FIRST AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.46
FIRST AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 21, 2022, but made effective as of December 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and among KITE REALTY GROUP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (“Parent” or “Guarantor”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“KeyBank”), THE OTHER LENDERS WHICH ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO (KeyBank and the other lenders which are signatories hereto, collectively, the “Lenders”), and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent, KeyBank and the other Lenders are parties to that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 25, 2018 (the “Existing Loan Agreement,” and as the same may be further varied, extended, supplemented, consolidated, replaced, increased, renewed, modified or amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxxx and the Guarantors have requested to make certain modifications to the Existing Loan Agreement and the Agent and the undersigned Lenders have agreed to such modifications, subject to the execution and delivery of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the sum of TEN and NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
1.Definitions. All the terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
2.Modification of the Existing Loan Agreement. Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders do hereby modify and amend the Existing Loan Agreement by deleting from the Existing Loan Agreement the text that is shown as a deletion or strike-through in the form of the Loan Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and made a part hereof (the “Revised Loan Agreement”), and by inserting in the Existing Loan Agreement the text shown as an insertion or underlined text in the Revised Loan Agreement, such that from and after the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) the Existing Loan Agreement is amended to read as set forth in the Revised Loan Agreement.
3.References to Loan Agreement. All references in the Loan Documents to the Loan Agreement shall be deemed a reference to the Loan Agreement as modified and amended herein.
4.Acknowledgment of Borrower and Guarantor. Borrower and Guarantor hereby acknowledge, represent and agree that the Loan Documents, as modified and amended herein,
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remain in full force and effect and constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Borrower and Guarantor, as applicable, enforceable against Borrower and Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms (except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and the effect of general principles of equity), and that the execution and delivery of this Amendment does not constitute, and shall not be deemed to constitute, a release, waiver or satisfaction of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s obligations under the Loan Documents.
5.Representations and Warranties. Xxxxxxxx and Guarantor represent and warrant to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:
(a)Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and any agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are within the authority of Borrower and Guarantor, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on the part of the Borrower and Guarantor, (iii) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which any of the Borrower or Guarantor is subject or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to any of the Borrower or Guarantor, (iv) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default (whether with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both) under any provision of the partnership agreement or certificate, certificate of formation, operating agreement, articles of incorporation or other charter documents or bylaws of, or any mortgage, indenture, agreement, contract or other instrument binding upon, any of the Borrower or Guarantor or any of their respective properties or to which any of the Borrower or Guarantor is subject, and (v) do not and will not result in or require the imposition of any lien or other encumbrance on any of the properties, assets or rights of any of the Borrower or Guarantor.
(b)Enforceability. This Amendment and any agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith are valid and legally binding obligations of Borrower and Guarantor enforceable 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 the effect of general principles of equity.
(c)Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and any agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the approval or consent of any Person or the authorization, consent, approval of or any license or permit issued by, or any filing or registration with, or the giving of any notice to, any court, department, board, commission or other governmental agency or authority other than those already obtained and any disclosure filings with the SEC as may be required with respect to this Amendment.
(d)Reaffirmation. Borrower and Guarantor reaffirm and restate as of the date hereof each and every representation and warranty made by Borrower and Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries in the Loan Documents (as amended hereby) or otherwise made by or on behalf of such Persons in connection therewith except for representations or warranties that expressly relate to an earlier date, which representations or warranties shall only be required to
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have been true and correct in as of such earlier date and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.
6.No Default. By execution hereof, Xxxxxxxx and Guarantor certify that as of the date of this Amendment and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
7.Waiver of Claims. Borrower and Guarantor acknowledge, represent and agree that none of such Persons has any defenses, setoffs, claims, counterclaims or causes of action of any kind or nature whatsoever arising on or before the date hereof with respect to the Loan Documents, the administration or funding of the Loan or with respect to any acts or omissions of the Agent or any Lender, or any past or present officers, agents or employees of the Agent or any Lender pursuant to or relating to the Loan Documents, and each of such Persons does hereby expressly waive, release and relinquish any and all such defenses, setoffs, claims, counterclaims and causes of action arising on or before the date hereof, if any.
8.Ratification. Except as hereinabove set forth, all terms, covenants and provisions of the Loan Agreement remain unaltered and in full force and effect, and the parties hereto do hereby expressly ratify and confirm the Loan Documents as modified and amended herein. Guarantor hereby consents to the terms of this Amendment. Nothing in this Amendment or any other document delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed or construed to constitute, and there has not otherwise occurred, a novation, cancellation, satisfaction, release, extinguishment or substitution of the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes or the other obligations of Borrower and Guarantor under the Loan Documents.
