shall give the Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice of
such election; (ii) with respect to any such conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan
into a Base Rate Loan, such conversion shall only be made on the last day of
the Interest Period with respect thereto; (iii) subject to the further proviso
at the end of this section and subject to Section 2.6(b) and Section 2.6(d)
hereof with respect to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate
Loan, the Borrower shall give the Agent at least three (3) Eurodollar Business
Days prior written notice of such election and (iv) no Loan may be converted
into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of any such request
received. On the date on which such conversion is being made, each Lender
shall take such action as is necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage
of such Loans to its Domestic Lending Office or its LIBOR Lending Office, as
the case may be. All or any part of outstanding Loans of any Type may be
converted as provided herein, provided further that each Conversion Request
relating to the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be
for an amount equal to $1,000,000 (unless the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Loans is less than $1,000,000) or an integral multiple of $500,000
in excess thereof and shall be irrevocable by the Borrower.
(b) Any Loans of any Type may be continued as such upon the
expiration of an Interest Period with respect thereto by compliance by the
Borrower with the notice provisions contained in Section 2.6 (a) ; provided
that no LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing but shall be automatically converted to
a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto
ending during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default of which the
officers of the Agent active upon the Borrower's account have actual
knowledge.
(c) In the event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent of its
election hereunder with respect to any Loan, such Loan shall be automatically
converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
(d) The Borrower may not request a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to
Section 2.5, elect to convert a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant
to Section 2.6(a) or elect to continue a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to Section
2.6(b) if, after giving effect thereto, there would be greater than five (5)
LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding. Any Loan Request for a LIBOR Rate Loan that
would create greater than five (5) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding shall be
deemed to be a Loan Request for a Base Rate Loan.
Section 2.7. Funds for Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 2.5 and other provisions of this Agreement,
not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston time) on the proposed Borrowing Date of any
Loans, each of the Lenders will make available to the Agent, at the Agent's
Head Office, in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender's
Commitment Percentage of the amount of the requested Loans. Upon receipt from
each Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the documents required by
Section 10 or 11 (whichever is applicable) and the satisfaction of the other
conditions set forth therein, to the extent applicable, the Agent will make
available to the Borrower the aggregate amount of such Loans made available to
the Agent by the Lenders. The failure or refusal of any Lender to make
available to the Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any Borrowing Date
the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the requested Loans shall not
relieve any other Lender from its several obligation hereunder to make
available to the Agent the amount of such other Lender's Commitment Percentage
of any requested Loans but shall not obligate any other Lender or Agent to
fund more than its Commitment Percentage of the requested Loans or to increase
its Commitment Percentage.
(b) The Agent may, unless notified to the contrary by any Lender
prior to a Borrowing Date, assume that such Lender has made available to the
Agent on such Borrowing Date the amount of such Lender's Commitment Percentage
of the Loans to be made on such Borrowing Date, and the Agent may (but it
shall not be required to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Borrower a corresponding amount. If any Lender makes available to the
Agent such amount on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay
to the Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the average
computed for the period referred to in clause (iii) below, of the weighted
average interest rate paid by the Agent for federal funds acquired by the
Agent during each day included in such period, times (ii) the amount of such
Lender's Commitment Percentage of such Loans, times (iii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days or portion thereof that elapsed from
and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which the amount of such
Lender's Commitment Percentage of such Loans shall become immediately
available to the Agent, and the denominator of which is 365. A statement of
the Agent submitted to such Lender with respect to any amounts owing under
this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence of the amount due and owing to
the Agent by such Lender.
Section 2.8. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 2.9. Letters of Credit.
(a) Up to $50,000,000 of the Commitments may be used by Borrower for the
issuance of Letters of Credit by the Agent for the account of the Borrower
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Each Letter of Credit
shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be a standby letter of credit issued
to support the obligations of Borrower in connection with any purposes for
which the proceeds of the Loans may be used pursuant to Section 7.11. Each
Letter of Credit shall have an initial term of not more than one (1) year, and
shall expire no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date;
provided, however, that the Agent may, in its sole discretion, at the request
of Borrower issue Letters of Credit with an initial term in excess of one (1)
year, so long as the expiry date of any such Letter of Credit is no later than
five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. Although the Agent shall be
the issuing bank of the Letter of Credit, each Lender hereby accepts for its
own account and risk an undivided interest equal to its Commitment Percentage
in the Agent's obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued
hereunder. Each Lender unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Agent
that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit, such Lender shall
promptly pay to the Agent an amount equal to such Lender's Commitment
Percentage of the amount of such draft or any part thereof. Upon the issuance
of each Letter of Credit hereunder, there shall be reserved from each Lender's
Commitment an amount equal to such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the face
amount of the Letter of Credit. Such reserved amounts shall remain in place
and shall be unavailable for borrowing under Section 2.1 until the date that
the Letter of Credit expires, is fully drawn or is terminated.
(b) The Borrower shall give to the Agent a written notice in the form of
Exhibit D hereto of each Letter of Credit requested hereunder (a "Letter of
Credit Request") no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed
issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Request
shall specify (i) the name and address of the beneficiary of the requested
Letter of Credit, (ii) the face amount of the requested Letter of Credit,
(iii) the proposed issuance date and expiration date of the requested Letter
of Credit, (iv) the proposed form of the requested Letter of Credit, and (v)
the permitted purpose for which the Letter of Credit will be used, and shall
be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto
signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail
computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9
hereof after including in the Outstanding Obligations the face amount of the
requested Letter of Credit. The Agent shall also require that the Borrower
complete its standard letter of credit application, as such standard form may
be revised from time to time, and submit the same together with the Letter of
Credit Request. Within two (2) Business Days after receipt of a Letter of
Credit Request, the Agent shall provide to each of the Lenders by facsimile a
copy of such Letter of Credit Request and accompanying Compliance Certificate
and each Lender shall, within 24 hours thereafter, notify the Agent if it
believes that any of the conditions contained in Section 11 of this Agreement
has not been met or waived such that a Loan in an amount equal to the face
amount of the requested Letter of Credit could be made on the proposed
issuance date of such Letter of Credit. If such a notice is given, the Agent
shall poll the Lenders, and the Requisite Lenders shall promptly determine
whether all of the conditions contained in Section 11 of this Agreement have
been met or waived. If no such notice is given by any Lender or if following
such notice the Requisite Lenders determine that the conditions contained in
Section 11 have been met or waived, or if in any event all conditions
contained in Section 11 have in fact been met or waived, the Agent shall
notify the Lenders, and the Letter of Credit shall be issued by the Agent and
each of the Lenders shall then be obligated to the Agent with respect to its
Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit as provided above in Section
2.9(a).
(c) On or before the issuance date of any requested Letters of Credit,
the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account an issuance fee equal
to one-eighth percent (.125%) of the face amount of the Letter of Credit. The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders a Letter of
Credit fee equal to the difference between the then prevailing Applicable
LIBOR Margin minus 12.5 basis points per annum of the face amount of the
Letter of Credit, which Letter of Credit fee shall be due and payable
quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, and
shall be prorated for any partial year based on a 360-day year and paid for
the actual number of days between the issuance date and the expiration date of
such Letter of Credit. Promptly after its receipt thereof the Agent shall
distribute such Letter of Credit fee to the Lenders pro-rata in accordance
with their respective Commitment Percentages. Such fees shall be
nonrefundable. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the Agent for all
reasonable fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of the Agent in issuing,
effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of
Credit.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower
hereby agrees to reimburse the Agent on the Drawing Date, upon the
notification of the Agent, for any payment or disbursement made by the Agent
under any Letter of Credit. If and to the extent that any amounts are drawn
upon any Letters of Credit and are not reimbursed by the Borrower, then on the
Business Day immediately following each Drawing Date the Agent shall notify
the Lenders ofthe amount of the draft paid by the Agent on such Drawing Date,
and the payment of such draft shall constitute an advance of a Mandatory Base
Rate Loan which shall bear interest as a Base Rate Loan from the Drawing Date,
but which may be converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan in accordance with the terms
hereof; provided, however, that if there then exists a Default or Event of
Default, the payment of the draft shall be deemed a purchase by the Lenders of
the Agent's right to reimbursement under such Letter of Credit. On the first
Business Day after the delivery of the notice to Lenders referenced in the
previous sentence, each Lender shall make available to the Agent in
immediately available funds its Commitment Percentage of the amount of the
Mandatory Base Rate Loan so advanced upon such payment of a draft under the
Letter of Credit. If the Agent receives such funds from any Lender on a date
after such first Business Day after the Drawing Date, such Lender shall pay to
the Agent on demand an amount computed in the same manner as the amount due to
the Agent from a Lender which has made available funds for loans after the
Borrowing Date thereof pursuant to Section 2.7(b). Each Lender's obligation to
fund its Commitment Percentage of Mandatory Base Rate Loans arising from the
payment of a draft under a Letter of Credit shall not be subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11. Unless the Borrower
has reimbursed the Agent in accordance with the first sentence of this
paragraph, then within three (3) Business Days after each Drawing Date, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a written explanation of the facts and
circumstances relating to such drawing and a Compliance Certificate and any
other information reasonably requested by the Agent for the purpose of
allowing the Lenders to determine whether the drawing or related events have
resulted in a Default or Event of Default. The Agent shall promptly provide
copies of such explanation and information to the Lenders.
(e) The Borrower's obligations under this Section 2.9 shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any
set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or
have had against the Agent, any Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of
Credit. The Borrower also agrees that the Agent shall not be responsible for,
and the Borrower's reimbursement obligations hereunder shall not be affected
by, among other things, (i) the validity or genuineness of documents or of any
endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be
invalid, fraudulent or forged, or (ii) any dispute between or among the
Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to
which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or (iii) any claims whatsoever
of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such
transferee. The Agent shall not be liable for any error, omission,
interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or
advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except
for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays caused by the Agent's gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or
omitted by the Agent under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the
related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in
the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits as the same may be
amended from time to time, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not
result in any liability of the Agent to the Borrower.
(f) In the event that any Letters of Credit are in effect at the time of
(i) a voluntary termination of this Agreement in connection with an optional
prepayment of all Loans in accordance with Section 3.3 or (ii) an acceleration
of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 12.1, the amounts which shall
thereupon become immediately due and payable by the Borrower shall include a
sum equal to the aggregate face amount of such then effective Letters of
Credit. Such sum shall be deposited in an interest bearing cash collateral
account to be opened by the Agent which shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Agent. The Borrower hereby grants to the Agent as security for
the Obligations a first priority security interest in such cash collateral
account and all deposits at any time therein and the proceeds thereof and the
Borrower shall execute and deliver such documents and take all actions as may
be required to create and maintain a valid and perfected first priority Lien
on such cash collateral account in favor of the Agent. Amounts held in such
cash collateral account shall be applied by the Agent on each Drawing Date
thereafter to reimburse the Lenders in respect of Loans made to pay any drafts
presented pursuant to the Letters of Credit. After all Letters of Credit have
been fully drawn upon, expired or otherwise terminated, any balance remaining
in such cash collateral account shall be applied in the same manner as
enforcement proceeds under Section 12.4.
Section 3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS.
Section 3.1. Maturity. The Borrower unconditionally promises, in
accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the Loan Documents, to pay
on the Maturity Date, and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the
Maturity Date, all of the Loans outstanding on such date, together with any
and all accrued and unpaid interest and charges thereon.
Section 3.2. Mandatory Repayments of Loan. If at any time the sum of the
Outstanding Obligations exceeds the Maximum Credit Amount, then the Borrower
shall immediately pay the amount of such excess to the Agent for the
respective accounts of the Lenders for application to the Loans.
Section 3.3. Optional Repayments of Loans. The Borrower shall have the
right, at its election, to repay the outstanding amount of the Loans, as a
whole or in part, on any Business Day, without penalty or premium; provided
that the full or partial prepayment of the outstanding amount of any LIBOR
Rate Loans made pursuant to this Section 3.3 may be made only on the last day
of the Interest Period relating thereto, except as set forth below in this
Section 3.3. The Borrower shall give the Agent no later than 10:00 a.m.,
Boston time, at least one (1) Business Day's prior written notice of any
prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.3 of any Base Rate Loans and three (3)
Eurodollar Business Days' notice of any proposed repayment pursuant to this
Section 3.3 of any LIBOR Rate Loans, specifying the proposed date of payment
of Loans and the principal amount to be paid. The Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender of the principal amount of such payment to be received by such
Lender. Each such partial prepayment of the Loans shall be in an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 (or, if the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Loans is less than $1,000,000, the full amount thereof) and, to the extent
requested by the Agent, shall be accompanied by the payment of all charges
outstanding on all Loans and of accrued interest on the principal repaid to
the date of payment. Unless otherwise requested by the Borrower, the principal
payments so received shall be applied first to the principal of Base Rate
Loans and then to the principal of LIBOR Rate Loans. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Borrower may make a full or partial
prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the
Interest Period relating thereto, if all such optional prepayments (in whole
or in part) on such Loans shall be accompanied by, and the Borrower hereby
promises to pay, a prepayment fee in an amount determined by the Agent in the
following manner:
(a) Fixed Rate Prepayment Fee. Borrower acknowledges that prepayment
or acceleration of a LIBOR Rate Loan during an Interest Period shall result in
the Lenders incurring additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities and that
it is extremely difficult and impractical to ascertain the extent of such
costs, expenses and/or liabilities. (For all purposes of this Section, any
Loan not being made as a LIBOR Rate Loan in accordance with the Loan Request
therefor, as a result of Borrower's cancellation thereof, shall be treated as
if such LIBOR Rate Loan had been prepaid.) Therefore, on the date a LIBOR Rate
Loan is prepaid or the date all sums payable hereunder become due and payable,
by acceleration or otherwise ("Prepayment Date"), Borrower will pay to Agent,
for the account of each Lender, (in addition to all other sums then owing), an
amount ("Fixed Rate Prepayment Fee") determined by the Agent as follows: The
current rate for United States Treasury securities (bills on a discounted
basis shall be converted to a bond equivalent) with a maturity date closest to
the end of the Interest Period as to which prepayment is made, shall be
subtracted from the interest rate applicable to the LIBOR Rate Loan being
prepaid. If the result is zero or a negative number, there shall be no Fixed
Rate Prepayment Fee. If the result is a positive number, then the resulting
percentage shall be multiplied by the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan being
prepaid. The resulting amount shall be divided by 360 and multiplied by the
number of days remaining in the Interest Period as to which the prepayment is
being made. The resulting amount shall be the Fixed Rate Prepayment Fee.
(b) Upon the written notice to Borrower from Agent, Borrower shall
immediately pay to Agent, for the account of the Lenders, the Fixed Rate
Prepayment Fee. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in
reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on the parties hereto.
(c) Borrower understands, agrees and acknowledges the following: (i)
no Lender has any obligation to purchase, sell and/or match funds in
connection with the use of the LIBOR Rate as a basis for calculating the rate
of interest on a LIBOR Rate Loan; (ii) the LIBOR Rate is used merely as a
reference in determining such rate; and (iii) Borrower has accepted the LIBOR
Rate as a reasonable and fair basis for calculating such rate and a Fixed Rate
Prepayment Fee. Borrower further agrees to pay the Fixed Rate Prepayment Fee,
if any, whether or not a Lender elects to purchase, sell and/or match funds.
Section 4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 4.1. Fees. On the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay to
Fleet National Bank, NA ("Fleet"), as Agent for the Lenders hereunder, the
fees in the amounts specified in the fee agreement among Fleet and the
Borrower dated April 10, 2000. Fleet shall be responsible for the facility
fees which it has agreed to pay to the other Lenders.
Section 4.2. Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for
the accounts of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages a commitment fee calculated at the rates set forth below per annum
on the average daily amount by which the Total Commitment (as it may have been
reduced pursuant to Section 2.2) exceeds the Outstanding Obligations (such
excess, the "Unused Amount"):
Unused Amount Fee Rate
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less than 35% of Total Commitment 15 basis points
35% or more of Total Commitment 25 basis points
The commitment fee shall be payable on the basis of the applicable annual rate
quarterly in arrears on or before the third Business Day of each calendar
quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter commencing on the first
such date following the date hereof, with a final payment on the Maturity Date
or any earlier date on which the Commitments shall terminate. If Borrower
exercises its option to increase the Total Commitment pursuant to Section
2.2(a), the commitment fee shall be computed separately for the portions of
the quarter prior to and after the Commitment Increase Date and allocated
among the Lenders based on the Commitment Percentages applicable during each
portion of said quarter.
Section 4.3. Funds for Payments.
(a) All payments of principal, interest, closing fees, commitment
fees and any other amounts due hereunder (other than as provided in Section
4.1, Section 4.5 and Section 4.6) or under any of the other Loan Documents,
and all prepayments, shall be made to the Agent, for the respective accounts
of the Lenders, at the Agent's Head Office, in each case in Dollars in
immediately available funds.
