UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
ý QUARTERLY REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004
or
o TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to .
Commission File No. 1-13199
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland |
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13-3956775 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170
(Address of principal executive offices - zip code)
(212) 594-2700
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes ý No o
The number of shares outstanding of the registrants common stock, $0.01 par value was 38,619,044 at April 30, 2004.
SL GREEN REALTY CORP.
INDEX
2
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
SL Green Realty Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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|
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(Unaudited) |
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(Note 1) |
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Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial real estate properties, at cost: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Land and land interests |
|
$ |
168,660 |
|
$ |
168,032 |
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Building and improvements |
|
857,278 |
|
849,013 |
|
||
Building leasehold and improvements |
|
317,734 |
|
317,178 |
|
||
Property under capital lease |
|
12,208 |
|
12,208 |
|
||
|
|
1,355,880 |
|
1,346,431 |
|
||
Less: accumulated depreciation |
|
(165,333 |
) |
(156,768 |
) |
||
|
|
1,190,547 |
|
1,189,663 |
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
22,393 |
|
38,546 |
|
||
Restricted cash |
|
47,768 |
|
59,542 |
|
||
Tenant and other receivables, net of allowance of $7,660 and $7,533 in 2004 and 2003, respectively |
|
14,333 |
|
14,533 |
|
||
Related party receivables |
|
3,524 |
|
5,242 |
|
||
Deferred rents receivable, net of allowance of $7,270 and $7,017 in 2004 and 2003, respectively |
|
64,562 |
|
63,131 |
|
||
Structured finance investments, net of discount of none and $44 in 2004 and 2003, respectively |
|
276,538 |
|
218,989 |
|
||
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
600,002 |
|
590,064 |
|
||
Deferred costs, net |
|
44,379 |
|
39,277 |
|
||
Other assets |
|
31,837 |
|
42,854 |
|
||
Total assets |
|
$ |
2,295,883 |
|
$ |
2,261,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mortgage notes payable |
|
$ |
515,018 |
|
$ |
515,871 |
|
Revolving credit facilities |
|
178,000 |
|
236,000 |
|
||
Term loans |
|
367,410 |
|
367,578 |
|
||
Derivative instruments at fair value |
|
11,518 |
|
9,009 |
|
||
Accrued interest payable |
|
4,788 |
|
3,500 |
|
||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
46,953 |
|
43,835 |
|
||
Deferred revenue/gain |
|
8,623 |
|
8,526 |
|
||
Capitalized lease obligation |
|
16,247 |
|
16,168 |
|
||
Deferred land leases payable |
|
15,326 |
|
15,166 |
|
||
Dividend and distributions payable |
|
24,003 |
|
18,647 |
|
||
Security deposits |
|
22,776 |
|
21,968 |
|
||
Total liabilities |
|
1,210,662 |
|
1,256,268 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Minority interest in Operating Partnership |
|
52,263 |
|
54,281 |
|
||
Minority interest in partially-owned entities |
|
493 |
|
510 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Stockholders Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Series C preferred stock, $0.01 par value, $25.00 liquidation performance, 6,300 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively |
|
151,981 |
|
151,981 |
|
||
Common stock, $0.01 par value 100,000 shares authorized and 38,551 and 36,016 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively |
|
385 |
|
360 |
|
||
Additional paid-in-capital |
|
825,842 |
|
728,882 |
|
||
Deferred compensation plans |
|
(17,642 |
) |
(8,446 |
) |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(3,704 |
) |
(961 |
) |
||
Retained earnings |
|
75,603 |
|
78,966 |
|
||
Total stockholders equity |
|
1,032,465 |
|
950,782 |
|
||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
$ |
2,295,883 |
|
$ |
2,261,841 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
3
SL Green Realty Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited, and amounts in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Three
Months Ended |
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||||
|
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2004 |
|
2003 |
|
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Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
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Rental revenue, net |
|
$ |
61,511 |
|
$ |
51,559 |
|
Escalation and reimbursement |
|
9,790 |
|
8,178 |
|
||
Signage rent |
|
70 |
|
325 |
|
||
Investment income |
|
9,785 |
|
3,361 |
|
||
Preferred equity income |
|
4,044 |
|
1,556 |
|
||
Other income |
|
2,490 |
|
1,699 |
|
||
Total revenues |
|
87,690 |
|
66,678 |
|
||
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Operating expenses including $1,896 (2004), $1,385 (2003) to affiliates |
|
23,355 |
|
16,685 |
|
||
Real estate taxes |
|
12,341 |
|
9,629 |
|
||
Ground rent |
|
3,866 |
|
3,164 |
|
||
Interest |
|
14,830 |
|
9,651 |
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
13,048 |
|
10,590 |
|
||
Marketing, general and administrative |
|
10,903 |
|
3,186 |
|
||
Total expenses |
|
78,343 |
|
52,905 |
|
||
Income from continuing operations before equity in net loss from affiliates, equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures, minority interest, and discontinued operations |
|
9,347 |
|
13,773 |
|
||
Equity in net loss from affiliates |
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
||
Equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
10,551 |
|
4,176 |
|
||
Income from continuing operations before minority interest and discontinued operations |
|
19,898 |
|
17,852 |
|
||
Minority interest in partially-owned entities |
|
17 |
|
|
|
||
Minority interest in Operating Partnership attributable to continuing operations |
|
(960 |
) |
(1,062 |
) |
||
Income from continuing operations |
|
18,955 |
|
16,790 |
|
||
Net income from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
1,733 |
|
||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of minority interest |
|
|
|
17,824 |
|
||
Net income |
|
18,955 |
|
36,347 |
|
||
Preferred stock dividends |
|
(3,000 |
) |
(2,300 |
) |
||
Preferred stock accretion |
|
|
|
(131 |
) |
||
Net income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
15,955 |
|
$ |
33,916 |
|
Basic earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income from continuing operations before gain on sale and discontinued operations |
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
$ |
0.50 |
|
Net income from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
0.58 |
|
||
Net income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
$ |
1.11 |
|
Diluted earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income from continuing operations before gain on sale and discontinued operations |
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
$ |
0.49 |
|
Net income from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
0.50 |
|
||
Net income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
$ |
1.01 |
|
Dividends per share |
|
0.50 |
|
$ |
0.465 |
|
|
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding |
|
37,978 |
|
30,706 |
|
||
Diluted weighted average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding |
|
42,010 |
|
38,182 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
4
SL Green Realty Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders Equity
(Unaudited, and amounts in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Series C |
|
Common |
|
Additional |
|
Deferred |
|
Accumulated
Other |
|
Retained |
|
|
|
Comprehensive |
|
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|
|
Stock |
|
Shares |
|
Par Value |
|
In-Capital |
|
Plans |
|
Loss |
|
Earnings |
|
Total |
|
Income |
|
||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2003 |
|
$ |
151,981 |
|
36,016 |
|
$ |
360 |
|
$ |
728,882 |
|
$ |
(8,446 |
) |
$ |
(961 |
) |
$ |
78,966 |
|
$ |
950,782 |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,955 |
|
18,955 |
|
$ |
18,955 |
|
|||||||
Net unrealized loss on derivative instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,743 |
) |
|
|
(2,743 |
) |
(2,743 |
) |
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SL Greens share of joint venture net unrealized gain on derivative instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
133 |
|
||||||||
Preferred dividends |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,000 |
) |
(3,000 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
Redemption of units and DRIP proceeds |
|
|
|
109 |
|
1 |
|
1,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,928 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Deferred compensation plan & stock award, net |
|
|
|
347 |
|
3 |
|
14,093 |
|
(14,096 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Amortization of deferred compensation plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,900 |
|
|
|
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Net proceeds from common stock offering |
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
18 |
|
73,617 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,635 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Proceeds from stock options exercised |
|
|
|
279 |
|
3 |
|
7,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,099 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation - fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
227 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
227 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Cash distributions declared ($0.50 per common share of which none represented a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19,318 |
) |
(19,318 |
) |
|
|
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Balance at March 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
151,981 |
|
38,551 |
|
$ |
385 |
|
$ |
825,842 |
|
$ |
(17,642 |
) |
$ |
(3,704 |
) |
$ |
75,603 |
|
$ |
1,032,465 |
|
$ |
16,345 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
5
SL Green Realty Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited, and amounts in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
||||
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income |
|
$ |
18,955 |
|
$ |
36,347 |
|
Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Non-cash adjustments related to income from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
1,776 |
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
13,048 |
|
10,590 |
|
||
Amortization of discount on structured finance investments |
|
(44 |
) |
(40 |
) |
||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
(17,824 |
) |
||
Equity in net loss from affiliates |
|
|
|
97 |
|
||
Equity in net income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
(10,551 |
) |
(4,176 |
) |
||
Minority interest |
|
943 |
|
1,062 |
|
||
Deferred rents receivable |
|
(1,431 |
) |
(2,227 |
) |
||
Allowance for bad debts |
|
127 |
|
163 |
|
||
Amortization of deferred compensation |
|
4,900 |
|
616 |
|
||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Restricted cash operations |
|
1,332 |
|
(3,140 |
) |
||
Tenant and other receivables |
|
73 |
|
(2,497 |
) |
||
Related party receivables |
|
(1,423 |
) |
(345 |
) |
||
Deferred lease costs |
|
(5,707 |
) |
(1,891 |
) |
||
Other assets |
|
10,621 |
|
9,276 |
|
||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
(570 |
) |
(4,529 |
) |
||
Deferred revenue |
|
256 |
|
1,567 |
|
||
Deferred land lease payable |
|
160 |
|
160 |
|
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
30,689 |
|
24,985 |
|
||
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Acquisitions of real estate property |
|
|
|
(18,999 |
) |
||
Additions to land, buildings and improvements |
|
(2,434 |
) |
(4,089 |
) |
||
Restricted cash capital improvements/acquisitions |
|
10,442 |
|
(26,813 |
) |
||
Investment in and advances to affiliates |
|
|
|
149 |
|
||
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
(8,873 |
) |
|
|
||
Distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
9,485 |
|
5,566 |
|
||
Net proceeds from disposition of rental property |
|
|
|
62,478 |
|
||
Structured finance investments net of repayments/participations |
|
(57,505 |
) |
(22,316 |
) |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(48,885 |
) |
(4,024 |
) |
||
Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Proceeds from mortgage notes payable |
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
||
Repayments of mortgage notes payable |
|
(853 |
) |
(50,255 |
) |
||
Proceeds from revolving credit facilities and term loans |
|
34,000 |
|
106,000 |
|
||
Repayments of revolving credit facilities and term loans |
|
(92,168 |
) |
(129,000 |
) |
||
Proceeds from stock options exercised |
|
7,099 |
|
3,585 |
|
||
Net proceeds from sale of common stock |
|
73,635 |
|
|
|
||
Capitalized lease obligation |
|
79 |
|
75 |
|
||
Dividends and distributions paid |
|
(18,028 |
) |
(17,404 |
) |
||
Deferred loan costs |
|
(1,721 |
) |
(2,363 |
) |
||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
2,043 |
|
(54,362 |
) |
||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(16,153 |
) |
(33,401 |
) |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
38,546 |
|
58,020 |
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
22,393 |
|
$ |
24,619 |
|
Supplemental cash flow disclosures |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Interest paid |
|
$ |
13,701 |
|
$ |
8,541 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
6
SL Green Realty Corp.
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited, and dollars in thousands, except per share data)
March 31, 2004
1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
SL Green Realty Corp., also referred to as the Company or SL Green, a Maryland corporation, and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., or the Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, were formed in June 1997 for the purpose of combining the commercial real estate business of S.L. Green Properties, Inc. and its affiliated partnerships and entities. The Operating Partnership received a contribution of interest in the real estate properties, as well as 95% of the economic interest in the management, leasing and construction companies which are referred to as the Service Corporation. The Company has qualified, and expects to qualify in the current fiscal year, as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and operates as a self-administered, self-managed REIT. A REIT is a legal entity that holds real estate interests and, through payments of dividends to shareholders, is permitted to reduce or avoid the payment of Federal income taxes at the corporate level.
Substantially all of the Companys assets are held by, and its operations are conducted through, the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole managing general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of March 31, 2004, minority investors held, in the aggregate, a 5.5% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.
As of March 31, 2004, the Companys wholly-owned portfolio consisted of 20 commercial properties encompassing approximately 8.2 million rentable square feet located primarily in midtown Manhattan, or Manhattan, a borough of New York City. As of March 31, 2004, the weighted average occupancy (total leased square feet divided by total available square feet) of the wholly-owned properties was 96.8%. The Companys portfolio also includes ownership interests in unconsolidated joint ventures, which own seven commercial properties in Manhattan, encompassing approximately 7.3 million rentable square feet, and which had a weighted average occupancy of 95.7% as of March 31, 2004. In addition, the Company manages three office properties owned by third parties and affiliated companies encompassing approximately 1.0 million rentable square feet.
Partnership Agreement
In accordance with the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, or the Operating Partnership Agreement, all allocations of distributions and profits and losses are made in proportion to the percentage ownership interests of the respective partners. As the managing general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Company is required to take such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole discretion, to cause the Operating Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the payment of sufficient dividends by the Company to avoid any Federal income or excise tax at the Company level. Under the Operating Partnership Agreement each limited partner will have the right to redeem units of limited partnership interest for cash, or if the Company so elects, shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. In addition, the Company is prohibited from selling 673 First Avenue and 470 Park Avenue South through August 2009.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. The 2004 operating results for the period presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2004. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
7
The balance sheet at December 31, 2003 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, which are wholly-owned or controlled by the Company or entities which are variable interest entities in which the Company is the primary beneficiary under the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Interpretation No. 46, or FIN 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities - an Interpretation of ARB No. 51 (see Note 5 and Note 6). Entities which are not controlled by the Company and entities which are variable interest entities, but where the Company is not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for under the equity method. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Investment in Commercial Real Estate Properties
Rental properties are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Costs directly related to the acquisition and redevelopment of rental properties are capitalized. Ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred; major replacements and betterments, which improve or extend the life of the asset, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, a property to be disposed of is reported at the lower of its carrying amount or its estimated fair value, less its cost to sell. Once an asset is held for sale, depreciation expense and straight-line rent adjustments are no longer recorded and the historic results are reclassified as discontinued operations (see Note 4).
Properties are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful lives are as follows:
Category |
|
Term |
Building (fee ownership) |
|
40 years |
Building improvements |
|
shorter of remaining life of the building or useful life |
Building (leasehold interest) |
|
lesser of 40 years or remaining term of the lease |
Property under capital lease |
|
remaining lease term |
Furniture and fixtures |
|
four to seven years |
Tenant improvements |
|
shorter of remaining term of the lease or useful life |
Depreciation expense (including amortization of the capital lease asset) amounted to $10,763, and $8,116 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
On a periodic basis, management assesses whether there are any indicators that the value of the Companys real estate properties may be impaired. A propertys value is considered impaired if managements estimate of the aggregate future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by the property are less than the carrying value of the property. To the extent impairment has occurred, the loss shall be measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the property over the fair value of the property. Management does not believe that the value of any of its rental properties was impaired at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
Results of operations of properties acquired are included in the Statement of Operations from the date of acquisition.
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In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, or SFAS 141, Business Combinations, the Company allocates the purchase price of real estate to land and building and, if determined to be material, intangibles, such as the value of above, below and at-market leases and origination costs associated with the in-place leases. The Company depreciates the amount allocated to building and other intangible assets over their estimated useful lives, which generally range from three to 40 years. The values of the above and below market leases are amortized and recorded as either an increase (in the case of below market leases) or a decrease (in the case of above market leases) to rental income over the remaining term of the associated lease. The value associated with in-place leases and tenant relationships are amortized over the expected term of the relationship, which includes an estimated probability of the lease renewal, and its estimated term. If a tenant vacates its space prior to the contractual termination of the lease and no rental payments are being made on the lease, any unamortized balance of the related intangible will be written off. The tenant improvements and origination costs are amortized as an expense over the remaining life of the lease (or charged against earnings if the lease is terminated prior to its contractual expiration date). The Company assesses fair value of the leases based on estimated cash flow projections that utilize appropriate discount and capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors including the historical operating results, known trends, and market/economic conditions that may affect the property.
As a result of its evaluation, under SFAS 141, of acquisitions made, the Company recorded a deferred asset of $2,995 representing the net value of acquired above and below market leases and assumed lease origination costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Company recognized a reduction in rental revenue of $58, for the amortization of above market leases and a reduction in lease origination costs, and additional building depreciation of $1, resulting from the reallocation of the purchase price of the applicable properties. The Company also recorded a deferred liability of $3,232 representing the value of a mortgage loan assumed at an above market interest rate. For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Company has recognized a $159 reduction in interest expense for the amortization of the above market mortgage.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated joint ventures under the equity method of accounting as the Company exercises significant influence, but does not control these entities and is not considered to be the primary beneficiary under FIN 46. In all the joint ventures, the rights of the minority investor are both protective as well as participating. These rights preclude the Company from consolidating these investments. These investments are recorded initially at cost, as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, and subsequently adjusted for equity in net income (loss) and cash contributions and distributions. Any difference between the carrying amount of these investments on the balance sheet of the Company and the underlying equity in net assets is amortized as an adjustment to equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures over the lesser of the joint venture term or 40 years. See Note 6. None of the joint venture debt is recourse to the Company.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash primarily consists of security deposits held on behalf of tenants as well as capital improvement and real estate tax escrows.
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Deferred Lease Costs
Deferred lease costs consist of fees and direct costs incurred to initiate and renew operating leases and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related lease term. Certain of the employees of the Company provide leasing services to the wholly-owned properties. A portion of their compensation, approximating $422 and $403 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, was capitalized and is amortized over an estimated average lease term of seven years.
Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal and other third party costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing which result in a closing of such financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective agreements. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions which do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close.
Revenue Recognition
Rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases are included in deferred rents receivable on the accompanying balance sheets. The Company establishes, on a current basis, an allowance for future potential tenant credit losses which may occur against this account. The balance reflected on the balance sheet is net of such allowance.
The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its tenants to make required rent payments. If the financial condition of a specific tenant were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.
Interest income on structured finance investments is recognized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method and recognized on the accrual basis. Fees received in connection with loan commitments are deferred until the loan is funded and are then recognized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to yield. Anticipated exit fees, whose collection is expected, are also recognized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to yield. Fees on commitments that expire unused are recognized at expiration.
Income recognition is generally suspended for structured finance investments at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90 days past due or when, in the opinion of management, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. Income recognition is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed.
Asset management fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the asset management agreement.
Reserve for Possible Credit Losses
The expense for possible credit losses in connection with structured finance investments is the charge to earnings to increase the allowance for possible credit losses to the level that management estimates to be adequate considering delinquencies, loss experience and collateral quality. Other factors considered relate to geographic trends and product diversification, the size of the portfolio and current economic conditions. Based upon these factors, the Company establishes the provision for possible credit losses by category of asset. When it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts contractually due, the account is considered impaired.
Where impairment is indicated, a valuation write-down or write-off is measured based upon the excess of the recorded investment amount over the net fair value of the collateral, as reduced by selling costs. Any deficiency between the carrying amount of an asset and the net sales price of repossessed collateral is charged to the allowance for credit losses. No reserve for impairment was required at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
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Rent Expense
Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. The excess of the rent expense recognized over the amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying lease is included in the deferred land lease payable in the accompanying balance sheets.
Income Taxes
The Company is taxed as a REIT under Section 856(c) of the Code. As a REIT, the Company generally is not subject to Federal income tax. To maintain its qualification as a REIT, the Company must distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders and meet certain other requirements. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will be subject to Federal income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate rates. The Company may also be subject to certain state, local and franchise taxes. Under certain circumstances, Federal income and excise taxes may be due on its undistributed taxable income.
Pursuant to amendments to the Code that became effective January 1, 2001, the Company has elected or may elect to treat certain of its existing or newly created corporate subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRS. In general, a TRS of the Company may perform non-customary services for tenants of the Company, hold assets that the Company cannot hold directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate related business. A TRS is subject to corporate Federal income tax.
Underwriting Commissions and Costs
Underwriting commissions and costs incurred in connection with the Companys stock offerings are reflected as a reduction of additional paid-in-capital.
Stock Based Employee Compensation Plans
The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan, described more fully in Note 15. Prior to 2003, the Company accounted for this plan under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, or APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations. No stock-based employee compensation cost was reflected in net income prior to January 1, 2003, as all awards granted under those plans had an intrinsic value of zero on the date of grant. Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, or SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Under the prospective method of adoption selected by the Company under the provisions of FASB Statement No. 148, or SFAS 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation Transition and Disclosure, the recognition provisions will be applied to all employee awards granted, modified, or settled after January 1, 2003.
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The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Companys plans have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in managements opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.
Compensation cost for stock options, if any, is recognized ratably over the vesting period of the award. The Companys policy is to grant options with an exercise price equal to the quoted closing market price of the Companys stock on the business day preceding the grant date. Awards of stock, restricted stock or employee loans to purchase stock, which may be forgiven over a period of time, are expensed as compensation on a current basis over the benefit period.
The fair value of each stock option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for grants in 2004 and 2003.
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Dividend yield |
|
5.00 |
% |
5.00 |
% |
Expected life of option |
|
5 years |
|
5 years |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
4.00 |
% |
4.00 |
% |
Expected stock price volatility |
|
14.40 |
% |
17.91 |
% |
The following table illustrates the effect of net income available to common shareholders and earnings per share if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, assuming all stock options had been granted under APB 25.
|
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
||||
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Net income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
15,955 |
|
$ |
33,916 |
|
Deduct stock option expense-all awards |
|
(511 |
) |
(354 |
) |
||
Add back stock option expense included in net income |
|
65 |
|
3 |
|
||
Allocation of compensation expense to minority interest |
|
29 |
|
25 |
|
||
Pro forma net income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
15,538 |
|
$ |
33,590 |
|
Basic earnings per common share-historical |
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
$ |
1.11 |
|
Basic earnings per common share-pro forma |
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
$ |
1.10 |
|
Diluted earnings per common share-historical |
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
$ |
1.01 |
|
Diluted earnings per common share-pro forma |
|
$ |
0.39 |
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
The effects of applying SFAS 123 in this pro forma disclosure are not indicative of the impact future awards may have on the result of operations.
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Derivative Instruments
In the normal course of business, the Company uses a variety of derivative instruments to manage, or hedge, interest rate risk. The Company requires that hedging derivative instruments are effective in reducing the interest rate risk exposure that they are designated to hedge. This effectiveness is essential for qualifying for hedge accounting. Some derivative instruments are associated with an anticipated transaction. In those cases, hedge effectiveness criteria also require that it be probable that the underlying transaction occurs. Instruments that meet these hedging criteria are formally designated as hedges at the inception of the derivative contract.
To determine the fair values of derivative instruments, the Company uses a variety of methods and assumptions that are based on market conditions and risks existing at each balance sheet date. For the majority of financial instruments including most derivatives, long-term investments and long-term debt, standard market conventions and techniques such as discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models, replacement cost, and termination cost are used to determine fair value. All methods of assessing fair value result in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized.
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to the effect of interest rate changes and limits these risks by following established risk management policies and procedures including the use of derivatives. To address exposure to interest rates, derivatives are used primarily to fix the rate on debt based on floating-rate indices and manage the cost of borrowing obligations.
The Company uses a variety of commonly used derivative products that are considered plain vanilla derivatives. These derivatives typically include interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors. The Company expressly prohibits the use of unconventional derivative instruments and using derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Further, the Company has a policy of only entering into contracts with major financial institutions based upon their credit ratings and other factors.
The Company may employ swaps, forwards or purchased options to hedge qualifying forecasted transactions. Gains and losses related to these transactions are deferred and recognized in net income as interest expense in the same period or periods that the underlying transaction occurs, expires or is otherwise terminated.