9.Effective Date. This Amendment shall be deemed effective and in full force and effect upon satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the date of this Amendment:
(a)the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Xxxxxxxx, Guarantor, the Agent and the Lenders;
(b)receipt by Agent of such other resolutions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements, if any, as the Agent may reasonably request; and
(c)receipt by the Agent of evidence that Borrower shall have paid all fees due and payable with respect to this Amendment.
10.Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Agent in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Loan Agreement.
11.Accrued Interest and Fees. All interest and fees accrued prior to the Effective Date of this Amendment under provisions of the Loan Agreement modified by this Amendment shall remain payable at the due dates set forth in the Loan Agreement.
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12.Amendment as Loan Document. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
13.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts which shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
14.MISCELLANEOUS. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL PURSUANT TO NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1401 BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE. This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors, successors-in-title and assigns as provided in the Loan Agreement.
15.Electronic Signatures. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or as an attachment to an electronic mail message in .pdf, .jpeg, .TIFF or similar electronic format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and any other Loan Document to be signed in connection with this Amendment, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent. For the purposes hereof, “Electronic Signatures” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute the Amendment through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that party’s constitutive documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Borrower and Guarantor hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among any of the Agent or the Lenders and any of Borrower or Guarantor, electronic images of this Amendment or any other Loan Document (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (ii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of such Loan Document, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereto set their hands and affixed their seals as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER: | ||||||||||||||
KITE REALTY GROUP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||||||||
By: | Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland corporation, its sole | |||||||||||||
General Partner | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXX XXXX | |||||||||||||
Xxxxx Xxxx, Executive Vice President and | ||||||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||
GUARANTOR: | ||||||||||||||
KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST, a Maryland corporation | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXX XXXX | |||||||||||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||||||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
(Signatures Continued On Next Page)
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement]
AGENT AND LENDERS: | |||||||||||
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the | |||||||||||
Agent and as a Lender | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX | ||||||||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President | ||||||||||
REGIONS BANK | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXXX | ||||||||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President | ||||||||||
FIFTH THIRD BANK | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXX XXXXXXX | ||||||||||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | Vice President | ||||||||||
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXX | ||||||||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | ||||||||||
ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL | |||||||||||
ASSOCIATION | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX | ||||||||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement]
EXHIBIT “A”
AMENDED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
[See Attached]
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Conformed copy reflecting
First Amendment effective as of December 1, 2022
Dated as of October 25, 2018
by and among
as Borrower,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
REGIONS BANK,
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
and
ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.,
REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS,
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
and
ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INITIALLY SIGNATORY HERETO
AND THEIR ASSIGNEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.5.,
as Lenders
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.1. Definitions. 1
Section 1.2. General; References to Times. 3237
Section 1.3. Financial Attributes of Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 3338
ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY 3338
Section 2.1. Term Loans. 3338
Section 2.2. Reserved. 3439
Section 2.3. Reserved. 3439
Section 2.4. Reserved. 3439
Section 2.5. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans. 3439
Section 2.6. Number of Interest Periods. 3440
Section 2.7. Repayment of Loans. 3540
Section 2.8. Prepayments. 3540
Section 2.9. Continuation. 3642
Section 2.10. Conversion. 3742
Section 2.11. Notes. 3743
Section 2.12. Reserved. 3843
Section 2.13. Extension of Term Loan Termination Date. 3843
Section 2.14. Reserved. 3944
Section 2.15. Amount Limitations. 3944
Section 2.16. Increase of Commitments. 3945
ARTICLE III. PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS 4046
Section 3.1. Payments. 4046
Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment. 4146
Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc. 4147
Section 3.4. Several Obligations. 4247
Section 3.5. Minimum Amounts. 4247
Section 3.6. Fees. 4248
Section 3.7. Computations. 4248