(b) All payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the
other Loan Documents shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and
clear of and without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory liens, restrictions or
conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any
jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or other authority
therein unless the Borrower is compelled by law to make such deduction or
withholding. If any such obligation is imposed upon the Borrower with respect
to any amount payable by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders
or (as the case may be) the Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and
payable hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such additional amount in
Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the Lenders or the Agent to receive
the same net amount which the Lenders or the Agent would have received on such
due date had no such obligation been imposed upon the Borrower. The Borrower
will deliver promptly to the Agent certificates or other valid vouchers for
all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect to payments made
by the Borrower hereunder or under such other Loan Document.
(c) In the event that Borrower is obligated to pay any additional
amounts described in clause (b) above in respect of any Lender's Loan, such
Lender shall make commercially reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction
of its lending office if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, doing so
would eliminate or reduce Borrower's obligation to pay such additional amounts
and would not be disadvantageous to such Lender.
Section 4.4. Computations. All computations of interest on the Loans
and of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based on a 360-day year
and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Except as otherwise provided
in the definition of the term "Interest Period" with respect to LIBOR Rate
Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents
becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall
accrue during such extension. The outstanding amount of the Loans as reflected
on the Records from time to time shall (absent manifest error) be considered
correct and binding on the Borrower unless within thirty (30) Business Days
after receipt by the Agent or any of the Lenders from Borrower of any notice
by the Borrower of such outstanding amount, the Agent or such Lender shall
notify the Borrower to the contrary.
Section 4.5. Additional Costs, Etc. If any change from and after the
date hereof in any present or future applicable law which expression, as used
herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and
interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other
regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the
interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and notices at
any time or from time to time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any
Lender or the Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other
authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall:
(a) subject any Lender or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty,
charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, such Lender's Commitment or the Loans
(other than taxes based upon or measured by the income or profits of such
Lender or the Agent), or
(b) materially change the basis of taxation (except for changes in
taxes on income or profits) of payments to any Lender of the principal of or
the interest on any Loans or any other amounts payable to any Lender under
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or
(c) impose or increase or render applicable (other than to the
extent specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement) any special
deposit, reserve, assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar
requirements (whether or not having the force of law) against assets held by,
or deposits in or for the account of, or Loans by, or commitments of an office
of any Lender, or
(d) impose on any Lender any other conditions or requirements with
respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, the
Commitment, or any class of Loans or commitments of which any of the Loans or
the Commitment forms a part;
and the result of any of the foregoing is
(i) to increase the cost to such Lender of making, funding, issuing,
renewing, extending or maintaining any of the Loans or such Lender's
Commitment, or
(ii) to reduce the amount of principal, interest or other amount
payable to such Lender or the Agent hereunder on account of the Commitments or
any of the Loans, or
(iii) to require such Lender or the Agent to make any payment or to
forego any interest or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which
payment or foregone interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the
gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed received by such Lender or the
Agent from the Borrower hereunder,
then, and in each such case, the Borrower will, upon demand made by such
Lender or (as the case may be) the Agent at any time and from time to time and
as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to such Lender or the Agent,
to the extent permitted by law, such additional amounts as will be sufficient
to compensate such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost, reduction,
payment or foregone interest or other sum.
Section 4.6. Capital Adequacy. If any present or future law,
governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) or the interpretation thereof by a court or
governmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction affects the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by banks or bank holding
companies and any Lender or the Agent determines that the amount of capital
required to be maintained by it is increased by or based upon the existence of
the Loans made or deemed to be made pursuant hereto, then such Lender or the
Agent may notify the Borrower of such fact, and the Borrower shall pay to such
Lender or the Agent from time to time on demand, as an additional fee payable
hereunder, such amount as such Lender or the Agent shall determine in good
faith and certify in a notice to the Borrower to be an amount that will
adequately compensate such Lender or the Agent in light of these circumstances
for its increased costs of maintaining such capital. Each Lender and the Agent
shall allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and on an
equitable basis.
Section 4.7. Certificate. Each Lender shall notify the Borrower and
the Agent of any event occurring after the Effective Date entitling such
Lender to compensation under Section 4.5 or Section 4.6 as promptly as
practicable. A certificate setting forth any additional amounts payable
pursuant to Section 4.5 or 4.6 and a brief explanation of such amounts which
are due, submitted by any Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be prima
facie evidence that such amounts are due and owing.
Section 4.8. Indemnity. In addition to the other provisions of this
Agreement regarding any such matters, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each
Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from and against any loss or
reasonable cost or expense (including loss of anticipated profits) that such
Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) a default by the Borrower
in payment of the principal amount of or any interest on any LIBOR Rate Loans
as and when due and payable, including any such loss or expense caused by
Borrower's breach or other default and arising from interest or fees payable
by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its
LIBOR Rate Loans, (b) a default by the Borrower in making a borrowing or
conversion after the Borrower has given (or is deemed to have given) a Loan
Request or a Conversion Request, and (c) the making of any payment of a LIBOR
Rate Loan or the making of any conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan on a day that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period with
respect thereto, including interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders
of funds obtained by it in order to maintain any such LIBOR Rate Loan
(including, but not limited to, any fees payable under Section 3.3(a) hereof).
Section 4.9. Interest on Overdue Amounts. Overdue principal and (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) interest on the Loans and all other
overdue amounts payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents,
including amounts owed from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
shall bear interest compounded monthly and payable on demand at a rate per
annum equal to four percent (4%) above the Base Rate until such amount shall
be paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
Section 4.10. Inability to Determine LIBOR Rate. In the event, prior
to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan,
the Agent shall reasonably determine that adequate and reasonable methods do
not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate that would otherwise determine the
rate of interest to be applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan during any Interest
Period, the Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination (which
shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) to the Borrower. In such
event (a) any Loan Request with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be
automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a request for Base Rate Loans, (b)
each then outstanding LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day of
the then current Interest Period thereof, become a Base Rate Loan, and (c) the
obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended until
the Agent determines that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no
longer exist, whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrower.
Section 4.11. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provisions
herein, if any present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or in
the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any
Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall forthwith give
notice of such circumstances to the Borrower and the Agent and thereupon (a)
the Commitment of such Lender to make LIBOR Rate Loans or convert Loans of
another Type to LIBOR Rate Loans shall forthwith be suspended and (b) the
LIBOR Rate Loans then outstanding shall be converted automatically to Base
Rate Loans on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR
Rate Loans or within such earlier period as may be required by law. The
Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay to the Agent for the account of such
Lender, upon demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in
accordance with this Section 4.11, including any interest or fees payable by
such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain
its LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder.
Section 4.12. Replacement of Lenders. If Agent or any of the Lenders
shall make a notice or demand upon the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.3,
Section 4.5, Section 4.6, or Section 4.11 based on circumstances or laws which
are not generally applicable to the Lenders organized under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof, the Borrower shall have the right to
replace such Lender with an Eligible Assignee selected by the Borrower and
approved by the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed). In such event the assignment shall take place as promptly as
reasonably practicable on a date set by the Agent at which time the assigning
Lender and the Eligible Assignee shall enter into an Assignment and Acceptance
as contemplated by Section 19.1 (and clause (d) thereof shall not be
applicable) and the assigning Lender shall receive from the Eligible Assignee
or the Borrower a sum equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans
owed to the assigning Lender together with accrued interest thereon plus the
accrued commitment fee under Section 4.2 allocated to the assigning Lender,
and the replaced Lender shall be released from all of the obligations of a
Lender hereunder from and after the effective date of its replacement.
Section 5. UNENCUMBERED ASSETS; NO LIMITATION ON RECOURSE.
Section 5.1. Unencumbered Assets.
(a) The Borrower represents and warrants that each of the Real Estate
Assets listed on Schedule 1.1 will on the Effective Date satisfy all of the
conditions set forth in the definition of Unencumbered Asset. The Lenders
confirm that each of the Real Estate Assets listed on Schedule 1.1 is, on the
Effective Date, accepted as an Unencumbered Asset. From time to time during
the term of this Agreement, upon the written consent of the Majority Lenders
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), additional Real
Estate Assets may become Unencumbered Assets and certain Real Estate Assets
which previously satisfied the conditions set forth in the definition of
Unencumbered Asset may cease to be Unencumbered Assets by virtue of property
dispositions, creation of Liens or other reasons. There shall be attached to
each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.4(d) or Section
7.13 an updated listing of the Unencumbered Assets relied upon by the Borrower
in computing the Value of All Unencumbered Assets and the Unencumbered Asset
Adjusted Net Operating Income stated in such Compliance Certificate.
Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or Section 2.9(b)
may, at Borrower's option, include an updated listing of the Unencumbered
Assets and shall include such updated listing whenever a redetermination of
the Value of All Unencumbered Assets based on such an updated listing would
result in a material decrease (from that shown on the most recently delivered
Compliance Certificate) in the Value of All Unencumbered Assets by virtue of
property dispositions, creation of Liens or other reasons.
(b) The Agent, at the written direction of the Requisite Lenders and
subject to the provisions of Section 15 hereof, may from time to time obtain
Appraisals of any Unencumbered Assets, and the Borrower and the Guarantors
shall cooperate fully with the appraiser selected by the Agent to conduct such
Appraisals. In the event that the Borrower obtains an appraisal of one or more
of the Unencumbered Assets other than pursuant to this subsection, the
Borrower shall at its expense deliver a copy of such appraisal to the Agent
promptly upon the completion thereof, and the Agent may elect, in its sole
discretion and subject to applicable laws, to treat such appraisal as an
"Appraisal."
Section 5.2. Waivers by Requisite Lenders.
(i) If any Real Estate Asset fails to satisfy any of the requirements
contained in the definition of Unencumbered Asset then the applicable Real
Estate Asset may nevertheless be deemed to be an Unencumbered Asset hereunder
if the Requisite Lenders vote to accept such Real Estate Asset as an
Unencumbered Asset.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower, upon prior written request
to the Agent, shall be permitted a six month waiver without the consent of the
Requisite Lenders of the Occupancy Rate requirements of the definition of
"Unencumbered Asset" for a particular Unencumbered Asset under the following
conditions:
(A) there shall be a termination or expiration of any Lease(s) in a
particular Real Estate Asset resulting in occupancy below 70% but greater
than 50%,
(B) during six (6) months from the date of such expiration(s) or
termination(s) Borrower is diligently attempting to re-establish an
Occupancy Rate of at least 70%,
(C) the Value of All Unencumbered Assets is at least $650 Million at
the time of the waiver request, and
(D) Unencumbered Assets with an aggregate Unencumbered Asset Value
no larger than the greater of (1) that of the Unencumbered Asset for
which the Borrower seeks the waiver or (2) 10% of the Value of All
Unencumbered Assets, shall fail to meet the Occupancy Rate requirements
of the definition of "Unencumbered Asset."
Section 5.3. Rejection of Unencumbered Assets. If at any time the Agent
determines that any Real Estate Asset listed as an Unencumbered Asset by the
Borrower does not satisfy all of the requirements of the definition of
Unencumbered Asset (to the extent not waived by the Requisite Lenders pursuant
to Section 5.2(i) or by the Agent pursuant to Section 5.2(ii)) it may reject
an Unencumbered Asset by notice to the Borrower and if the Agent so requests
the Borrower shall revise the applicable Compliance Certificate to reflect the
resulting change in the Value of All Unencumbered Assets and the Unencumbered
Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income.
Section 5.4. Change in Circumstances. (i) If at any time during the term
of this Agreement Borrower becomes aware that any of the representations
contained in Section 6 are no longer accurate with respect to any Unencumbered
Asset, it will promptly so notify the Agent and either request a waiver
pursuant to Section 5.2 or confirm that such Real Estate Asset is no longer an
Unencumbered Asset. If any waiver so requested is not granted by the Requisite
Lenders or the Agent, as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days the Agent
shall reject the applicable Unencumbered Asset pursuant to Section 5.3.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to
the contrary, for so long from and after the Effective Date that the
Unencumbered Asset Value of the Unencumbered Asset identified on Schedule 1.1
hereto as 1372 Broadway, New York, New York ("1372 Broadway") is equal to or
in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the Value of All Unencumbered Assets, the
Borrower may not withdraw or obtain the release of 1372 Broadway as an
Unencumbered Asset for the purposes of this Agreement and the Loans (including
all covenant calculations hereunder) without the written consent of the
Majority Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the first date
that the Unencumbered Asset Value of 1372 Broadway is less than twenty percent
(20%) of the Value of All Unencumbered Assets, the Borrower may withdraw or
obtain the release of 1372 Broadway as an Unencumbered Asset for the purposes
of this Agreement and the Loans without the written consent of the Majority
Lenders, upon which withdrawal or release the first sentence of this
subsection (ii) shall be of no further force or effect.
Section 5.5. No Limitation on Recourse.The Obligations are full recourse
obligations of the Borrower and, to the extent provided in this Agreement, of
the Guarantors, and all of their respective Real Estate Assets and other
properties shall be available for the indefeasible payment in full in cash and
performance of the Obligations.
Section 5.6. Additional Guarantor Subsidiaries. If Borrower desires that
a Real Estate Asset owned by a Related Company which is not previously a
Guarantor become an Unencumbered Asset, then provided that the applicable
Related Company is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower or any
Guarantor, such Related Company may become a Guarantor upon delivery to the
Agent of the following, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent: (a) a supplement to this Agreement executed and delivered by the
such proposed Guarantor assenting to be bound by all the terms of the Loan
Documents as a Guarantor, and (b) good standing certificates, general partner
certificates, secretary certificates, opinions of counsel and such other
documents as may be reasonably requested by the Agent. The Agent shall
promptly provide copies of said documents to the Lenders.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower and the
Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and each
of the Lenders as follows:
Section 6.1. Authority; Etc.
(a) Organization; Good Standing. The Company (i) is a Maryland
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Maryland, (ii) has all requisite power to own its
properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently
contemplated, and (iii) to the extent required by law is in good standing as a
foreign entity and is duly authorized to do business in the States in which
the Unencumbered Assets are located and in each other jurisdiction where such
qualification is necessary except where a failure to be so qualified in such
other jurisdiction would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is a
Delaware limited partnership, and each of the Borrower and each Guarantor is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of its formation, has all requisite power to own its properties and
conduct its business as presently contemplated and is duly authorized to do
business in the States in which the Unencumbered Assets owned by it are
located and in each other jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary
except where a failure to be so qualified in such other jurisdiction would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is or is to
become a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are
within the authority of the Borrower, (ii) have been duly authorized by all
necessary proceedings on the part of the Borrower and the Company as general
partner of Borrower, (iii) do not conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which
the Borrower or the Company is subject or any judgment, order, writ,
injunction, license or permit applicable to the Borrower or the Company and
(iv) do not conflict with any provision of the Borrower's partnership
agreement or Company's charter documents or bylaws, or any agreement (except
agreements as to which such a conflict would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect) or other instrument binding upon, the Borrower or the Company or to
which any of their properties are subject. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to which any Guarantor is or is to become a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are within the
authority of such Guarantor, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary
proceedings on the part of such Guarantor, (iii) do not conflict with or
result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule
or regulation to which such Guarantor is subject or any judgment, order, writ,
injunction, license or permit applicable to such Guarantor and (iv) do not
conflict with any provision of such Guarantor's charter documents or bylaws,
partnership agreement, declaration of trust, or any agreement (except
agreements as to which such a conflict would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect) or other instrument binding upon such Guarantor or to which any of
such Guarantor's properties are subject.
(c) Enforceability. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is or is to become a party will
result in valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable
against it in accordance with the respective terms and provisions hereof and
thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally
the enforcement of creditors' rights and except to the extent that
availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is
subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought. The execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which any
Guarantor is or is to become a party will result in valid and legally binding
obligations of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance
with the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, except as
enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of
creditors' rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of
specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
Section 6.2. Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower and each Guarantor of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which the Borrower or such Guarantor is or is to become a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the
approval or consent of, or filing with, any governmental agency or authority
other than those already obtained.
Section 6.3. Title to Properties.
(a) Either the Borrower or a Guarantor holds good and marketable fee
simple title to, or holds a marketable leasehold interest pursuant to a Ground
Lease of, the Unencumbered Assets, subject to no Liens except for the
Permitted Liens.
(b) Except as indicated on Schedule 6.3 hereto, the Borrower or a
Subsidiary holds good and marketable fee simple title to, or holds a
marketable leasehold interest pursuant to a Ground Lease of, all of the
properties reflected in the balance sheet of the Borrower as at the Balance
Sheet Date or acquired since that date (except properties sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business since that date).
Section 6.4. Financial Statements. The following financial statements
have been furnished to the Agent.