Hedges that are reported at fair value and presented on the balance sheet could be characterized as either cash flow hedges or fair value hedges. Interest rate caps and collars are examples of cash flow hedges. Cash flow hedges address the risk associated with future cash flows of debt transactions. All hedges held by the Company are deemed to be fully effective in meeting the hedging objectives established by the corporate policy governing interest rate risk management and as such no net gains or losses were reported in earnings. The changes in fair value of hedge instruments are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss, resulting from the change in the estimated fair value of the derivative instruments, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change.
Earnings Per Share
The Company presents both basic and diluted earnings per share, or EPS. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock, where such exercise or conversion would result in a lower EPS amount. This also includes units of limited partnership interest.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash investments, structured finance investments and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash investments in excess of insured amounts with high quality financial institutions. The collateral securing the mortgage loans receivable is primarily located in Manhattan (see Note 5). Management of the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its tenants and requires certain tenants to provide security deposits or letters of credit. Though these security deposits and letters of credit are insufficient to meet the terminal value of a tenants lease obligation, they are a measure of good faith and a source of funds to offset the economic costs associated with lost rent and the costs associated with re-tenanting the space. Although the properties are primarily located in Manhattan, the tenants located in these buildings operate in various industries and no single tenant in the wholly-owned properties contributes more than 3.1% of the Companys share of annualized rent. Approximately 18% and 13% of the Companys annualized rent was attributable to 420 Lexington Avenue and 220 East 42nd Street, for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. One borrower accounted for more than 10.0% of the revenue earned on structured finance investments at March 31, 2004.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2003, FASB issued FIN 46. FIN 46 clarifies the application of existing accounting pronouncements to certain entities in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. In December 2003, the FASB issued a revision of FIN 46, Interpretation No. 46R, to clarify the provisions of FIN 46. The application of Interpretation 46R is required in financial statements of public entities for periods ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of this pronouncement effective July 1, 2003 for the Service Corporation had no impact on the Companys results of operations or cash flows, but resulted in a gross-up of assets and liabilities by $2,543 and $629, respectively. See Note 7. The adoption of this pronouncement effective January 1, 2004, for the structured financeportfolio and joint ventures had no impact on the Companys financial condition, results of operations or cash flows as none of these investments were determined to be variable interest entities. See Note 6.
Reclassification
Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.
3. Property Acquisitions
The Company did not acquired any wholly-owned properties during the three months ended March 31, 2004.
On February 13, 2003, the Company completed the acquisition of the 1.1 million square foot office property located at 220 East 42nd Street, Manhattan, known as The News Building, a property located in the Grand Central and United Nations marketplace, for a purchase price of approximately $265,000. Prior to the acquisition, the Company held a $53,500 preferred equity investment in the property that was redeemed in full at closing. In connection with the redemption, the Company earned a redemption premium totaling $4,380, which was accounted for as a reduction in the cost basis, resulting in an adjusted purchase price of $260,600. In connection with this acquisition, the Company assumed a $158,000 mortgage, which was due to mature in September 2004 and bore interest at LIBOR plus 1.76%, and issued approximately 376,000 units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership having an aggregate value of approximately $11,275. The remaining $42,200 of the purchase price was funded from proceeds from the sales of 50 West 23rd Street and 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, and borrowings under the Companys unsecured revolving credit facility, which included the repayment of a $28,500 mezzanine loan on the property. In December 2003, the Company refinanced the $158,000 mortgage with a new $210,000 10-year mortgage at an annual interest rate of 5.23% (see Note 9). The Company agreed that for a period of seven years after the acquisition, it would not take certain action that would adversely affect the tax positions of certain of the partners who received units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and who held interests in this property prior to the acquisition.
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On March 28, 2003, the Company acquired condominium interests in 125 Broad Street, Manhattan, encompassing approximately 525,000 square feet of office space for approximately $92,000. The Company assumed the $76,600 first mortgage currently encumbering this property. The mortgage matures in October 2007 and bears interest at 8.29%. In addition, the Company issued 51,667 units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership having an aggregate value of approximately $1,570. The balance of the purchase price was funded from proceeds from the sales of 50 West 23rd Street and 875 Bridgeport Avenue. This property is encumbered by a ground lease that the condominium can acquire in the future at a fixed price. The Company has exercised its option to acquire its portion of the underlying fee interest for $5,900. This transaction is expected to close the third quarter of 2004. The Company agreed that for a period of three years following the acquisition, it would not take certain action that would adversely affect the tax positions of certain of the partners who received units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and who held interests in this property prior to the acquisition.
On October 1, 2003, the Company acquired the long-term leasehold interest in 461 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, for $60,900, or $305 per square foot. The leasehold acquisition was funded, in part, with the proceeds from the sale of 1370 Broadway, Manhattan, which closed on July 31, 2003. As a 1031 tax-free exchange, the transaction enabled the Company to defer gains from the sale of 1370 Broadway and from the sale of 17 Battery Place South, Manhattan, which gain was initially re-invested in 1370 Broadway. The balance of the acquisition was funded using the Companys unsecured revolving credit facility.
Pro Forma
The following table summarizes, on an unaudited pro forma basis, the combined results of operations of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2003 as though the 2003 acquisitions of 220 East 42nd Street (February 2003) and 125 Broad Street (March 2003) and the $210,000 refinancing of 220 East 42nd Street (December 2003) and the equity investment in 1221 Avenue of the Americas (December 2003) (see Note 6) were completed on January 1, 2003 and the December 2003 Series C preferred stock and the January 2004 common stock were issued on that date. There were no wholly-owned property acquisitions during the quarter ended March 31, 2004.
|
|
2003 |
|
|
Pro forma revenues |
|
$ |
74,749 |
|
Pro forma net income |
|
$ |
35,294 |
|
Pro forma earnings per common share-basic |
|
$ |
1.11 |
|
Pro forma earnings per common share and common share equivalents-diluted |
|
$ |
1.09 |
|
Pro forma common shares-basic |
|
$ |
1.01 |
|
Pro forma common share and common share equivalents-diluted |
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
4. Property Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale
During the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Company did not dispose of any wholly-owed properties.
On March 26, 2003, the Company sold 50 West 23rd Street for $66,000. The Company acquired the building at the time of its initial public offering in August of 1997, at a purchase price of approximately $36,600. Since that time, the building was upgraded and repositioned enabling the Company to realize a gain of approximately $19,200. The proceeds of the sale were used to pay off an existing $21,000 first mortgage and substantially all of the balance was reinvested into the acquisitions of The News Building and 125 Broad Street to effectuate a partial 1031 tax-free exchange.
On May 21, 2003, the Company sold 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, or Shaws, for $16,177 and the buyer assumed the existing $14,814 first mortgage. The net proceeds were reinvested into the acquisitions of The News Building and 125 Broad Street to effectuate a partial 1031 tax-free exchange.
On July 31, 2003, the Company sold 1370 Broadway for $57,500 realizing a gain of approximately $4,037. The net proceeds were reinvested into the acquisition of 461 Fifth Avenue to effectuate a 1031 tax-free exchange.
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At March 31, 2003, discontinued operations included the results of operations of real estate assets sold or held for sale, namely, 50 West 23rd Street which was sold in March 2003, 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT which was sold in May 2003 and 1370 Broadway which was sold in July 2003. There were no assets held for sale as of March 31, 2004. The following table summarizes income from discontinued operations (net of minority interest) and the related realized gain on sale of discontinued operations (net of minority interest) for the three months ended March 31, 2003.
|
|
Three Months |
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
Rental revenue |
|
$ |
3,732 |
|
Escalation and reimbursement revenues |
|
595 |
|
|
Signage rent and other income |
|
7 |
|
|
Total revenues |
|
4,334 |
|
|
Operating expense |
|
741 |
|
|
Real estate taxes |
|
759 |
|
|
Interest |
|
653 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
319 |
|
|
Total expenses |
|
2,472 |
|
|
Income from discontinued operations |
|
1,862 |
|
|
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations |
|
19,152 |
|
|
Minority interest in operating partnership |
|
(1,457 |
) |
|
Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interest |
|
$ |
19,557 |
|
5. Structured Finance Investments
During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company originated $80,045 and $23,040 in structured finance and preferred equity investments (net of discount), respectively. There were also $22,496 and $54,183 in repayments and participations during those periods, respectively. At March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, all loans were performing in accordance with the terms of the loan agreements. All of the properties comprising the structured financial investments are located in the greater New York area.
As of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company held the following structured finance investments, excluding preferred equity investments:
Loan |
|
Weighted |
|
Gross |
|
Senior |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Initial |
|
||||
Mezzanine Loan (1) |
|
13.43 |
% |
$ |
25,000 |
|
$ |
110,000 |
|
$ |
25,000 |
|
$ |
24,957 |
|
April 2004 |
|
Mezzanine Loan |
|
12.43 |
% |
15,000 |
|
178,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
January 2005 |
|
||||
Mezzanine Loan (2) (3) |
|
10.79 |
% |
15,000 |
|
102,000 |
|
14,914 |
|
12,445 |
|
October 2013 |
|
||||
Mezzanine Loan (2) (4) |
|
6.09 |
% |
3,500 |
|
15,000 |
|
3,500 |
|
3,500 |
|
September 2021 |
|
||||
Mezzanine Loan (2) (4) |
|
12.51 |
% |
40,000 |
|
184,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
February 2014 |
|
||||
Junior Participation (5) |
|
12.08 |
% |
11,000 |
|
46,500 |
|
11,000 |
|
11,000 |
|
May 2005 |
|
||||
Junior Participation (5) |
|
8.47 |
% |
30,000 |
|
110,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 |
|
September 2005 |
|
||||
Junior Participation (5) |
|
12.72 |
% |
15,000 |
|
167,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
|
September 2005 |
|
||||
Junior Participation (2) |
|
11.33 |
% |
37,500 |
|
477,500 |
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
January 2014 |
|
||||
Junior Participation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500 |
|
December 2004 |
|
||||
Junior Participation (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,926 |
|
November 2004 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
$ |
192,000 |
|
$ |
1,390,000 |
|
$ |
191,914 |
|
$ |
127,328 |
|
|
|
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(1) On July 20, 2001, this loan was contributed to a joint venture with Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI). The Company retained a 50% interest in the loan. The original investment was $50,000. This investment was redeemed on April 9, 2004.
(2) This is a fixed rate loan.
(3) This is an amortizing loan.
(4) The maturity date may be accelerated to July 2006 upon the occurrence of certain events.
(5) These loans are subject to three one-year extension options from the initial maturity date.
(6) On April 12, 2002, this loan, with an original investment of $30,000, was contributed to a joint venture with PREI. The Company retained a 50% interest in the loan. This loan was redeemed in January 2004.
Preferred Equity Investments
Type |
|
Weighted |
|
Gross |
|
Senior |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Initial |
|
||||
Preferred equity (1) (2) |
|
10.06 |
% |
$ |
8,000 |
|
$ |
65,000 |
|
$ |
7,779 |
|
$ |
7,809 |
|
May 2006 |
|
Preferred equity |
|
13.92 |
% |
38,000 |
|
38,000 |
|
5,479 |
|
5,479 |
|
July 2007 |
|
||||
Preferred equity |
|
12.14 |
% |
8,000 |
|
42,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
8,000 |
|
January 2006 |
|
||||
Preferred equity (1) (3) |
|
13.80 |
% |
59,380 |
|
24,700 |
|
59,380 |
|
59,380 |
|
April 2004 |
|
||||
Preferred equity (1) |
|
10.15 |
% |
4,000 |
|
44,000 |
|
3,986 |
|
3,993 |
|
August 2010 |
|
||||
Preferred equity (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,000 |
|
August 2006 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
$ |
117,380 |
|
$ |
213,700 |
|
$ |
84,624 |
|
$ |
91,661 |
|
|
|
(1) This is a fixed rate investment
(2) The investment is subject to extension options. The Company will also participate in the appreciation of the property upon sale to a third party above a specified threshold.
(3) This investment was redeemed on April 1, 2004.
(4) This investment was redeemed in March 2004 in connection with the acquisition of 19 West 44th Street. See Note 6.
6. Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
Rockefeller Group International Inc. Joint Venture
On December 29, 2003, the Company purchased a 45% ownership interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas for $450,000, or $394 per square foot, from The McGraw-Hill Companies, or MHC. MHC is a tenant at the property and accounts for approximately 15.4% of propertys total revenue. Rockefeller Group International, Inc. retained its 55% ownership interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas and continues to manage the property. For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Company recognized an increase in net equity in unconsolidated joint ventures of $86 as a result of amortizing the SFAS 141 adjustment.
1221 Avenue of the Americas, known as The McGraw-Hill Companies building, is an approximately 2.55 million square foot, 50-story class A office building located in Rockefeller Center.
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The gross purchase price of $450,000 was partially funded by the assumption of 45% of underlying property indebtedness of $175,000, or $78,750, and the balance was paid in cash. This loan, which matures in December 2006, has an interest rate based on the Eurodollar plus 95 basis points (effective all-in weighted average interest rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 was 2.64%). The Company funded the cash component, in part, with proceeds from its offering of 7.625% Series C cumulative redeemable preferred stock (net proceeds of approximately $152,000) that closed in December 2003. The balance of the proceeds was funded with the Companys unsecured revolving credit facility and a $100,000 non-recourse term loan.
Morgan Stanley Joint Ventures
MSSG I
On December 1, 2000, the Company and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, or MSREF, through the MSSG I joint venture, acquired 180 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, for $41,250, excluding closing costs. The property is a 265,000 square foot, 23-story building. In addition to holding a 49.9% ownership interest in the property, the Company acts as the operating member for the joint venture, and is responsible for leasing and managing the property. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $43 and $65 for such services, respectively. The acquisition was partially funded by a $32,000 mortgage. The loan, which was to mature on December 1, 2005, carried a fixed interest rate of 7.81%. The mortgage was interest only until January 1, 2002, at which time principal payments began. On July 17, 2003, this mortgage was repaid and replaced with a five year $45,000 first mortgage. The mortgage carries a fixed interest rate of 4.57% per annum and is interest only for the first year, after which time principal repayments begin. The joint venture agreement provides the Company with the opportunity to gain certain economic benefits based on the financial performance of the property.
MSSG III
On May 4, 2000, the Company sold a 65% interest, for cash, in the property located at 321 West 44th Street to MSREF, valuing the property at $28,000. The Company realized a gain of $4,797 on this transaction and retained a 35% interest in the property (with a carrying value of $6,500), which was contributed to MSSG I. The property, a 203,000 square foot building located in the Times Square sub-market of Manhattan, was acquired by the Company in March 1998. Simultaneous with the closing of this joint venture, the venture received a $22,000 mortgage for the acquisition and capital improvement program, which was estimated at $3,300. The interest only mortgage was scheduled to mature on April 30, 2004 and had an interest rate based on LIBOR plus 250 basis points. In addition to retaining a 35% economic interest in the property, the Company, acting as the operating member for the joint venture, was responsible for redevelopment, construction, leasing and management of the property. During the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Company earned $29 for such services. The venture agreement provided the Company with the opportunity to gain certain economic benefits based on the financial performance of the property.
On December 16, 2003, the Company and MSREF, through the MSSG III joint venture, sold the property for a gross sales price of $35,000, excluding closing costs. MSSG III realized a gain of approximately $271 on the sale of which the Companys share was approximately $95. The Company also recognized a gain of $2,985, which had been deferred at the time the Company sold the property to the joint venture.
City Investment Fund
On March 16, 2004, the Company, through a joint venture with the City Investment Fund, or CIF, acquired the property located at 19 West 44th Street, or 19 West, for $67,000, including the assumption of a $47,200 mortgage, with the potential for up to an additional $2,000 in consideration based on property performance. The Company previously held a $7,000 preferred equity investment in the property, that was redeemed at the closing. The Company now holds a 35% equity interest in the property. The joint venture financed the transaction by assuming the existing $31,800 first mortgage and a $15,400 mezzanine loan with all-in weighted interest rates of 2.35% and 8.5%, respectively. The effective all-in weighted average interest rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 was 4.60%. The mortgage matures in September 2005 and is open for prepayment in April 2005.
19 West is an approximately 292,000 square foot office building located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The Company acts as the operating partner for the joint venture and is responsible for leasing and managing the property. The joint venture agreement provides the Company with the opportunity to gain certain economic benefits based on the financial performance of the property.
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SITQ Immobilier Joint Ventures
One Park Avenue
On May 25, 2001, the Company entered into a joint venture with respect to the ownership of the Companys interests in One Park Avenue, Manhattan, or One Park, with SITQ Immobilier, a subsidiary of Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, or SITQ. The property is a 913,000 square foot office building. Under the terms of the joint venture, SITQ purchased a 45% interest in the Companys interests in the property based upon a gross aggregate price of $233,900, exclusive of closing costs and reimbursements. No gain or loss was recorded as a result of this transaction. The $150,000 mortgage was assumed by the joint venture. The interest only mortgage, which was scheduled to mature on January 10, 2004, was extended for one year. This mortgage has an interest rate based on LIBOR plus 150 basis points (effective all-in weighted average interest rate of 2.60% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004). The Company provides management and leasing services for One Park. During each of the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $321, and $466, respectively, for such services. During each of the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $154 in asset management fees, respectively. The various ownership interests in the mortgage positions of One Park, currently held through this joint venture, provide for substantially all of the economic interest in the property and gives the joint venture the sole option to purchase the ground lease position. Accordingly, the Company has accounted for this joint venture as having an ownership interest in the property.
1250 Broadway
On November 1, 2001, the Company sold a 45% interest in 1250 Broadway, Manhattan, or 1250 Broadway, to SITQ based on the propertys valuation of approximately $121,500. No gain or loss was recorded as a result of this transaction. This property is a 670,000 square foot office building. This property is subject to an $85,000 mortgage. The interest only mortgage matures on October 21, 2004 and has a one-year as-of-right renewal option. The mortgage has an interest rate based on LIBOR plus 250 basis points The Company entered into a swap agreement on its share of the joint venture first mortgage. The swap effectively fixed the LIBOR rate at 4.04% through January 2005 (effective all-in weighted average interest rate of 6.54% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004). The Company provides management and leasing services for 1250 Broadway. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $159 and $270, for such services. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $60 and $225 in asset management fees, respectively.
1515 Broadway
On May 15, 2002, the Company and SITQ acquired 1515 Broadway, Manhattan, or 1515 Broadway, for a gross purchase price of approximately $483,500. The property is a 1.75 million square foot, 54-story office tower located on Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets. The property was acquired in a joint venture with the Company retaining an approximate 55% non-controlling interest in the asset. Under a tax protection agreement established to protect the limited partners of the partnership that transferred 1515 Broadway to the joint venture, the joint venture has agreed not to adversely affect the limited partners tax positions before December 31, 2011. The Company provides management and leasing services for 1515 Broadway. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $538 and $381, respectively for such services. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $245 and $164, respectively, in asset management fees.
1515 Broadway was acquired with $335,000 of financing of which a $275,000 first mortgage was provided by Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns and $60,000 was provided by Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo (the Mezzanine Loans). The balance of the proceeds were funded from the Companys unsecured line of credit and from SITQs capital contribution to the joint venture. The $275,000 first mortgage, which carries an interest rate of 145 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR (2.54% at March 31, 2004), matures in June 2004. The mortgage has five one-year as-of-right extension options. The Mezzanine Loans consist of two $30,000 loans. The first mezzanine loan, which carries an interest rate of 350 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR (4.59% at March 31, 2004), matures in May 2007. The second mezzanine loan, which carries an interest rate of 450 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR (5.59% at March 31, 2004), matures in May 2007. The Company entered into a swap agreement on $100,000 of its share of the joint venture first mortgage. The swap effectively fixed the LIBOR rate on the $100,000 at 2.299% through June 2004. This swap was extended for one year at a fixed LIBOR rate of 1.855%. The all-in blended weighted average effective interest rate was 3.99% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.
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One tenant, whose leases end between 2008 and 2013, represents approximately 88.2% of this joint ventures annualized rent at March 31, 2004.
Prudential Real Estate Investors Joint Venture
On February 18, 2000, the Company acquired a 49.9% interest in a joint venture which owned 100 Park Avenue, Manhattan, or 100 Park, for $95,800. 100 Park is an 834,000 square foot, 36-story office building. The purchase price was funded through a combination of cash and a seller provided mortgage on the property of $112,000. On August 11, 2000, AIG/SunAmerica issued a $120,000 mortgage collateralized by the property located at 100 Park, which replaced the pre-existing $112,000 mortgage. The 8.00% fixed rate loan has a ten-year term. Interest only was payable through October 1, 2001 and thereafter principal repayments are due through maturity. The Company provides managing and leasing services for 100 Park. During the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company earned $202, and $128 for such services, respectively.
The condensed combined balance sheets for the unconsolidated joint ventures at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, are as follows:
|
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
||
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial real estate property |
|
$ |
2,134,958 |
|
$ |
2,045,337 |
|
Other assets |
|
162,546 |
|
290,373 |
|
||
Total assets |
|
$ |
2,297,504 |
|
$ |
2,335,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Liabilities and members equity |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Mortgage payable |
|
$ |
954,855 |
|
$ |
907,875 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
71,321 |
|
88,629 |
|
||
Members equity |
|
1,271,328 |
|
1,339,206 |
|
||
Total liabilities and members equity |
|
$ |
2,297,504 |
|
$ |
2,335,710 |
|
Companys net investment in unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
$ |
600,002 |
|
$ |
590,064 |
|
The difference between the investment in consolidated joint ventures and the Company joint venture members equity relates to purchase price adjustments.
The condensed combined statements of operations for the unconsolidated joint ventures for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 are as follows:
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Total revenues |
|
$ |
78,812 |
|
$ |
44,296 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
19,671 |
|
12,157 |
|
||
Real estate taxes |
|
14,135 |
|
8,186 |
|
||
Interest |
|
9,334 |
|
8,418 |
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
13,000 |
|
7,337 |
|
||
Total expenses |
|
56,140 |
|
36,098 |
|
||
Net income before gain on sale |
|
$ |
22,672 |
|
$ |
8,198 |
|
Companys equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
$ |
10,551 |
|
$ |
4,176 |
|
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7. Investment in and Advances to Affiliates
Service Corporation
In order to maintain the Companys qualification as a REIT while realizing income from management, leasing and construction contracts from third parties and joint venture properties, all of the management operations are conducted through the Service Corporation. The Company, through the Operating Partnership, owns 100% of the non-voting common stock (representing 95% of the total equity) of the Service Corporation. Through dividends on its equity interest, the Operating Partnership receives substantially all of the cash flow from the Service Corporations operations. All of the voting common stock of the Service Corporation (representing 5% of the total equity) is held by a Company affiliate. This controlling interest gives the affiliate the power to elect all directors of the Service Corporation. Prior to July 1, 2003, the Company accounted for its investment in the Service Corporation on the equity basis of accounting because it had significant influence with respect to management and operations, but did not control the entity. The Service Corporation is considered to be a variable interest entity under FIN 46 and the Company is the primary beneficiary. Therefore, effective July 1, 2003, the Company consolidated the operations of the Service Corporation. For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Service Corporation earned $1,681 of revenue and incurred $1,607 in expenses. Effective January 1, 2001, the Service Corporation elected to be taxed as a TRS.
All of the management, leasing and construction services with respect to the properties wholly-owned by the Company are conducted through SL Green Management LLC which is 100% owned by the Operating Partnership.
eEmerge
On May 11, 2000, the Operating Partnership formed eEmerge, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or eEmerge, in partnership with Fluid Ventures LLC, or Fluid. In March 2001, the Company bought out Fluids entire ownership interest in eEmerge. eEmerge is a separately managed, self-funded company that provides fully-wired and furnished office space, services and support to businesses.