Section 3.8. Usury. 4348
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Section 3.9. Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges. 4348
Section 3.10. Statements of Account. 4349
Section 3.11. Defaulting Lenders. 4349
Section 3.12. Taxes. 4651
ARTICLE IV. UNENCUMBERED POOL PROPERTIES 5055
Section 4.1. Reserved. 5055
Section 4.2. Conditions Precedent to a Property Becoming an Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property. 5055
Section 4.3. Release of Guarantors and Unencumbered Pool Properties; Additional Guarantors. 5056
Section 4.4. Frequency of Calculations of Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio. 5156
Section 4.5. Removal of Ineligible Property. 5157
ARTICLE V. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC. 5257
Section 5.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy. 5257
Section 5.2. Suspension of LIBOR LoansAvailability of Types of Loans; Inability to Determine Rates. 5358
Section 5.3. Illegality. 5461
Section 5.4. Breakage Compensation. 5561
Section 5.5. Treatment of Affected Loans. 5561
Section 5.6. Change of Lending Office. 5662
Section 5.7. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBORTerm SOFR Loans. 5663
Section 5.8. Benchmark Notification. 63
ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 5664
Section 6.1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. 5664
Section 6.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans. 5866
ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 5966
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties. 5966
Section 7.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. 6572
ARTICLE VIII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 6572
Section 8.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters. 6572
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Section 8.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts. 6573
Section 8.3. Maintenance of Property. 6573
Section 8.4. Conduct of Business. 6573
Section 8.5. Insurance. 6673
Section 8.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims. 6673
Section 8.7. Visits and Inspections. 6674
Section 8.8. Use of Proceeds. 6774
Section 8.9. Environmental Matters. 6774
Section 8.10. Books and Records. 6775
Section 8.11. Further Assurances. 6775
Section 8.12. REIT Status. 6875
Section 8.13. Exchange Listing. 6875
Section 8.14. Preservation of Right to Pledge Properties in the Unencumbered Pool. 6875
Section 8.15. Sanctions Laws and Regulations. 6876
Section 8.16. Acquisition of Interest Rate Hedge 6976
ARTICLE IX. INFORMATION 6976
Section 9.1. Quarterly Financial Statements. 6976
Section 9.2. Year End Statements. 6977
Section 9.3. Compliance Certificate. 7077
Section 9.4. Other Information. 7078
ARTICLE X. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 7280
Section 10.1. Financial Covenants. 7380
Section 10.2. Restricted Payments. 7381
Section 10.3. Indebtedness. 7481
Section 10.4. [Intentionally Omitted.] 7482
Section 10.5. Liens. 7482
Section 10.6. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other
Arrangement. 7482
Arrangement. 7482
Section 10.7. Fiscal Year. 7683
Section 10.8. Modifications to Material Contracts. 7684
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Section 10.9. Modifications of Organizational Documents. 7684
Section 10.10. Transactions with Affiliates. 7684
Section 10.11. ERISA Exemptions. 7784
Section 10.12. Reserved. 7784
Section 10.13. Parent Ownership of Borrower. 7784
ARTICLE XI. DEFAULT 7785
Section 11.1. Events of Default. 7785
Section 11.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default. 8188
Section 11.3. Remedies Upon Default. 8289
Section 11.4. Allocation of Proceeds. 8289
Section 11.5. Reserved. 8390
Section 11.6. Performance by Agent. 8390
Section 11.7. Rights Cumulative. 8390
ARTICLE XII. THE AGENT 8391
Section 12.1. Authorization and Action. 8391
Section 12.2. Agent’s Reliance, Etc. 8491
Section 12.3. Notice of Defaults. 8592
Section 12.4. KeyBank as Lender. 8592
Section 12.5. Approvals of Lenders. 8593
Section 12.6. Lender Credit Decision, Etc. 8693
Section 12.7. Indemnification of Agent. 8694
Section 12.8. Successor Agent. 8795
Section 12.9. Titled Agents. 8895
Section 12.10. Erroneous Payments. 95
ARTICLE XIII. MISCELLANEOUS 8895
Section 13.1. Notices. 8895
Section 13.2. Expenses. 9097
Section 13.3. Setoff. 9098
Section 13.4. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers. 9199
Section 13.5. Successors and Assigns. 92100
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Section 13.6. Amendments. 95103
Section 13.7. Nonliability of Agent and Lenders. 98105
Section 13.8. Confidentiality. 98106
Section 13.9. Indemnification. 98106
Section 13.10. Termination; Survival. 100108
Section 13.11. Severability of Provisions. 101109
Section 13.12. GOVERNING LAW. 101109
Section 13.13. Patriot Act. 101109
Section 13.14. Counterparts. 101109
Section 13.15. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties. 101109
Section 13.16. Limitation of Liability. 102109
Section 13.17. Entire Agreement. 102110
Section 13.18. Construction. 102110
Section 13.19. Non-Recourse to Parent. 102110
Section 13.20. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEAAffected Financial Institutions. 103111
Section 13.21. Reliance on Hedge Provider 103111
Section 13.22. Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs 112
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SCHEDULE 4.1. Unencumbered Pool Properties
SCHEDULE 7.1.(b) Ownership Structure
SCHEDULE 7.1.(f) Title to Properties; Liens
SCHEDULE 7.1.(g) Indebtedness and Guaranties
SCHEDULE 7.1.(i) Litigation
EXHIBIT A Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
EXHIBIT B-1 Form of Guaranty
EXHIBIT B-2 Form of Springing Guaranty
EXHIBIT C Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT D Form of Notice of Continuation
EXHIBIT E Form of Notice of Conversion
EXHIBIT F Form of Term Loan Note
EXHIBIT G Form of Compliance Certificate
EXHIBITS H Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