(a) A balance sheet of the Company as of the Balance Sheet Date, and
a statement of operations and statement of cash flows of the Company for the
fiscal year then ended, a balance sheet of the Borrower as of the Balance
Sheet Date, and a statement of operations and statement of cash flows of the
Borrower for the fiscal year then ended, all accompanied by an auditor's
report prepared without qualification by Ernst & Young. Such balance sheets
and statements of operations and of cash flows have been prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and fairly present
the financial condition of the Borrower and the Company, respectively as at
the close of business on the date thereof and the results of operations and
cash flows for the fiscal year then ended. There are no contingent liabilities
of the Borrower or the Company, respectively, as of such date involving
material amounts, known to the officers of the Company not disclosed in said
balance sheet and the related notes thereto.
(b) A balance sheet and a statement of operations and statement of
cash flows of the Company and a balance sheet and a statement of operations
and statement of cash flows of the Borrower for each of the fiscal quarters of
the Company ended since the Balance Sheet Date but prior to the Effective Date
for which the Company has filed form 10-Q with the SEC, which the Company's
Responsible Officer certifies has been prepared in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles consistent with those used in the preparation
of the annual audited statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) above and
fairly represents the financial condition of the Company and the Borrower,
respectively, as at the close of business on the dates thereof and the results
of operations and of cash flows for the fiscal quarters then ended (subject to
year-end adjustments). There are no contingent liabilities of the Borrower or
the Company as of such dates involving material amounts, known to the officers
of the Company, not disclosed in such balance sheets and the related notes
thereto.
(c) A statement prepared by the Borrower which sets forth the total
Net Operating Income of the Unencumbered Assets for the fiscal quarter of the
Borrower ended on the Balance Sheet Date.
Section 6.5. No Material Changes, Etc. Since the Balance Sheet Date,
there has occurred no material adverse change in the financial condition or
assets or business of the Borrower as shown on or reflected in the balance
sheet of the Borrower as of the Balance Sheet Date, or the statement of income
for the fiscal year then ended, other than changes in the ordinary course of
business that have not had any Material Adverse Effect either individually or
in the aggregate.
Section 6.6. Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc . The Borrower and each
Guarantor possesses all franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade
names, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate
for the conduct of its business substantially as now conducted without known
conflict with any rights of others, except to the extent the Borrower's or
such Guarantor's failure to possess the same does not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 6.7. Litigation. Except as listed and described on Schedule 6.7
hereto, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind
pending or, to Borrower's knowledge, threatened against the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any of the Related Companies before any court, tribunal or
administrative agency or board that, if adversely determined, might, either in
any case or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or materially
impair the right of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of the Related
Companies to carry on business substantially as now conducted by it, or which
question the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto, or which would
result in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any Unencumbered Asset which
might have a Material Adverse Effect, or which will materially adversely
affect the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to pay and perform the
Obligations in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Section 6.8. No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc. Neither the Borrower
nor the Company nor any other Guarantor is subject to any charter, trust or
other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation
that has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Borrower nor the Company is a party to any contract or agreement
that has or is expected, in the judgment of the Company's officers, to have
any Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.9. Compliance With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc. Neither the
Borrower nor the Company nor any other Guarantor is in violation of any
provision of the Borrower's partnership agreement or of the Company's charter
documents, by-laws, or any agreement or instrument to which it may be subject
or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or any decree, order,
judgment, statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing cases
in a manner that could result in the imposition of substantial penalties or
have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.10. Tax Status. Each of the Borrower and the Company and each
other Guarantor (a) has made or filed all federal and state income and all
other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject, and (b) has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports
and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount
claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the
officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.
Section 6.11. Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 6.12. Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor the
Company is an "investment company", or an "affiliated company" or a "principal
underwriter" of an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.13. Absence of Financing Statements, Etc. There is no financing
statement, security agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage,
equipment lease, financing lease, option, encumbrance or other document
existing, filed or recorded with any filing records, registry, or other public
office, that purports to cover, affect or give notice of any present or
possible future lien or encumbrance on, or security interest in, any
Unencumbered Asset, except Permitted Liens.
Section 6.14. Status of the Company. The Company (i) is a real estate
investment trust as defined in Section 856 of the Code (or any successor
provision thereto), (ii) has not revoked its election to be a real estate
investment trust, (iii) has not engaged in any "prohibited transactions" as
defined in Section 856(b)(6)(iii) of the Code (or any successor provision
thereto), and (iv) for its current "tax year" (as defined in the Code) is, and
for all prior tax years subsequent to its election to be a real estate
investment trust has been, entitled to a dividends paid deduction which meets
the requirements of Section 857 of the Internal Revenue Code. The common stock
of the Company is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Section 6.15. Certain Transactions.Except as set forth on Schedule 6.15
hereto, none of the officers or employees of the Borrower or any Guarantor is
presently a party to any transaction with the Borrower or any Guarantor (other
than for services as employees, officers and trustees) , including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of
services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or
from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, trustee or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Company, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, trustee
or any such employee or natural Person related to such officer, trustee or
employee or other Person in which such officer, trustee or employee has a
direct or indirect beneficial interest has a substantial interest or is an
officer or trustee.
Section 6.16. Benefit Plans: Multiemployer Plans: Guaranteed Pension
Plans.As of the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate
maintains or contributes to any Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or
Guaranteed Pension Plan, except as may be set forth on Schedule 6.16. To the
extent that Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate hereafter maintains or contributes
to any Employee Benefit Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan, it shall at all times
do so in compliance with Section 7.17 hereof. None of the assets of the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors is "plan assets" of any Employee Benefit
Plan for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
Section 6.17. Regulations U and X. No portion of any Loan is to be used
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any "margin security" or "margin
stock" as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224.
Section 6.18. Environmental Compliance. Except as disclosed in Schedule
6.18 hereto, to the best knowledge of the Borrower:
(a) The Borrower, the Guarantors and the Related Companies are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws pertaining to any hazardous waste, as
defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(5), any Hazardous Materials as defined by 42
U.S.C. Section 9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C.
Section 9601(33) or any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other
chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws ("Hazardous
Materials") the failure with which to comply would have a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Properties and no other property used by the Borrower, the
Guarantors or the Related Companies is included or proposed for inclusion on
the National Priorities List issued pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended
("CERCLA"), or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Information System maintained by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (the "EPA") or on any analogous list maintained by any other
Governmental Authority and has not otherwise been identified by the EPA as a
potential CERCLA site.
(b) The Borrower, the Guarantors and the Related Companies have not,
at any time, and, to the actual knowledge of the Borrower, no other Person has
at any time, used, handled, stored, buried, retained, refined, transported,
processed, manufactured, generated, produced, spilled, released, allowed to
seep, escape or leach, or pumped, poured, emitted, emptied, discharged,
injected, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of, any Hazardous
Materials at or about the Real Estate Assets or any other real property owned
or occupied by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Related Company, except (i)
for use and storage for use of reasonable amounts of ordinary supplies and
other substances customarily used in the operation of commercial office
buildings; provided, however, that such use and/or storage for use is in
substantial compliance with applicable Environmental Law, or (ii) where such
action is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No actions, suits, or proceedings have been commenced, are
pending or, to the actual knowledge of the Borrower, are threatened in writing
with respect to any Environmental Law governing the use, manufacture, storage,
treatment, Release, disposal, transportation, or processing of Hazardous
Materials with respect to any Real Estate Asset or any part thereof which
could have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower, the Guarantors and the
Related Companies have received no written notice of and have no actual
knowledge of any fact, condition, occurrence or circumstance which could
reasonably be expected to give rise to a claim under or pursuant to any
existing Environmental Law pertaining to Hazardous Materials on, in, under or
originating from any Real Estate Asset or any part thereof or any other real
property owned or occupied by the Borrower or any Guarantor or arising out of
the conduct of any Borrower or any Guarantor, including claims for the
presence of Hazardous Materials at any other property, which in any case is
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Other than as set forth in reviews, reports and surveys copies
of which have been delivered to the Agent, there have occurred no uses,
manufactures, storage, treatments, Releases, disposals, transportation, or
processing of Hazardous Materials with respect to any Real Estate Asset except
those which, taken as a whole, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.19. Subsidiaries and Affiliates. The Borrower has no
Subsidiaries except for the Related Companies listed on Schedule 1.3 and does
not have an ownership interest in any entity whose financial statements are
not consolidated with the Borrower's except for the Unconsolidated Entities
listed on Schedule 1.3. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.19: (a) the Company
is not a partner in any partnership other than Borrower and is not a member of
any limited liability company and (b) the Company owns no material assets
other than its partnership interest in Borrower.
Section 6.20. Loan Documents. All of the representations and warranties
of the Borrower or any Guarantor made in the other Loan Documents or any
document or instrument delivered or to be delivered to the Agent or the
Lenders pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan Documents are true
and correct in all material respects.
Section 6.21. Buildings on the Unencumbered Assets. Except as set forth
on Schedule 6.21, to the best of Borrower's knowledge there are no material
defects in the roof, foundation, structural elements and masonry walls of the
Buildings on the Unencumbered Assets or their heating, ventilating and air
conditioning, electrical, sprinkler, plumbing or other mechanical systems
which would materially decrease the value of such Unencumbered Asset.
Section 6.22. Indebtedness. The Borrower and the Guarantors have no
Indebtedness except (a) as set forth on Schedule 6.22 hereto and (b) as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement. Schedule 6.22 hereto accurately sets
forth the outstanding principal amounts and the maturity dates of all
Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and the Guarantors and certain
of the Related Companies and identifies the holders of the obligations
thereunder as of the Effective Date.
Section 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER. Borrower covenants and
agrees as follows, so long as any Loan or Note is outstanding or the Lenders
have any obligations to make Loans:
Section 7.1. Punctual Payment. The Borrower will unconditionally duly and
punctually pay the principal and interest on the Loans and all other amounts
provided for in the Notes, this Agreement, and the other Loan Documents all in
accordance with the terms of the Notes, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Section 7.2. Maintenance of Office. The Borrower will maintain its chief
executive office in New York, New York or at such other place in the United
States Of America as the Borrower shall designate upon written notice to the
Agent to be delivered within fifteen (15) days of such change, where notices,
presentations and demands to or upon the Borrower in respect of the Loan
Documents may be given or made.
Section 7.3. Records and Accounts. The Borrower will, and will cause its
Subsidiaries to, keep true and accurate records and books of account in which
full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.
Section 7.4. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. The
Borrower will deliver to each of the Lenders:
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety
(90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited
balance sheets of the Borrower and of the Company at the end of such year, and
the related audited statements of operations and statements of cash flows for
such year, each setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year and all such statements to be in reasonable detail, prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles on a consolidated
basis including the Borrower and the Related Companies, and accompanied by an
auditor's report prepared without qualification by Ernst & Young or by such
other independent certified public accountant as may be selected by Borrower
and reasonably acceptable to the Agent;
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal
quarters of the Borrower, copies of the unaudited balance sheets of the
Borrower and of the Company as at the end of such quarter, and the related
unaudited statements of operations for the portion of the Borrower's fiscal
year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, together with a certification by the
principal financial or accounting officer of the Company that the information
contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial position
of the Borrower and of the Company on the date thereof (subject to year-end
adjustments); provided, however, that for so long as the Borrower and the
Company are filing form 10-Q with the SEC, the delivery of a copy thereof
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 7.4 shall be deemed to satisfy this
paragraph (b);
(c) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of each of the first three (3)
fiscal quarters and not later than ninety (90) days after the end of the last
fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of a statement of
the Net Operating Income for such fiscal quarter for the Unencumbered Assets,
prepared on a basis consistent with the statements furnished pursuant to
Section 6.4(c), and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company and, at
the time of the annual financial statements referred to in subsection (a)
above, and at the time of quarterly financial statements referred to in
subsection (b) above if requested by the Agent, a consolidating statement
setting forth the Net Operating Income for such fiscal quarter for each
Unencumbered Asset listed by address;
(d) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above, a statement in the form of
Exhibit C hereto signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company (on behalf of
the Borrower) and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing
compliance with the covenants contained herein and (if applicable)
reconciliations to reflect changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
since the Balance Sheet Date;
(e) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety
(90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, copies of the Form
10-K statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for
such fiscal year, and as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, copies of the Form
10-Q statement filed with the SEC for such fiscal quarter, provided that in
either case if the SEC has granted an extension for the filing of such
statements, Borrower shall deliver such statements to the Agent simultaneously
with the filing thereof with the SEC;
(f) promptly following the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all
other material of a financial nature filed with the SEC or sent to the
shareholders of the Company or to the limited partners of the Borrower and
copies of all corporate press releases promptly upon the issuance thereof;
(g) from time to time such other financial data and information as
the Agent may reasonably request including, without limitation, financial
statements of any Unconsolidated Entities;
(h) from time to time such environmental assessment reports as to
the Unencumbered Assets as the Agent may reasonably request.
Section 7.5. Notices .
(a) Defaults. The Borrower will promptly notify the Agent in writing
(and the Agent shall immediately thereafter notify the Lenders) of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. If any Person shall give any
notice or take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or
not constituting a Default or an Event of Default under this Agreement) under
any note, evidence of Indebtedness, indenture or other obligation to which or
with respect to which the Borrower, Guarantor or any of the Related Companies
is a party or obligor, whether as principal or surety, and if the principal
amount thereof exceeds $3,000,000, and such default would permit the holder of
such note or obligation or other evidence of Indebtedness to accelerate the
maturity thereof, the Borrower shall forthwith give written notice thereof to
the Agent and each of the Lenders, describing the notice or action and the
nature of the claimed default.
(b) Environmental Events. The Borrower will promptly notify the
Agent in writing (and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Lenders)
of any of the following events: (i) upon Borrower's obtaining knowledge of any
violation of any Environmental Law regarding an Unencumbered Asset or any Real
Estate or Borrower's operations which violation could have a Material Adverse
Effect; (ii) upon Borrower's obtaining knowledge of any potential or known
Release, or threat of Release, of any Hazardous Material at, from, or into an
Unencumbered Asset or any Real Estate which it reports in writing or is
reportable by it in writing to any governmental authority and which is
material in amount or nature or which could materially affect the value of
such Unencumbered Asset or which could have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii)
upon Borrower's receipt of any notice of violation of any Environmental Laws
or of any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, including a
notice or claim of liability or potential responsibility from any third party
(including without limitation any federal, state or local governmental
officials) and including notice of any formal inquiry, proceeding, demand,
investigation or other action with regard to (A) Borrower's or any Person's
operation of an Unencumbered Asset or any Real Estate if the same would have a
Material Adverse Effect, (B) contamination on, from or into an Unencumbered
Asset or any Real Estate if the same would have a Material Adverse Effect, or
(C) investigation or remediation of off-site locations at which Borrower or
any of its predecessors are alleged to have directly or indirectly disposed of
Hazardous Materials; or (iv) upon Borrower's obtaining knowledge that any
expense or loss has been incurred by such governmental authority in connection
with the assessment, containment, removal or remediation of any Hazardous
Materials with respect to which Borrower, Guarantor or any of the Related
Companies may be liable or for which a lien may be imposed on an Unencumbered
Asset.
(c) Notification of Liens Against Unencumbered Assets or Other
Material Claims. The Borrower will, promptly upon becoming aware thereof,
notify the Agent in writing (and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify
the Lenders) of any Liens (except Permitted Liens) placed upon or attaching to
any Unencumbered Assets or of any other setoff, claims (including
environmental claims), withholdings or other defenses which in either case
could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Notice of Litigation and Judgments. The Borrower will give
notice to the Agent in writing (and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify
the Lenders) within fifteen (15) days of becoming aware of any litigation or
proceedings threatened in writing or any pending litigation and proceedings
affecting any of the Unencumbered Assets or affecting the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any of the Related Companies or to which the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any of the Related Companies is or is to become a party involving
an uninsured claim (or as to which the insurer reserves rights) against the
Borrower, any Guarantor or any of the Related Companies that at the time of
giving of notice could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and stating the nature and status of such litigation or proceedings.
The Borrower will give notice to the Agent, in writing, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Agent, within ten (10) days of any judgment not covered by
insurance, final or otherwise, against the Borrower in an amount in excess of
$1,000,000.
(e) Notice of Rating Changes. The Borrower will promptly notify the
Agent in writing (and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Lenders)
of the occurrence of any change in the Moody's Rating or in the S&P Rating.
Section 7.6. Existence; Maintenance of REIT Status; Maintenance of
Properties . The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its status as a "qualified real
estate investment trust" under Section 856 of the Code and the existence of
Borrower as a Delaware limited partnership. The common shares of beneficial
interest of the Company will at all times be listed for trading on either the
New York Stock Exchange or one of the other major stock exchanges. The
Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force all of its rights and franchises which in the judgment of the
Borrower may be necessary to properly and advantageously conduct the
businesses being conducted by it, the Company, any of the Guarantors or any of
the Related Companies. The Borrower (a) will cause all of the properties used
or useful in the conduct of the business of Borrower, the Company, any of the
Guarantors or any of the Related Companies to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment,
(b) will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Borrower
may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may
be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, and (c) will continue
to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by it and in related
businesses.