The Company, through the Operating Partnership, owned all the non-voting common stock of eEmerge. Through dividends on its equity interest, the Operating Partnership received approximately 100% of the cash flow from eEmerge operations. All of the voting common stock was held by a Company affiliate. This controlling interest gave the affiliate the power to elect all the directors of eEmerge. The Company accounted for its investment in eEmerge on the equity basis of accounting because although it had significant influence with respect to management and operations, it did not control the entity. Effective March 26, 2002, the Company acquired all the voting common stock previously held by the Company affiliate. As a result, the Company controls all the common stock of eEmerge. Effective with the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company consolidated the operations of eEmerge. Effective January 1, 2001, eEmerge elected to be taxed as a TRS.
On June 8, 2000, eEmerge and Eureka Broadband Corporation, or Eureka, formed eEmerge.NYC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or ENYC, whereby eEmerge has a 95% interest and Eureka has a 5% interest in ENYC. ENYC was formed to build and operate a 45,000 square foot fractional office suites business marketed to the technology industry. ENYC entered into a 10-year lease with the Operating Partnership for its premises, which is located at 440 Ninth Avenue, Manhattan. Allocations of net profits, net losses and distributions are made in accordance with the Limited Liability Company Agreement of ENYC. Effective with the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company consolidated the operations of ENYC.
The net book value of the Companys investment as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 was $3,774 and $3,955, respectively. Management currently believes that, assuming future increases in rental revenue in excess of inflation, it will be possible to recover the net book value of the investment through future operating cash flows. However, there is a possibility that eEmerge will not generate sufficient future operating cash flows for the Company to recover its investment. As a result of this risk factor, management may in the future determine that it is necessary to write down a portion of the net book value of the investment.
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8. Deferred Costs
Deferred costs at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 consisted of the following:
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Deferred financing |
|
$ |
24,185 |
|
$ |
22,464 |
|
Deferred leasing |
|
54,357 |
|
49,131 |
|
||
|
|
78,542 |
|
71,595 |
|
||
Less accumulated amortization |
|
(34,163 |
) |
(32,318 |
) |
||
|
|
$ |
44,379 |
|
$ |
39,277 |
|
9. Mortgage Notes Payable
The first mortgage notes payable collateralized by the respective properties and assignment of leases at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, are as follows:
Property |
|
Maturity |
|
Interest |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
1414 Avenue of the Americas (1) |
|
5/1/09 |
|
7.90 |
% |
$ |
13,480 |
|
$ |
13,532 |
|
70 West 36th Street (1) |
|
5/1/09 |
|
7.90 |
% |
11,747 |
|
11,791 |
|
||
711 Third Avenue (1) |
|
9/10/05 |
|
8.13 |
% |
47,925 |
|
48,036 |
|
||
420 Lexington Avenue (1) |
|
11/1/10 |
|
8.44 |
% |
120,847 |
|
121,324 |
|
||
673 First Avenue (1) |
|
2/11/13 |
|
5.67 |
% |
35,000 |
|
35,000 |
|
||
125 Broad Street (2) |
|
10/11/07 |
|
8.29 |
% |
76,019 |
|
76,188 |
|
||
220 East 42nd Street |
|
12/9/13 |
|
5.23 |
% |
210,000 |
|
210,000 |
|
||
Total fixed rate debt |
|
|
|
|
|
515,018 |
|
515,871 |
|
||
Total floating rate debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total mortgage notes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
515,018 |
|
$ |
515,871 |
|
(1) Held in bankruptcy remote special purpose entity.
(2) This mortgage has an initial maturity date of October 11, 2007 and a contractual maturity date of October 11, 2030.
At March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the net book value of the properties collateralizing the mortgage notes was $597,777 and $594,741, respectively.
Principal Maturities
Combined aggregate principal maturities of mortgages and notes payable, secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities, term loans and the Companys share of joint venture debt as of March 31, 2004, excluding extension options, are as follows:
|
|
Scheduled |
|
Principal |
|
Revolving |
|
Term |
|
Total |
|
Joint |
|
||||||
2004(1) |
|
$ |
2,542 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
67,410 |
|
$ |
69,952 |
|
$ |
231,707 |
|
2005 |
|
4,158 |
|
47,247 |
|
|
|
|
|
51,405 |
|
99,751 |
|
||||||
2006 |
|
4,222 |
|
|
|
178,000 |
|
|
|
182,222 |
|
79,739 |
|
||||||
2007 |
|
7,613 |
|
73,341 |
|
|
|
1,324 |
|
82,278 |
|
1,059 |
|
||||||
2008 |
|
7,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
298,676 |
|
306,342 |
|
21,863 |
|
||||||
Thereafter |
|
29,621 |
|
338,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
368,229 |
|
55,821 |
|
||||||
|
|
$ |
55,822 |
|
$ |
459,196 |
|
$ |
178,000 |
|
$ |
367,410 |
|
$ |
1,060,428 |
|
$ |
489,940 |
|
(1) These joint venture maturities include automatic as of extension rights through 2006.
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Mortgage Recording Tax - Hypothecated Loan
The Operating Partnership mortgage tax credit loans totaled approximately $45,545 from LBHI at March 31, 2004. These loans were collateralized by the mortgage encumbering the Operating Partnerships interests in 290 Madison Avenue. The loans were also collateralized by an equivalent amount of the Companys cash, which was held by LBHI and invested in US Treasury securities. Interest earned on the cash collateral was applied by LBHI to service the loans with interest rates commensurate with that of a portfolio of six-month US Treasury securities, which will mature on June 1, 2004. We are currently in the process of extending this facility. The Operating Partnership and LBHI each had the right of offset and therefore the loans and the cash collateral were presented on a net basis in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2004. Under the terms of the LBHI facility, no fees are due to the lender until such time as the facility is utilized. When a preserved mortgage is assigned to a third party or is used by the Company in a financing transaction, finance costs are incurred and are only calculated at that time. These costs are then accounted for based on the nature of the transaction. If the mortgage credits are sold to a third party, the finance costs are written off directly against the gain on sale of the credits. If the mortgage credits are used by the Company, the finance costs are deferred and amortized over the term of the new related mortgage. The amortization period is dependent on the term of the new mortgage. The purpose of these loans is to temporarily preserve mortgage recording tax credits for future potential acquisitions of real property, which the Company may make, the financing of which may include property level debt, or refinancings for which these credits would be applicable and provide a financial savings. At the same time, the underlying mortgage remains a bona-fide debt to LBHI. The loans are considered utilized when the loan balance of the facility decreases due to the assignment of the preserved mortgage to a property, which the Company is acquiring with debt or is being financed by the Company, or to a third party for the same purposes. As of March 31, 2004, the LBHI facility had total capacity of $200,000.
10. Credit Facilities
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
On March 17, 2003, the Company renewed its $300,000 unsecured revolving credit facility from a group of 13 banks. The Company has a one-time option to increase the capacity under the unsecured revolving credit facility to $375,000 at any time prior to the maturity date. The unsecured revolving credit facility has a term of three years with a one-year extension option. It bears interest at a spread ranging from 130 basis points to 170 basis points over LIBOR, based on the Companys leverage ratio. If the Company was to receive an investment grade rating, the spread over LIBOR will be reduced to between 120 basis points and 95 basis points depending on the debt ratio. The unsecured revolving credit facility also requires a 15 to 25 basis point fee on the unused balance payable annually in arrears. At March 31, 2004, $78,000 was outstanding and carried an all-in effective quarterly weighted average interest rate of 2.87%. Availability under the unsecured revolving credit facility at March 31, 2004 was further reduced by the issuance of letters of credit in the amount of $4,000. The unsecured revolving credit facility includes certain restrictions and covenants (see restrictive covenants below).
Secured Revolving Credit Facility
On December 20, 2001, the Company obtained a $75,000 secured revolving credit facility. The secured revolving credit facility had a term of two years with a one-year extension option. The extension option was exercised in December 2003. This facility was increased to $125,000 on March 22, 2004. It bears interest at a spread ranging from 130 basis points to 170 basis points over LIBOR, based on the Companys leverage ratio, and is secured by various structured finance investments. At March 31, 2004, $100,000 was outstanding and carried an all-in effective quarterly weighted average interest rate of 2.52%. The secured revolving credit facility includes certain restrictions and covenants, which are similar to those under the unsecured revolving credit facility (see restrictive covenants below).
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Term Loans
On December 5, 2002, we obtained a $150,000 unsecured term loan. Effective June 5, 2003, the unsecured term loan was upsized to $200,000 and the term was extended by six months to June 2008. As of March 31, 2004, we had $200,000 outstanding under the unsecured term loan at the rate of 150 basis points over LIBOR. To limit our exposure to the variable LIBOR rate we entered into various swap agreements to fix the LIBOR rate on the entire unsecured term loan. The LIBOR rate was fixed for a blended all-in rate of 5.18%. The effective all-in interest rate on the unsecured term loan was 5.06% for the quarter ended at March 31, 2004.
On December 9, 2003, the Company entered into an unsecured non-recourse term loan for $67,578, and repaid the mortgage on 555 West 57th Street. The terms of this loan are the same as those on the 555 West 57th Street mortgage. As a result, this loan, which matures in November 2004, carries an effective quarterly interest rate of 8.10 percent due to a LIBOR floor of 6.10% plus 200 basis points. As of March 31, 2004, we had $67,410 outstanding under this term loan. This loan was repaid on April 30, 2004.
On December 29, 2003, the Company closed on a $100,000 five-year non-recourse term loan secured by a pledge of the Companys ownership interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas. This term loan has a floating rate of 150 basis points over the current LIBOR rate (effective all-in rate of 2.67% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004). During April 2004, the Company entered into a serial step-swap commencing April 2004 with an initial 24-month all-in rate of 3.83% and a blended all-in rate of 5.10% with a final maturity date in December 2008.
Restrictive Covenants
The terms of the unsecured and secured revolving credit facilities and the term loans include certain restrictions and covenants which limit, among other things, the payment of dividends (as discussed below), the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the incurrence of liens and the disposition of assets, and which require compliance with financial ratios relating to the minimum amount of tangible net worth, the minimum amount of debt service coverage, and fixed charge coverage, the maximum amount of unsecured indebtedness, the minimum amount of unencumbered property debt service coverage and certain investment limitations. The dividend restriction referred to above provides that, except to enable us to continue to qualify as a REIT for Federal Income Tax purposes, we will not during any four consecutive fiscal quarters make distributions with respect to common stock or other equity interests in an aggregate amount in excess of 90% of funds from operations for such period, subject to certain other adjustments. As of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants.
11. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following disclosures of estimated fair value were determined by management, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
Cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and revolving credit facilities balances reasonably approximate their fair values due to the short maturities of these items. Mortgage notes payable and the unsecured term loan have an estimated fair value based on discounted cash flow models of approximately $794,700, which exceeds the book value by approximately $12,300. Structured finance investments are carried at amounts, which reasonably approximate their fair value as determined by the Company.
Disclosure about fair value of financial instruments is based on pertinent information available to management as of March 31, 2004. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect the reasonable fair value amounts, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these financial statements since that date and current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein.
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12. Rental Income
The Operating Partnership is the lessor and the sublessor to tenants under operating leases with expiration dates ranging from April 1, 2004 to 2021. The minimum rental amounts due under the leases are generally either subject to scheduled fixed increases or adjustments. The leases generally also require that the tenants reimburse the Company for increases in certain operating costs and real estate taxes above their base year costs. Approximate future minimum rents to be received over the next five years and thereafter for non-cancelable operating leases in effect at March 31, 2004 for the wholly-owned properties and the Companys share of joint venture properties are as follows:
|
|
Wholly-Owned |
|
Joint Venture |
|
||
2004 |
|
$ |
246,799 |
|
$ |
117,758 |
|
2005 |
|
234,739 |
|
115,389 |
|
||
2006 |
|
221,377 |
|
113,314 |
|
||
2007 |
|
206,579 |
|
110,620 |
|
||
2008 |
|
189,653 |
|
102,398 |
|
||
Thereafter |
|
702,797 |
|
487,310 |
|
||
|
|
$ |
1,801,944 |
|
$ |
1,046,789 |
|
13. Related Party Transactions
Cleaning Services
First Quality Maintenance, L.P., or First Quality, provides cleaning, extermination and related services with respect to certain of the properties owned by the Company. First Quality is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green, the Companys chairman of the Board and former chief executive officer. First Quality also provides additional services directly to tenants on a separately negotiated basis. The aggregate amount of fees paid by the Company to First Quality for services provided (excluding services provided directly to tenants) was approximately $934 and $668 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition, First Quality has the non-exclusive opportunity to provide cleaning and related services to individual tenants at the Companys properties on a basis separately negotiated with any tenant seeking such additional services. First Quality leases 12,290 square feet of space at 70 West 36th Street pursuant to a lease that expires on December 31, 2012 and provides for annual rental payments of approximately $295.
Security Services
Classic Security LLC, or Classic Security, provides security services with respect to certain properties owned by the Company. Classic Security is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green. The aggregate amount of fees paid by the Company for such services was approximately $924 and $710 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Messenger Services
Bright Star Couriers LLC, or Bright Star, provides messenger services with respect to certain properties owned by the Company. Bright Star is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green. The aggregate amount of fees paid by the Company for such services was approximately $38 and $7 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Leases
Nancy Peck and Company leases 2,013 square feet of space at 420 Lexington Avenue, pursuant to a lease that expires on June 30, 2005 and provides for annual rental payments of approximately $64. Nancy Peck and Company is owned by Nancy Peck, the wife of Stephen L. Green. The rent due pursuant to the lease is offset against a consulting fee of $10 per month a Company affiliate pays to her pursuant to a consulting agreement, which is cancelable upon 30-days notice.
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Brokerage Services
Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, or Sonnenblick, a nationally recognized real estate investment banking firm, provided mortgage brokerage services with respect to securing approximately $80,000 of first mortgage financing in 2003. Mr. Morton Holliday, the father of Mr. Marc Holliday, was a Managing Director of Sonnenblick at the time of the financings. The fees paid by the Company to Sonnenblick for such services was approximately $400 in 2003. In 2003, the Company also paid $623 to Sonnenblick in connection with the acquisition of 461 Fifth Avenue.
Investments
The ownership interests in NJMA Centennial, an entity in which we held an indirect non-controlling 10% ownership interest, were sold in May 2003 for $4,500 to NJMA Centennial Owners, LLC, the managing member of which is an affiliate of the Schultz Organization. The sole asset of NJMA Centennial is 865 Centennial Avenue, a 56,000 square foot office/industrial property located in Piscataway, New Jersey. Under NJMA Centennials Operating Agreement, we had no authority with respect to the sale. Marc Holliday, one of our executive officers, invested $225 in a non-managing membership interest in the entity acquiring the property. Our board of directors determined that this was not an appropriate investment opportunity for us and approved the investment by the executive officer prior to the transaction occurring.
Management Fees
S.L. Green Management Corp. receives property management fees from an entity in which Stephen L. Green owns an interest. The aggregate amount of fees paid to S.L. Green Management Corp. from such entity was $69 and $59 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Amounts due from (to) related parties at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 consisted of the following:
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
17 Battery Condominium Association |
|
$ |
1,088 |
|
$ |
290 |
|
19 West 44th Street |
|
7 |
|
|
|
||
Officers and employees |
|
1,727 |
|
1,743 |
|
||
Due from joint ventures |
|
282 |
|
282 |
|
||
Other |
|
420 |
|
2,927 |
|
||
Related party receivables |
|
$ |
3,524 |
|
$ |
5,242 |
|
Management Indebtedness
On January 17, 2001, Mr. Marc Holliday, the Companys then president, received a non-recourse loan from the Company in the principal amount of $1,000 pursuant to his amended and restated employment and non-competition agreement he executed at the time. This loan bears interest at the applicable federal rate per annum and is secured by a pledge of certain of Mr. Hollidays shares of the Companys common stock. The principal of and interest on this loan is forgivable upon our attainment of specified financial performance goals prior to December 31, 2006, provided that Mr. Holliday remains employed by us until January 17, 2007. On April 17, 2000, Mr. Holliday received a loan from the Company in the principal amount of $300, with a maturity date of July 17, 2003. This loan bears interest at a rate of 6.60% per annum and is secured by a pledge of certain of Mr. Hollidays shares of the Companys common stock. On May 14, 2002, Mr. Holliday entered into a loan modification agreement with the Company in order to modify the repayment terms of the $300 loan. Pursuant to the agreement, $100 (plus accrued interest thereon) is forgivable on each of January 1, 2004, January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, provided that Mr. Holliday remains employed by the Company through each of such date. The balance outstanding on this loan, including accrued interest, was $254 on March 31, 2004. In addition, the $300 loan shall be forgiven if and when the $1,000 loan that Mr. Holliday received pursuant to his amended and restated employment and non-competition agreement is forgiven.
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14. Preferred Stock
The Companys 4,600,000 8% Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Shares, or PIERS, were non-voting and were convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the Companys common stock at a conversion price of $24.475 per share. The PIERS received annual dividends of $2.00 per share paid on a quarterly basis and dividends were cumulative, subject to certain provisions. On or after July 15, 2003, the PIERS could be redeemed into common stock at the option of the Company at a redemption price of $25.889 and thereafter at prices declining to the par value of $25.00 on or after July 15, 2007, with a mandatory redemption on April 15, 2008 at a price of $25.00 per share. The Company could pay the redemption price out of the sale proceeds of other shares of stock of the Company. The PIERS were recorded net of underwriters discount and issuance costs. These costs were being accreted over the expected term of the PIERS using the interest method. The PIERS were converted into 4,698,880 shares of common stock on September 30, 2003. No charge was recorded to earnings as the conversion was not a redemption or an induced conversion to common stock.
15. Stockholders Equity
Common Stock
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 200,000,000 shares, $.01 par value, of which the Company has authorized the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, 75,000,000 shares of excess stock, at $.01 par value per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. As of March 31, 2004, 38,551,340 shares of common stock and no shares of excess stock were issued and outstanding.
On January 16, 2004, the Company sold 1,800,000 shares of its common stock at a gross price of $42.33 per share. The net proceeds from this offering (approximately $73,635) were used to pay down our unsecured revolving credit facility.
The Company filed a $500,000 shelf registration statement, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2004. This registration statement provides the Company with the ability to issue common and preferred stock, depository shares and warrants. After giving effect to the Series D preferred stock, excluding the overallotment option, (see Note 23) the Company will have $440,000 available under the shelf.
Perpetual Preferred Stock
On December 12, 2003, the Company completed the sale of 6,300,000 shares of 7.625% Series C cumulative redeemable preferred stock, or the Series C preferred stock, (including the underwriters over-allotment option of 700,000 shares) with a mandatory liquidation preference of $25.00 per share. Net proceeds from this offering (approximately $152,000) were used principally to repay amounts outstanding under the secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities. The Series C preferred stock receive annual dividends of $1.90625 per share paid on a quarterly basis and dividends are cumulative, subject to certain provisions. On or after December 12, 2008, the Series C preferred stock may be redeemed for cash at the option of the Company. The Series C preferred stock was recorded net of underwriters discount and issuance costs.
Rights Plan
On February 16, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a distribution of one preferred share purchase right, or Right, for each outstanding share of common stock under a shareholder rights plan. This distribution was made to all holders of record of the common stock on March 31, 2000. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series B junior participating preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Preferred Shares, at a price of $60.00 per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, or Purchase Price, subject to adjustment as provided in the rights agreement. The Rights expire on March 5, 2010, unless the expiration date is extended or the Right is redeemed or exchanged earlier by the Company.
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The Rights are attached to each share of common stock. The Rights are generally exercisable only if a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 17% or more of the outstanding common stock or announces a tender offer for 17% or more of the outstanding common stock, or Acquiring Person. In the event that a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right, excluding the Acquiring Person, will have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock having a market value equal to two times the Purchase Price of the Preferred Shares.
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
The Company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, for the Companys dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or DRIP, which was declared effective on September 10, 2001, and commenced on September 24, 2001. The Company registered 3,000,000 shares of common stock under the DRIP.
As of March 31, 2004, 96,556 shares were issued and approximately $3,700 of proceeds were received from dividend reinvestments and/or stock purchases under the DRIP. DRIP shares may be issued at a discount to the market price.
2003 Long-Term Outperformance Compensation Program
At the May 2003 meeting of the Companys board of directors, the board ratified a long-term, seven-year compensation program for senior management. The program, which measures the Companys performance over a 48-month period (unless terminated earlier) commencing April 1, 2003, provides that holders of the Companys common equity are to achieve a 40% total return during the measurement period over a base of $30.07 per share before any restricted stock awards are granted. Management will receive an award of restricted stock in an amount between 8% and 10% of the excess return over the baseline return. At the end of the four-year measurement period, 40% of the award will vest on the measurement date and 60% of the award will vest ratably over the subsequent three years based on continued employment. Any restricted stock to be issued under the program will be allocated from the Companys Stock Option Plan (as defined below), which was previously approved through a stockholder vote in May 2002. The Company will record the expense of the restricted stock award in accordance with SFAS 123. The fair value of the award on the date of grant was determined to be $3,200. Forty percent of the value of the award will be amortized over four years and the balance will be amortized at 20% per year over five, six and seven years, respectively, such that 20% of year five, 16.67% of year six, and 14.29% of year seven will be recorded in year one. The total value of the award (capped at $25,500) will determine the number of shares assumed to be issued for purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share. Compensation expense of $163 and none was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Stock Option Plan
During August 1997, the Company instituted the 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, or the Stock Option Plan. The Stock Option Plan was amended in December 1997, March 1998, March 1999 and May 2002. The Stock Option Plan, as amended, authorizes (i) the grant of stock options that qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code (ISOs), (ii) the grant of stock options that do not qualify (NQSOs), (iii) the grant of stock options in lieu of cash Directors fees and (iv) grants of shares of restricted and unrestricted common stock. The exercise price of stock options will be determined by the compensation committee, but may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares of common stock on the date of grant. At March 31, 2004, approximately 4,500,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan.
Options granted under the Stock Option Plan are exercisable at the fair market value on the date of grant and, subject to termination of employment, expire ten years from the date of grant, are not transferable other than on death, and are generally exercisable in three to five annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant.
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A summary of the status of the Companys stock options as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and changes during the periods then ended are presented below:
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||||||
|
|
Options |
|
Weighted |
|
Options |
|
Weighted |
|
||
Balance at beginning of year |
|
3,250,231 |
|
$ |
26.80 |
|
3,278,663 |
|
$ |
25.49 |
|
Granted |
|
100,000 |
|
$ |
43.25 |
|
327,000 |
|
$ |
35.09 |
|
Exercised |
|
(278,517 |
) |
$ |
25.17 |
|
(347,099 |
) |
$ |
22.14 |
|
Lapsed or cancelled |
|
(1 |
) |
$ |
18.50 |
|
(8,333 |
) |
$ |
24.52 |
|
Balance at end of period |
|
3,071,713 |
|
$ |
27.47 |
|
3,250,231 |
|
$ |
26.80 |
|
All options were granted within a price range of $18.44 to $43.25. The remaining weighted average contractual life of the options was 7.4 years.
Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, is computed as follows (in thousands):
Numerator (Income) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Basic Earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
15,955 |
|
$ |
33,916 |
|
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Redemption of Units to common shares |
|
960 |
|
2,520 |
|
||
Preferred Stock (as converted to common shares) |
|
|
|
2,431 |
|
||
Stock options |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Diluted Earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Income available to common shareholders |
|
$ |
16,915 |
|
$ |
38,867 |
|
Denominator (Weighted Average Shares) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Basic Shares: |
|
|
|
|
|
Shares available to common shareholders |
|
37,978 |
|
30,706 |
|
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Redemption of Units to common shares |
|
2,286 |
|
2,280 |
|
Preferred Stock (as converted to common shares) |
|
|
|
4,699 |
|
Stock-based compensation plans |
|
1,746 |
|
497 |
|
Diluted Shares |
|
42,010 |
|
38,182 |
|
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16. Minority Interest
The unit holders represent the minority interest ownership in the Operating Partnership. As of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the minority interest unit holders owned 5.5% (2,224,705 units) and 6.0% (2,305,955 units) of the Operating Partnership, respectively. At March 31, 2004, 2,224,705 shares of common stock were reserved for the conversion of units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership.