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THIS TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 25, 2018, by and among KITE REALTY GROUP, L.P., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their assignees pursuant to Section 13.5.(d), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), REGIONS BANK, FIFTH THIRD BANK, THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK and ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Syndication Agents (collectively the “Syndication Agents”), and KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC., REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, FIFTH THIRD BANK, THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK AND ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (the “Bookrunners”).
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to make available to the Borrower a term loan facility in the initial aggregate amount of $250,000,000.00, on the terms and conditions contained herein, which loan shall be used by Borrower to repay in full the indebtedness under the Existing Term Loan Agreement with any remaining proceeds, after payment of closing costs for this Agreement, to be a prepayment of the “Term Loan B” under the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions.
In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:
“2021 Credit Agreement” means that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2021, by and among, the Borrower, as borrower, KeyBank and the other lending institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, and KeyBank, in its capacity as the administrative agent for itself and such other lenders, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
“Accession Agreement” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Annex I to the Guaranty.
“Additional Costs” has the meaning given that term in Section 5.1.
“Adjusted EBITDA” means, on any date of determination, (a) the EBITDA of the Parent, the Borrower and all Subsidiaries for the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended determined on a consolidated basis, minus (b) Capital Reserves for the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended.
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“Adjusted LIBOR” means, with respect to each Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate obtained by dividing (a) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”) as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any applicable category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States of America to residents of the United States of America). Any change in such maximum rate shall result in a change in Adjusted LIBOR on the date on which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (1) the sum of (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the SOFR Index Adjustment and (2) the Floor.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (1) sum of (a) Term SOFR for such Interest Period and (b) the SOFR Index Adjustment and (2) the Floor.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Lender” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.12.(i).
“Affiliate” means any Person (other than the Agent or any Lender): (a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the Borrower; (b) directly or indirectly owning or holding fifteen percent (15.0%) or more of any Equity Interest in the Borrower; or (c) fifteen percent (15.0%) or more of whose voting stock or other Equity Interest is directly or indirectly owned or held by the Borrower. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. The Affiliates of a Person shall include any officer or director of such Person. In no event shall the Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower.
“Agent” or “Administrative Agent” means KeyBank National Association, as contractual representative for the Lenders under the terms of this Agreement.
“Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental bodies and all orders and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) as of any date of determination prior to such time as Administrative Agent receives written notice from Borrower that Parent or Borrower has an Investment Grade Rating from a Rating Agency and that Xxxxxxxx has irrevocably elected under
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this Agreement and under the Credit Agreement, to have the Applicable Margin determined based on Parent’s or Borrower’s Investment Grade Rating, the percentage rate set forth below corresponding to the Leverage Ratio (expressed as a percentage) in effect at such time:
Level | Leverage Ratio | Applicable Margin For LIBORSOFR Loans | Applicable Margin For Base Rate Loans | ||||||||
1 | 45% or less | 2.00% | 1.00% | ||||||||
2 | Greater than 45% but less than or equal to 50.0% | 2.10% | 1.10% | ||||||||
3 | Greater than 50.0% but less than or equal to 55.0% | 2.25% | 1.25% | ||||||||
4 | Greater than 55.0% | 2.55% | 1.55% |
The Applicable Margin shall be determined by the Agent under this clause (a) from time to time, based on the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.3. Any adjustment to the Applicable Margin shall be effective (i) in the case of a Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with quarterly financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to Section 9.3., as of the date 50 days following the end of the last day of the applicable fiscal period covered by such Compliance Certificate, and (ii) in the case of a Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with annual financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to Section 9.3., as of the date 95 days following the end of the last day of the applicable fiscal period covered by such Compliance Certificate. If the Borrower shall fail to deliver a Compliance Certificate within the time period required under Section 9.3., the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on Level 4 until the Borrower delivers the required Compliance Certificate, in which case the Applicable Margin shall be determined as provided above effective as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate. If the Borrower shall deliver a Compliance Certificate which is subsequently determined to be incorrect and, if correct when delivered, would have resulted in a higher Applicable Margin, Borrower shall pay to the Agent, within five (5) days after demand, any additional interest that would have accrued and been payable on any Loans using such higher Applicable Margin during the period that such lower Applicable Margin was applied incorrectly.