Section 7.7. Insurance . With respect to the Real Estate Assets and
other properties and businesses of Borrower, the Guarantors and the Related
Companies, the Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained insurance with
financially sound and reputable insurers against such casualties and
contingencies as shall be in accordance with the general practices of
businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas and in
amounts, containing such terms, in such forms and for such periods as may be
reasonable and prudent. With respect to the Unencumbered Assets, such
insurance will include all risk casualty insurance for the replacement cost of
all Buildings including loss of rents for 12 months and, to the extent such
Unencumbered Assets are located in a flood zone or plain, flood insurance.
Commercial general liability insurance shall include an excess liability
policy with limits of at least $50,000,000.
Section 7.8. Taxes. The Borrower will pay or will cause to be paid real
estate taxes, other taxes, assessments and other governmental charges against
the Real Estate Assets before the same become delinquent, and will duly pay
and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall
become overdue, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed
upon it and its other properties, sales and activities, or any part thereof,
or upon the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor,
materials, or supplies that if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge
upon any of its properties; provided that any such tax, assessment, charge,
levy or claim need not be paid if the validity or amount thereof shall
currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the
Borrower shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto; and provided further that the Borrower will pay all such taxes,
assessments, charges, levies or claims forthwith upon the commencement of
proceedings to foreclose any lien that may have attached as security therefor.
Section 7.9. Inspection of Properties and Books. The Borrower shall
permit the Lenders, through the Agent or any of the Lenders' other designated
representatives, to visit and inspect any of the Unencumbered Assets, to
examine the books of account of the Borrower, the Company, the other
Guarantors and the Related Companies (and to make copies thereof and extracts
therefrom) and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower
with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers, all at such
reasonable times and intervals as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request.
Section 7.10. Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits. The
Borrower and the Company will comply, and will cause each Guarantor and all
Related Companies to comply, with (a) all applicable laws and regulations now
or hereafter in effect wherever its business is conducted, including all
Environmental Laws, (b) the provisions of all applicable partnership
agreements, charter documents and by-laws, (c) all agreements and instruments
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its Real Estate Assets may be
bound including Ground Leases, and (d) all applicable decrees, orders, and
judgments except (with respect to (a) through (d) above) to the extent such
non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. If at any time any
permit or authorization from any governmental Person shall become necessary or
required in order that the Borrower or any Guarantor may fulfill or be in
compliance with any of its obligations hereunder or under any of the Loan
Documents, the Borrower will immediately take or cause to be taken all
reasonable steps within the power of the Borrower to obtain such
authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish the Agent and
the Lenders with evidence thereof.
Section 7.11. Use of Proceeds. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5
hereof, the proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower for repayment
of other Indebtedness, for acquisitions of class B (or better) office
properties in the greater New York City area, for capital improvements, and
for working capital and other purposes consistent with the covenants contained
herein.
Section 7.12. Prepayment of Existing Loan Facilities. Borrower agrees to
use the initial advance of Loans on the Effective Date to prepay in full all
loans outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the maximum amount of
$140,000,000 pursuant to that certain Senior Unsecured Revolving Line of
Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 1997 among Borrower, the Company,
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as Agent and the lenders party thereto, as the
same may have been amended from time to time.
Section 7.13. Notices of Significant Transactions. The Borrower will
notify the Agent in writing prior to the closing of any of the following
transactions pursuant to a single transaction or a series of related
transactions:
(a) The sale or transfer of one or more Real Estate Assets for an
aggregate sales price or other consideration of $25,000,000 or more.
(b) The sale or transfer of the ownership interest of Borrower or
any of the Related Companies in any of the Related Companies or the
Unconsolidated Entities if the aggregate consideration received by the
Borrower or the Related Companies in connection with such transaction exceeds
$15,000,000.
Each notice given pursuant to this Section 7.13 shall be accompanied by a
Compliance Certificate including an updated list of Unencumbered Assets and
demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance, after giving effect to the
proposed transaction, with the covenants contained in Section 9.1 through
Section 9.8.
Section 7.14. Further Assurance. The Borrower and the Guarantors will
cooperate with the Agent and the Lenders and execute such further instruments
and documents and perform such further acts as the Agent and the Lenders shall
reasonably request to carry out the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 7.15. Environmental Indemnification. The Borrower and the
Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree that they will indemnify
and hold the Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all
claims, expense, damage, loss or liability incurred by the Agent or any Lender
(including all reasonable costs of legal representation incurred by the Agent
or any Lender, but excluding, as applicable, for the Agent or a Lender any
claim, expense, damage, loss or liability as a result of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Lender) relating to (a) any Release
or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on any Unencumbered Asset or any
Real Estate; (b) any violation of any Environmental Laws with respect to
conditions at any Unencumbered Asset or any Real Estate or the operations
conducted thereon; or (c) the investigation or remediation of off-site
locations at which the Borrower or its predecessors are alleged to have
directly or indirectly disposed of Hazardous Materials. It is expressly
acknowledged by the Borrower and the Guarantors that this covenant of
indemnification shall survive the payment of the Loans and shall inure to the
benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and their successors and assigns.
Section 7.16. Response Actions. The Borrower and the Guarantors jointly
and severally covenant and agree that if any Release or disposal of Hazardous
Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any Unencumbered Asset or any
other Real Estate if the same would have a Material Adverse Effect, the
Borrower will cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous
Materials and remediation of such Unencumbered Asset or Real Estate as
necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws or to preserve the value of
such Unencumbered Asset or Real Estate to the extent necessary to avoid a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.17. Employee Benefit Plans .
(a) Representation. The Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates do not
currently maintain or contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan, Guaranteed
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, except as set forth on Schedule 6.16.
(b) Notice. The Borrower will obtain the consent of the Agent prior
to the establishment of any Employee Benefit Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan
not listed on Schedule 6.16 by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
(c) In General. Each Employee Benefit Plan maintained by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate will be operated in compliance in all material
respects with the provisions of ERISA and, to the extent applicable, the Code,
including but not limited to the provisions thereunder respecting prohibited
transactions.
(d) Terminability of Welfare Plans. With respect to each Employee
Benefit Plan maintained by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate which is an
employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) or Section
3(2)(B) of ERISA, each such plan provides that the Borrower, or the ERISA
Affiliate, as the case may be, has the right to terminate each such plan at
any time (or at any time subsequent to the expiration of any applicable
bargaining agreement) without liability other than liability to pay claims
incurred prior to the date of termination.
(e) Multiemployer Plans. Without the consent of the Agent, the
Borrower will not enter into, maintain or contribute to, any Multiemployer
Plan other that a Multiemployer Plan listed on Schedule 6.16.
(f) Unfunded or Underfunded Liabilities. The Borrower will not, at
any time, have accruing unfunded or underfunded liabilities with respect to
any Employee Benefit Plan, Guaranteed Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan
which, in the aggregate, would exceed $5,000,000, and will take all reasonable
steps to prevent the occurrence of any condition with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan that would create a withdrawal liability in excess of
$5,000,000.
Section 7.18. Required Interest Rate Contracts. During all periods in
which the LIBOR Rate (as determined in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement) for Interest Periods of one month exceeds seven per cent (7.0%),
the Borrower shall maintain in effect Interest Rate Contracts with
counterparties and in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent covering that
portion of Borrower's Variable Rate Indebtedness equal to the amount by which
Borrower's Variable Rate Indebtedness (other than any such Variable Rate
Indebtedness hedged by Interest Rate Contracts with a term expiring no earlier
than the earlier of the Maturity Date or the maturity of the Indebtedness so
hedged) exceeds 30% of Total Debt.
Section 7.19. Forward Equity Contracts. If Borrower shall enter into any
forward equity contracts, Borrower shall only settle same by the delivery of
stock.
Section 8. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER. The Borrower
covenants and agrees as follows, so long as any Loan or Note is outstanding or
the Lenders have any obligation to make any Loans:
Section 8.1. [Intentionally Omitted.]
Section 8.2. Restrictions on Investments. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit Guarantor or any of the Related Companies to make or permit to
exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in:
(a) marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States
of America, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal National Mortgage
Association or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America, that mature within one (1) year from the date of
purchase by the Borrower;
(b) demand deposits, certificates of deposit, money market accounts,
bankers acceptances eurodollar time deposits and time deposits of United
States banks having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 or repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 7 days with such banks for underlying
securities of the type described in clause (a) of this Section 8.2;
(c) securities commonly known as "commercial paper" issued by a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof that at the time of purchase have been rated and
the ratings for which are not less than " P 1 " if rated by Moody's Investors
Services, Inc. , and not less than "A 1" if rated by Standard and Poor's and
participations in short term commercial loans made to such corporations by a
commercial bank which provides cash management services to the Borrower;
(d) Investments existing or contemplated on the date hereof and
listed on Schedule 8.2(d) hereto;
(e) Investments made in the ordinary course of the Borrower's
business in Interest Rate Contracts;
(f) [Intentionally Omitted];
(g) direct Investments in class B (or better) office properties
(including the development of same) located in the greater New York City area,
including fee simple and leasehold interests, in Real Estate Effective Control
Assets, and in consolidated joint ventures in which the Borrower or its
wholly-owned Subsidiary owns at least a 75% beneficial interest and has the
right to control policy and management of the subject joint venture; and
(h) Investments in the following categories so long as the aggregate
amount, without duplication, of all Investments described in this paragraph
(h) does not exceed, at any time, twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets
and the aggregate amount of each of the following categories of Investments
does not exceed the specified percentage of Total Assets set forth in the
following table:
Category of Investment Maximum Percentage of Total Assets
Permitted Developments (calculated at total project cost) 10%
Unconsolidated Entities primarily engaged in the business 20%
of development or ownership of class B (or better) office real estate located
in the greater New York City area (calculated at book value of such
Investment)
Investment in properties (including the development of 2%
same) acquired in accordance with the provisions of Section 1031
of the Code (single tenant, triple net leased to tenant
rated "A" or better by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or
Moody's Investors Services, Inc., minimum remaining lease
term of 15 years)
Structured Finance Investments 15%
Other Investments in Real Estate Assets (including land) 10%
and in entities primarily engaged in the business of
owning such assets
Other Investments not otherwise specifically identified 10%
in this Section 8.2.
Section 8.3. Merger, Consolidation and Other Fundamental Changes. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company to, consolidate with or
merge into any other Person or Persons, or sell, convey, assign, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their respective
business, property or fixed assets taken as a whole to any other Person,
provided, however, that this Section 8.3 shall not be applicable to any merger
or consolidation with respect to which all of the following are satisfied: (1)
the surviving entity is Borrower, the Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary and
there is no substantial change in senior management of the Company, (2) the
other entity or entities involved in such merger or consolidation are engaged
in the same line of business as Borrower, and (3) following such transaction,
the Borrower and the Company will not be in breach of any of the covenants,
representations or warranties of this Agreement. Except as set forth on
Schedule 6.19, the Company will not own or acquire any material assets other
than its partnership interests in the Borrower.
Section 8.4. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.5. Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Borrower will not
do, and will not permit the Company, any Guarantor or any of the other Related
Companies to do, any of the following: (a) use any of the Real Estate or any
portion thereof as a facility for the handling, processing, storage or
disposal of Hazardous Materials except for immaterial amounts of Hazardous
Materials used in the routine maintenance and operation of the Real Estate and
in compliance with applicable law, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of
the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle
for Hazardous Materials except in material compliance with Environmental Laws,
(c) generate any Hazardous Materials on any of the Real Estate except in
material compliance with Environmental Laws, or (d) conduct any activity at
any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner so as to cause a Release.
Section 8.6. Distributions. Borrower shall not permit the total
Distributions by it and the Company during any fiscal year to exceed 90% of
Funds from Operations for such year, except that such limitation on
Distributions may be exceeded to the extent necessary for the Company to
maintain its REIT status. During any period when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing the total Distributions by the Borrower
and the Company will not exceed the minimum amount necessary for the Company
to maintain its REIT status. The Guarantor Subsidiaries will not make any
Distributions except Distributions to Borrower or to the Company or to any
Guarantor.
Section 8.7. Preferred Distributions. During any period when any Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing no Preferred Distributions will be
made.
Section 8.8. Preferred Redemptions. No payments of cash or cash
equivalents by Borrower or the Company as consideration for the mandatory
redemption or retirement of any preferred shares of beneficial interest in the
Company, or any preferred units of limited partnership interest in Borrower,
shall be made out of the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Guarantor.
Section 9. FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER. The Borrower and the
Company covenant and agree as follows, so long as any Loan or Note is
outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loan:
Section 9.1. Value of All Unencumbered Assets.
(i) The Borrower will not at any time permit the outstanding balance of
Unsecured Indebtedness to be greater than fifty five percent (55%) of the
Value of All Unencumbered Assets.
(ii) The Borrower will not at any time permit the Value of All
Unencumbered Assets to be less than or equal to $150,000,000.
(iii) The Borrower will not at any time permit the aggregate number of
Real Estate Assets which are Unencumbered Assets and which are used to
calculate the Value of All Unencumbered Assets to be less than five (5).
Section 9.2. Minimum Debt Service Coverage. The Borrower will not at any
time permit the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA for the Borrower, the Company and the
Related Companies (on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP), to
Interest Expense for the Borrower, the Company and the Related Companies (on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP), to be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for
any fiscal quarter of Borrower.
Section 9.3. Total Debt to Total Assets. The Borrower and the Company
will not at any time permit Total Debt to exceed fifty-five percent (55%) of
Total Assets.
Section 9.4. Maximum Secured Indebtedness; Secured Recourse Indebtedness.
(i) The Borrower and the Company will not at any time permit the
outstanding balance of Secured Indebtedness to exceed forty percent (40%) of
Total Assets.
(ii) The Borrower and the Company will not at any time permit the
outstanding balance of Secured Recourse Indebtedness to exceed ten percent
(10%) of Total Assets; provided, however, that in the event Borrower incurs
Secured Recourse Indebtedness for the development of the premises located at
711 Third Avenue, New York, New York, then from and after the time of the
Borrower's first incurrence of such Indebtedness and for so long as such
Indebtedness remains outstanding, the Borrower and the Company will not at any
time permit the outstanding balance of Secured Recourse Indebtedness to exceed
thirteen and one-half percent (13.5%) of Total Assets.
(iii) The Borrower and the Company will not at any time permit the
outstanding balance of any Secured Recourse Indebtedness incurred from and
after the Effective Date to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the value of
the Real Estate Asset and other assets (determined on the basis of
"as-completed" appraisals) encumbered thereby.
Section 9.5. Minimum Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower and the Company
will not at any time permit the Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower and the
Company to be less than $500,000,000 plus 75% of Net Offering Proceeds.
Section 9.6. Unencumbered Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income to Assumed
Debt Service. The Borrower will not at any time permit the ratio of its
Unencumbered Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income with respect to all
Unencumbered Assets to Assumed Debt Service with respect to all unsecured
Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors to be (i)
during the period from the Effective Date to June 30, 2001, less than 1.75 to
1.0 for any fiscal quarter, and (ii) thereafter, less than 2.0 to 1.0 for any
fiscal quarter.
Section 9.7. Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges . The Borrower and the
Company will not at any time permit the ratio of its Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed
Charges to be less than 1.75 to 1.0 for any fiscal quarter.
Section 9.8. Aggregate Occupancy Rate . The Borrower will not at any time
permit the Aggregate Occupancy Rate to be less than eighty-five percent (85%).
Section 9.9. Amendments and Modifications to Section 9. (i)
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the
provisions of any of the foregoing Section 9.1 through 9.8 of this Agreement,
and no Default or Event of Default arising of a breach of any of the
provisions of any of the foregoing Section 9.1 through 9.8 of this Agreement,
may be amended, modified or waived without the written consent of the
Requisite Lenders.
(ii) For purposes of the foregoing Sections 9.1 through 9.8 of this
Agreement, if any change in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles after the
Effective Date results in a material change in the calculation to be performed
in any such section solely as a result of such change in Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good
faith a modification of any such covenants so that the economic effect of the
calculation of such covenant(s) using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
as so changed is as close as feasible to what the economic effect of the
calculation of such covenant(s) would have been using Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles as in effect as of the Effective Date.
Section 10. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become
effective when each of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
Section 10.1. Loan Documents. Each of the Loan Documents shall have been
duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto.
Section 10.2. Certified Copies of Organization Documents; Good Standing
Certificates . The Agent shall have received (i) a Certificate of the Company
to which there shall be attached complete copies of the Borrower's Limited
Partnership Agreement and its Certificate of Limited Partnership, certified as
of a recent date by the Secretary of State of Delaware, (ii) Certificates of
Good Standing for the Borrower from the State of New York and each State in
which an Unencumbered Asset is located, (iii) a copy of the Company's articles
of incorporation certified as of a recent date by the Maryland Secretary of
State, (iv) Certificates of Good Standing for the Company from the State of
Maryland and each State in which an Unencumbered Asset is located, and (v)
certificates of good standing and certificates from the Borrower certifying as
to true and complete copies of articles of incorporation, limited liability
company agreements, partnership agreements or certificates of limited
partnership, as the case may be, of each of the other Guarantors.