On February 13, 2003, the Operating Partnership issued 376,000 units of limited partnership interest in connection with the acquisition of 220 East 42nd Street.
On March 28, 2003, the Operating Partnership issued 51,667 units of limited partnership interest in connection with the acquisition of condominium interests in 125 Broad Street.
17. Benefit Plans
The building employees are covered by multi-employer defined benefit pension plans and post-retirement health and welfare plans. Contributions to these plans amounted to $918 and $767 during the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Separate actuarial information regarding such plans is not made available to the contributing employers by the union administrators or trustees, since the plans do not maintain separate records for each reporting unit.
18. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company and the Operating Partnership are not presently involved in any material litigation nor, to their knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against them or their properties, other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. Management believes the costs, if any, incurred by the Company and the Operating Partnership related to this litigation will not materially affect the financial position, operating results or liquidity of the Company and the Operating Partnership.
The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain executives. Eight executives have employment agreements which expire between April 2004 and January 2010. The cash-based compensation associated with these employment agreements totals approximately $2,796 for 2004.
During March 1998, the Company acquired an operating sub-leasehold position at 420 Lexington Avenue. The operating sub-leasehold position requires annual ground lease payments totaling $6,000 and sub-leasehold position payments totaling $1,100 (excluding an operating sub-lease position purchased January 1999). The ground lease and sub-leasehold positions expire in 2008. The Company may extend the positions through 2029 at market rents.
The property located at 1140 Avenue of the Americas operates under a net ground lease ($348 annually) with a term expiration date of 2016 and with an option to renew for an additional 50 years.
The property located at 711 Third Avenue operates under an operating sub-lease which expires in 2083. Under the sub-lease, the Company is responsible for ground rent payments of $1,600 annually which increased to $3,100 in July 2001 and will continue for the next ten years. The ground rent is reset after year ten based on the estimated fair market value of the property.
The property located at 461 Fifth Avenue operates under a ground lease ($1,787 annually) with a term expiration date of 2006 and with three options to renew for an additional 21 years each, followed by a fourth option for 15 years. The Company also has an option to purchase the ground lease for a fixed price on a specific date.
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The property located at 125 Broad Street operates under a ground lease ($426 annually) with a term expiration date of December 31, 2067 and with an option to renew for an additional five years and six months. The Company has exercised its option to acquire its portion of the underlying fee interest for $5,900. This transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2004.
In April 1988, the SL Green predecessor entered into a lease agreement for property at 673 First Avenue, which has been capitalized for financial statement purposes. Land was estimated to be approximately 70% of the fair market value of the property. The portion of the lease attributed to land is classified as an operating lease and the remainder as a capital lease. The initial lease term is 49 years with an option for an additional 26 years. Beginning in lease years 11 and 25, the lessor is entitled to additional rent as defined by the lease agreement.
The Company continues to lease the 673 First Avenue property, which has been classified as a capital lease with a cost basis of $12,208 and cumulative amortization of $3,957, and $3,850 at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively.
The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments under capital leases and noncancellable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year as of March 31, 2004.
March 31, |
|
Capital lease |
|
Non- |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
2004 |
|
$ |
994 |
|
$ |
10,329 |
|
2005 |
|
1,322 |
|
14,195 |
|
||
2006 |
|
1,416 |
|
13,301 |
|
||
2007 |
|
1,416 |
|
12,408 |
|
||
2008 |
|
1,416 |
|
12,408 |
|
||
Thereafter |
|
54,736 |
|
310,283 |
|
||
Total minimum lease payments |
|
61,300 |
|
$ |
372,924 |
|
|
Less amount representing interest |
|
45,053 |
|
|
|
||
Present value of net future minimum lease payments |
|
$ |
16,247 |
|
|
|
19. Financial Instruments: Derivatives and Hedging
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The following table summarizes the notional and fair value of the Companys derivative financial instruments at March 31, 2004. The notional value is an indication of the extent of the Companys involvement in these instruments at that time, but does not represent exposure to credit, interest rate or market risks.
|
|
Notional |
|
Strike |
|
Effective |
|
Expiration |
|
Fair |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Interest Rate Collar |
|
$ |
70,000 |
|
6.510 |
% |
12/1999 |
|
11/2004 |
|
$ |
(2,010 |
) |
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
65,000 |
|
4.010 |
% |
11/2001 |
|
8/2005 |
|
(2,300 |
) |
|
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
|
|
3.330 |
% |
8/2005 |
|
9/2006 |
|
(337 |
) |
|
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
|
|
4.330 |
% |
9/2006 |
|
6/2008 |
|
(420 |
) |
|
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
100,000 |
|
4.060 |
% |
12/2003 |
|
12/2007 |
|
(5,232 |
) |
|
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
35,000 |
|
1.450 |
% |
12/2003 |
|
12/2004 |
|
(72 |
) |
|
Interest Rate Swap |
|
$ |
|
|
4.113 |
% |
12/2004 |
|
6/2008 |
|
(1,147 |
) |
|
On March 31, 2004, the derivative instruments were reported as an obligation at their fair value of $11,518. Offsetting adjustments are represented as deferred gains or losses in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss of $3,704, including a gain of $7,824 from the settlement of a forward swap. This gain is being amortized over the ten-year term of its related mortgage obligation. Currently, all derivative instruments are designated as effective hedging instruments.
Over time, the realized and unrealized gains and losses held in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss will be reclassified into earnings as interest expense in the same periods in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings. The Company estimates that approximately $6,146 of the current balance held in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss will be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.
The Company is hedging exposure to variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions in addition to anticipated future interest payments on existing debt.
20. Environmental Matters
Management of the Company believes that the properties are in compliance in all material respects with applicable Federal, state and local ordinances and regulations regarding environmental issues. Management is not aware of any environmental liability that it believes would have a materially adverse impact on the Companys financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Management is unaware of any instances in which it would incur significant environmental cost if any of the properties were sold.
21. Segment Information
The Company is a REIT engaged in owning, managing, leasing and repositioning office properties in Manhattan and has two reportable segments, office real estate and structured finance investments. The Company evaluates real estate performance and allocates resources based on earnings contribution to net operating income.
The Companys real estate portfolio is primarily located in the geographical market of Manhattan. The primary sources of revenue are generated from tenant rents and escalations and reimbursement revenue. Real estate property operating expenses consist primarily of security, maintenance, utility costs, real estate taxes and ground rent expense (at certain applicable properties). See Note 5 for additional details on the Companys structured finance investments.
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Selected results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, and selected asset information as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, regarding the Companys operating segments are as follows:
|
|
Real |
|
Structured |
|
Total |
|
|||
Total revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Three months ended: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
March 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
73,861 |
|
$ |
13,829 |
|
$ |
87,690 |
|
March 31, 2003 |
|
61,761 |
|
4,917 |
|
66,678 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Income from continuing operations before minority interest: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Three months ended: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
March 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
8,004 |
|
$ |
11,894 |
|
$ |
19,898 |
|
March 31, 2003 |
|
13,829 |
|
4,023 |
|
17,852 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
As of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
March 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
2,019,345 |
|
$ |
276,538 |
|
$ |
2,295,883 |
|
December 31, 2003 |
|
2,042,852 |
|
218,989 |
|
2,261,841 |
|
Income from continuing operations before minority interest represents total revenues less total expenses for the real estate segment and total revenues less allocated interest expense for the structured finance segment. The Company does not allocate marketing, general and administrative expenses ($10,903 and $3,186 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively) to the structured finance segment, since it bases performance on the individual segments prior to allocating marketing, general and administrative expenses. All other expenses, except interest, relate entirely to the real estate assets.
There were no transactions between the above two segments.
The table below reconciles income from continuing operations before minority interest to net income available to common shareholders for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003.
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
||||
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Income from continuing operations before minority interest |
|
$ |
19,898 |
|
$ |
17,852 |
|
Minority interest in operating partnership attributable to continuing operations |
|
(960 |
) |
(1,062 |
) |
||
Minority interest in partially-owned entities |
|
17 |
|
|
|
||
Net income from continuing operations |
|
18,955 |
|
16,790 |
|
||
Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interest |
|
|
|
19,557 |
|
||
Net income |
|
18,955 |
|
36,347 |
|
||
Preferred stock dividends |
|
(3,000 |
) |
(2,300 |
) |
||
Preferred stock accretion |
|
|
|
(131 |
) |
||
Net income available for common shareholders |
|
$ |
15,955 |
|
$ |
33,916 |
|
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22. Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
|
|
Three
Months |
|
Year Ended |
|
||
Issuance of common stock as deferred compensation |
|
$ |
14,096 |
|
$ |
6,670 |
|
Derivative instruments at fair value |
|
(11,518 |
) |
(9,009 |
) |
||
Issuance of units of limited partnership interest in connection with acquisition |
|
|
|
12,845 |
|
||
Assumption of mortgage notes payable upon acquisition of real estate |
|
|
|
234,641 |
|
||
Fair value of above and below market leases (SFAS 141) in connection with acquisitions |
|
|
|
(2,995 |
) |
||
Fair value of debt assumed (SFAS 141) in connection with acquisition |
|
|
|
3,232 |
|
||
Redemption premium purchase price adjustment |
|
|
|
4,380 |
|
||
Assignment of mortgage note payable upon sale of real estate |
|
|
|
14,814 |
|
||
Conversion of preferred equity investment |
|
|
|
53,500 |
|
||
Conversion of Series A preferred stock |
|
|
|
112,112 |
|
||
Assumption of our share of joint venture mortgage note payable |
|
16,520 |
|
78,750 |
|
||
Tenant improvements and leasing commissions payable |
|
20,317 |
|
14,533 |
|
||
Acquisitions of real estate |
|
3,140 |
|
|
|
||
23. Subsequent Events
During April 2004, the Company received $84,380 in redemptions with a weighted average interest rate of 13.69% in connection with certain of its structured finance investments.
On April 21, 2004, the Company formed Gramercy Capital Corp., or Gramercy Capital, and filed a registration statement in connection with its initial public offering, or IPO, to raise up to $200,000. Gramercy Capital is a specialty finance company focused on originating and acquiring loans and other fixed-income investments secured by commercial and multifamily real estate. The Company created Gramercy Capital to continue its structured finance business as a separate public company. The existing fixed-income investment portfolio of the Company is not being contributed in connection with the IPO. The Company will have a significant ownership interest in the business by investing up to $50,000 in the initial public offering and will own approximately 25% of the common stock outstanding after the offering. The Company has formed a subsidiary to act as the external manager of Gramercy Capital and the Company will receive, if the IPO is successful, additional revenue through a management agreement and the Companys other interests in Gramercy Capital. Gramercy Capital intends to operate as and qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.
During April 2004, the Company entered into a $100,000 serial step swap commencing April 2004 with an initial 24-month all-in rate of 3.83% and a blended all-in rate of 5.10% with a final maturity date in December 2008.
On April 29, 2004, the Company priced a public offering of 2,400,000 shares of its 7.875% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series D preferred stock. The shares of Series D preferred stock have a liquidation preference of $25 per share and will be redeemable at par at the option of the Company on or after May 27, 2009. The underwriters have also been granted an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 360,000 shares of Series D preferred stock to cover over-allotments. The closing of the offering is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur on May 27, 2004.
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ITEM 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Overview
SL Green Realty Corp., or the Company, a Maryland corporation, and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., or the Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, were formed in June 1997 for the purpose of combining the commercial real estate business of S.L. Green Properties, Inc. and its affiliated partnerships and entities. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to we, our, and us means the Company and all entities owned or controlled by the Company, including the Operating Partnership.
The following discussion related to our consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements appearing in this report and in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
As of March 31, 2004, our wholly-owned properties consisted of 20 commercial properties encompassing approximately 8.2 million rentable square feet located primarily in midtown Manhattan, a borough of New York City, or Manhattan. As of March 31, 2004, the weighted average occupancy (total leased square feet divided by total available square feet) of the wholly-owned properties was 96.8%. Our portfolio also includes ownership interests in unconsolidated joint ventures, which own seven commercial properties in Manhattan, encompassing approximately 7.3 million rentable square feet, and which had a weighted average occupancy of 95.7% as of March 31, 2004. In addition, we manage three office properties owned by third parties and affiliated companies encompassing approximately 1.0 million rentable square feet.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and contingencies as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We evaluate our assumptions and estimates on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Rental Property
On a periodic basis, our management team assesses whether there are any indicators that the value of our real estate properties, including joint venture properties and assets held for sale, and structured finance investments may be impaired. If the carrying amount of the property is greater than the estimated expected future cash flow (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the asset or sales price, impairment has occurred. We will then record an impairment loss equal to the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the asset. We do not believe that the value of any of our rental properties or structured finance investments was impaired at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
Revenue Recognition
Rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases are included in deferred rents receivable on the accompanying balance sheets. We establish, on a current basis, an allowance for future potential tenant credit losses which may occur against this account. The balance reflected on the balance sheet is net of such allowance.
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Interest income on structured finance investments is recognized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method and recognized on the accrual basis. Fees received in connection with loan commitments are deferred until the loan is funded and are then recognized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to yield. Anticipated exit fees, whose collection is expected, are also recognized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to yield. Fees on commitments that expire unused are recognized at expiration.
Income recognition is generally suspended for structured finance investments at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90 days past due or when, in the opinion of management, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. Income recognition is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our tenants to make required rent payments. If the financial condition of a specific tenant were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of its ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.
Reserve for Possible Credit Losses
The expense for possible credit losses in connection with structured finance investments is the charge to earnings to increase the allowance for possible credit losses to the level that we estimate to be adequate considering delinquencies, loss experience and collateral quality. Other factors considered relate to geographic trends and product diversification, the size of the portfolio and current economic conditions. Based upon these factors, we establish the provision for possible credit losses by category of asset. When it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts contractually due, the account is considered impaired.
Where impairment is indicated, a valuation write-down or write-off is measured based upon the excess of the recorded investment amount over the net fair value of the collateral, as reduced by selling costs. Any deficiency between the carrying amount of an asset and the net sales price of repossessed collateral is charged to the allowance for credit losses. No reserve for impairment was required at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
Derivative Instruments
In the normal course of business, we use a variety of derivative instruments to manage, or hedge, interest rate risk. We require that hedging derivative instruments be effective in reducing the interest rate risk exposure that they are designated to hedge. This effectiveness is essential for qualifying for hedge accounting. Some derivative instruments are associated with an anticipated transaction. In those cases, hedge effectiveness criteria also require that it be probable that the underlying transaction occurs. Instruments that meet these hedging criteria are formally designated as hedges at the inception of the derivative contract.
To determine the fair values of derivative instruments, we use a variety of methods and assumptions that are based on market conditions and risks existing at each balance sheet date. For the majority of financial instruments including most derivatives, long-term investments and long-term debt, standard market conventions and techniques such as discounted cash flow analysis, option-pricing models, replacement cost, and termination cost are used to determine fair value. All methods of assessing fair value result in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2004 to the three months ended March 31, 2003
The following comparison for the three months ended March 31, 2004, or 2004, to the three months ended March 31, 2003, or 2003, makes reference to the following: (i) the effect of the Same-Store Properties, which represents all properties owned by us at January 1, 2003 and at March 31, 2004 and total 17 of our 20 wholly-owned properties, representing approximately 77% of our annualized rental revenue, (ii) the effect of the 2003 Acquisitions, which represents all properties acquired in 2003, namely, 220 East 42nd Street (February 2003), 125 Broad Street (March 2003) and 461 Fifth Avenue (October 2003), and (iii) Other, which represents corporate level items not allocable to specific properties and eEmerge. Assets classified as held for sale in 2003, namely 50 West 23rd Street, 1370 Broadway and 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, are excluded from the following discussion.
Rental Revenues (in millions) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
$ |
|
% |
|
|||
Rental revenue |
|
$ |
61.5 |
|
$ |
51.6 |
|
$ |
9.9 |
|
19.2 |
% |
Escalation and reimbursement revenue |
|
9.8 |
|
8.2 |
|
1.6 |
|
19.5 |
|
|||
Signage revenue |
|
0.1 |
|
0.3 |
|
(0.2 |
) |
(66.7 |
) |
|||
Total |
|
$ |
71.4 |
|
$ |
60.1 |
|
$ |
11.3 |
|
18.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Same-Store Properties |
|
$ |
54.6 |
|
$ |
54.3 |
|
$ |
0.3 |
|
0.6 |
% |
2003 Acquisitions |
|
17.5 |
|
5.1 |
|
12.4 |
|
243.1 |
|
|||
Other |
|
(0.7 |
) |
0.7 |
|
(1.4 |
) |
(200.0 |
) |
|||
Total |
|
$ |
71.4 |
|
$ |
60.1 |
|
$ |
11.3 |
|
18.8 |
% |
Occupancy in the Same-Store Properties remained flat at 96.9% at March 31, 2004 and 2003, but increased from 95.8% at December 31, 2003. Rental revenue in the Same-Store Properties increased because new cash rents on previously occupied space by new tenants at Same-Store Properties was 6.8% higher than the previously fully escalated rent (i.e., the latest annual rent paid on the same space by the old tenant). The increase in the 2003 Acquisitions is primarily due to owning these properties for the full quarter in 2004 compared to a partial period or not being included in 2003.
At March 31, 2004, we estimated that the current market rents on our wholly-owned properties were approximately 0.3% higher than then existing in-place fully escalated rents. Approximately 6.0% of the space leased at wholly-owned properties expires during 2004. We believe that occupancy rates will remain relatively flat at the Same-Store Properties in 2004.
The increase in escalation and reimbursement revenue was primarily due to the recoveries at the Same-Store Properties ($0.5 million) and the 2003 Acquisitions ($1.5 million) and offset by a decrease in Other ($0.4 million). The increase in recoveries at the Same-Store Properties was primarily due to utility recoveries ($0.4 million).
Investment and Other Income (in millions) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
$ |
|
% |
|
|||
Equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
$ |
10.6 |
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
$ |
6.4 |
|
152.4 |
% |
Investment and preferred equity income |
|
13.8 |
|
4.9 |
|
8.9 |
|
181.6 |
|
|||
Other |
|
2.5 |
|
1.7 |
|
0.8 |
|
47.1 |
|
|||
Total |
|
$ |
26.9 |
|
$ |
10.8 |
|
$ |
16.1 |
|
149.1 |
% |
The increase in equity in net income of unconsolidated joint ventures was primarily due to our acquisition of a 45% interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas in late December 2003 ($7.2 million). Occupancy at our joint venture properties increased from 95.5% in 2003 to 95.7% in 2004. At March 31, 2004, we estimated that current market rents at our joint venture properties were approximately 12.2% higher than then existing in-place fully escalated rents. Approximately 3.1% of the space leased at our joint venture properties expires during 2004.
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The increase in investment income from structured finance investments was primarily due the weighted average investment balance outstanding and yield being $269.6 million and 12.16%, respectively, for 2004 compared to $125.2 million and 12.4%, respectively, for 2003. In addition, we recognized a $4.2 million gain in 2004 from a partial distribution from a joint venture which owned a mortgage position in a portfolio of office and industrial properties. The balance of the increase is from the receipt of exit fees due to the redemption of certain investments.
The increase in Other income was primarily due to fee income earned by the service corporation ($1.7 million), which was accounted for under the equity method prior to July 1, 2003. This was offset by a reduction in lease-buyout income ($0.3 million), gains from the sale of non-real estate assets ($0.3 million) and asset management fees ($0.4 million).
Property Operating Expenses (in millions) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
$ |
|
% |
|
|||
Operating expenses (excluding electric) |
|
$ |
19.3 |
|
$ |
13.2 |
|
$ |
6.1 |
|
46.2 |
% |
Electric costs |
|
4.1 |
|
3.5 |
|
0.6 |
|
17.1 |
|
|||
Real estate taxes |
|
12.3 |
|
9.6 |
|
2.7 |
|
28.1 |
|
|||
Ground rent |
|
3.9 |
|
3.2 |
|
0.7 |
|
21.9 |
|
|||
Total |
|
$ |
39.6 |
|
$ |
29.5 |
|
$ |
10.1 |
|
34.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Same-Store Properties |
|
$ |
28.3 |
|
$ |
26.5 |
|
$ |
1.8 |
|
6.8 |
% |
2003 Acquisitions |
|
8.8 |
|
2.2 |
|
6.6 |
|
300.0 |
|
|||
Other |
|
2.5 |
|
0.8 |
|
1.7 |
|
212.5 |
|
|||
Total |
|
$ |
39.6 |
|
$ |
29.5 |
|
$ |
10.1 |
|
34.2 |
% |
Same-Store Properties operating expenses, excluding real estate taxes ($0.5 million), increased approximately $1.2 million. There were increases in advertising, professional and condominium management costs ($0.6 million) and repairs, maintenance and payroll expenses ($0.5 million).
The increase in real estate taxes was primarily attributable to the Same-Store Properties ($0.5 million) due to higher assessed property values and the 2003 Acquisitions ($2.2 million).
Other Expenses (in millions) |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
$ |
|
% |
|
|||
Interest expense |
|
$ |
14.8 |
|
$ |
9.7 |
|
$ |
5.1 |
|
52.6 |
% |
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
13.0 |
|
10.6 |
|
2.4 |
|
22.6 |
|
|||
Marketing, general and administrative expenses |
|
10.9 |
|
3.2 |
|
7.7 |
|
240.6 |
|
|||
Total |
|
$ |
38.7 |
|
$ |
23.5 |
|
$ |
15.2 |
|
64.7 |
% |
The increase in interest expense was primarily attributable to additional borrowings associated with new investment activity ($7.8 million). This was partially offset by reduced interest costs due to dispositions ($1.0 million) and proceeds from our common and preferred equity offerings ($1.5 million). The weighted average interest rate decreased from 5.60% for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 to 5.37% for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. As a result of the new investment activity, the weighted average debt balance increased from $653.3 million as of March 31, 2003 to $1,123.0 million as of March 31, 2004.
Marketing, general and administrative expenses represented 12.4% of total revenues in 2004 compared to 4.8% in 2003. The increase is primarily due to a one-time charge related to a restricted stock award.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
We currently expect that our principal sources of working capital and funds for acquisition and redevelopment of properties and for structured finance investments will include: (1) cash flow from operations; (2) borrowings under our secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities; (3) other forms of secured or unsecured financing; (4) proceeds from common or preferred equity or debt offerings by us or the Operating Partnership (including issuances of limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership); and (5) net proceeds from divestitures of properties. Additionally, we believe that our joint venture investment programs will also continue to serve as a source of capital for acquisitions and structured finance investments. We believe that our sources of working capital, specifically our cash flow from operations and borrowings available under our unsecured and secured revolving credit facilities, and our ability to access private and public debt and equity capital, are adequate for us to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements for the foreseeable future.
Cash Flows
Net cash provided by operating activities increased $5.7 million to $30.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to $25.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003. Operating cash flow was primarily generated by the Same-Store Properties and 2003 Acquisitions, as well as the structured finance investments.