(b) From and after the time that Administrative Agent receives written notice from Borrower that Parent or Borrower has an Investment Grade Rating from a Rating Agency and that Borrower has irrevocably elected to have the Applicable Margin determined based on Parent’s or Borrower’s Investment Grade Rating as provided in paragraph (a) above, “Applicable Margin” shall mean, as of any date of determination, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Credit Rating Level as set forth below (provided that any interest accrued prior to receipt of such notice that is payable at the Applicable Margin determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio shall be payable as provided in Section 2.5.):
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Pricing Level | Credit Rating Level | Applicable Margin for LIBORSOFR Loans | Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans | ||||||||
1 | Credit Rating Xxxxx 0 | 2.00% | 1.00% | ||||||||
2 | Credit Rating Xxxxx 0 | 2.25% | 1.25% | ||||||||
3 | Credit Rating Xxxxx 0 | 2.50% | 1.50% |
The Applicable Margin for each Base Rate Loan and Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall be determined by reference to the Credit Rating Level in effect from time to time, and the Applicable Margin for any Interest Period for all LIBORTerm SOFR Loans comprising part of the same LIBORTerm SOFR Loan tranche shall be determined by reference to the Credit Rating Level in effect on the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, that no change in the Applicable Margin resulting from the application of the Credit Rating Levels or a change in the Credit Rating Level shall be effective until three (3) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent receives written notice of the application or change of the Credit Rating Levels pursuant to Section 9.4.(o) or receives written notice from the applicable Rating Agency of the application or a change in such Credit Rating Level, or otherwise confirms such application or change through information made publicly available by such Rating Agency. From and after the first time that the Applicable Margin is based on Parent’s or Borrower’s Investment Grade Rating, the Applicable Margin shall no longer be calculated by reference to the Leverage Ratio.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignee” has the meaning given that term in Section 13.5.(d).
“Assignment and Acceptance Agreement” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement among a Lender, an Assignee and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement, or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 5.2.(c).
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“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule. and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” means the per annum, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the greatesthighest of (ai) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plusrate of interest in effect for such day as established from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate”, whether or not publicly announced, which interest rate may or may not be the lowest rate charged by it for commercial loans or other extensions of credit, (ii) one half of one percent (0.5%), or (c) Adjusted LIBOR for an Interest Period of one (1) month above the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day, (iii) Term SOFR for a one month tenor in effect on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus one percent (1%)1.0%), and (iv) one percent (1.0%) per annum. Any change in the Base Rate resulting fromdue to a change in the Prime Rate orprime rate, the Federal Funds Rate shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Business Day on which each such change occurs. The Base Rate is a reference rate used by the Lender acting as the Agent in determining interest rates on certain loans and is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender on any extension of credit to any debtor.or Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to (a) any Daily Simple SOFR Loan, Daily Simple SOFR, and (b) any Term SOFR Loan, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 5.2.(c).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for the then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in U.S. Dollars at such time and (ii) the
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related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, if any; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), if any, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the
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time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (i) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 5.2.(b) and (ii) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 5.2.(c).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means as to Borrower, a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation which is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or any Lender requesting the same.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
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“Benefit Arrangement” means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“Bookrunners” has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Borrowing Base Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower or an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary that directly owns or leases an Unencumbered Pool Property.
“Business Day” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Cleveland, Ohio or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close and (b) with reference to a LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank marketrespect to any matters relating to SOFR Loans, a SOFR Business Day..