Section 10.3. By-laws; Resolutions . All action on the part of the
Borrower and each Guarantor necessary for the valid execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower and each Guarantor of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which it is or is to become a party shall have been duly and
effectively taken, and evidence thereof satisfactory to the Agent shall have
been provided to the Agent. The Agent shall have received from the Company
true copies of its by-laws and the resolutions adopted by its Board of
Directors authorizing the transactions described herein, each certified by its
secretary to be true and complete and in effect on the Effective Date.
Section 10.4. Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers . The Agent
shall have received from the Company an incumbency certificate, dated as of
the Effective Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and
giving the name and bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall
be authorized: (a) to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Company (in its
own capacity and as general partner on behalf of Borrower and on behalf of
each Guarantor which is a partnership), each of the Loan Documents to which
the Borrower or any Guarantor is or is to become a party; (b) to make Loan
Requests and Conversion Requests; and (c) to give notices and to take other
action on behalf of the Borrower under the Loan Documents.
Section 10.5. Title Insurance; Lien Searches. The Agent shall have
received (i) reasonably satisfactory evidence of title insurance respecting
each of the Unencumbered Assets by way of copies of the most recent fully
effective title insurance policies (or marked and signed title insurance
binders to the extent such policies have not been issued or are not other
otherwise available) and (ii) reasonably satisfactory current Uniform
Commercial Code lien searches on the Borrower and each of the Guarantors in
such jurisdictions as the Agent may reasonably require.
Section 10.6. Opinions of Counsel Concerning Organization and Loan
Documents. Each of the Lenders and the Agent shall have received favorable
opinions from Borrower's counsel addressed to the Lenders and the Agent and
dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent.
Section 10.7. Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid to the Agent
the fees pursuant to Section 4.1 and shall have paid all other expenses as
provided in Section 15 hereof then outstanding.
Section 11. CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT ADVANCES. The obligations of the
Lenders to make any Loan or to issue any Letter of Credit, whether on or after
the Effective Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
Section 11.1. Representations True; No Event of Default; Compliance
Certificate . Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and
the Company contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any
document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement shall be true as of the date as of which they were made and shall
also be true at and as of the time of the making of such Loan or the issuance
of such Letter of Credit, with the same effect as if made at and as of that
time (except (i) to the extent of changes resulting from transactions
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii)
to the extent of changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that
singly or in the aggregate are not materially adverse, and (iii) to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date);
the Borrower shall have performed and complied with all terms and conditions
herein required to be performed by it or prior to the Borrowing Date of such
Loan or the issuance date of such Letter of Credit; and no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of any Loan Request
or on the Borrowing Date of such Loan or on the date of any Letter of Credit
Request or on the issuance date of such Letter of Credit. Each of the Lenders
shall have received a Compliance Certificate of the Borrower signed by a
Responsible Officer to such effect, which certificate will include, without
limitation, computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in
Section 9.1 through Section 9.7 hereof after giving effect to such requested
Loan or Letter of Credit.
Section 11.2. No Legal Impediment . No change shall have occurred in any
law or regulations thereunder or interpretations thereof that in the
reasonable opinion of any Lender would make it illegal for such Lender to make
such Loan or to hold an interest in such Letter of Credit.
Section 11.3. Proceedings and Documents . All proceedings in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and all other documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in
substance and in form to the Agent, and the Lenders shall have received all
information and such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of
such documents as the Agent may reasonably request.
Section 12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.
Section 12.1. Events of Default and Acceleration. If any of the following
events ("Events of Default" or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time
or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time, "Defaults")
shall occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of the Loans when
the same shall become due and payable;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans or any
other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (other than
principal) within five (5) days after the same shall become due and payable;
(c) the Borrower or the Company shall fail to comply with any of its
covenants contained in Section 7.5, the first sentence of Section 7.6, Section
7.7, Section 7.13, Section 8 or Section 9 hereof;
(d) the Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to perform any other
term, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan
Documents (other than those specified elsewhere in this Section 12) for thirty
(30) days after written notice of such failure from Agent to the Borrower;
(e) any representation or warranty of the Borrower in this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents or in any other document or instrument
delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, shall prove to
have been false in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to
have been made or repeated;
(f) the Borrower, the Company, any Guarantor, any of the Related
Companies or any Unconsolidated Entity shall fail to pay at maturity, or
within any applicable period of grace, any Recourse Indebtedness, or shall
fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained
in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing Recourse
Indebtedness for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of
appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any
obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof, and in any
event, such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days, unless the aggregate
amount of all such defaulted Recourse Indebtedness is less than $5,000,000.00;
(g) the Borrower, the Company, any Guarantor, any of the Related
Companies or any Unconsolidated Entity shall fail to pay at maturity, or
within any applicable period of grace, any Indebtedness other than Recourse
Indebtedness, or shall fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant
or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or
securing Indebtedness other than Recourse Indebtedness for such period of time
as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the
holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to
accelerate the maturity thereof, and in any event, such failure shall continue
for thirty (30) days, unless the aggregate amount of all such defaulted
Indebtedness other than Recourse Indebtedness plus the amount of any
unsatisfied judgments is less than $15,000,000.00;
(h) (i) any of the Borrower, the Company or any Guarantor shall make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability
to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or
shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian,
liquidator or receiver of any substantial part of its properties or shall
commence any case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or
similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or shall take any
action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such
petition or application shall be filed or any such case or other proceeding
shall be commenced against any such Person and such Person shall indicate its
approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or (ii) any of the
events described in clause (i) of this paragraph shall occur with respect to
any other Related Company or any Unconsolidated Entity and such event shall
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) (i) a decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee,
custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating the Borrower, the Company,
or any Guarantor bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such
case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in
respect of the Borrower, the Company, or any Guarantor in an involuntary case
under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted or (ii) any of
the events described in clause (i) of this paragraph shall occur with respect
to any other Related Company or any Unconsolidated Entity and such event shall
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and
unstayed, for more than thirty days, whether or not consecutive, any uninsured
final judgment against the Borrower that, with other outstanding uninsured
final judgments, undischarged, against the Borrower, the Company or any of the
Related Companies, exceeds in the aggregate $5,000,000.00;
(k) if any of the Loan Documents or any material provision of any
Loan Documents shall be unenforceable, cancelled, terminated, revoked or
rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the
express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Agent, or any
action at law, suit or in equity or other legal proceeding to make
unenforceable, cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Loan Documents shall be
commenced by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any court or
any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent
jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order,
decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Loan Documents is
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof;
(l) one or more ERISA Events occurs which individually or in the
aggregate results in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability of
the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000 at any one
time during the term of this Agreement; or if, at any one time, there exists
an amount of unfunded pension liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18)
of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate for all Guaranteed Pension Plans
(excluding for purposes of such computation any Guaranteed Pension Plans with
respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities), which exceeds $5,000,000;
(m) the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be indicted for a federal
crime, a punishment for which could include the forfeiture of any assets of
the Borrower;
(n) the Borrower shall fail to pay, observe or perform any term,
covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement, document or
instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness of
the Borrower to any Lender (other than the Obligations) within any applicable
period of grace provided for in such agreement, document or instrument;
(o) any Material Adverse Effect shall occur;
(p) any "Event of Default", as defined in any of the other Loan
Documents shall occur;
then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Agent
may, and upon the request of the Requisite Lenders shall, by notice in writing
to the Borrower declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Loan Documents to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith
become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in
Sections 12.1(h) or 12.1(i), all such amounts shall become immediately
due and payable automatically and without any requirement of notice from the
Agent or action by the Requisite Lenders.
Section 12.2. Termination of Commitments. If any one or more Events of
Default specified in Section 12.1(h) or Section 12.1(i) shall occur, any
unused portion of the Commitments hereunder shall forthwith terminate and the
Lenders shall be relieved of all obligations to make Loans to the Borrower or
to issue Letters of Credit for the benefit of the Borrower. If any other Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent, at the direction
of the Majority Lenders, may by notice to the Borrower terminate the unused
portion of the Commitments hereunder and upon such notice being given such
unused portion of the Commitments hereunder shall terminate immediately and
the Lenders shall be relieved of all further obligations to make Loans other
than Mandatory Base Rate Loans. No termination of the Commitments hereunder
shall relieve the Borrower of any of the Obligations or any of its existing
obligations to any Lender arising under other agreements or instruments.
Section 12.3. Remedies. In case any one or more of the Events of Default
shall have occurred, and whether or not the Requisite Lenders shall have
accelerated the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 12.1, each Lender,
if owed any amount with respect to the Loans, may, with the consent of the
Requisite Lenders, direct the Agent to proceed to protect and enforce the
rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, the
Notes or any of the other Loan Documents by suit in equity, action at law or
other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations are evidenced and, if any
amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to proceed to
enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of such
Lender. No remedy herein conferred upon any Lender or the Agent or the holder
of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every
remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute
or any other provision of law.
Section 12.4. Distribution of Enforcement Proceeds. In the event that,
following the occurrence or during the continuance of any Default or Event of
Default, the Agent or any Lender as the case may be, receives any monies in
connection with the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, such monies
shall be distributed for application as follows:
(a) First, to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the
reimbursement of the Agent for or in respect of all reasonable costs,
expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been incurred or sustained
by the Agent in connection with the collection of such monies by the Agent,
for the exercise, protection or enforcement by the Agent of all or any of the
rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Agent or the Lenders under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in support of any provision of
adequate indemnity to the Agent against any taxes or liens which by law shall
have, or may have, priority over the rights of the Agent to such monies;
(b) Second, to all other Obligations in such order or preference as
the Requisite Lenders may determine; provided, however, that distribution in
respect of such Obligations shall be made among the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with each Lender's respective Commitment Percentage;
(c) Third, upon payment and satisfaction in full or other provisions
for payment in full satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders and the Agent of all
of the Obligations, and the deposit in any cash collateral account established
pursuant to Section 2.9(f) of the amount required thereby, to the payment of
any obligations required to be paid pursuant to Section 9-504(1)(c) of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York; and
(d) Fourth, the excess, if any, shall be returned to the Borrower or
to such other Persons as are legally entitled thereto.
Section 13. SETOFF. During the continuance of any Event of Default, any
deposits (general or specific, time or demand, provisional or final,
regardless of currency, maturity, or the branch of where such deposits are
held) or other sums credited by or due from any of the Lenders to the
Borrower, the Company or any of the other Guarantors and any securities or
other property of the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Guarantors in
the possession of such Lender may be applied to or set off against the payment
of Obligations and any and all other liabilities, direct, or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
arising, of the Borrower to such Lender. Each of the Lenders agrees with each
other Lender that (a) if an amount to be set off is to be applied to
Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Company or any of the other Guarantors to
such Lender, other than Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes held by such
Lender, such amount shall be applied ratably to such other Indebtedness and to
the Indebtedness evidenced by all such Notes held by such Lender, and (b) if
such Lender shall receive from the Borrower, the Company or any of the other
Guarantors, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff,
counterclaim, cross action, enforcement of the claim evidenced by the Notes
held by such Lender by proceedings against the Borrower, the Company or any of
the other Guarantors at law or in equity or by proof thereof in bankruptcy,
reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar proceedings, or
otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note or Notes held
by such Lender any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments
received by all of the Lenders with respect to the Notes held by all of the
Lenders, such Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with the
other Lenders with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro
tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each
Lender receiving in respect of the Notes held by it its proportionate payment
as contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such
excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such disposition and
arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest.
Section 14. THE AGENT.
Section 14.1. Authorization. The Agent is authorized to take such action
on behalf of each of the Lenders and to exercise all such powers as are
hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents and any related documents
delegated to the Agent, together with such powers as are reasonably incident
thereto, provided that no duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed
herein or therein shall be implied to have been assumed by the Agent. The
relationship between the Agent and the Lenders is and shall be that of agent
and principal only, and nothing contained in this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents shall be construed to constitute the Agent as a trustee
for any Lender.
Section 14.2. Employees and Agents. The Agent may exercise its powers and
execute its duties by or through employees or agents and shall be entitled to
take, and to rely on, advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
its rights and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The
Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as the Agent in its sole
discretion may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of
such Persons shall be paid by the Borrower.
Section 14.3. No Liability to Lenders. Neither the Agent nor any of its
shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor any other Person assisting
them in their duties nor any agent or employee thereof, shall be liable to any
Lender for any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken, or
omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, or be
responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment
whatsoever, except that the Agent or such other Person, as the case may be,
shall be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Section 14.4. No Representations. The Agent shall not be responsible for
the execution or validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes, any
of the other Loan Documents or any instrument at any time constituting, or
intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes, or for the value of
any such collateral security or for the validity, enforceability or
collectability of any such amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any
recitals or statements, warranties or representations made herein or in any of
the other Loan Documents or in any certificate or instrument hereafter
furnished to it by or on behalf of the Borrower, or be bound to ascertain or
inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions,
covenants or agreements herein or in any instrument at any time constituting,
or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes. The Agent shall
not be bound to ascertain whether any notice, consent, waiver or request
delivered to it by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any holder of any of the
Notes shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate and complete. The
Agent has not made nor does it now make any representations or warranties,
express or implied, nor does it assume any liability to the Lenders, with
respect to the credit worthiness or financial condition of the Borrower, the
Company or any of the other Guarantors. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and
based upon such information and documents as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender
has been independently represented by separate counsel on all matters
regarding this Agreement.
Section 14.5. Payments.
(a) A payment by the Borrower to the Agent hereunder or any of the
other Loan Documents for the account of any Lender shall constitute a payment
to such Lender subject to the pro rata rights to repayment based upon the
Commitment Percentage of each Lender. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor
shall have any obligation to see to the proper application by Agent of any
amounts paid by any of them to the Agent for the account of the Lenders. The
Agent agrees promptly to distribute to each Lender such Lender's pro rata
share of payments received by the Agent for the account of the Lenders except
as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amounts advanced by the Additional
Commitment Lenders on the Commitment Increase Date and certain Fixed Rate
Prepayment Fees and Letter of Credit fees shall be distributed on a non pro
rata basis as provided in Section 2.2(b) and the commitment fees for the
quarter which included the Commitment Increase Date shall be paid as provided
in Section 4.2.
(b) If in the opinion of the Agent the distribution of any amount
received by it in such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the
other Loan Documents might involve it in liability, it may refrain from making
distribution until its right to make distribution shall have been adjudicated
by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction
shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by the Agent is to be
repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall
either repay to the Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to
be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as
shall be determined by such court.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, any Lender that fails (i) to make
available to the Agent its pro rata share of any Loan or (ii) to comply with
the provisions of Section 13 with respect to making dispositions and
arrangements with the other Lenders, where such Lender's share of any payment
received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is in excess of its pro rata share
of such payments due and payable to all of the Lenders, in each case as, when
and to the full extent required by the provisions of this Agreement, or to
adjust promptly such Lender's outstanding principal and its pro rata
Commitment Percentage as provided in Section 2.1 hereof, shall be deemed
delinquent (a "Delinquent Lender") and shall be deemed a Delinquent Lender
until such time as such delinquency is satisfied. A Delinquent Lender shall be
deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from the Borrower under
the Loan Documents, whether on account of outstanding Loans, interest, fees or
otherwise, to the remaining nondelinquent Lenders for application to, and
reduction of, their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans. The
Delinquent Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to distribute such payments to
the nondelinquent Lenders in proportion to their respective pro rata shares of
all outstanding Loans. A Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have satisfied
in full a delinquency when and if, as a result of application of the assigned
payments to all outstanding Loans of the nondelinquent Lenders, the Lenders'
respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans have returned to those in
effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to the
nonpayment causing such delinquency.
(d) If any amount which the Agent is required to distribute to the
Lenders pursuant to this Section 14.5 is actually distributed to any Lender on
a date which is later than the first Business Day following the Agent's
receipt of the corresponding payment from the Borrower, the Agent shall pay to
such Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the average
computed for the period referred to in clause (iii) below, of the weighted
average interest rate paid by the Agent for federal funds acquired by the
Agent during each day included in such period, times (ii) the amount of such
late distribution to such Lender, times (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days or portion thereof that elapsed from and including
the second Business Day after the Agent's receipt of such corresponding
payment from the Borrower to the date on which the amount so required to be
distributed to such Lender actually is distributed, and the denominator of
which is 365.
Section 14.6. Holders of Notes. The Agent may deem and treat the payee of
any Note as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof for all purposes hereof
until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different name by such
payee or by a subsequent holder assignee or transferee.