Net cash used in investing activities increased $44.9 million to $48.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to $4.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2003. The increase was due primarily to a new joint venture investment ($8.9 million) and net new structured finance investments ($35.2 million). This was offset by the proceeds from the sale of 50 West 23rd Street ($62.5 million) in 2003. There was a decrease in acquisitions and capital improvements in 2004 (none and $2.4 million, respectively) as compared to 2003 ($19.0 million and $4.1 million, respectively). This relates primarily to the acquisitions of 220 East 42nd Street and condominium interests in 125 Broad Street in 2003.
Net cash provided by financing activities increased $56.4 million to $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to $54.4 million used in the three months ended March 31, 2003. The increase was primarily due to the receipt of proceeds from the January 2004 common stock offering (approximately $73.6 million). This was offset by net mortgage debt and credit facility repayments (approximately $20.8 million).
Capitalization
As of March 31, 2004, we had 38,551,340 shares of common stock, 2,224,705 units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership units and 6,300,000 Series C preferred shares outstanding.
On January 16, 2004, we sold 1,800,000 shares of common stock under one of our shelf registration statements. The net proceeds from this offering (approximately $73.6 million) were used to pay down our unsecured revolving credit facility.
We currently have the ability to issue up to an aggregate amount of $440 million of our common and preferred stock, depository shares and warrants under our current shelf registration statement, which was declared effective in March 2004, provided the overallotment option described below is not exercised.
On April 29, 2004, we priced a public offering of 2,400,000 shares of our 7.875% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series D preferred stock. The shares of Series D preferred stock have a liquidation preference of $25 per share and will be redeemable at par at the option of the Company on or after May 27, 2009. The underwriters have also been granted an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 360,000 shares of Series D preferred stock to cover over-allotments. The closing of the offering is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur on May 27, 2004.
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Rights Plan
We adopted a shareholder rights plan which provides, among other things, that when specified events occur, our shareholders will be entitled to purchase from us a new created series of junior preferred shares, subject to our ownership limit described below. The preferred share purchase rights are triggered by the earlier to occur of (1) ten days after the date of a purchase announcement that a person or group acting in concert has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 17% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock or (2) ten business days after the commencement of or announcement of an intention to make a tender offer or exchange offer, the consummation of which would result in the acquiring person becoming the beneficial owner of 17% or more of our outstanding common stock. The preferred share purchase rights would cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire us on terms not approved by our board of directors.
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
We filed a registration statement with the SEC for our dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or DRIP which was declared effective on September 10, 2001. The DRIP commenced on September 24, 2001. We registered 3,000,000 shares of common stock under the DRIP.
As of March 31, 2004, we have issued 96,556 common shares and received approximately $3.7 million of proceeds from dividend reinvestments and/or stock purchases under the DRIP. DRIP shares may be issued at a discount to the market price.
2003 Long-Term Outperformance Compensation Program
At the May 2003 meeting of our board of directors, our board ratified a long-term, seven-year compensation program for certain members of senior management. The program, which measures our performance over a 48-month period (unless terminated earlier) commencing April 1, 2003, provides that holders of our common equity are to achieve a 40% total return, or baseline return, during the measurement period over a base share price of $30.07 per share before any restricted stock awards are granted. Plan participants will receive an award of restricted stock in an amount between 8% and 10% of the excess total return over the baseline return. At the end of the four-year measurement period, 40% of the award will vest on the measurement date and 60% of the award will vest ratably over the subsequent three years based on continued employment. Any restricted stock to be issued under the program will be allocated from our 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, which was previously approved through a shareholder vote in May 2002. We will record the expense of the restricted stock award in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. The fair value of the award on the date of grant was determined to be $3.2 million. Forty percent of the award will be amortized over four years and the balance will be amortized at 20% per year over five, six and seven years, respectively, such that 20% of year five, 16.67% of year six and 14.29% of year seven will be recorded in year one. The total value of the award (capped at $25.5 million) will determine the number of shares assumed to be issued for purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share. Compensation expense of $162,500 related to this plan was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2004.
Market Capitalization
At March 31, 2004, borrowings under our mortgage loans, secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities and term loans (excluding our share of joint venture debt of $489.9 million) represented 33.5% of our consolidated market capitalization of $3.2 billion (based on a common stock price of $47.70 per share, the closing price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 2004). Market capitalization includes our consolidated debt, common and preferred stock and the conversion of all units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership, but excludes our share of joint venture debt.
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Indebtedness
The table below summarizes our consolidated mortgage debt, secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities and term loans outstanding at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively (in thousands).
Debt Summary: |
|
March 31, |
|
December
31, |
|
||
Balance |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Fixed rate |
|
$ |
515,018 |
|
$ |
515,871 |
|
Variable rate - hedged |
|
270,000 |
|
270,000 |
|
||
Total fixed rate |
|
785,018 |
|
785,871 |
|
||
Variable rate |
|
175,410 |
|
267,578 |
|
||
Variable rate - supporting variable rate assets |
|
100,000 |
|
66,000 |
|
||
Total variable rate |
|
275,410 |
|
333,578 |
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
1,060,428 |
|
$ |
1,119,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Percent of Total Debt: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total fixed rate |
|
74.03 |
% |
70.20 |
% |
||
Variable rate |
|
25.97 |
% |
29.80 |
% |
||
Total |
|
100.00 |
% |
100.00 |
% |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Effective Interest Rate for the Quarter: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Fixed rate |
|
6.51 |
% |
6.77 |
% |
||
Variable rate |
|
2.67 |
% |
2.85 |
% |
||
Effective interest rate |
|
5.37 |
% |
5.66 |
% |
The variable rate debt shown above bears interest at an interest rate based on LIBOR (1.09% at March 31, 2004). Our debt on our wholly-owned properties at March 31, 2004 had a weighted average term to maturity of approximately 5.0 years.
As of March 31, 2004, we had 13 structured finance investments collateralizing our secured revolving credit facility. Certain of our structured finance investments, totaling $109.5 million, are variable rate investments which partially mitigate our exposure to interest rate changes on our unhedged variable rate debt.
Mortgage Financing
As of March 31, 2004, our total mortgage debt (excluding our share of joint venture debt of approximately $489.9 million) consisted of approximately $515.0 million of fixed rate debt, including hedged variable rate debt, with an effective weighted average interest rate of approximately 6.87% and no unhedged variable rate debt.
Credit Facilities
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
We currently have a $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility, which matures in March 2006. This unsecured revolving credit facility has an automatic one-year extension option provided that there are no events of default under the loan agreement. At March 31, 2004, $78.0 million was outstanding under this unsecured revolving credit facility and carried an effective all-in quarterly weighted average interest rate of 2.87%. Availability under this unsecured revolving credit facility at March 31, 2004 was further reduced by the issuance of letters of credit in the amount of $4.0 million.
Secured Revolving Credit Facility
In March 2004, we increased our $75.0 million secured revolving credit facility to $125.0 million and extended the maturity to December 2006. This secured revolving credit facility is secured by various structured finance investments. At March 31, 2004, $100.0 million was outstanding under this secured revolving credit facility and carried an effective all-in quarterly weighted average interest rate of 2.52%.
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Term Loans
On December 5, 2002, we obtained a $150.0 million unsecured term loan. Effective June 5, 2003, this unsecured term loan was increased to $200.0 million and the term was extended by six months to June 2008. As of March 31, 2004, we had $200.0 million outstanding under the unsecured term loan at the rate of 150 basis points over LIBOR. To limit our exposure to the variable LIBOR rate we entered into various swap agreements to fix the LIBOR rate on the entire unsecured term loan. The effective all-in quarterly interest rate on the unsecured term loan was 5.06% for 2004.
On December 9, 2003, the Company entered into an unsecured non-recourse term loan for $67,578, and repaid the mortgage on 555 West 57th Street. The terms of this loan were the same as those on the 555 West 57th Street mortgage. As a result, this loan, which was to mature in November 2004, carried an effective interest rate of 8.10 percent. This loan was repaid on April 30, 2004.
On December 29, 2003, we closed on a $100.0 million five-year non-recourse term loan, secured by a pledge of the Companys ownership interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas. This term loan has a floating rate of 150 basis points over the current LIBOR rate and carried an effective all-in quarterly weighted average interest rate of 2.67%. During April 2004, we entered into a swap agreement to fix the LIBOR at a blended all-in interest rate of 5.10% through December 2008.
Restrictive Covenants
The terms of our unsecured and secured revolving credit facilities and term loans include certain restrictions and covenants which limit, among other things, the payment of dividends (as discussed below), the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the incurrence of liens and the disposition of assets, and which require compliance with financial ratios relating to the minimum amount of tangible net worth, the minimum amount of debt service coverage, the minimum amount of fixed charge coverage, the maximum amount of unsecured indebtedness, the minimum amount of unencumbered property debt service coverage and certain investment limitations. The dividend restriction referred to above provides that, except to enable us to continue to qualify as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes, we will not during any four consecutive fiscal quarters make distributions with respect to common stock or other equity interests in an aggregate amount in excess of 90% of funds from operations for such period, subject to certain other adjustments. As of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, we were in compliance with all such covenants.
Market Rate Risk
We are exposed to changes in interest rates primarily from our floating rate borrowing arrangements. We use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates along the entire interest rate curve for 2004 would increase our annual interest cost by approximately $2.9 million and would increase our share of joint venture annual interest cost by approximately $2.5 million, respectively.
We recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If a derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivatives change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings.
Approximately $785.0 million of our long-term debt bears interest at fixed rates, and therefore the fair value of these instruments is affected by changes in the market interest rates. The interest rate on our variable rate debt and joint venture debt as of March 31, 2004 ranged from LIBOR plus 140 basis points to LIBOR plus 600 basis points.
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Contractual Obligations
Combined aggregate principal maturities of mortgages and notes payable, revolving credit facilities, term loans and our share of joint venture debt, excluding extension options, and our obligations under our capital lease and ground leases, as of March 31, 2004 are as follows:
|
|
Property |
|
Revolving |
|
Term |
|
Capital |
|
Ground |
|
Total |
|
Joint |
|
|||||||
April 1, 2004 |
|
$ |
2,542 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
67,410 |
|
$ |
994 |
|
$ |
10,329 |
|
$ |
81,275 |
|
$ |
231,707 |
|
2005 |
|
51,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,322 |
|
14,195 |
|
66,922 |
|
99,751 |
|
|||||||
2006 |
|
4,222 |
|
178,000 |
|
|
|
1,416 |
|
13,301 |
|
196,939 |
|
79,739 |
|
|||||||
2007 |
|
80,954 |
|
|
|
1,324 |
|
1,416 |
|
12,408 |
|
96,102 |
|
1,059 |
|
|||||||
2008 |
|
7,666 |
|
|
|
298,676 |
|
1,416 |
|
12,408 |
|
320,166 |
|
21,863 |
|
|||||||
Thereafter |
|
368,229 |
|
|
|
|
|
54,736 |
|
310,283 |
|
733,248 |
|
55,821 |
|
|||||||
|
|
$ |
515,018 |
|
$ |
178,000 |
|
$ |
367,410 |
|
$ |
61,300 |
|
$ |
372,924 |
|
$ |
1,494,652 |
|
$ |
489,940 |
|
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have a number of off-balance sheet investments, including joint ventures and structured finance investments. These investments all have varying ownership structures. Substantially all of our joint venture arrangements are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as we have the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control over the operating and financial decisions of these joint venture arrangements. Our off-balance sheet arrangements are discussed in Note 5, Structured Finance Investments and Note 6, Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures in the accompanying financial statements. Additional information about the debt of our unconsolidated joint ventures is included in Contractual Obligations above.
Capital Expenditures
We estimate that for the nine months ending December 31, 2004, we will incur approximately $23.7 million of capital expenditures (including tenant improvements and leasing commissions) on existing wholly-owned properties and our share of capital expenditures at our joint venture properties will be approximately $9.3 million. Of those total capital expenditures, approximately $4.5 million for wholly-owned properties and $0.8 million for our share of capital expenditures at our joint venture properties are dedicated to redevelopment costs, including compliance with New York City local law 11. We expect to fund these capital expenditures with operating cash flow, borrowings under our credit facilities, additional property level mortgage financings, and cash on hand. Future property acquisitions may require substantial capital investments for refurbishment and leasing costs. We expect that these financing requirements will be met in a similar fashion. We believe that we will have sufficient resources to satisfy our capital needs during the next 12-month period. Thereafter, we expect that our capital needs will be met through a combination of net cash provided by operations, borrowings, potential asset sales or additional equity or debt issuances.
Dividends
We expect to pay dividends to our stockholders based on the distributions we receive from the Operating Partnership primarily from property revenues net of operating expenses or, if necessary, from working capital or borrowings.
To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must pay annual dividends to our stockholders of at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined before taking into consideration the dividends paid deduction and net capital gains. We intend to continue to pay regular quarterly dividends to our stockholders. Based on our current annual dividend rate of $2.00 per share, we would pay approximately $81.6 million in dividends. Before we pay any dividend, whether for Federal income tax purposes or otherwise, which would only be paid out of available cash to the extent permitted under our unsecured and secured credit facilities, and our term loans, we must first meet both our operating requirements and scheduled debt service on our mortgages and loans payable.
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Related Party Transactions
Cleaning Services
First Quality Maintenance, L.P., or First Quality, provides cleaning, extermination and related services with respect to certain of the properties owned by us. First Quality is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green, our chairman of the Board and former chief executive officer. First Quality also provides additional services directly to tenants on a separately negotiated basis. The aggregate amount of fees paid by us to First Quality for services provided (excluding services provided directly to tenants) was approximately $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition, First Quality has the non-exclusive opportunity to provide cleaning and related services to individual tenants at our properties on a basis separately negotiated with any tenant seeking such additional services. First Quality leases 12,290 square feet of space at 70 West 36th Street pursuant to a lease that expires on December 31, 2012 and provides for annual rental payments of approximately $295,000.
Security Services
Classic Security LLC, or Classic Security, provides security services with respect to certain properties owned by us. Classic Security is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green. The aggregate amount of fees paid by us for such services was approximately $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Messenger Services
Bright Star Couriers LLC, or Bright Star, provides messenger services with respect to certain properties owned by us. Bright Star is owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green. The aggregate amount of fees paid by us for such services was approximately $38,000 and $7,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Leases
Nancy Peck and Company leases 2,013 square feet of space at 420 Lexington Avenue pursuant to a lease that expires on June 30, 2005 and provides for annual rental payments of approximately $64,000. Nancy Peck and Company is owned by Nancy Peck, the wife of Stephen L. Green. The rent due under the lease is offset against a consulting fee, of $10,000 per month, we pay to her under a consulting agreement which is cancelable upon 30-days notice.
Management Fees
S.L. Green Management Corp. receives property management fees from certain entities in which Stephen L. Green owns an interest. The aggregate amount of fees paid to S.L. Green Management Corp. from such entities was approximately $69,000 and $59,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
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Management Indebtedness
On January 17, 2001, Mr. Marc Holliday, then our president, received a non-recourse loan from us in the principal amount of $1,000,000 pursuant to his amended and restated employment and noncompetition agreement he executed at that time. This loan bears interest at the applicable federal rate per annum and is secured by a pledge of certain of Mr. Hollidays shares of our common stock. The principal of and interest on this loan is forgivable upon our attainment of specified financial performance goals prior to December 31, 2006, provided that Mr. Holliday remains employed by us until January 17, 2007. On April 17, 2000, Mr. Holliday received a loan from us in the principal amount of $300,000, with a maturity date of July 17, 2003. This loan bears interest at a rate of 6.60% per annum and is secured by a pledge of certain of Mr. Hollidays shares of our common stock. On May 14, 2002, Mr. Holliday entered into a loan modification agreement with us in order to modify the repayment terms of the $300,000 loan. Pursuant to the agreement, $100,000 (plus accrued interest thereon) is forgivable on each of January 1, 2004, January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, provided that Mr. Holliday remains employed by us through each of such date. The balance outstanding on this loan, including accrued interest, was $254,000 on March 31, 2004. In addition, the $300,000 loan shall be forgiven if and when the $1,000,000 loan that Mr. Holliday received pursuant to his amended and restated employment and non-competition agreement is forgiven.
Brokerage Services
Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, a nationally recognized real estate investment banking firm, provided mortgage brokerage services with respect to securing approximately $80 million of first mortgage financing in 2003. Mr. Morton Holliday, the father of Mr. Marc Holliday, was a Managing Director of Sonnenblick at the time of the financing. The fees paid by us to Sonnenblick for such services was approximately $400,000 in 2003. In 2003, we also paid $623,000 to Sonnenblick in connection with the acquisition of 461 Fifth Avenue.
Investments
The ownership interests in NJMA Centennial, an entity in which we held an indirect non-controlling 10% ownership interest, were sold in May 2003 for $4.5 million to NJMA Centennial Owners, LLC, the managing member of which is an affiliate of the Schultz Organization. The sole asset of NJMA Centennial is 865 Centennial Avenue, a 56,000 square foot office/industrial property located in Piscataway, New Jersey. Under NJMA Centennials Operating Agreement, we had no authority with respect to the sale. Marc Holliday, one of our executive officers, invested $225,000 in a non-managing membership interest in the entity acquiring the property. Our board of directors determined that this was not an appropriate investment opportunity for us and approved the investment by the executive officer prior to the transaction occurring.
Other
Management
Gerard Nocera, who was an Executive Vice President and Director of Real Estate, was promoted to Chief Operating Officer effective May 1, 2004.
Insurance
The real estate industry witnessed a sharp rise in property insurance costs after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Recently, there has been some stabilizing of these costs, primarily as a result of Federal legislation that required insurance companies to provide terrorism coverage while providing a financial backstop in the event of a terrorist attack. We recently renewed our insurance policy. We carry comprehensive all risk (fire, flood, extended coverage and rental loss insurance) and liability insurance with respect to our property portfolio. This policy has a limit of $350 million of terrorism coverage for the properties in our portfolio and expires in October 2004. 1515 Broadway has stand-alone insurance coverage, which provides for full all risk coverage, but has a limit of $300 million in terrorism coverage. This policy will expire in May 2004. We are currently in the market to renew this policy. We also have a separate policy for 1221 Avenue of the Americas in which we participate with the Rockefeller Group Inc. in a blanket policy providing $1.2 billion of all risk property insurance along with $1.0 billion of insurance for terrorism. While we believe our insurance coverage is appropriate, in the event of a major catastrophe resulting from an act of terrorism, we may not have sufficient coverage to replace a significant property. We do not know if sufficient insurance coverage will be available when the current policies expire, nor do we know the costs for obtaining renewal policies containing terms similar to our current policies. In addition, our policies may not cover properties that we may acquire in the future, and additional insurance may need to be obtained prior to October 2004, or in the case of 1515 Broadway, May 2004.
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Our debt instruments, consisting of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans secured by our properties (which are generally non-recourse to us), ground leases and our secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities and unsecured term loan, contain customary covenants requiring us to maintain insurance. There can be no assurance that the lenders or ground lessors under these instruments will not take the position that a total or partial exclusion from all risk insurance coverage for losses due to terrorist acts is a breach of these debt and ground lease instruments that allows the lenders or ground lessors to declare an event of default and accelerate repayment of debt or recapture of ground lease positions. In addition, if lenders insist on full coverage for these risks, it would adversely affect our ability to finance and/or refinance our properties and to expand our portfolio or result in substantially higher insurance premiums.
Funds from Operations
The revised White Paper on Funds from Operations, or FFO, approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT in October 1999 defines FFO as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We believe that FFO is helpful to investors as a measure of the performance of an equity REIT because, along with cash flow from operating activities, financing activities and investing activities, it provides investors with an indication of our ability to incur and service debt, to make capital expenditures and to fund other cash needs. We compute FFO in accordance with the current standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than us. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indication of our financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions.
Funds from Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
||||
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
Income before minority interest, gain on sales and preferred stock dividends |
|
$ |
19,898 |
|
$ |
17,852 |
|
Add: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
13,048 |
|
10,590 |
|
||
FFO from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
2,184 |
|
||
FFO adjustment for unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
6,000 |
|
3,387 |
|
||
Less: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Dividends on convertible preferred shares |
|
|
|
(2,300 |
) |
||
Dividends on perpetual preferred shares |
|
(3,000 |
) |
|
|
||
Amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation on non-rental real estate assets |
|
(956 |
) |
(1,485 |
) |
||
Funds From Operations basic |
|
34,990 |
|
30,228 |
|
||
Dividends on preferred shares |
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
||
Funds From Operations diluted |
|
$ |
34,990 |
|
$ |
32,528 |
|
Cash flows provided by operating activities |
|
$ |
30,689 |
|
$ |
24,985 |
|
Cash flows used in investing activities |
|
$ |
(48,885 |
) |
$ |
(4,024 |
) |
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
$ |
2,043 |
|
$ |
(54,362 |
) |
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Inflation
Substantially all of the office leases provide for separate real estate tax and operating expense escalations as well as operating expense recoveries based on increases in the Consumer Price Index or other measures such as porters wage. In addition, many of the leases provide for fixed base rent increases. We believe that inflationary increases may be at least partially offset by the contractual rent increases and expense escalations described above.
Forward-Looking Information
This report includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Such forward-looking statements relate to, without limitation, our future capital expenditures, dividends and acquisitions (including the amount and nature thereof) and other development trends of the real estate industry and the Manhattan office market, business strategies, and the expansion and growth of our operations. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words may, will, should, expect, anticipate, estimate, believe, intend, project, continue, or the negative of these words, or other similar words or terms. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Among the factors about which we have made assumptions are general economic and business (particularly real estate) conditions either nationally or in New York City being less favorable than expected, the potential impact of terrorist attacks on the national, regional and local economies including in particular, the New York City area and our tenants, the business opportunities that may be presented to and pursued by us, changes in laws or regulations (including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs), risk of acquisitions, risks of structured finance investments, availability and creditworthiness of prospective tenants, availability of capital (debt and equity), interest rate fluctuations, competition, supply and demand for properties in our current and any proposed market areas, tenants ability to pay rent at current or increased levels, accounting principles, policies and guidelines applicable to REITs, environmental, regulatory and/or safety requirements, tenant bankruptcies and defaults, the availability and cost of comprehensive insurance, including coverage for terrorist acts, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.
The risks included here are not exhaustive. Other sections of this report may include additional factors that could adversely affect the Companys business and financial performance. Moreover, the Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Companys business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
See Item 2, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Market Rate Risk for additional information regarding our exposure to interest rate fluctuations.
The table below presents principal cash flows based upon maturity dates of our debt obligations and mortgage receivables and the related weighted-average interest rates by expected maturity dates as of March 31, 2004 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Average |
|
Mortgage Receivables |
|
|||||
Date |
|
Fixed |
|
|
Variable |
|
|
Amount |
|
Weighted |
|
|||||
2004 |
|
$ |
72,542 |
|
6.24 |
% |
$ |
|
|
|
|
$ |
84,380 |
|
13.69 |
% |
2005 |
|
51,405 |
|
5.90 |
% |
|
|
|
|
71,000 |
|
10.76 |
% |
|||
2006 |
|
4,222 |
|
5.89 |
% |
175,410 |
|
2.68 |
% |
15,781 |
|
11.11 |
% |
|||
2007 |
|
80,954 |
|
5.88 |
% |
1,324 |
|
2.62 |
% |
5,478 |
|
13.92 |
% |
|||
2008 |
|
207,666 |
|
6.39 |
% |
98,676 |
|
2.62 |
% |
99,899 |
|
11.49 |
% |
|||
Thereafter |
|
368,229 |
|
6.85 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total |
|
$ |
785,018 |
|
6.41 |
% |
$ |
275,410 |
|
2.66 |
% |
$ |
276,538 |
|
12.00 |
% |
Fair Value |
|
$ |
794,700 |
|
|
|
$ |
275,410 |
|
|
|
$ |
276,538 |
|
|
|
The table below presents the gross principal cash flows based upon maturity dates of our share of our joint venture debt obligations and the related weighted-average interest rates by expected maturity dates as of March 31, 2004 (in thousands):
|
|
Long Term Debt |
|
||||||||
Date |
|
Fixed |
|
Average |
|
Variable |
|
Average |
|
||
2004(1) |
|
$ |
147,273 |
|
6.04 |
% |
$ |
84,434 |
|
3.20 |
% |
2005 |
|
925 |
|
7.05 |
% |
98,826 |
|
2.62 |
% |
||
2006 |
|
989 |
|
7.06 |
% |
78,750 |
|
2.69 |
% |
||
2007 |
|
1,059 |
|
7.06 |
% |
|
|
|
|
||
2008 |
|
21,863 |
|
7.07 |
% |
|
|
|
|
||
Thereafter |
|
55,821 |
|
8.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
227,930 |
|
6.94 |
% |
$ |
262,010 |
|
2.93 |
% |
Fair Value |
|
$ |
232,100 |
|
|
|
$ |
262,010 |
|
|
|
(1) Included in this item is $184,250 based on the contractual maturity date of the debt on 1515 Broadway. This loan has five one-year as-of-right extension options.