Section 14.7. Indemnity. The Lenders ratably agree hereby to indemnify
and hold harmless the Agent from and against any and all claims, actions and
suits (whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses
(including any expenses for which the Agent has not been reimbursed by the
Borrower and the Guarantors as required by Section 15), and liabilities of
every nature and character arising out of or related to this Agreement, the
Notes, or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated or
evidenced hereby or thereby, or the Agent's actions taken hereunder or
thereunder, except to the extent that any of the same shall be directly caused
by the Agent's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Section 14.8. Agent as Lender. In its individual capacity, Fleet National
Bank, NA shall have the same obligations and the same rights, powers and
privileges in respect to its Commitment and the Loans made by it, and as the
holder of any of the Notes as it would have were it not also the Agent.
Section 14.9. Resignation. The Agent may resign at any time by giving
sixty (60) days, prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower;
provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Fleet National Bank, NA may not voluntary resign as Agent under
the provisions of this Agreement without the Borrower's consent. Upon any such
resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Agent. Unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, appointment of such successor Agent shall be subject to the
reasonable approval of the Borrower. If no successor Agent shall have been so
appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the giving of notice of resignation or removal
or if the Borrower (to the extent it has approval rights with respect to the
successor Agent) has disapproved or failed to approve a successor agent within
such period, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a
successor Agent, which shall be a financial institution having a rating of not
less than A2/P2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Corporation. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent hereunder.
Such successor Agent shall issue replacement Letters of Credit and any
outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the retiring Agent shall be canceled
and returned to it, provided that if such Letters of Credit cannot be
replaced, the successor Agent shall issue back-to-back Letters of Credit to
the retiring Agent in respect of the retiring Agent's outstanding Letters of
Credit. After any retiring Agent's resignation, the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in effect for its
benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it
was acting as Agent.
Section 14.10. Notification of Defaults and Events of Default and other
Notices. Each Lender hereby agrees that, upon learning of the existence of a
Default or an Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Agent thereof.
The Agent hereby agrees that upon receipt of any notice under this Section
14.10, or upon it otherwise learning of the existence of a Default or an Event
of Default, it shall promptly notify the other Lenders of the existence of
such Default or Event of Default. The Agent shall also promptly provide each
Lender with a copy of any notices which the Agent receives from the Borrower
pursuant to Section 7.5 or Section 7.13.
Section 14.11. Duties in the Case of Enforcement. In case one of more
Events of Default have occurred and shall be continuing, and whether or not
acceleration of the Obligations shall have occurred, the Agent may, with the
consent of the Requisite Lenders (which consents may be obtained orally in
emergency situations), and the Agent shall, if (a) so requested by the
Requisite Lenders and (b) the Lenders have provided to the Agent such
additional indemnities and assurances against expenses and liabilities as the
Agent may reasonably request, proceed to enforce the provisions of the Loan
Documents and exercise all or any such other legal and equitable and other
rights or remedies as it may have. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Agent
in writing as to the method and the extent of any such enforcement actions,
the Lenders hereby agreeing to indemnify and hold the Agent harmless from all
liabilities incurred in respect of all actions taken or omitted in accordance
with such directions, provided that the Agent need not comply with any such
direction to the extent that the Agent reasonably believes the Agent's
compliance with such direction to be unlawful or commercially unreasonable in
any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 14.12. Mandatory Resignation of Agent. The Agent shall be
obligated to resign in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of
Section 14.9, without the consent of the Borrower , upon the written request
of Lenders whose aggregate Commitments constitute at least sixty-six percent
(66%) of the Total Commitment excluding the Commitment of the Lender which is
then the Agent hereunder, provided such request is made for cause, and
provided further that the successor Agent (a) is at least a managing agent
with respect to this Agreement, and (b) actively administers credits of
similar size and complexity to this Agreement and the Loans.
Section 14.13. Matters as to Borrower. (a) Except as expressly set forth
in this Agreement, Borrower shall have no obligation to cause Agent or any of
the Lenders to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding that a matter in question requires the consent,
approval or direction of any or all of the Lenders, Borrower may rely
exclusively on the written notice of Agent that such consent, approval, or
direction has been given or obtained to bind the Lenders.
Section 15. EXPENSES. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors jointly and
severally agree to pay (a) the reasonable costs of producing and reproducing
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements and
instruments mentioned herein, (b) any taxes (including any interest and
penalties in respect thereto) payable by the Agent or any of the Lenders
(other than taxes based upon the Agent's or any Lender's net income),
including any recording, mortgage, documentary or intangibles taxes in
connection with the Loan Documents, or other taxes payable on or with respect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any taxes
payable by the Agent or any of the Lenders after the Effective Date (the
Borrower hereby agreeing to indemnify the Lenders with respect thereto), (c)
all title examination costs, appraisal fees, engineers', inspectors' and
surveyors' fees, recording costs and the reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of the Agent's counsel or any local counsel to the Agent
incurred in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation
of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, and amendments,
modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereto or hereunder, it being
understood and agreed that the Agent shall not conduct engineering studies or
Appraisals with respect to Unencumbered Asset unless specifically requested to
do so by the Requisite Lenders, in which case the Agent shall submit a budget
to Borrower of all fees and expenses to be incurred by Agent prior to engaging
any of such professionals for Borrower's approval, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, (d) the fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of the
Agent incurred in connection with the preparation, administration or
interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein
including, without limitation, the costs incurred by the Agent in connection
with its inspection of the Unencumbered Assets, and the fees and disbursements
of the Agent's counsel and the Borrower's legal counsel in preparing
documentation, (e) the fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of the Agent
incurred in connection with the syndication and/or participation of the Loans,
not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate (not including attorneys' fees) (f) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs, which attorneys may be employees of any Lender or the Agent and the
fees and costs of appraisers, engineers, investment bankers, surveyors or
other experts retained by the Agent or any Lender in connection with any such
enforcement proceedings) incurred by any Lender or the Agent in connection
with (i) the enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Loan
Documents against the Borrower or the Guarantors or the administration thereof
after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default (including, without
limitation, expenses incurred in any restructuring and/or "workout" of the
Loans), and (ii) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising
hereunder or otherwise, in any way related to the Agent's or the Lender's
relationship with the Borrower, the Company, any Unconsolidated Entity or any
of the Related Companies (but not including any dispute between the Agent (or
any Lender) and any other Lender), (g) all reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of the Agent incurred in connection with UCC searches, and (h)
all costs incurred by the Agent in the future in connection with its
inspection of the Unencumbered Assets. The covenants of this Section 15 shall
survive payment or satisfaction of payment of amounts owing with respect to
the Notes.
Section 16. INDEMNIFICATION. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors
hereby jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent
and the Lenders and the shareholders, directors, agents, officers,
subsidiaries, and affiliates of the Agent and the Lenders from and against any
and all claims, actions or causes of action and suits whether groundless or
otherwise, and from and against any and all Liabilities, losses, settlement
payments, obligations, damages and expenses of every nature and character
arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or which otherwise arise in connection with
the financing including, without limitation except to the extent directly
caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a Lender or the Agent
or any of the aforementioned indemnified parties (but such limitation on
indemnification shall only apply to the Agent or Lender or any of the
aforementioned indemnified parties being grossly negligent or committing
willful misconduct), (a) any actual or proposed use by the Borrower of the
proceeds of any of the Loans, (b) any actual or alleged infringement of any
patent, copyright, trademark, service mark or similar right of the Borrower or
any of the Guarantors , (c) the Borrower or any of the Guarantors entering
into or performing this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (d)
with respect to the Borrower or any of the Guarantors and their respective
properties, the violation of any Environmental Law, the Release or threatened
Release of any Hazardous Materials or any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation brought or threatened with respect to any Hazardous Materials
(including, but not limited to claims with respect to wrongful death, personal
injury or damage to property), (e) any cost, claim liability, damage or
expense in connection with any harm the Borrower or any of the Guarantors may
be found to have caused in the role of a broker, in each case including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred
in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding. In
litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Lenders and the Agent shall each
be entitled to select their own separate counsel and, in addition to the
foregoing indemnity, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors jointly and
severally agree to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. If, and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower or any of
the Guarantors under this Section 16 are unenforceable for any reason, the
Borrower and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to make the
maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which
is permissible under applicable law. The provisions of this Section 16 shall
survive the repayment of the Loans and the termination of the obligations of
the Lenders hereunder and shall continue in full force and effect as to the
Lenders so long as the possibility of any such claim, action, cause of action
or suit exists.
Section 17. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes, in any of the other
Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers delivered by or on behalf
of the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant hereto shall be deemed to have been
relied upon by the Lenders and the Agent, notwithstanding any investigation
heretofore or hereafter made by it, and shall survive the making by the
Lenders of the Loans, as herein contemplated, and shall continue in full force
and effect so long as any amount due under this Agreement or the Notes or any
of the other Loan Documents remains outstanding or the Lenders have any
obligation to make any Loans. The indemnification obligations of the Borrower
and the Guarantors provided herein and the other Loan Documents shall survive
the full repayment of amounts due and the termination of the obligations of
the Lenders hereunder and thereunder to the extent provided herein and
therein. All statements contained in any certificate or other paper delivered
to the Agent or any Lender at any time by or on behalf of the Borrower or any
of the Guarantors pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby (other than third party reports, such as engineering
reports and environmental studies) shall constitute representations and
warranties by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors hereunder.
Section 18. GUARANTY.
Section 18.1. Guaranty. Subject to Section 18.7 below, each of the
Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each
Lender and the Agent the prompt payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full
when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by
acceleration or otherwise) (the "Guaranty"). The Guarantors additionally,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to each Lender and the Agent
the timely performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under the Loan
Documents. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection and is
a continuing guaranty and shall apply to Guaranteed Obligations whenever
arising.
Section 18.2. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the
Guarantors hereunder are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the
value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or
instrument referred to therein, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.
Each Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty may be enforced by the Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, without necessity at any time of resorting to or
exhausting any other security or collateral and without the necessity at any
time of having recourse to the Notes, any other of the Loan Documents or any
collateral, if any, hereafter securing the Guaranteed Obligations or
otherwise, and each Guarantor hereby waives the right to require the Lenders
to proceed against the Borrower or any other Person (including a co-guarantor)
or to require the Lenders to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other
right. Each Guarantor further agrees that it shall have no right of
subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or
any other Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations for amounts paid under this
Guaranty until such time as the Lenders have been paid in full, all
Commitments under this Agreement have been terminated, and no Person or
governmental authority shall have any right to request any return or
reimbursement of funds from the Lenders in connection with monies received
under the Loan Documents. Each Guarantor further agrees that nothing contained
herein shall prevent the the Agent or the Lenders from suing on the Notes or
any of the other Loan Documents or foreclosing their security interest in or
Lien on any collateral, if any, securing Guaranteed Obligations or from
exercising any other rights available to them under this Agreement, the Notes,
any other of the Loan Documents, or any other instrument of security, if any,
and the exercise of any of the aforesaid rights and the completion of any
foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of any Guarantor's
obligations hereunder; it being the purpose and intent of each Guarantor that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, independent and unconditional
under any and all circumstances. Neither any Guarantor's obligations under
this Guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired,
modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by an impairment,
modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of the Borrower
or by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Borrower. Each Guarantor
waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance of by,
the Agent or any Lender upon this Guaranty or acceptance of this Guaranty. The
Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have
been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived,
in reliance upon this Guaranty. All dealings between the Borrowers and any of
the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Agent and the Lenders, on the other
hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated
in reliance upon this Guaranty.
Section 18.3. Modifications. Each Guarantor agrees that (a) all or any
part of the security now or hereafter held for the Guaranteed Obligations, if
any, may be exchanged, compromised or surrendered from time to time; (b) the
Lenders shall not have any obligation to protect, perfect, secure or insure
any such security interests, Liens or encumbrances now or hereafter held, if
any, for the Guaranteed Obligations or the properties subject thereto; (c) the
time or place of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations may be changed or
extended, in whole or in part, to a time certain or otherwise, and may be
renewed or accelerated, in whole or in part; (d) the Borrower and any other
party liable for payment under the Loan Documents may be granted indulgences
generally; (e) any of the provisions of the Notes or any of the other Loan
Documents may be modified, amended or waived; (f) any party (including any
co-guarantor) liable for the payment thereof may be granted indulgences or be
released; and (g) any deposit balance for the credit of the Borrower or any
other party liable for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or liable
upon any security therefor may be released, in whole or in part, at, before or
after the stated, extended or accelerated maturity of the Guaranteed
Obligations, all without notice to or further assent by such Guarantor, which
shall remain bound thereon, notwithstanding any such exchange, compromise,
surrender, extension, renewal, acceleration, modification, indulgence or
release. Each Guarantor hereby appoints the Borrower as its agent to execute
and deliver any amendments to or modifications or waivers of the Loan
Documents, and the Agent and the Lenders may rely on such appointment until
such time as a Guarantor advises the Agent and the Lenders in writing that the
Borrower is no longer authorized to so act as its agent.
Section 18.4. Waiver of Rights. Each Guarantor expressly waives to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (a) notice of acceptance of this
Guaranty by the Lenders and of all extensions of credit to the Borrower by the
Lenders; (b) presentment and demand for payment or performance of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations; (c) protest and notice of dishonor or of default
(except as specifically required in this Agreement) with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations or with respect to any security therefor: (d) notice of
the Lenders obtaining, amending, substituting for, releasing, waiving or
modifying any security interest, Lien or encumbrance, if any, hereafter
securing the Guaranteed Obligations, or the Lenders' subordinating,
compromising, discharging or releasing such security interests, Liens or
encumbrances, if any; (e) all other notices to which such Guarantor might
otherwise be entitled; and (f) demand for payment under this Guaranty.
Section 18.5. Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Section 18 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any
reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in
bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it
will indemnify the Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs
and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees of counsel)
incurred by the Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending
against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference,
fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law.
Section 18.6. Remedies. The Guarantors agree that, as between the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand,
the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as
provided in Section 12 hereof (and shall be deemed to have become
automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 12
hereof) notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such declaration (or preventing such Guaranteed Obligations from becoming
automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the
event of such declaration (or such Guaranteed Obligations being deemed to have
become automatically due and payable), such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or
not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors.
Section 18.7. Limitation of Guaranty. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, to the
extent the obligations of any Guarantor shall be adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any
applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or
transfers), then the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall be limited
to the maximum amount that is permissible under applicable law (whether
federal or state and including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code).
Section 18.8. Release of Guaranty. Upon consummation of the sale,
conveyance, pledge or other transfer of all of the stock or other evidence of
beneficial or legal ownership, or a sale, mortgage or pledge of all or
substantially all of the assets, of any Guarantor other than the Company, so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Guaranty of such Guarantor, and all of its obligations and liabilities
under the Loan Documents, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, released and
discharged, and upon the request of such released Guarantor, the Agent shall
acknowledge such release in writing.
Section 19. ASSIGNMENT; PARTICIPATIONS; ETC.
Section 19.1. Conditions to Assignment by Lenders. Except as provided
herein, each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a
portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment Percentage and Commitment and
the same portion of the Loans at the time owing to it, and the Notes held by
it); provided that (a) the Agent shall have given its prior written consent to
such assignment, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed,
except that such consent shall not be needed with respect to an assignment
from a Lender to either one of its Affiliated Lenders or to another Lender
hereunder, (b) each such assignment shall be of a portion (or which may be
all) of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
relating to a specified Commitment amount and Commitment Percentage, (c) each
assignment shall be in an amount of not less than $5,000,000 and in integral
multiples of $1,000,000, (d) each Lender either shall assign all of its
Commitment and cease to be a Lender hereunder or shall retain, free of any
such assignment, an amount of its Commitment of not less than $5,000,000, and
(e) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for
recording in the Register (as hereinafter defined), an Assignment and
Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto (an "Assignment and
Acceptance") , together with any Notes subject to such assignment. Upon such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective
date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall
be at least five (5) Business Days after the execution thereof, (i) the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in
such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent provided in such
assignment and upon payment to the Agent of the registration fee referred to
in Section 19.3, be released from its obligations under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Fleet National Bank, NA, agrees that at all
times during which it is the Agent hereunder, so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall not reduce its Commitment
to less than $40,000,000 (which number will be reduced in proportion to any
pro rata reduction in the Total Commitment pursuant to Section 2.2(c)).
Section 19.2. Certain Representations and Warranties; Limitations;
Covenants. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
parties to the assignment thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and
the other parties hereto as follows: (a) other than the representation and
warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being
assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the assigning Lender
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect
to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with
this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (b) the
assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any
other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the
Obligations, or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other
Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of any of the Obligations of
any of their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto; (c) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this
Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
referred to in Section 6.4 and Section 7.4 and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (d) such assignee will,
independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, the Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking
or not taking action under this Agreement, (e) such assignee represents and
warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee; (f) such assignee appoints and
authorizes the Agent to take such action as "Agent" on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (g) such assignee agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the
terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and
(h) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to
enter into such Assignment and Acceptance.
Section 19.3. Register. The Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance delivered to it and a register or similar list (the "Register")
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the
Commitment Percentages of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to the
Lenders from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in
the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder
for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Borrower and the Lenders at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice. From and after the Effective Date,
upon each such recordation, the assigning Lender agrees to pay to the Agent a
registration fee in the sum of $3,000.00. The Agent may, without action by any
other party, amend Schedules 1 and 1.2 hereof to reflect the recording of any
such assignments and shall immediately forward a copy of any such amendment to
Borrower.
Section 19.4. New Notes. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance
executed by the parties to such assignment, together with each Note subject to
such assignment, the Agent shall (a) record the information contained therein
in the Register, and (b) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders (other than the assigning Lender). Within five (5) Business Days after
receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and
deliver to the Agent, in exchange for each surrendered Note, a new Note to the
order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to the amount assumed by
such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the
assigning Lender has retained some portion of its Loans hereunder, a new Note
to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained
by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall provide that they are replacements for
the surrendered Notes and that they do not constitute a novation, shall be in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned
Notes. Within five (5) days of issuance of any new Notes pursuant to this
Section 19.4, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel, addressed to
the Lenders and the Agent, relating to the due authorization, execution and
delivery of such new Notes and the legality, validity and binding effect
thereof, and that the Obligations evidenced by the new Notes have the same
validity and enforceability as if given on the Effective Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders who are the holders of such
new Notes. The surrendered Notes shall be held by the Agent in escrow and
shall be deemed cancelled and returned to the Borrower simultaneously upon the
issuance and receipt by the Agent of, and in exchange for, the New Notes.
Section 19.5. Participations. Each Lender may sell participations to one
or more banks or other entities of all or a portion of such Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided
that (a) the Agent shall have given its prior written consent to such
participation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed,
except that any Lender may sell participations to its Affiliated Lenders
without such consent, (b) each such participation, other than participations
to its Affiliated Lenders or to another Lender hereunder, shall be in an
amount of not less than $5,000,000, (c) any such sale or participation shall
not affect the rights and duties of the selling Lender hereunder to the
Borrower and the Lender shall continue to exercise all approvals, disapprovals
and other functions of a Lender, (d) the only rights granted to the
participant pursuant to such participation arrangements with respect to
waivers, amendments or modifications of the Loan Documents shall be the rights
to approve the vote of the Lender as to waivers, amendments or modifications
that would reduce the principal of or the interest rate on any Loans, extend
the term or increase the amount of the Commitment of such Lender as it relates
to such participant, reduce the amount of any fees to which such participant
is entitled or extend any regularly scheduled payment date for principal or
interest, and (e) no participant which is not a Lender hereunder shall have
the right to grant further participations or assign its rights, obligations or
interests under such participation to other Persons without the prior written
consent of the Agent. The Agent shall promptly advise the Borrower in writing
of any such sale or participation.
Section 19.6. Pledge by Lender. Any Lender may at any time pledge all or
any portion of its interest and rights under this Agreement (including all or
any portion of its Note) to any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized
under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341. No such
pledge or the enforcement thereof shall release the pledgor Lender from its
obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents.
Section 19.7. No Assignment by Borrower. Neither the Borrower nor any
Guarantor shall assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any
of the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each of the
Lenders, and any such attempted assignment shall be null and void.
Section 19.8. Disclosure. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors agrees
that in addition to disclosures made in accordance with standard banking
practices any Lender may disclose information obtained by such Lender pursuant
to this Agreement to assignees or participants and potential assignees or
participants hereunder.
Section 20. NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, all notices and other communications made or required to be given
pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be in writing and shall be
delivered in hand, mailed by United States registered or certified first class
mail, postage prepaid, sent by overnight courier, or sent by telegraph,
telecopy, telefax or telex and confirmed by delivery via courier or postal
service, addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Borrower, the Company or any of the Guarantors, at SL
Green Operating Partnership, L.P., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
10170 (telecopy number 212-216-1785), Attention: Chief Financial Officer and
General Counsel, with a copy to Robert Ivanhoe, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, 200
Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 (telecopy number 212-801-6400), or at
such other address for notice as the Borrower shall last have furnished in
writing to the Agent; and
(b) if to the Agent, at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02110, Attention: Structured Real Estate, or such other address for notice as
the Agent shall last have furnished in writing to the Borrower.
(c) if to any Lender, at such Lender's address set forth on Schedule
1, hereto, or such other address for notice as such Lender shall have last
furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice.
Any such notice or demand shall be deemed to have been duly given or made
and to have become effective (i) if delivered by hand, overnight courier or
facsimile to a responsible officer of the party to which it is directed, at
the time of the receipt thereof by such officer or the sending of such
facsimile and (ii) if sent by registered or certified first-class mail,
postage prepaid, on the third Business Day following the mailing thereof.
Section 21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE. THIS
AGREEMENT AND EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THEREIN, ARE CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE
AGENT AND THE LENDERS AGREES THAT ANY SUIT BY IT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN
AND BORROWER CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT FOR ANY
SUIT BY AGENT OR ANY LENDER AND THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING
MADE UPON THE BORROWER BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 20. EACH OF
THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY WAIVE ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR
ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT. IN
ADDITION TO THE COURTS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY
FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY BRING ACTION(S) FOR
ENFORCEMENT ON A NONEXCLUSIVE BASIS WHERE ANY COLLATERAL EXISTS AND EACH OF
THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS CONSENTS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT AND THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY
SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 20.
Section 22. HEADINGS. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.
Section 23. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be
executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of
which together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it
shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such
counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
Section 24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Loan Documents and any other documents
executed in connection herewith or therewith express the entire understanding
of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither
this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated, except as provided in Section 26.
Section 25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS. EACH OF THE
BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO
A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS,
ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH
OF THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE ANY
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER
THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE
GUARANTORS (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE
AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE AGENT OR
SUCH LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO
WHICH THEY ARE PARTIES BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
CONTAINED HEREIN.
Section 26. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. Except as otherwise
specifically set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, any consent or
approval required or permitted by this Agreement may be given, and any term of
this Agreement or of any other instrument related hereto or mentioned herein
may be amended, and the performance or observance by the Borrower and the
Guarantors of any terms of this Agreement or such other instrument or the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally
or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with,
but only with, the written consent of the Majority Lenders, and, in the case
of amendments, with the written consent of the Borrower other than amendments
to schedules made in the ordinary course as contemplated by this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the rate of interest on, and the term or
amount of, the Notes or the date of any payment due hereunder or thereunder,
(ii) the amount of the Commitments of the Lenders (other than changes in
Commitments pursuant to Assignments under Section 19 or pursuant to changes in
the Total Commitment under Section 2.2), (iii) the amount of any fee payable
to a Lender hereunder, (iv) any provision herein or in any of the Loan
Documents which expressly requires consent of all the Lenders (including this
Section 26), (v) the funding provisions of Section 2.5 and Section 2.7 hereof,
(vi) the rights, duties and obligations of the Agent specified in Section 14
hereof, and (vii) the definitions of Majority Lenders or Requisite Lenders,
may not be amended or compliance therewith waived without the written consent
of each Lender affected thereby, nor may the Agent release the Borrower or any
Guarantor from its liability with respect to the Obligations (other than
pursuant to Section 18.8), without first obtaining the written consent of all
the Lenders. Unless otherwise directed by the Agent, any request for amendment
or waiver shall be made on no less than ten (10) Business Days notice to the
Lenders. Unless otherwise directed by the Agent, the failure of a Lender to
respond to a request for waiver or amendment shall be deemed to constitute
such Lender's consent to such waiver or amendment requested (unless such
waiver or amendment requires the consent of all Lenders). No waiver shall
extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right
consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of
the Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver
thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon the
Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.
Section 27. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are severable,
and if any one clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or
unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or
unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof,
in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or
provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this
Agreement in any jurisdiction.
Section 28. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors
hereby acknowledges that: (i) neither the Agent nor any Lender has any
fiduciary relationship with, or fiduciary duty to, the Borrower and the
Guarantors arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents; (ii) the relationship in connection herewith between the
Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower and each Guarantor,
on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and creditor and (iii) no joint
venture or partnership among any of the parties hereto is created hereby or by
the other Loan Documents, or otherwise exists by virtue of the Facility or the
Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as
a sealed instrument as of the date first set forth above.
BORROWER:
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP., its general
partner
By:__________________________________
Name: David J. Nettina
Title:
GUARANTOR:
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
By:______________________________________
Name: David J. Nettina
Title:
GUARANTOR:
NEW GREEN 1140 REALTY LLC
By: SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP,
L.P., its manager,
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP., its general
partner
By:_____________________________________
Name: David J. Nettina
Title:
GUARANTOR:
SLG BATTERY LLC
By: SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP,
L.P., its manager,
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP., its general
partner
By:________________________________
Name: David J. Nettina
Title:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, NA
As Administrative Agent
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, NA
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
CITICORP REAL ESTATE, INC.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
NEW YORK BRANCH
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By:__________________________________________
Name: Maria D. Kastanis
Title: Vice President
LENDER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:__________________________________________
Name: Kimberly A. Dail
Title: Vice President
LENDER:
BANK LEUMI USA
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDER:
KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE 1
Lenders; Domestic and LIBOR Lending Offices
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, NA
100 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Structured Real Estate
Fax: (617) 434-1941
Tel: (617) 434-0645
CITICORP REAL ESTATE, INC.
599 Lexington Avenue
25th Floor
New York, New York 10043
Attn: David Bouton
Fax: (212) 723-8380
Tel: (212) 723-5884
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
130 Liberty Street
25th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attn: Bruce P. Habig
Fax: (212) 669-0764
Tel: (212) 250-4469
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
NEW YORK BRANCH
2 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1050
Attn: Diane Morgenegg/AT
Fax: (212) 266-7772
Tel: (212) 266-7562
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
One Wall Street
21st Floor
New York, New York 10286
Attn: Maria D. Kastanis, Vice President
Fax: (212) 809-7519
Tel: (212) 635-7519
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2020 K Street, N.W.
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20006
Attn: Sherry J. Oller, Vice President (Credit Contact)
Fax: (202) 296-6036
Tel: (202) 261-4648
2120 East Park Place, St. 100
El Segundo, CA 90245
Attn: Vince Avelar (Payments)
Fax: (310) 615-1014
Tel: (310) 335-9409
Attn: Susie Figueroa (Funding)
Fax: (310) 615-1014
Tel: (310) 335-9416
Attn: Carolyn Thompson (Rate Options)
Fax: (310) 615-1014
Tel: (310) 335-9401
BANK LEUMI USA
562 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Frederick Wilhelm, Vice President
Fax: (212) 626-1239
Tel: (212) 626-1240
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2 Tower Center Boulevard
East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816
Attn: Thomas Nastarowicz, Vice President
Fax: (732) 220-3744
Tel: (732) 220-3542
KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1114 Avenue of the Americas
37th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Kenneth McIntyre
Fax: (646) 562-7610
Tel: (646) 562-7606
SCHEDULE 1.2
Commitments and Commitment Percentages
Commitment
Financial Institution Commitment Percentage
Fleet National Bank, NA $40,000,000 16.0%
Citicorp Real Estate, Inc. $32,500,000 13.0%
Bankers Trust Company $32,500,000 13.0%
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, $32,500,000 13.0%
New York Branch
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association $32,500,000 13.0%
The Bank of New York $30,000,000 12.0%
PNC Bank, National Association $20,000,000 8.0%
Key Bank National Association $20,000,000 8.0%
Bank Leumi USA $10,000,000 4.0%
SCHEDULE 1.1
Unencumbered Assets
ASSET OWNERSHIP
1. 1372 Broadway, New York, New York Borrower
2. 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New Green 1140 Realty LLC
New York (leasehold).
3. 1466 Broadway, New York, New York Borrower
4. 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York Borrower
5. Condominium Units known as the Annex Borrower
Unit, New Commercial Unit A, New
Commercial Unit B, and Bank Unit,
as set forth in the Declaration of
Condominium and By-Laws of the
Home Savings of America New York
Headquarters Condominium, and
located in the building known as
110 East 42nd Street, New York,
New York
6. Condominium Unit # 2 and #3, as set SLG 17 Battery LLC
forth in the Declaration of
Condominium and By-Laws, and located
in the building known as
17 Battery Place (South Building),
New York, New York
SCHEDULE 1.3
Related Companies, Guarantor Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Entities
A. Related Companies:
Entity % Owned by Borrower
1. SLG 1370 Acquisition LLC 100
2. SLG 1370 Option LLC 100
3. SL Green Funding LLC 100
4. Green 673 Realty LLC 100
5. New Green 50 W 23 Realty LLC 100
6. Green W. 57th St., LLC 100
7. Green 292 Madison LLC 100
8. Green 290 Madison LLC 100
9. Green 286 Madison LLC 100
10. Green 633 Manager LLC 100
11. Green 633 Property LLC 99.5
12. Green 1414 Manager LLC 100
13. Green 1414 Property LLC 99.5
14. Green 70W36 Manager LLC 100
15. Green 70W36 Property LLC 99.5
16. SLG Graybar Sublease Corp. 0
17. SLG Graybar Sublease LLC 99.9
18. SLG Graybar Mesne Lease Corp. 0
19. SLG Graybar Mesne Lease LLC 99.9
20. SLG Graybar Debt LLC 100
21. SL Green Management LLC 100
22. SLG 2 GCT LLC 100
23. SLG Warrant LLC 75
24. Green 711 Sublease Manager LLC 100
25. SLG 711 Third LLC 99.5
26. Green 711 Fee Manager LLC 100
27. SLG 711 Fee LLC 99.5
28. Green 711 Mortgage Manager LLC 100
29. Green 711 LM LLC 99.5
30. Green 1412 Broadway LLC 100
31. SLG IRP Realty LLC 100
32. SLG Shelton Realty LLC 100
33. New Green 1140 Realty LLC 100
34. SLG 17 Battery LLC 100
B. Unconsolidated Entities:
Entity % Owned by Borrower
1. SL Green Management Corp. 95
2. eEmerge, Inc. 89.5
3. SL Green 100 Park LLC 100
4. MSSG Realty Partners I, L.L.C. 52/35(1)
5. Green 1250 Broadway LLC 100
6. SLG Elevator Holdings LLC 75
C. Guarantor Subsidiaries:
Entity % Owned by Borrower
1. New Green 1140 Realty LLC 100
2. SLG 17 Battery LLC 100
3. SL Green Management LLC 100
4. SLG IRP Realty LLC 100
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1 52% membership interest/35% economic interest
SCHEDULE 6.3
Title To Properties
1. Bar Building located at 35 West 43rd Street and 36 West 44th Street, New
York, New York (This property has been sold since the Balance Sheet
Date).
2. 29 West 35th Street, New York, New York (This property has been sold
since the Balance Sheet Date).
3. 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York (Borrower owns 100% of SL Green 100
Park LLC which owns a 49.9% interest in SLG 100 Park LLC which holds fee
title to this property).
4. 1250 Broadway, New York, New York (Borrower owns 100% of Green 1250
Broadway LLC which owns a 49.9% interest in Carlyle/SL Green 1250
Broadway LLC which holds fee title to this property).
5. 90 Broad Street, New York, New York (The Borrower owns a 35% economic
interest, and a 52% membership interest, in MSSG Realty Partners I,
L.L.C. which owns 100% of Green 90 Broad LLC which holds fee title to
this property).
6. 321 West 44th Street, New York, New York (Borrower owns a 35% economic
interest, and a 52% membership interest, in MSSG Realty Partners I,
L.L.C. which owns 100% of Green 321W44 LLC which holds fee title to this
property).
7. 711 Third Avenue, New York, New York (Borrower owns 100% of SLG 711 Fee
LLC which holds fee title to this property as a tenant-in-common with an
entity unrelated to Borrower).
8. 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, Connecticut (Borrower owns 100% of SLG
Shelton Realty LLC which holds fee title to this property).
SCHEDULE 6.7
Litigation
NONE
SCHEDULE 6.15
Insider Transactions
Cleaning Services
First Quality Maintenance, L.P. ("First Quality") provides cleaning
and related services with respect to certain of the properties owned by
Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower. First Quality is owned by Gary Green, a
son of Stephen L. Green. First Quality also provides additional services
directly to tenants on a separately negotiated basis. The aggregate amount of
fees to First Quality for services provided (excluding services providing
directly to tenants) was approximately $325,000 in 1997, $1,056,000 in 1998
and $2,843,000 in 1999. In addition, the cleaning entity has the non-exclusive
opportunity to provide cleaning and related services to individual tenants at
properties owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower on a basis separately
negotiated with any tenant seeking such additional services. The cleaning
entity will provide such services to individual tenants pursuant to agreements
on customary terms (including at market rates). First Quality leases 3,740
square feet of space at 70 West 36th Street pursuant to a lease that expires
on December 31, 2005 and provides for annual rental payments of approximately
$68,660.