The table below lists all of our derivative instruments, including joint ventures, and their related fair value as of March 31, 2004 (in thousands):
|
|
Asset |
|
Benchmark |
|
Notional |
|
Strike |
|
Effective |
|
Expiration |
|
Fair |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Interest Rate Collar |
|
Fleet loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
$ |
70,000 |
|
6.580 |
% |
12/1999 |
|
11/2004 |
|
$ |
(2,010 |
) |
Interest Rate Swap |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
65,000 |
|
4.010 |
% |
11/2001 |
|
8/2005 |
|
(2,300 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
|
|
3.300 |
% |
8/2005 |
|
9/2006 |
|
(337 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
|
|
4.330 |
% |
9/2006 |
|
6/2008 |
|
(420 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
100,000 |
|
4.060 |
% |
12/2003 |
|
12/2007 |
|
(5,232 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap (1) |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
35,000 |
|
1.450 |
% |
12/2003 |
|
12/2004 |
|
(72 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap (1) |
|
Term loan |
|
LIBOR |
|
|
|
4.113 |
% |
12/2004 |
|
6/2008 |
|
(1,147 |
) |
||
Total Consolidated Hedges |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
270,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(11,518 |
) |
Interest Rate Swap (2) |
|
1250 Broadway |
|
LIBOR |
|
$ |
46,750 |
|
4.038 |
% |
11/2001 |
|
1/2005 |
|
$ |
(1,048 |
) |
Interest Rate Swap (2) |
|
1515 Broadway |
|
LIBOR |
|
100,000 |
|
2.299 |
% |
8/2002 |
|
6/2004 |
|
(244 |
) |
||
Interest Rate Swap (2) |
|
1515 Broadway |
|
LIBOR |
|
|
|
1.855 |
% |
6/2004 |
|
6/2005 |
|
(398 |
) |
||
Total Joint Venture Hedges |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
146,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(1,690 |
) |
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In addition to these derivative instruments, our joint venture loan agreements require the joint ventures to purchase interest rate caps on their debt. All these interest rate caps were out of the money and had no value at March 31, 2004.
(1) This is a step swap with an initial term of one year followed by a four year term.
(2) This represents a hedge on a portion of our share of the unconsolidated joint venture debt.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of disclosure controls and procedures in Rule 13a-15(e). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Also, we have investments in certain unconsolidated entities. As we do not control these entities, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are necessarily substantially more limited than those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
There have been no significant changes in our internal controls that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date we completed our evaluation.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
See Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements
None
None
None
None
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits:
10.1 Second Amended and Restated Secured Credit and Guarantee Agreement dated March 22, 2004 filed herewith.
10.2 Amended and Restated Employment and Non-competition Agreement between Marc Holliday and the Company, dated January 1, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004.
10.3 Employment and Non-competition Agreement between Andrew Mathias and the Company, dated January 1, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004.
10.4 Employment and Non-competition Agreement between Gregory Hughes and the Company, dated February 3, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004.
10.5 Separation agreement between Michael W. Reid and the Company dated February 3, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004.
10.6 Interim employment agreement between Thomas E. Wirth and the Company dated February 3, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004.
31.1 Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
31.2 Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
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32.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
The Registrant filed a Current Report on Form 8K/A dated December 29, 2003 and filed on January 9, 2004 (reporting under Items 2 and 7) in connection with its providing pro forma financial information relating to its acquisition of a 45% ownership interest in 1221 Avenue of the Americas.
The Registrant file a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 13, 2004 and filed on January 14, 2004 (reporting under Items 5 and 7) in connection with the sale of 1.8 million shares of our common stock.
The Registrant filed a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 2004 and filed on January 28, 2004 (reporting under Items 7 and 12) in connection with its fourth quarter 2003 earnings release and supplemental information package.
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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.
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Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING SECURED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
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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,
As Administrative Agent for the Lenders
and As Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties,
WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As Syndication Agent for the Lenders,
SOVEREIGN BANK and COMMERZBANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
As Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
As Managing Agent for the Lenders,
FLEET SECURITIES, INC. and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
As Co-Arrangers
Effective Date: March 22, 2004
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§29. CONSENT TO AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT; TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS |
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Schedule 1.3 |
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Related Companies, Unconsolidated Entities and Guarantors |
Schedule 1.4. |
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[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
Schedule 6.3 |
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Title to Properties |
Schedule 6.7 |
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Litigation |
Schedule 6.15 |
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Schedule 6.16 |
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Schedule 6.18 |
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Schedule 6.19 |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING SECURED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT is made as of the day of March, 2004, 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 §19, shall become a Lender (individually, a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), (v) FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Collateral Documents (in such capacities, the Agent), (vi) WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK), as syndication agent for the Lenders hereunder, (vii) SOVEREIGN BANK and COMMERZBANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as co-documentation agents for the Lenders hereunder, and (viii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as managing agent for the Lenders hereunder.
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2003, among the Borrower, the Guarantors signatory thereto (the Existing Guarantors), the lenders signatory thereto (the Existing Lenders), Fleet National Bank, as administrative agent, Wachovia Bank National Association, as syndication agent, and Sovereign Bank, as documentation agent (as amended from time to time, the Existing Credit Agreement), the Existing Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower secured revolving loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase the principal amount of the facility, extend the maturity of the facility and substitute the Lenders for the Existing Lenders as Lenders under this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, to accomplish these purposes, the Agent, the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety, as follows:
Additional Commitment. The portion (if any) of any Lenders Commitment which will become effective on the Commitment Increase Date if the Total Commitment is increased pursuant to § 2.2.
Additional Commitment Lenders. Those Lenders which provide an Additional Commitment.
Adjusted EBITDA. For any Person for any period, EBITDA minus (i) the aggregate Minimum Capital Expenditure Reserves for all Real Estate Assets for such period 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 Real Estate Asset for such period, and minus the Minimum Management Fees for such Real Estate Asset for such period; provided, however, that for any Real Estate Asset acquired less than three (3) months prior to such date of determination, such Real Estate Assets Net Operating Income shall be its pro forma Net Operating Income (as approved by the Agent) for the entire fiscal quarter in which acquired.
Adjusted Unsecured Debt. The sum of Unsecured Indebtedness plus any Obligations outstanding, whether principal, interest, fees or otherwise.
Adjusted Unencumbered Asset Value. When determined as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the sum of (i) the Value of all Unencumbered Assets plus (ii) 75% of the aggregate amount of Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values for all Structured Finance Collateral Assets.
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 capacities as sole administrative agent for the Lenders and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents, or any sole successor administrative agent and collateral agent appointed pursuant to §14.
Agents Head Office. The Agents 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 Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
Applicable LIBOR Margin. The applicable margin over the LIBOR Rate which is used in calculating the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans and which shall vary from time to time in accordance with the Companys then applicable (if any) Moodys Rating, S&P Rating and Fitch Rating (for purposes of this definition, each a debt rating), as set forth below in this
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definition. If at any time of determination of the Applicable LIBOR Margin, the Company has then current debt ratings from at least two (2) of Moodys, S&P or Fitch, then the Applicable LIBOR Margin shall be based on the lower of such ratings.
The applicable debt ratings and the Applicable LIBOR Margins are set forth in the following table:
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The Applicable LIBOR Margin shall be adjusted effective on the first Business Day following the effective date of a change in the Moodys Rating, the S&P Rating or the Fitch Rating, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during any period either (x) the Company does not maintain debt ratings from at least two (2) of Moodys, S&P or Fitch or (y) the Company does maintain such debt ratings but at least one of such debt ratings is less than BBB-/Baa3 (or the equivalent), the Applicable LIBOR Margin during such period shall be 140 basis points.
As-Is Value. For any Real Estate Asset set forth on Schedule 8.2(h) (as such Schedule shall be amended or supplemented from time to time), the as-is value of such Real Estate Asset as determined by an appraisal conducted by a Member of the Appraisal Institute compliant with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act supplied by Borrower which is less than one year old from the date of such determination and which is acceptable to the Agent and the Borrower; provided, however, that for any Real Estate Asset for which no such appraisal is available, As-Is Value shall be the value determined by dividing the Adjusted Net Operating Income for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, annualized, for such Real Estate Asset by the capitalization rate (which shall in no event exceed 9.0%) set forth for such Real Estate Asset on Schedule 8.2(h) (as such Schedule shall be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Assignment and Acceptance. See §19.
Bankruptcy Code. Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 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 (Fleet) at Fleets Head Office as its base rate, and (b) one half of one percent (½%) 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.
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Borrowing Date. The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on which any Loan is converted or continued in accordance with §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 §6.18.
Co-Arrangers. Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Securities, Inc. or any of the respective successors thereto.
Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.
Collateral. As defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement, or as defined in any other Collateral Document.
Collateral Documents. The Pledge and Security Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or a Guarantor granting a lien on its property to secure payment of the Obligations.
Commitment. With respect to each Lender, the amount set forth from time to time on Schedule 1.2 hereto as the amount of such Lenders commitment to make Loans to the Borrower.
Commitment Increase. An increase in the Total Commitment to not more than $150,000,000 pursuant to § 2.2(a).
Commitment Increase Date. See §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 Lenders percentage of the Total Commitment.
Company. As defined in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate. See §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 §2.6.
Default. See §12.1.
Delinquent Lender. See §14.5(c).
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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.
Dollars or $. 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.
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 (except as noted below), (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 such Person, (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 such Person or any Subsidiary or consolidated entity thereof has a minority interest and in which none of such Person or any Subsidiary or consolidated entity thereof has control, except to the extent actually received, provided, however, that EBITDA shall include earnings and losses from any Real Estate Asset which has been identified for sale and would otherwise qualify as a discontinued operation under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, until sold or otherwise disposed of.
Effective Date. The date upon which this Agreement shall become effective pursuant to §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
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OECD; (d) the central bank of any country which is a member of the OECD; (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, and (f) any Lender or Affiliated Lender. 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 §3 (3) of ERISA currently maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental Laws. See §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 §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 Guarantor or any of their 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,
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(vi) the imposition of liability on the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their 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 Guarantor or any of their 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 Guarantor or any of their 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 Guarantor or any of their 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 Guarantor or any of their 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 §12.1.
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Existing Credit Agreement. As defined in the recitals thereto.
Facility. The secured revolving line of credit facility provided to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Fitch. Fitch Ratings, a division of Fitch, Inc. or its successors.
Fitch Rating. The rating for the Companys senior long-term unsecured debt assigned by Fitch.
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 §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 Company 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 Person in question 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 ground lease granting a leasehold interest in land and/or the improvements thereon.
Guaranteed Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of §3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any ERISA
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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, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Company owning any interest in a Structured Finance Collateral Asset, and any other Subsidiaries of the Borrower or the Company which execute and deliver this Agreement as a Guarantor.
Guaranty. See §18.1.
Hazardous Materials. See §6.18(a).
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 or upon the application of such Person and, without duplication, all unreimbursed 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 bankers acceptances and the estimated liability under any participating mortgage, convertible mortgage or similar arrangement, (ix) the aggregate principal amount of rentals or other
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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, (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 Persons 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 following periods, as selected by the Borrower in a Loan Request: (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;
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(C) if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in §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 four (4) 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.
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. Each determination of the LIBOR Rate applicable to the particular Interest Period selected by the Borrower shall be made by the Agent and shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower absent manifest error.
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
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Unconsolidated Entity then any pledge or assignment of Borrowers 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, the Collateral Documents, and any and all other agreements, documents and instruments now or hereafter evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to the Loans.
Loan Request. See §2.5.
Loans. Loans made or to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to §2.1 and §2.5.
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.
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. December 20, 2006, or such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.
Maximum Credit Amount. As of any date of determination, the lesser of
(i) the Total Commitment and
(ii) the sum of
(A) 50% of the aggregate Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values of all Structured Finance Collateral Assets that are 100% beneficially owned by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor plus
(B) the lesser of (x) $37,500,000 and (y) 25% of the aggregate Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values of all Structured Finance Collateral Assets that are less than 100% beneficially owned by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor.
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.
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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.
Moodys. Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or its successors.
Moodys Rating. The rating for the Companys senior long-term unsecured debt assigned by Moodys.
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 §3(37) of ERISA contributed to by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their ERISA Affiliates.
Net Offering Proceeds. All cash proceeds received after December 31, 2003 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 tenants 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
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other than Borrower or a Guarantor or other Related Company or their respective agents or representatives.
Notes. See §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, the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans 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.
Outstanding Obligations. As of any date of determination, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans.
PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §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 §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 Investments Cap. See §8.2.
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, workmens 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;
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(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, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge and Security Agreement. The amended and restated pledge and security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto, executed by each Person pledging an interest in the Collateral and delivered to the Agent, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, on or before the Effective Date.
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 §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 Guarantor or any of the Related Companies.
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 but not limited to 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 Agents discretion, that Borrower or a Guarantor has control of the decision-making functions of management and leasing of such mortgaged properties, has
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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 §19.3.
Related Companies. The entities listed and described on Schedule 1.3 hereto, or after the Effective Date, any entity whose financial statements are consolidated or combined with the Companys 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 two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) 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. Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or its successors.
S&P Rating. The rating for the Companys senior long-term unsecured debt assigned by S&P.
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Secured Parties. The Lenders and the Agent, as collateral agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Structured Finance Collateral Asset. Each Structured Finance Investment set forth on Schedule 1.1, as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any other Structured Finance Investment which, at the date of determination, (i) is beneficially owned in whole or in part by Borrower or one of the Guarantors; (ii) is unencumbered by any Liens; (iii) (A) if a Mortgage Loan, is not greater than ninety (90) days past due, (B) if a loan secured by partnership or membership interests or a membership agreement, is not greater than ninety (90) days past due, or (C) if a preferred equity Investment, there are no dividends in arrears for a period of more than ninety (90) days; (iv) is pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as Collateral to secure the Obligations, and (v) is approved as a Structured Finance Collateral Asset by the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion (which shall not be unreasonably delayed). Each asset which satisfies the conditions set forth in this definition shall be deemed to be a Structured Finance Collateral Asset only during such periods of time as Borrower has included the same on the list of Structured Finance Collateral Assets attached to the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered hereunder.
Structured Finance Collateral Asset Value. With respect to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset, when determined as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the product of (A) the percentage (stated as a fraction) of Borrowers or the Guarantors aggregate beneficial ownership interest in such Structured Finance Collateral Asset times (B) the least of (i) the stated face value of such Structured Finance Collateral Asset (taking into account principal amortization), (ii) the purchase price paid for such Structured Finance Collateral Asset by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors, and (iii) the book value of such Structured Finance Collateral Asset as determined by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Structured Finance Investment. Any of the following Investments in (or in entities whose Investments are primarily in): (i) Mortgages, Mortgage Loans, and Mortgage Notes, (ii) mezzanine or bridge financing loans secured by partnership or equivalent equity interests in the borrower thereof, (iii) marketable securities or (iv) preferred equity Investments (including preferred limited partnership or limited liability company interests) (including, but not limited to, single-asset or limited-asset collateralized mortgage backed securities) in entities owning (or leasing pursuant to a Ground Lease) class B (or better) office properties located in the greater New York, New York area, but subject in all cases to the Requisite Lenders approval as set forth in clause (v) of the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
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.
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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.
Term Loan Facility. The Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Guarantors under that certain Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2003, among the Borrower, certain of the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as amended by a First Amendment and a Second Amendment thereto dated June 5, 2003 and December 16, 2003, respectively, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and any refinancing thereof.
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, the Company or one of their respective Subsidiaries or the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantors other than Real Estate Assets referred to in clause (iii) of this definition, divided by nine percent (9.0%), 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 payment of the purchase price thereunder but for the passage of time) and Real Estate Effective Control Assets acquired or initially leased by the Borrower, the Company or one of their respective Subsidiaries or the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility 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 Borrower, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, plus (v) the aggregate book value of all Investments of the Borrower, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries and the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantors (other than Real Estate Effective Control Assets) permitted under §8.2.
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 Borrowers 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 §7.4.
1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment. An Investment in less than all of the economic and beneficial ownership interests in the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner.
1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party. Any Affiliate of Borrower which directly or indirectly owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment, provided that if Borrower directly owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment, Borrower shall be the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party.
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1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period. Any period of time during which the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment.
1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner. Rock-McGraw, Inc., a New York corporation (Rock-McGraw), the fee owner of the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York as of December 16, 2003, or any successor to Rock-McGraw as fee owner of the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York.
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, other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in whom the Borrower, the Company or any Related Company holds an Investment, regardless of whether the financial results of such Person would or 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.
Unencumbered Asset. At all times, any Real Estate Asset identified as an Unencumbered Asset under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility at such time, provided, however, that if the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility is no longer outstanding, then any Real Estate Asset that would have qualified as an Unencumbered Asset under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility if the same had not been terminated.
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 percent (9.0%), 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, of any Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantor or of any of the other Related Companies to the extent 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.
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. The $300,000,000 unsecured credit facility established pursuant to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 17, 2003 among Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent for the lenders party thereto, as amended by a First Amendment thereto dated December 16, 2003, and as it may have been or may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
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Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantors. Each Person who is a Guarantor, as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 17, 2003 among Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent for the lenders party thereto, as it may have been or may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Unused Amount. See §4.2
Value of All Unencumbered Assets. As of any date of determination, 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 Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantors other than Unencumbered Assets referred to in clause (ii) of this definition, divided by nine percent (9.0%), plus (ii) the aggregate purchase price of all Unencumbered Assets acquired or initially leased by the Borrower or the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Guarantors within the fiscal quarter immediately preceding or ending on 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 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.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary. As to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding ownership interests of which Subsidiary (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
(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.
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(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 § 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.
§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 at any time and on one occasion prior to December 20, 2005, to request an increase in the Total Commitment by an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 by written notice to the Agent. Upon receipt of such notice,
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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 Borrowers 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. If Agent does invite one or more Eligible Assignees to become a Lender and if following any such invitation, the amounts committed are still not sufficient to provide the full amount of the Commitment Increase requested by Borrower, the Commitment Increase shall be reduced to the aggregate of the amounts committed. 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 Lenders 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 §3.3.
(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 $1,000,000 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 $50,000,000, 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 §4.2
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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 §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 Lenders 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 effective date of such increase or 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 §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 §10.6. The surrendered Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.
§2.3. The Notes (a) 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 Lenders 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 Lenders Note, an appropriate notation on such Lenders 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 Lenders 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.
(b) Upon receipt of an affidavit (including appropriate indemnification) of an officer of any Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Lenders Note, and, in the case of such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon cancellation of such Note, the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement note in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.
(a) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest commencing with the Borrowing Date thereof at the rate equal to the Base Rate. Changes in the rate of interest resulting from changes in the Base Rate shall take place immediately without demand or notice of any kind.
(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. Agent shall determine the rate equal to the Applicable LIBOR Margin per annum above the LIBOR Rate which will be in effect during such Interest Period and inform
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Borrower of such determination (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower absent manifest error).
(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.
(d) All agreements between the Borrower and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, are expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the Obligations or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to the Lenders for the use or the forbearance of the Indebtedness evidenced under this Agreement and the Notes exceed the maximum permissible under law. As used herein, the term applicable law shall mean the law in effect as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in the event there is a change in the law which results in a higher permissible rate of interest, then this Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by such new law as of its effective date. If, under or from any circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document at the time of performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve transcending the limit of such validity prescribed by applicable law, then the obligation to be fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limits of such validity, and if under or from any circumstances whatsoever the Lenders should receive as interest an amount which would exceed the highest lawful rate, such amount which would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding and not to the payment of interest. In the event that, as a result of this §2.4(d), the interest rate on any Loans is reduced and, after such reduction, the maximum permissible interest rate under applicable law exceeds the interest rate payable hereunder, the interest rate on the Loans shall be the maximum permissible interest rate under applicable law until the aggregate amount of interest paid equals the aggregate amount of interest that would have been paid but for this §2.4(d). This provision shall control every other provision of the Loan Documents.
§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 Day 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 §9.1 through §9.8 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 §11 has not been met or waived. If such a notice is given, Agent shall poll the Lenders, and the Requisite Lenders
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shall promptly determine whether all of the conditions contained in §11 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 §11 have been met or waived, or, in any event, if all conditions in §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 $100,000 in excess thereof. The Borrower shall be allowed up to two (2) Loan Requests per month.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in §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 §9.1 through §9.8, 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.
(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 §2.6(b) and §2.6(d) 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 $100,000 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 §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 Borrowers account have actual knowledge.
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(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 §2.5, elect to convert a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to §2.6(a) or elect to continue a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to §2.6(b) if, after giving effect thereto, there would be greater than four (4) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding. Any Loan Request for a LIBOR Rate Loan that would create greater than four (4) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding shall be deemed to be a Loan Request for a Base Rate Loan.
(a) Subject to §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 Agents Head Office, in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lenders 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 §§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 Lenders 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 Lenders 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 Lenders 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 Lenders 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.
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§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.
§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, provided, however, that if as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower the sum of the Outstanding Obligations exceeds the Maximum Credit Amount by less than $100,000 solely as a result of principal amortization within such fiscal quarter with respect to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset (as certified to by a Responsible Officer of the Company (on behalf of the Borrower) and as demonstrated on the compliance statement required pursuant to §6.4 for such fiscal quarter), no repayment shall be required under this §3.2.
§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 §3.3 may be made only on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, except as set forth below in this §3.3. The Borrower shall give the Agent no later than 10:00 a.m., Boston time, at least one (1) Business Days prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.3 of any Base Rate Loans and three (3) Eurodollar Business Days notice of any proposed repayment pursuant to this §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) provided that if partial prepayment is received in connection with payment received from an underlying obligor or other party to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset, the amount so received may be prepaid 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,
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as a result of Borrowers 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.
§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 rate of 25 basis points per annum on the average daily amount by which the Total Commitment (as it may have been increased or reduced pursuant to §2.2) exceeds the Outstanding Obligations (such excess, the Unused Amount). 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 April 1, 2004, with a final payment on the Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the Commitments shall terminate.
(a) All payments of principal, interest, closing fees, commitment fees and any other amounts due hereunder (other than as provided in §4.1, §4.5 and §4.6) or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all prepayments, shall be made to the Agent, for the respective
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accounts of the Lenders, at the Agents 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 Lenders 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 Borrowers obligation to pay such additional amounts and would not be disadvantageous to such Lender.
(d) All payments shall be applied first to the payment of all fees, expenses and other amounts due the Agent and the Lenders (excluding principal and interest), then to accrued interest, and the balance on account of outstanding principal; provided, however, that after an Event of Default, payments will be applied to the Obligations as the Requisite Lenders determine in their sole discretion.
§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.
§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
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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 Lenders 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 Lenders 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.
§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
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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.
§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 §4.5 or §4.6 as promptly as practicable. A certificate setting forth any additional amounts payable pursuant to §§4.5 or 4.6 and a brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by any Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be prima facie evidence that such amounts are due and owing.
§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 Borrowers 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, continuation 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 §3.3(a)).
§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) .
§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
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determines in good faith that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrower.
§4.11. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or any change 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 §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. The Base Rate shall remain in effect thereafter unless and until such Lender shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower) that the aforesaid circumstances no longer exist, whereupon such Lender shall notify Borrower and Agent and Borrower may submit a Conversion Request in accordance with the provisions of § 2.6.
§4.12. Replacement of Lenders. If Agent or any of the Lenders shall make a notice or demand upon the Borrower pursuant to §4.3, §4.5, §4.6, or §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 §19.1 (and clause (c) or (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 §4.2 allocated to the assigning Lender, and all other amounts due to such Lender, including any amounts pursuant to this §4, 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.
§5.1. Structured Finance Collateral Assets. The Borrower represents and warrants that each of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets listed on Schedule 1.1 will on the Effective Date satisfy all of the conditions set forth in the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset. The Lenders confirm that each of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets listed on Schedule 1.1 is, on the Effective Date, accepted as a Structured Finance Collateral Asset. From time to time during the term of this Agreement, upon the written consent of the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed), additional assets may become
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Structured Finance Collateral Assets and certain assets which previously satisfied the conditions set forth in the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset may cease to be Structured Finance Collateral Assets by virtue of payment of the underlying obligations, creation of Liens or other reasons. There shall be attached to each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to §7.4(d) or §7.13 an updated listing of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets relied upon by the Borrower in computing the covenants set forth in numbered paragraph 4 of such Compliance Certificate. Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to §2.5(a) shall include an updated listing of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets and shall include such updated listing whenever a redetermination of the Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values for all Structured Finance Collateral 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 Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values for all Structured Finance Collateral Assets by virtue of payment of the underlying obligations, creation of Liens or other reasons.
§5.2. Waivers by Requisite Lenders. If any asset fails to satisfy any of the requirements contained in the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset then such asset may nevertheless be deemed to be a Structured Finance Collateral Asset hereunder if the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion vote to accept such asset as a Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
§5.3. Rejection of Structured Finance Collateral Assets. If at any time the Agent reasonably determines that any asset listed as a Structured Finance Collateral Asset by the Borrower does not satisfy all of the requirements of the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset other than clause (v) thereof (to the extent not waived by the Requisite Lenders pursuant to §5.2), it may upon three (3) Business Days notice to the Borrower reject such Structured Finance Collateral 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 Structured Finance Collateral Asset Values.
§5.4. Change in Circumstances. If at any time during the term of this Agreement Borrower becomes aware that any of the applicable representations contained in §6 are no longer accurate with respect to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset, it will promptly so notify the Agent and either request a waiver pursuant to §5.2 or confirm that such asset is no longer a Structured Finance Collateral 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 such Structured Finance Collateral Asset pursuant to §5.3.
§5.5. No Limitation on Recourse. The Obligations are full recourse obligations of the Borrower and of the Guarantors, and all of their respective assets and other properties shall be available for the indefeasible payment in full in cash and performance of the Obligations as and when due and payable.
§5.6. Additional Guarantors. (a) If Borrower desires that an asset owned by a Related Company which is not previously a Guarantor become a Structured Finance Collateral Asset, then as a condition thereto such Related Company (x) shall be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower or any Guarantor, and (y) shall become a Guarantor upon delivery to the Agent of the following, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent: (i) a supplement to this Agreement executed and delivered by such proposed Guarantor assenting to be bound by all the
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terms of the Loan Documents as a Guarantor, and (ii) 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.
(b) Borrower may transfer title to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset owned by Borrower to a single purpose limited liability company wholly-owned by Borrower provided that such limited liability company (x) delivers to Agent the items described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding clause (a), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (y) becomes a Guarantor hereunder, and (z) executes the Pledge and Security Agreement as a Pledgor (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) and grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, a first priority security interest in such Structured Finance Collateral Asset and the proceeds thereof to secure payment of the Obligations .
§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:
(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 any of the Collateral is 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 any of the Collateral owned by it is 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 Borrowers partnership agreement or Companys 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 this Agreement and the other 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
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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 Guarantors 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 Guarantors properties are subject.
(c) Enforceability. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, 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 this Agreement and the other 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.
§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.
(a) Either the Borrower or a Guarantor holds good and unencumbered title to their respective legal and beneficial interest in the Structured Finance Collateral Assets, subject to no Liens other than those in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, under the Loan Documents.
(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 December 31, 2002 or acquired since that date (except properties sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since that date).
§6.4. Financial Statements. The following financial statements have been furnished to the Agent:
(a) A balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2002, and a statement of operations and statement of cash flows of the Company for the fiscal year then ended, a balance
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sheet of the Borrower as of December 31, 2002, and a statement of operations and statement of cash flows of the Borrower for the fiscal year then ended, all accompanied by an auditors 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 December 31, 2002 but prior to the Effective Date for which the Company has filed form 10-Q with the SEC, which the Companys 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.
§6.5. No Material Changes, Etc. Since September 30, 2003, there has occurred no material adverse change in the financial condition or assets or business of the Borrower or the Company as shown on or reflected in the balance sheet of the Borrower and the Company as of September 30, 2003, 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.
§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 Borrowers or such Guarantors failure to possess the same does not have a Material Adverse Effect.
§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 Borrowers 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 on any Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
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§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 Companys officers, to have any Material Adverse Effect.
§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 Borrowers partnership agreement or of the Companys or other Guarantors 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.
§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.
§6.11. Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder. No Default or Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the credit agreement referred to in the definition of Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility) has occurred and is continuing. No Default or Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the credit agreement referred to in the definition of Term Loan Facility) has occurred and is continuing.
§6.12. Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor the Company nor any other Guarantor 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.
§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 Structured Finance Collateral Asset, other than as required by the Pledge and Security Agreement in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders.
§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
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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.
§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.
§6.16. Benefit Plans; Multiemployer Plans; Guaranteed Pension Plans. As of the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor 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 Guarantor 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 §7.17. 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.
§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.
§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. §9601(5), any Hazardous Materials as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(33) or any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws (Hazardous 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,
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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.
§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 Borrowers 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.
§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.
§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
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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.
(a) [Intentionally Omitted].
(b) The Borrower and the Guarantors have good title to their respective ownership interests in each Structured Finance Collateral Asset, free and clear of any Liens other than the Liens of the Loan Documents. Except to the extent, if any, expressly set forth in the documents evidencing or securing the Structured Finance Collateral Assets and the Borrowers or the Guarantors interests therein, which documents have been delivered to the Agent, (a) the Borrower and the Guarantors have not waived, modified, altered, satisfied, cancelled or subordinated any of the documents evidencing or securing any of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets in any material respect, and (b) the real property underlying each Structured Finance Collateral Asset has not been released from the lien of such Structured Finance Collateral Asset, nor has any maker been released from its obligations under such Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
(c) To the best knowledge of the Borrower and the Guarantors, each Structured Finance Collateral Asset is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party obligated thereunder, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.23, each Structured Finance Collateral Asset which is a Mortgage creates a valid Lien on the property which is the subject of such Mortgage.
(d) To the actual knowledge of Borrower and the Guarantors, each Structured Finance Collateral Asset was made in compliance with all applicable laws, and does not violate any usury or similar law regulating the applicable maximum permitted rates of interest for loans, extensions of credit or forbearances.
(e) To the actual knowledge of Borrower and the Guarantors, each Structured Finance Collateral Asset evidences an undisputed, bona fide transaction completed in accordance in all material respects with the terms and provisions contained in any documents related thereto, and is genuine and free from adverse claims, setoffs, defaults, defenses, retainages, holdbacks and conditions precedent of any kind or character; and Borrower and the Guarantors have no notice from underlying obligor contesting the validity or collectability of such Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
(f) To the actual knowledge of Borrower and the Guarantors, there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation of any property subject to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset; each property subject to such Structured Finance Collateral Asset is being used for the operation of a property, is in good repair and free and clear of any damage that would affect materially and adversely the value of such property.
(g) [Intentionally Omitted].
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(h) Neither Borrower nor any of the Guarantors nor any of their Subsidiaries has received notice that any real property underlying a Structured Finance Collateral Asset violates or fails to conform with any law, ordinance, regulation, standard, license or certificate in any manner that would cause a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) [Intentionally Omitted].
(j) [Intentionally Omitted].
(k) [Intentionally Omitted].
(l) To the actual knowledge of Borrower and the Guarantors, for those properties subject to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset in which the respective maker holds a leasehold estate, (i) the related Ground Lease is in full force and effect except as permitted by such Structured Finance Collateral Asset and has not been modified or amended in any manner whatsoever, and (ii) there are no material defaults under such Ground Lease and no event has occurred, which but for the passage of time, or notice, or both, would constitute a material default under such Ground Lease.
(m) Except to the extent permitted under the definition of Structured Finance Collateral Asset,(i) no Structured Finance Collateral Asset is in default beyond the expiration of any applicable grace or notice periods, and (ii) during the preceding twelve (12) months or such lesser period as Borrower or a Guarantor has owned the applicable Structured Finance Collateral Asset, there has been no default in the payment of regularly scheduled principal and interest thereunder.
§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 (and thereafter to the extent specifically provided herein):
§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.
§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.
§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.
§7.4. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. The Borrower will deliver to each of the Lenders:
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(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,
(i) 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 auditors report prepared without qualification by Ernst & Young or by another Big Four accounting firm, or, subject to Agents approval granted or denied in its sole and absolute discretion, another certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing; and
(ii) to the extent available to the Borrower, with respect to the Structured Finance Collateral Assets, annual operating and capital budgets, rent rolls (indicating leasing status and rental rates, and pending lease expirations), management reports and operating statements with respect to each property subject to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset all to be held by the Agent and the Lenders confidentially in accordance with standard practices;
(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,
(i) 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 Borrowers 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the delivery of a copy thereof pursuant to paragraph (e) of this §7.4 shall be deemed to satisfy this clause (i) of this paragraph (b); and
(ii) to the extent available to the Borrower, with respect to the Structured Finance Collateral Assets, rent rolls (indicating leasing status and rental rates, and pending lease expirations) and operating statements with respect to each property subject to a Structured Finance Collateral Asset;
(c) [Intentionally Omitted];
(d) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above, a Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company (on behalf of the Borrower) and setting forth in reasonable detail computations
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evidencing compliance with the covenants contained herein and (if applicable) reconciliations to reflect changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles since the relevant 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 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 as the Agent may reasonably request, all material notices, financial data and other information delivered to the Borrower and the Guarantors by the obligor under any Structured Finance Collateral Asset as a condition of the contractual terms of such Structured Finance Collateral Asset; and
(h) 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, it being understood and agreed to by the Borrower and the Guarantors that any information that the Borrower or any Guarantor may reasonably require or otherwise request as a contractual right as a holder of a Structured Finance Collateral Asset may be reasonably requested by the Agent provided that the Borrower will not be in default hereunder if it fails to obtain the same after reasonable efforts. All such information shall be held by the Agent and Lenders in a confidential manner in accordance with standard practices.
(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 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 $5,000,000, 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 Borrowers obtaining knowledge of any violation of any Environmental Law regarding any property which is subject to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset or any Real
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Estate or Borrowers operations which violation could have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) upon Borrowers obtaining knowledge of any potential or known Release, or threat of Release, of any Hazardous Material at, from, or into any property which is subject to any Structured Finance Collateral 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 Structured Finance Collateral Asset or which could have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) upon Borrowers 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) Borrowers or any Persons operation of any property which is subject to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset or any Real Estate if the same would have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) contamination on, from or into any property which is subject to any Structured Finance Collateral 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 Borrowers 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 a Structured Finance Collateral Asset or any property which is subject to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
(c) Notification of Liens Against Structured Finance Collateral 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 placed upon or attaching to any Structured Finance Collateral Assets or of any other setoff, claims (including environmental claims), withholdings or other defenses to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset.
(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 Structured Finance Collateral 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 $5,000,000.
(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 Moodys Rating, in the S&P Rating, or in the Fitch Rating.
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§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 §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.
§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, and will timely pay or cause to be paid all premiums thereon. Commercial general liability insurance shall include an excess liability policy with limits of at least $50,000,000.
§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 and the Structured Finance Collateral Assets (but shall have no obligation by reason of this §7.8 to pay any taxes on real property other than properties owned by the Borrower or any Related Company) 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.
§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 examine and review any of the documentation related to any of the Structured Finance Collateral 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,
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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.
§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 other 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.
§7.11. Use of Proceeds. Subject to the provisions of §2.5, the proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower to pay the costs and expenses of closing the Facility and for making Structured Finance Investments, provided, however, that no portion of any Loan may 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.
§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 §7.13 shall be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate including an updated list of Structured Finance Collateral Assets and demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance, after giving effect to the proposed transaction, with the covenants contained in §9.1 through §9.5.
§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.
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§7.15. Environmental Indemnification. The Borrower and the Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender 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 property subject to any Structured Finance Collateral Asset or any Real Estate; (b) any violation of any Environmental Laws with respect to conditions at any property subject to any Structured Finance Collateral 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.
§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 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 Real Estate as necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws or to preserve the value of such Real Estate to the extent necessary to avoid a Material Adverse Effect.
(a) Representation. The Borrower, the Guarantors and their 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, any Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate.
(c) In General. Each Employee Benefit Plan maintained by the Borrower, any Guarantor 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, any Guarantor or an ERISA Affiliate which is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of §3(1) or §3(2)(B) of ERISA, each such plan provides that the Borrower, such Guarantor or such 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.
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(e) Multiemployer Plans. Without the consent of the Agent, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate will enter into, maintain or contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan other that a Multiemployer Plan listed on Schedule 6.16.
(f) Unfunded or Underfunded Liabilities. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate will, 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 each of the Borrower, any Guarantor and any ERISA Affiliate 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.
§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 Borrowers Variable Rate Indebtedness equal to the amount by which Borrowers 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.
§7.19. Forward Equity Contracts. If the Borrower shall enter into any forward equity contracts, the Borrower shall only settle same by the delivery of stock.
(a) Borrower and the Guarantors shall own and hold good title to their respective interests in each Structured Finance Collateral Asset free and clear of any Liens other than the Liens of the Loan Documents. Borrower, the Guarantors, and their Subsidiaries shall not waive, modify, alter, satisfy, cancel or subordinate any Structured Finance Collateral Asset in any respect if the effect of such waiver, modification, alteration, satisfaction, cancellation or subordination is to cause a Default or an Event of Default.
(b) Each Structured Finance Collateral Asset shall be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party obligated thereunder, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally. Each Mortgage which is a Structured Finance Collateral Asset shall create a valid Lien in the property which is the subject of such Mortgage. Each Structured Finance Collateral Asset shall be made in compliance with all applicable laws and shall not violate any usury or similar law regulating the applicable maximum permitted rates of interest on loans, extensions of credit or forbearances. Each Structured Finance Collateral Asset shall be free from adverse claims, setoffs, default, defenses, retainages, holdbacks and conditions precedent of any kind or character.
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§7.21. Other Facilities The Borrower shall immediately inform the Agent of any amendment, supplement or modification of the terms and conditions of either the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility or the Term Loan Facility.
§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:
§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 §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 Moodys and not less than A 1 if rated by S&P 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 Borrowers 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
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time, twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets (the Permitted Investments Cap) 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 |
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Maximum Percentage of Total Assets |
Permitted Developments (calculated at total project cost) |
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10% |
Unconsolidated Entities primarily engaged in the business 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) |
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20% |
Investment in properties (including the development of same) acquired in accordance with the provisions of §1031 of the Code (single tenant, triple net leased to tenant rated A or better by S&P or Moodys, minimum remaining lease term of 15 years) |
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2% |
Structured Finance Investments |
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15% |
Other Investments in Real Estate Assets (including land) and in entities primarily engaged in the business of owning such assets |
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10% |
Other Investments not otherwise specifically identified in this §8.2 |
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10% |
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, if, but only for so long as either (x) all Indebtedness of the Unconsolidated Entities does not exceed seventy-two percent (72%) of the aggregate dollar amount of the As-Is Values for all Real Estate Assets of such Unconsolidated Entities or (y) Structured Finance Investments do not exceed twelve percent (12%) of Total Assets, then
(i) the Permitted Investments Cap shall increase from twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets to (A) during the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, thirty-nine percent (39%) of Total Assets, and (B) during all other periods, thirty percent (30%) of Total Assets; and
(ii) the Maximum Percentage of Total Assets in respect of Unconsolidated Entities (as described above) shall increase from twenty percent (20%) to (A) during the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, thirty percent (30%), and (B) during all other periods, twenty-five percent (25%).
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the provisions of § 8.2(h), and no Default or Event of Default arising out of a breach of any of the provisions of § 8.2(h), may be amended, modified or waived without the written consent of the Requisite Lenders.
§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 §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.
§8.4. Sale of Collateral. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Collateral unless all conditions precedent for the release of the Liens of the Secured Parties in such Collateral set forth in §14.14(b) have occurred.
§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.
§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.
§8.7. Preferred Distributions. During any period when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing no Preferred Distributions will be made.
§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
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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.
§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:
§9.1. Adjusted Unsecured Debt Coverage. The Borrower will not at any time permit Adjusted Unsecured Debt to exceed 65% of Adjusted Unencumbered Asset Value.
§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 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), to Interest Expense for the Borrower, the Company and the Related Companies (on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), to be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for any fiscal quarter of Borrower.
§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.
§9.4. 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 $611,000,000 plus seventy-five percent (75%) of Net Offering Proceeds.
§9.5. Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges. The Borrower and the Company 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 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to Fixed Charges of the Borrower, the Company and the Related Companies (on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to be less than 1.75 to 1.0 for any fiscal quarter.
§9.6. Aggregate Occupancy Rate . The Borrower will not at any time permit the Aggregate Occupancy Rate to be less than eighty-five percent (85%).
§9.7. 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 $275,000,000.
§9.8. Indebtedness of the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner. (i) During the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, Indebtedness of the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner will not at any time exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, annualized, for the Real Estate Asset constituting the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, divided by eight percent (8.0%).
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(ii) During the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, the aggregate Indebtedness of the Unconsolidated Entities will not at any time exceed seventy-two percent (72%) of the aggregate dollar amount of the As-Is Values for all Real Estate Assets of such Unconsolidated Entities as of such time.
§9.9. Amendments and Modifications to §9. (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the provisions of any of §§9.1 through 9.8, and no Default or Event of Default arising out of a breach of any of the provisions of any of §§9.1 through 9.8, may be amended, modified or waived without the written consent of the Requisite Lenders.
(ii) For purposes of §§9.1 through 9.8, 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.
§10. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become effective when each of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
§10.1. Loan Documents. Each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect.
§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 Borrowers 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 a Structured Finance Collateral Asset is located, (iii) a copy of the Companys 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 a Structured Finance Collateral 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.
§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.
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§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.
§10.5. Title Insurance; Lien Searches. The Agent shall have received (i) reasonably satisfactory evidence of title insurance respecting each of the properties subject to the Structured Finance Collateral 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), (ii) reasonably satisfactory evidence of insurance required under §7.7, (iii) 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, and (iv) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) has a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral, including (x) such documents duly executed by the Borrower and each Guarantor as the Agent may reasonably request with respect to the perfection of its security interests in the Collateral (including financing statements under the UCC, security agreements and other applicable documents under the laws of any jurisdiction with respect to the perfection of Liens created by the Pledge and Security Agreement) and (y) all notes and other instruments representing Collateral (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) being pledged pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement duly endorsed in favor of the Agent or in blank.
§10.6. Opinions of Counsel Concerning Organization, Loan Documents and Collateral. Each of the Lenders and the Agent shall have received favorable opinions from Borrowers counsel addressed to the Lenders and the Agent and dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
§10.7. Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid to the Lenders the fees and all other expenses as provided in §15 then outstanding.
§10.8. Existing Agreement. There shall exist no Default or Event of Default as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement.
§11. CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT ADVANCES. The obligations of the Lenders to make any Loan, whether on or after the Effective Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
§11.1. Representations True; No Event of Default; Compliance Certificate. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each Guarantor 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, with the same effect as if made at
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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; 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. 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 §9.1 through §9.5 after giving effect to such requested Loan.
§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.
§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.
§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 §7.5, the first sentence of §7.6, §7.7, §7.13, §7.20, §8 or §9;
(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 §12) for thirty (30) days after written notice of such failure from Agent to the Borrower;
(e) any representation or warranty of the Borrower or any Guarantor in this Agreement or in 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;
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(f) (i) any Event of Default, as such term is defined in the credit agreement referred to in the definition of Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, shall have occurred and be continuing, whether or not the maturity of any obligations issued thereunder has been accelerated; (ii) any Event of Default, as such term is defined in the credit agreement referred to in the definition of Term Loan Facility, shall have occurred and be continuing, whether or not the maturity of any obligations issued thereunder has been accelerated; or (iii) 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 (other than the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility or the Term Loan Facility), 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 (other than the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility or the Term Loan Facility) 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 $10,000,000.00, provided, however, that defaulted Recourse Indebtedness of an Unconsolidated Entity shall only be included, for purposes of determining whether the aggregate amount of all such defaulted Recourse Indebtedness is less than $10,000,000, to the extent, if any, that said Recourse Indebtedness is Recourse, directly or indirectly, to Borrower, any Guarantor or any Related Company or any of their respective assets (other than their respective interests in such Unconsolidated Entity), provided, further, however, that Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Entity in or to which Borrower, any Guarantor or any Related Company has made a Structured Finance Investment shall not be considered Indebtedness for purposes of this § 12.1(f) (For purposes of this § 12.1(f) Recourse shall mean any obligation or liability except an obligation or liability with respect to which recourse for payment is contractually limited (except for customary exclusions) to specifically identified assets only);
(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 $25,000,000.00, provided, however, that defaulted Indebtedness other than Recourse Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Entity in which Borrower and/or any Guarantor and/or any Related Company (x) owns less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interest and (y) has no power to control the management and policies of such Unconsolidated Entity (any such defaulted Indebtedness, Special Nonrecourse Indebtedness) shall not be included for purposes of determining whether the aggregate amount of defaulted Indebtedness other than Recourse Indebtedness plus the amount of any unsatisfied judgments is less than $25,000,000.00 unless and until the aggregate amount of Borrowers and/or any Guarantors and/or any Related Companys pro-rata share of such Special Nonrecourse Indebtedness exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Total Assets, provided, further, however, that Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Entity
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in or to which Borrower, any Guarantor or any Related Company has made a Structured Finance Investment shall not be considered Indebtedness for purposes of this § 12.1(g);
(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;
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(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 or such Guarantor;
(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; or
(q) any Collateral Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid Lien on any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby or, except as permitted by the Loan Documents, such Lien shall cease to be a perfected and first priority Lien or the Borrower or any Guarantor shall so state in writing;
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 and each Guarantor; provided that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in §§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.
§12.2. Termination of Commitments. If any one or more Events of Default specified in §12.1(h) or §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. 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. 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.
§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 §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, the Collateral Documents 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
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contained in this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, 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.
§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 Lenders respective Commitment Percentage;
(c) Third, upon payment and satisfaction in full, or other provisions for payment in full satisfactory to all Lenders and the Agent, of all of the Obligations, to the payment of any obligations required to be paid pursuant to §9-615(a)(3) and (b) 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.
§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 or any Affiliated Lender 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 or Affiliated 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
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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.
§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.
§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.
§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.
§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 collectibility of any such amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or
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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 either (x) been independently represented by separate counsel on all matters regarding this Agreement or (y) knowingly waived any such representation.