Security Services
Classic Security LLC ("Classic Security") provides security services
with respect to certain of properties owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary of
Borrower. Classic Security is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green.
The aggregate amount of fees for such services was approximately $143,000 in
1997, $566,000 in 1998 and $1,864,000 in 1999.
SCHEDULE 6.16
Employee Benefit Plans
1. The Company's 401(k) Plans(1)
2. The Company's Health Plan (Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield)
3. The Company's Dental Plan (MetLife)
4. The Company's Short Term Disability Insurance Plan (First Fortis)
5. The Health, Pension and Annuity Plans of Local 32B-J and of Local 94
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1 Employer contributions will commence as of July 1, 2000.
SCHEDULE 6.18
Environmental Matters
NONE
SCHEDULE 6.19
Subsidiaries and Affiliates
NONE
SCHEDULE 6.21
Building Structural Defects, Etc.
The Unencumbered Assets listed below are currently undergoing facade
maintenance and repairs in accordance with the laws of the City of New
York.
ASSET Initial Estimated Cost of
Work
(in $Millions)
1. 17 Battery, New York, New York 4.0
2. 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York 0.4
3. 1466 Broadway, New York, New York 1.1
4. 110 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 0.1
5. 1372 Broadway, New York, New York 0.3
SCHEDULE 6.22
Indebtedness
1. $11,800,000 loan from Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), as
lender, to SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., as borrower, in connection
with the property located at 470 Park Avenue South, New York, New York.
Maturity Date: April 1, 2004.
2. $5,050,513.95 loan from MSREF III Special Fund, L.P., MSP Real Estate
Fund, L.P., Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investors III, L.P., and MSP
Co-Investment Partnership, L.P., collectively, as lender, to SL Green
Operating Partnership, L.P., as borrower, in connection with certain
membership interests of the borrower in MSSG Realty Partners I, L.L.C.
Maturity Date: July 28, 2004.
3. $33,950,000 loan from CIBC, Inc., as lender, to Green 70W36 Property
LLC, Green 1414 Property LLC and Green 633 Property LLC, collectively, as
borrower, in connection with the properties located at 70 West 36th Street,
New York, New York, 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York and
certain condominium units located at 633 Third Avenue, New York, New York.
Maturity Date: May 1, 2009.
4. $29,974,999.50 loan from Mitsui Nevitt Capital Corporation, as lender,
to 673 First Realty Company, as borrower, in connection with the property
located at 673 First Avenue, New York, New York. Maturity Date: December 13,
2003.
5. $21,000,000 loan from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as lender, to New
Green 50 W 23 Realty LLC, as borrower, in connection with the property located
at 50 West 23rd Street, New York, New York. Maturity Date: August 1, 2007.
6. $49,225,000 loan from Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as
lender, to SLG 711 Fee LLC and SLG 711 Third LLC, collectively, as borrower,
in connection with the property located at 711 Third Avenue, New York, New
York. Maturity Date: September 10, 2005.
7. $65,000,000 loan from German American Capital Corporation, as lender,
to SLG Graybar Mesne Lease LLC and SLG Graybar Sublease LLC, collectively, as
borrower, in connection with certain leasehold interests in the property
located at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York. Maturity Date: May 21,
2001.
8. $52,000,000 loan from CIGNA, as lender, to Green 1412 Broadway LLC, as
borrower, in connection with the property located at 1412 Broadway, New York,
New York. Maturity Date: May 1, 2006.
9. $26,950,000 loan from Prudential Securities Credit Corp., as lender,
to Green 292 Madison, LLC, Green 290 Madison LLC and Green 286 Madison LLC,
collectively, as borrower, in connection with the properties located at 292
Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 290 Madison Avenue, New York, New York and
286 Madison Avenue, New York, New York. Maturity Date: May 31, 2001.
10. $50,000,000 secured line of credit from Prudential Securities Credit
Corp., as lender, to SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., as borrower.
Maturity Date: December 31, 2000.
11. $8,331,952 loan from Legg Mason Real Estate Services Incorporated, as
lender, to SLG Shelton Realty LLC, as borrower, in connection with the
property located at 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, Connecticut. Maturity
Date: June 1, 2005.
12. $70,000,000 loan from Bank of New York, as agent and lender, to Green
W. 57th St., LLC, as borrower, in connection with the property located at 555
West 57th Street, New York, New York. Maturity Date: November 1, 2004.
SCHEDULE 8.2(d)
Investments
1. Borrower's 89.6% equity interest in eEmerge, Inc.
2. Borrower's 100% interest in SLG IRP Realty LLC
3. Borrower's 100% equity interest SLG Warrant LLC
4. Borrower's 75% equity interest in SLG Elevator Holdings LLC
5. Borrower's 100% interest in SL Green Management LLC
6. Borrower's 95% equity interest in SL Green Management Corp.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
Lender: New York, New York
Commitment: $ __________________ June __, 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP,
L.P. a limited partnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to
pay, in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the Credit
Agreement (as hereinafter defined), to the order of the Lender stated above
(the "Lender") at the office of Fleet National Bank, N.A. located at 100
Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, in lawful money of the United
States of America and in immediately available funds, on the Maturity Date a
principal amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Commitment stated above and
(b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans from time to time
made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement as
hereinafter defined. The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money
at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time
outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.
The holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on the schedules
annexed hereto, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, the
date, type and amount of the Loans made by the Lender pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal
thereof, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion
thereof to another type and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the length of
each Interest Period with respect thereto. Each such endorsement shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed.
The failure to make any such endorsement shall not affect the obligation of
Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
This Note (a) is one of the Notes referred to in the Revolving Credit
and Guaranty Agreement dated as of June __, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the
Borrower, the Guarantors signatory thereto, the Lenders signatory thereto,
Fleet National Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Citicorp
Real Estate, Inc., as syndication agent for the Lenders, and Bankers Trust
Company, as documentation agent for the Lenders and is subject to the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and (b) is subject to optional and
mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided in the Credit Agreement.
Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default, all
amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to
be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.
All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note hereby
waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind, except
as otherwise expressly provided in the Credit Agreement.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
Its General Partner
By: ________________________
Name: ______________________
Title: _______________________
SCHEDULE 1
To REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
LOANS, CONVERSIONS AND PAYMENTS OF BASE RATE LOANS
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF LOAN REQUEST
____________ ___, 2000
Fleet National Bank, N.A.
100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention: [_______ _______]
Re: Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June __, 2000
(as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. as Borrower,
SL Green Realty Corp and certain of its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders signatory thereto, Fleet
National Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders,
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., as Syndication Agent for the Lenders,
and Bankers Trust Company, as Documentation Agent for the Lenders
Dear Sir or Madam:
Reference is made to the above-referenced Credit Agreement (capitalized
terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement). The Borrower hereby gives
irrevocable notice of its intention to borrow (the "Borrowing") the following
amounts under the Credit Agreement as set forth below:
1. The Borrowing Date of the proposed Borrowing is _______________, ____.
2. The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is $_______________.
3. The proposed Borrowing is to be comprised of $________________ of
[LIBOR Rate] [Base Rate] Loans.
4. The duration of the Interest Period for the Loan, if a LIBOR Rate
Loan, shall be [seven days or one, two or three months.]
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true
on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing,
before and after giving effect to the proposed Borrowing:
(a) except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent in writing, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement
and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects
as through made on and as of such date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties relate to a specific date, in which case they
are true and correct in all material respects as of such date);
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from such proposed Borrowing; and
(c) The proposed Borrowing will not cause the aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Obligations to exceed the Maximum Credit Amount.
The Borrower represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, that after
giving effect to the Borrowing requested above, all the requirements contained
in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP.,
Its General Partner
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
This COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE is delivered pursuant to that certain
Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2000 (as amended
or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among SL Green
Operating Partnership, L.P. as Borrower, SL Green Realty Corp and certain of
its subsidiaries signatory thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders signatory
thereto, Fleet National Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders,
Citicorp Real Estate, Inc., as syndication agent for the Lenders, and Bankers
Trust Company, as documentation agent for the Lenders. Capitalized terms not
defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit
Agreement.
1. The Company is the sole general partner of the Borrower.
2. The individual executing this Certificate is the duly qualified
___________________ of the Company and is executing this Certificate on behalf
of the Company and the Borrower, provided, however, that such individual shall
incur no personal liability by reason of the execution of this Certificate.
3. The undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and
has made a review of the transactions, financial condition and other affairs
of the Company, the Borrower, each Guarantor and each of their respective
Subsidiaries as of ________ __, 20__ and the undersigned has no knowledge of
the existence, as of the date hereof, of any condition or event which (i)
renders untrue or incorrect, in any material respect, any of the
representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement
(it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by
its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and
correct only as of such specified date), except as set forth in Schedule II
hereto or as otherwise disclosed to the Agent in writing, or (ii) constitutes
a Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement as of the date
hereof.
4. Schedule I attached hereto accurately and completely sets forth
the financial data, computations and other matters required to establish
compliance with the criteria set forth in the defined terms and the following
sections of the Credit Agreement:
(a) Value of All Unencumbered Assets (Section 9.1):
(b) Minimum Debt Service Coverage (Section 9.2):
(c) Total Debt to Total Assets (Section 9.3):
(d) Maximum Secured Indebtedness; Secured Recourse Indebtedness
(Section 9.4):
(e) Minimum Tangible Net Worth (Section 9.5)
(f) Unencumbered Asset Adjusted Net Operating Income to Assumed
Debt Service (Section 9.6)
(g) Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges (Section 9.7)
(h) Aggregate Occupancy Rate (Section 9.8)
(i) Distributions (Section 8.6)
(j) Interest Rate Protection (Section 7.18).
5. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
The Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns
may rely on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing in connection with the
extensions of credit to the Borrower and the Company pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance
Certificate on behalf of the Company and Borrower this __ day of _________,
2000.
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
By: _______________________
Name:
Title:
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.
By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST
No. (1) _______________, _____
Fleet National Bank, N.A.
100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention: [_______________]
[Name and address of Issuing Bank]
Re: Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June __, 2000
(as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. as Borrower,
SL Green Realty Corp and certain of its subsidiaries signatory
thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders signatory thereto, Fleet
National Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders,
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., as Syndication Agent for the Lenders,
and Bankers Trust Company, as Documentation Agent for the Lenders
Dear Sir or Madam:
Reference is made to the above-referenced Credit Agreement
(capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement).
The undersigned Borrower hereby requests that [name of Issuing Bank],
in its individual capacity, issue a standby Letter of Credit for the account
of the undersigned on _______________, _____ (the "Date of Issuance") in the
aggregate stated amount of $__________.
The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit will be
_______________ [name of beneficiary], and such Letter of Credit will be in
support of (2) and will have a stated expiration date of (3) .
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The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are
true on the date hereof, and will be true on the Date of Issuance, before and
after giving effect to the issuance of the Letter of Credit.
(a) except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent in writing, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement
and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects
as through made on and as of such date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties relate to a specific date, in which case they
are true and correct in all material respects as of such date);
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or would result from the issuance of the proposed Letter of
Credit; and
(c) The proposed Letter of Credit will not cause the aggregate
principal amount of all Outstanding Obligations to exceed the combined Maximum
Credit Amount.
The undersigned Borrower represents and warrants, as of the date
hereof, that after giving effect to the Letter of Credit requested above, all
the requirements contained in Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement are
satisfied.
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: SL Green Realty Corp.,
Its General Partner
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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(1) Letter of Credit Request Number
(2) Describe Indebtedness, if any, supported by Letter of Credit and describe
obligation to which it relates.
(3) Insert last date upon which drafts may be presented, which may not be
later than five days prior to the Maturity Date.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of June __, 2000 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. as Borrower,
SL Green Realty Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries signatory thereto, as
Guarantors, Fleet National Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent for the Lenders,
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., as syndication agent for the Lenders, and Bankers
Trust Company, as documentation agent for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to such terms by the Credit Agreement.
____________ (the "Assignor") and _____________ (the "Assignee")
hereby agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and delegates to
the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, without recourse to and without
representation or warranty by the Assignor except as otherwise specifically
set forth in Section 2 below, a $_________________(2) interest in and to all of
the Assignor's rights and obligations under and in respect of Assignor's
Commitment and Loans and its Note set forth on Schedule I hereto (the
"Assigned Loan") and related rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement
and other Loan Documents.
2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes
no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that it has not
created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and
that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (b) makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the
financial condition of Borrower or Guarantor or the performance or observance
by Borrower or Guarantor of their respective obligations under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (c) attaches the Note evidencing the
Assigned Loan and requests that the Administrative Agent exchange such Note
for [(i)]a new Note, dated ______________, _____, in the principal amount of
$____________ payable to the order of the Assignee[, and (ii) a new Note,
dated ____________ ________, in the principal amount of $_____________ payable
to the order of the Assignor].
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2 The minimum amount that may be assigned is equal to the lesser of (i)
$5,000,000 or (ii) the Commitment of the Assignor as determined in
accordance with the Credit Agreement.
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it
has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
financial statements referenced therein and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) acknowledges and
agrees that it has made and will make such inquiries and has taken and will
take such care on its own behalf as would have been the case had it made a
Loan directly to the Borrower without the intervention of the Assignor, the
Agent or any other Person; (d) acknowledges and agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations that, by the terms of any
Loan Document, are required to be performed by it as a Lender; (e) agrees that
it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Agent or
any other Person which is or has become a Lender and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Agreement; (f) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers under
the Credit Agreement as are incidental thereto; (g) agrees that it will be
bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance
with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement
are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its obligation
pursuant to the Credit Agreement to deliver the forms prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service of the United States certifying as to the Assignee's
exemption from United States withholding taxes with respect to all payments to
be made to the Assignee under the Credit Agreement, or such other documents as
are necessary to indicate that all such payments are subject to such tax at a
rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty; (h) confirms that the Assignee is an
"Eligible Assignee" under the terms of the Credit Agreement; (i) acknowledges
and agrees that neither the Assignor nor the Agent makes any representation or
warranty or assumes any responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the
authorization, execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of any Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant thereto; and (j) acknowledges and agrees that neither the
Assignor nor the Agent makes any representation or warranty or assumes any
responsibility with respect to the financial condition or creditworthiness of
the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person or the performance or
observance by the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person of any
obligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant thereto.
4. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be
______________ _______ (the "Effective Date").(3) Following the execution of
this Assignment and Acceptance by the Assignor and the Assignee, it will be
delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance by the Administrative
Agent[, and the Assignor or the Assignee shall pay to the Administrative Agent
a $3,000 registration fee]. Following such payment, and acceptance by the
Administrative Agent of this Assignment and Acceptance, a photostatic copy
hereof shall be delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Within
five (5) Business Days after the Borrower's receipt of such photostatic copy,
the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent the new
Note or Notes to be held in escrow by the Administrative Agent pending release
of the Note (in the appropriate outstanding principal amount) evidencing the
Assigned Loan to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall deliver the new
Note or Notes to the payee(s) thereof, shall mark the Note evidencing the
Assigned Loan as "replaced" and shall deliver the same to the Borrower.
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3 The requested effective date must be at least five Business Days after
the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance.
5. Upon such acceptance by the Administrative Agent, as of the
Effective Date,
(a) From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a
party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this
Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
thereunder and under the other Facility Documents and shall be bound by
the provisions thereof, and the Assignee, in addition to any rights,
benefits and obligations under the Loan Documents held by it immediately
prior to the Effective Date, shall have the rights, benefits and
obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents that have been assigned
to it (including, but not limited to, obligations to the Borrower under
the Loan Documents) pursuant to this Assignment and Acceptance. The
Assignee shall become a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and execution hereof shall be deemed to be
execution of the Credit Agreement; and
(b) The Assignor, to the extent provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance, shall relinquish its rights (except as provided in the Credit
Agreement) and benefits and be released from its obligations under the
Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an assignment covering all or the
remaining portion of the Assignor's rights, benefits and obligations
under the Loan Documents, the Assignor shall cease to be a Lender under
the Loan Documents, except as provided in the Credit Agreement).
6. Upon such acceptance by the Administrative Agent, from and after
the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make payments under the
Credit Agreement in respect of the Assigned Loan (including, without
limitation, all payments of principal, interest and fees with respect thereto)
to the Assignee, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Effective Date
or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee
agree that they shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the
Credit Agreement by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the
Effective Date directly between themselves.
7. The Assignor agrees to give written notice of this Assignment and
Acceptance to the Agent, each Lender and the Borrower, which written notice
shall include the addresses and related information with respect to the
Assignee.
8. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.
9. EACH OF THE ASSIGNOR AND THE ASSIGNEE HEREBY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW) THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT
WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE, ANY INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE, OR THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Assignment and
Acceptance to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By: _____________________________ By: ___________________________
Title: ____________________________ Title: __________________________
Accepted this ________ day of
_____________________,____________
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
By: __________________________
Title: ________________________