(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 Lenders 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.
(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 §13 with respect to making dispositions and arrangements with the other Lenders, where such Lenders 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 Lenders outstanding principal and its pro rata Commitment Percentage as provided in §2.1, shall be deemed delinquent (a Delinquent Lender) and shall be deemed a Delinquent Lender until such time as such delinquency is satisfied. A Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from the Borrower under the Loan Documents, whether on account of outstanding Loans,
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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 §14.5 is actually distributed to any Lender on a date which is later than the first Business Day following the Agents 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 Agents 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.
§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.
§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 §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 Agents actions taken hereunder or thereunder, except to the extent that any of the same shall be directly caused by the Agents willful misconduct or gross negligence.
§14.8. Agent as Lender. In its individual capacity, Fleet National Bank 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.
§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 may not voluntarily resign as Agent under the provisions of this Agreement without the Borrowers 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
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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 S&P. 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. After any retiring Agents 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.
§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 §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 §7.5 or §7.13.
§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 Agents compliance with such direction to be unlawful or commercially unreasonable in any applicable jurisdiction.
§14.12. Mandatory Resignation of Agent. The Agent shall be obligated to resign in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of §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 (provided, however, that in the case of a request for resignation of Fleet National Bank, as Agent, such cause must constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct), and provided further that the successor Agent actively administers credits of similar size and complexity to this Agreement and the Loans.
§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.
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(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.
(b) Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (but subject to the provisions of clause (ii) of this paragraph (b)), each of the Lenders hereby directs, in accordance with the terms hereof, the Agent to release any Lien held by the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agent hereby agrees that it shall release any such Lien:
(i) against all of the Collateral, upon termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations which have matured and which the Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable;
(ii) against any Collateral sold or disposed of by the Borrower or a Guarantor or paid off by the underlying borrower or obligor, or no longer necessary to satisfy the Maximum Credit Amount limitation, which Collateral is specified to the Agent by the Borrower upon at least seven (7) days written notice, provided that (x) for so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the principal amount of the Obligations is prepaid to the extent necessary to make the principal amount of the Obligations not more than the Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to the release of the Collateral (as certified to by the chief financial officer of the Borrower), and (y) during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, (i) the
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Obligations are prepaid in an amount equal to 100% of the proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale or other disposition of such Collateral and (ii) the consent of the Requisite Lenders is obtained; and
(iii) against any part of the Collateral, if such release is consented to by the Requisite Lenders.
Each of the Lenders hereby directs the Agent (and the Agent hereby agrees) to execute and deliver or file such termination and partial release statements and do such other things as are necessary to release Liens to be released pursuant to this §14.14 promptly upon the effectiveness of any such release.
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reasonable inspection of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets. The covenants of this §15 shall survive payment or satisfaction of payment of amounts owing with respect to the Notes.
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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.
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the purpose and intent of each Guarantor that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Neither any Guarantors 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 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.
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(b) The Borrower, the Company and each Guarantor (and each employee, representative or other agent of each of the foregoing) may disclose to any and all persons without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Borrower, the Company or any Guarantor relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure.
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
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(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 Lenders 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. Rejection of or refusal to accept any such notice or demand, or inability to deliver any such notice or demand because of changed address or because no notice of changed address was given, shall be deemed to be receipt of such notice or demand.
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 §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 §20.
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portion of the Total Commitment, as described on Schedule 1.2, and the Lenders shall make appropriate payments to each other in order to accomplish such reallocation. In connection therewith, the Borrower shall compensate and indemnify the Lenders as provided in §4.8 of the Existing Credit Agreement as if such payments by the Lenders to each other were prepayments by the Borrower of the Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.
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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.
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
100 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Structured Real Estate
Fax: (617) 434-1337
Tel: (617) 434-8501
WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Wachovia Securities
301 S. College Street, NC5604
Charlotte, NC 28288
Attn: Rex Rudy
Tel: 704-383-6506
Fax: 704-383-6205
SOVEREIGN BANK
75 State Street
MA 1SST 0411
Boston, MA 02109
Attn: T. Gregory Donohue
Fax: (617) 757-5652
Tel: (617) 757-5578
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
2 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1050
Attn: Marcus Perry
Fax: (212) 266-7565
Tel: (212) 266-7646
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
One Wall Street, 21st Floor
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FORM OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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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 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 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 Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 22, 2004 (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, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Wachovia Bank National Association, as syndication agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as co-documentation agents for the Lenders, The Bank of New York, as managing agent for the Lenders, and Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as co-arrangers, and is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (b) is
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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.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SCHEDULE 1
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SCHEDULE 1
To REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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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 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 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 amends and restates that certain Note, dated December 20, 2001, in the original principal amount of $25,000,000.00, issued by the Borrower to the order of the Lender stated above and re-evidences, re-confirms and continues all Obligations thereunder as amended hereby, and it is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute a novation or satisfaction of the Obligations or be deemed to evidence or constitute a repayment of all or any portion of such Obligations.
This Note (a) is one of the Notes referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March , 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, the Guarantors signatory thereto, the
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Lenders signatory thereto, Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Wachovia Bank National Association, as syndication agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as co-documentation agents for the Lenders, The Bank of New York, as managing agent for the Lenders, and Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as co-arrangers, 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.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SCHEDULE 1
To AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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SCHEDULE 1
To AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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A-10
FORM OF LOAN REQUEST
, 2004
Fleet National Bank
100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention: [ ]
Re: Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2004 (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, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Wachovia Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders, The Bank of New York, as Managing Agent for the Lenders, and Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as Co-Arrangers
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.]
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The Borrower 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 though 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 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.
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
This COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE is delivered pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2004 (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, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Wachovia Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders, The Bank of New York, as Managing Agent for the Lenders, and Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as Co-Arrangers. 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 chief operating officer, chief financial officer or president 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 or in any other Loan Document (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 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 whether there has been compliance with the criteria set forth in the defined terms and the following sections of the Credit Agreement:
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(a) Adjusted Unsecured Debt Coverage (Section 9.1):
(b) Minimum Debt Service Coverage (Section 9.2):
(c) Total Debt to Total Assets (Section 9.3):
(d) Minimum Tangible Net Worth (Section 9.4):
(e) Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges (Section 9.5):
(f) Aggregate Occupancy Rate (Section 9.6):
(g) Value of All Unencumbered Assets (Section 9.7):
(h) Distributions (Section 8.6):
(i) Interest Rate Protection (Section 7.18): and
(j) Updated listing of the Structured Finance Collateral Assets (Sections 2.5, 7.4(d), 7.13).
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 pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate on behalf of the Company and Borrower this day of , 20 .
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK as Collateral Agent
for the Secured Parties,
as Pledgee
Dated as of March 22, 2004
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March , 2004 (this Agreement), by and between each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Borrower), or SL Green Realty Corp., a Maryland corporation (the Company), that is a signatory hereto under the caption Pledgors on the signature pages hereto or from time to time hereafter as a Pledgor (each, a Pledgor and together, the Pledgors; in contemplation of additional parties becoming pledgors hereunder, references are made herein to Pledgors which, during periods of time during which only a single pledgor shall exist, shall mean Pledgor), each having its principal place of business and chief executive office c/o SL Green Realty Corp., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Credit Agreement defined below (Pledgee or the Pledgee), having an office at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Pledgee, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Wachovia Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank, as Documentation Agent for the Lenders, the Lenders originally signatory thereto or that became a Lender (individually, a Lender, and, collectively, the Lenders), SL Green Realty Corp., as Guarantor, and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (Borrower) and the Pledgors, as Guarantors, are parties to an Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 16, 2003 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time the Existing Credit Agreement) which provides, among other things, for the execution and delivery of the Existing Pledge and Security Agreement (as defined below) to provide for, among other things, the pledge of Collateral as described herein by the Pledgor;
WHEREAS, each of the Pledgors has secured the performance of all of the Obligations (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) by, among other things, providing to Pledgee the liens and security interests set forth in that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2003 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time the Existing Pledge and Security Agreement), between the Pledgors and the Agent, as Collateral Agent;
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WHEREAS, the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement are amending and restating the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, extend the maturity of the facility provided for therein; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Pledge and Security Agreement to continue to secure the performance of all of the Obligations (as hereinafter defined) by, among other things, providing to Pledgee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined)), the liens and security interests set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Pledgee, as follows:
Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in the State of New York, as amended.
Collateral shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereof.
Credit Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March , 2004, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, Pledgee, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Wachovia Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders, and The Bank of New York, as Managing Agent for the Lenders, as the same may be from time to time amended, modified or supplemented.
Default shall mean any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Event of Default shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10 hereof.
Obligations shall mean (a) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of, and accrued interest on, any of the Notes; (b) all other fees and other amounts owing to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents; and (c) any and all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities due and owing to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents, arising out of, or in connection with, or otherwise relating to the Facility, in each case whether now or hereafter existing, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint, several or independent, due or to become due, liquidated or unliquidated, held or to be held by
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the Pledgee or any of the Lenders and whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise.
Pledged Interests shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(ii) hereof.
(ii) the shares of stock, general or limited partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor in any of the Persons identified on Schedule IIA hereto (as the same may be from time to time amended or modified) including, without limitation, the equity interests described on Schedule IIB hereto (collectively, the Pledged Equity, and together with the Pledged Indebtedness, the Pledged Interests) and the certificates representing the Pledged Equity, if any, and issued by the corporations, general or limited partnerships, limited liability companies or other entities named therein and any interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to the Pledged Equity, and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Equity, and any right to vote or manage the business of such Persons pursuant to the organizational documents governing the rights and obligations of the equity interest holders;
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PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 3(h) OF THE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN PLEDGOR, OTHER PLEDGORS AND FLEET NATIONAL BANK (AGENT) IF PLEDGOR DOES NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM AGENT TO THIS REQUEST FOR CONSENT WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT BY AGENT OF THIS
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Pledgee hereunder shall be secured by this Agreement. In settling, compromising or arranging for the discharge of any liens under this subparagraph, Pledgee shall not be required to establish or confirm the validity or amount thereof.
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and in light of its contemplated business operations; or (xvi) file or consent to the filing of any petition, either voluntary or involuntary, to take advantage of any applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization statute, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
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conditions such as requiring any purchaser to represent that any securities constituting any part of the Collateral are being purchased for investment only, the Pledgors hereby waiving and releasing any and all equity or right of redemption. If all or any of the Collateral is sold by the Pledgee upon credit or for future delivery, the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties shall not be liable for the failure of the purchaser to purchase or pay for the same and, in the event of any such failure, the Pledgee may resell such Collateral. It is expressly agreed that Pledgee may exercise its rights with respect to less than all of the Collateral, leaving unexercised its rights with respect to the remainder of the Collateral, provided, however, that such partial exercise shall in no way restrict or jeopardize Pledgees right to exercise its rights with respect to all or any other portion of the Collateral at a later time or times.
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to, reasonable legal expenses and disbursements incurred in connection therewith), together with interest thereon at the rate of interest payable on overdue principal under the Credit Agreement from the date of each such advance, shall be payable by the Pledgors to the Pledgee upon demand and shall be secured by this Agreement.
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may legally be effected without registration. The Pledgors acknowledge that private sales so made may be at prices and on other terms less favorable to the seller than if such Collateral were sold at a public sale, and agree that the Pledgee has no obligation to delay the sale of any such Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such Collateral, even if such issuer would agree, to register such Collateral for public sale under such applicable securities laws. The Pledgors agree that private sales made under the foregoing circumstances shall not, because so made, be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner.
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Address for Pledgors:
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Pledgor: c/o SL Green Realty Corp.
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10170
Attn: Marc Holliday
Telephone: 212-216-1684
Fax: 212-216-1785
with, in each case, a copy to: Andrew Levine, Esq.
c/o SL Green Realty Corp.
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10170
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Telephone: 212-216-1646
Fax: 212-216-1785
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Pledgee: 100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attn: Structured Real Estate
Telephone: 617-434-0645
Fax: 617-434-1941
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any transaction in this Agreement elsewhere not permitted and provided further that no Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its right or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Secured Parties (and any attempted such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void).
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matters hereunder. The Pledgors hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Pledgee, the Lenders and their directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel (collectively, the Indemnified Parties) from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, judgments and liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities for penalties and all damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses which the Pledgee or any Lender may incur or suffer if it becomes, or is alleged to have become, a partner or co-venturer of any of the Pledgors by reason of the operation of this Agreement or the Pledgees exercise of the rights, remedies or powers under or in accordance with be terms hereof or otherwise, but excluding those losses, judgments and liabilities of the Pledgee resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement) of whatsoever kind or nature, and to reimburse, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, the Pledgee and the Lenders for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees (other than those costs and expenses of the Pledgee or any Lender resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement), arising out of or resulting from this Agreement or the exercise by the Pledgee of any right or remedy granted to it hereunder, such as operating, selling or disposing of any Pledgors property, including, without limitation, the Pledged Interests, together with interest on such sums at the rate specified in Section 4.9 of the Credit Agreement, from the date such expenses were paid by the Pledgee to the date of payment to the Pledgee of such sums. In any action to enforce this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 17 shall, to the extent permitted by law, prevail notwithstanding any provision of applicable law respecting the recovery of costs, disbursements and allowances to the contrary.
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conveyances, assignments, agreements and instruments as the Pledgee from time to time may reasonably require or deem advisable to carry into effect this Agreement or to further assure and confirm unto the Pledgee its rights, powers and remedies hereunder. The Pledgors hereby agree to sign and deliver to the Pledgee financing statements, in form acceptable to the Pledgee, as the Pledgee may from time to time reasonably request or as are necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Pledgee to establish and maintain a valid and perfected security interest in the Collateral, and to pay any filing fees relative thereto. The Pledgors also authorize the Pledgee, to the extent permitted by law, to file such financing statements without the signature of the Pledgors or any Pledgor, and further authorize the Pledgee, to the extent permitted by law, to file a photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or of a financing statement in lieu of a financing statement.
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assertion that the Pledgee or any other Secured Party has unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed any determination, consent or approval under any of the documents listed on Schedule III hereto, and the Pledgors agree that their sole remedy shall be an action or proceeding to enforce any such provision or for specific performance, injunction or declaratory judgment with respect thereto. In the event of such a determination in favor of the Pledgors or any Pledgor in an action or proceeding seeking only the relief permitted hereunder, the requested determination, consent or approval shall be deemed to have been granted. However, the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties shall have no liability to the Pledgors or any Pledgor for its refusal or failure to give such determination, consent or approval.
22. Confirmation. To induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement, each Pledgor hereby confirms and acknowledges that pursuant to the Existing Pledge and Security Agreement, it duly granted a continuing security interest in and to all of its portion of the Collateral. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies and restates such grant as to all of its portion of such Collateral and confirms that (in addition to any grant of a security interest in additional Collateral), such grant shall henceforth continue to be made to the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, and the subject Lien shall continue in effect in favor of Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, to secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of all of the Obligations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE I
Pledged Indebtedness
1. All of SLG 609 Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its mezzanine loan investment in respect of 609 MB LLC, including, without limitation, (i) a promissory note dated September 30, 2003, in the amount of $15,000,000.00, made by 609 MB LLC in favor of SLG 609 Funding LLC; and (ii) the Mezzanine Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2003 between 609 MB LLC and SLG 609 Funding LLC.
2. All of SLG 40 Wall Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its junior participation loan investment in respect of 40 Wall Street LLC, including, without limitation, (i) its Junior Participation Interest (as defined in that certain Participation and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 16, 2003 (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, supplemented or otherwise modified) between Wachovia Bank, National Association, as senior participant, and SLG 40 Wall Funding LLC, as junior participant) with respect to a mortgage loan in the original principal amount of $140,000,000.00, evidenced by a promissory note dated as of August 11, 2003, made by 40 Wall Street LLC, as maker, in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association; and (ii) a Participation and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 16, 2003 between Wachovia Bank, National Association and SLG 40 Wall Funding LLC.
3. All of SLG 500-512 Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its mezzanine loan investment in respect of Shefaa Sub, LLC, including, without limitation, (i) a Promissory Note dated December 30, 2002, in the amount of $15,000,000.00, made by Shefaa Sub, LLC to Wachovia Bank, National Association, which note was assigned and indorsed by Wachovia Bank, National Association to SLG 500-512 Funding LLC by allonge dated January 23, 2003; and (ii) an Intercreditor Agreement dated as of January 23, 2003 by and between Wachovia Bank, National Association, as senior lender, CTMPII FC 500 7th (GCM), as senior mezzanine lender, and SLG 500-512 Funding LLC, as junior mezzanine lender.
4. All of SLG EAB Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its participation loan investment in respect of Galaxy LI Junior Mezz LLC, including without limitation, (i) its participation interest (as defined in that certain Participation Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, supplemented or otherwise modified) by and between SLG EAB Funding LLC and ROP EAB Funding LLC) with respect to a mezzanine loan (as defined in that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 between Galaxy LI Junior Mezz LLC and SLG EAB Funding LLC) in the original principal amount of $30,000,000.00 evidenced by a promissory note dated September 5, 2003 made by Galaxy LI Junior Mezz LLC in favor of SLG EAB Funding LLC; and (ii) a Participation Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 by and between SLG EAB Funding LLC and ROP EAB Funding LLC.
5. All of SLG 50 West Participation LLCs right, title and interest in and to its junior participation loan investment in respect of Matana LLC, including, without limitation, (i) its junior participation interest (as defined in that certain Participation and Servicing
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Agreement dated as of May 16, 2003 (as the same may be amended, restated, renewed, supplemented or otherwise modified) between Wachovia Bank, National Association, as senior participant, and SLG 50 West Participation LLC, as junior participant) with respect to a mortgage loan in the original principal amount of $57,500,000.00, evidenced by an amended, restated and consolidated promissory note dated as of March 26, 2003, made by Matana LLC, as maker, in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association; and (ii) a Participation and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 16, 2003 between Wachovia Bank, National Association, Capital Trust, Inc., SLG 50 West Participation LLC, and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
6. All of SLG 1370 Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its loan investment in respect of 1370 Owners LLC, including, without limitation, (i) an Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Note B) dated July 31, 2003 in the amount of $4,000,000.00 made by 1370 Owners LLC to Wachovia Bank, National Association, which note was assigned and indorsed by Wachovia Bank, National Association to SLG 1370 Funding LLC by an undated allonge; and (ii) an Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 25, 2003 by and between Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lead lender, and SLG 1370 Funding LLC, as co-lender.
7. All of SL Green West 26th Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its mezzanine loan investment in respect of 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLC, including, without limitation, (i) a Promissory Note dated January 2, 2004 in the original principal amount of $40,000,000.00 made by 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLC to SL Green West 26th Funding LLC; and (ii) a Loan and Security Agreement (Mezzanine Loan) dated as of January 2, 2004 by and between 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLC, as borrower, and SL Green West 26th Funding LLC, as lender.
8. All of Green 225 Penn Bldg LLCs right, title and interest in and to its mezzanine loan investment in respect of Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P., including, without limitation, (i) a Promissory Note dated December 29, 2003, in the amount of $59,379,645.00, made by Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P. to Green 225 Penn Bldg LLC; and (ii) a Mezzanine Loan Agreement dated as of December 29, 2003 by and between Green 225 Penn Bldg LLC, as lender, and Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P., as borrower.
9. All of SL Green 11 Madison Funding LLCs right, title and interest in and to its loan investment in respect of 11 Madison Avenue LLC, including, without limitation, (i) a Promissory Note D dated December 23, 2003 in the amount of $37,500,000.00 made by 11 Madison Avenue LLC to Wachovia Bank, National Association, which note was assigned and indorsed by Wachovia Bank, National Association to SL Green 11 Madison Funding LLC by allonge January 27, 2004; and (ii) an Intercreditor and Servicing Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004 by and between Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lead lender, and SL Green 11 Madison Funding LLC, as co-lender.
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SCHEDULE IIA
Pledged Equity
1. Green 1412 Preferred LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
2. JER 1412 Broadway, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
3 2 GCT Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
4. 601 West Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
5. 469 Member LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
6. Penncom Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
7. Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P., a New York limited partnership.
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SCHEDULE IIB
Pledged Equity
1. All of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P.s right, title and interest in Green 1412 Preferred LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
2. All of Green 1412 Preferred LLCs right, title and interest in and to JER 1412 Broadway, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
3. All of SL Green Funding LLCs right, title, and interest in and to its membership interest in 2 GCT Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (2 GCT).
4. All of SL Green West 26th Funding LLCs right, title and interest (by way of assignment and pledge from 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLC) in and to: (i) 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLCs membership interests in 601 West Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and (ii) any documents or certificates delivered in connection with any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements filed in connection therewith.
5. All of the right, title and interest of 469 Preferred Member LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in and to its membership interest in 469 Member LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
6. All of the right, title and interest of SLG Penncom Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in and to its membership interest in Penncom Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
7. All of the right, title and interest of Green 225 Penn Bldg LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (by way of assignment and pledge from Mr. Charles R. Borrok (Borrok) and 14 Penn Plaza, L.L.C. (14 Penn)), in and to: (i) Borroks general partnership interest in Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P., a New York limited partnership (the Partnership); (ii) 14 Penns limited partnership interest in the Partnership; and (iii) any documents or certificates delivered in connection with any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements filed in connection therewith.
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SCHEDULE III
1. Operating Agreement of SL Green Funding LLC, formed under the laws of the State of New York, dated as of March 23, 1999, by SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
2. First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of JER 1412 Broadway, LLC, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated as of June 29, 2001, made by and between Green 1412 Preferred LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and JER 1412 Broadway Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
3. Limited Liability Company Agreement of Green 1412 Preferred LLC, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated as of June 29, 2001, entered into by SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., as the sole equity member, and Delia Taliento as the Special Member.
4. Limited Liability Company Agreement of 601 West Associates LLC, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated as of January __, 2004, between 601 Mezz Borrower 2 LLC and Jerry Joseph and Jodie Skibinky.
5. Amended and Restated Operating Agreement 2 GCT Funding LLC, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated as of July 20, 2001, between The Prudential Insurance Company of America and SL Green Funding LLC.
6. Operating Agreement of 469 Member LLC, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated as of June 20, 2002 between the Preferred Member and the CSB Member named therein.
6. Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Penncom Partners, L.L.C., formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, dated December 10, 2003 between Tribeca Penncom LLC, a New York limited liability company, PennCom Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and SLG Penncom Funding II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
7. Partnership Agreement of Pennsylvania Building Company, L.P. (f/k/a 225 West 34th Street Building Company, L.P.), formed under the laws of the State of New York, dated as of January 30, 2001 between the General Partner and the Limited Partners named therein (as amended by the First Amendment of Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of December 29, 2003 between Charles R. Borrok, as the general partner, and 14 Penn Plaza, L.L.C., as the limited partner).
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2004 (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, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Wachovia Bank National Association, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders, Sovereign Bank and Commerzbank AG New York Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders, The Bank of New York, as Managing Agent for the Lenders, and Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as Co-Arrangers. 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 $ (1) interest in and to all of the Assignors rights and obligations under and in respect of Assignors 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
(1) 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.
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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 any Guarantor or the performance or observance by Borrower or any 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].
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 Assignees 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 nor any other Lender 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
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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 nor any other Lender makes any representation or warranty or assumes any responsibility with respect to the financial condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any 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).(2) 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 $3,500 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 Borrowers 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 as of the Effective Date 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.
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 Loan 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
(2) The requested effective date must be at least five Business Days after the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance.
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(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 Assignors 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.
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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.
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Exhibit 31.1
I, Marc Holliday Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SL Green Realty Corp. (the registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Exhibit 31.2
I, Gregory F. Hughes, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SL Green Realty Corp. (the registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of SL Green Realty Corp. (the Company) on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Marc Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of SL Green Realty Corp. (the Company) on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Gregory F. Hughes, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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