“Capital Reserves” means, for any period and with respect to a Property, an amount equal to (a) $0.15 per square foot times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such period and the denominator of which is 365. Any portion of a Property leased under a ground lease to a third party that owns the improvements on such portion of such Property shall not be included in determinations of Capital Reserves. If the term Capital Reserves is used without reference to any specific Property, then the amount shall be determined on an aggregate basis with respect to all Core Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and a proportionate share of all Core Properties of all Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Capitalization Rate” means six and one-half percent (6.5%).
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means an obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The amount of a Capitalized Lease Obligation is the capitalized amount of such obligation as would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of the applicable Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the applicable date.
“Cash Equivalents” means: (a) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; (b) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired issued by a United States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing, or a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, acting through a branch or agency, which bank has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and which bank or its holding company has a short term commercial paper rating of at least A-2 or the equivalent by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent by Moody’s; (c) reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than seven days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (a) above and entered
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into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and (e) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least 85% of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Ltd.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the amount set forth for such Lender on its signature page hereto as such Lender’s “Commitment” or the amount of Term Loans assigned to such Lender as set forth in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, or as set forth in an amendment to this Agreement, or as appropriate to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with Section 13.5., as such amount may be increased in accordance with this Agreement.
“Commitment Percentage” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have terminated or been reduced to zero, the “Commitment Percentage” of each Lender shall be the Commitment Percentage of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or reduction.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning given that term in Section 9.3.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “SOFR Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably
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necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Construction-In-Process Property” means, as of any date, any Property that is a Core Property or a Non-Core Property that is under development or is scheduled to commence development within twelve months from such date until the earlier of the (i) one year anniversary date of project completion with respect to such Construction-In-Process Property or (ii) the second (2nd) fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported after such Construction-In-Process Property achieves an Occupancy Rate of 85%.
“Construction-In-Process Value” means cash expenditures for land and improvements (including indirect costs internally allocated and development costs) determined in accordance with GAAP on all Construction-In-Process Properties.
“Continue”, “Continuation” and “Continued” each refers to the continuation of a LIBORTerm SOFR Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.9.
“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.10.
“Core Property” means any Property which is (a) leased or intended to be leased to tenants primarily for retail use or (b) a mixed use property, the majority of the NOI from which is attributable to leases to tenants primarily for retail use.
“Credit Agreement” means the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2016 among the Loan Parties, KeyBank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto from time to time, as the same may be modified, amended, restated or extended.
“Credit Agreement Loans” means the aggregate principal amount of the “Loans” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
“Credit Event” means the making of any Loan.
“Credit Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the highest of the credit ratings (or their equivalents) then assigned to Parent’s or Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured non-credit enhanced debt by, subject to the terms hereof, any of the Rating Agencies. A credit rating of BBB- from S&P or Fitch is equivalent to a credit rating of Baa3 from Moody’s and vice versa. A credit rating of BBB from S&P or Fitch is equivalent to a credit rating of Baa2 from Moody’s and vice versa. It is the intention of the parties that if Parent or Borrower only has one credit rating in effect from S&P or Moody’s, then such rating shall apply. If the Parent or Borrower has a credit rating from S&P or Moody’s, it may also include a credit rating from Fitch in
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determining its Credit Rating. In the event the only credit rating is from Fitch, Borrower shall be deemed to not have a Credit Rating. If Parent or Borrower shall have obtained a credit rating from more than one of the Rating Agencies, the highest of the credit ratings shall control provided that the next highest rating for such Person is only one level below that of the highest rating. If the next highest rating for such Person is more than one level below that of the highest credit rating for such Person, the operative rating would be deemed to be one rating level lower than the highest of the ratings. If Parent or Borrower shall have obtained a credit rating from one or more of the Rating Agencies and shall thereafter lose such credit rating or ratings (whether as a result of a withdrawal, suspension, election to not obtain a rating, or otherwise) from such Rating Agency or Rating Agencies and as a result does not have a credit rating from one or more of S&P or Moody’s, the Parent or Borrower shall be deemed for the purposes hereof not to have a credit rating. If at any time any of the Rating Agencies or any Rating Agency which has issued a credit rating of Parent or Borrower shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall promptly negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency or agencies (and to correlate the system of ratings of each such substitute rating agency with that of the rating agency being replaced) and, pending such amendment, (i) in the case of a cessation of the functions of the Rating Agencies that have provided a credit rating, the Applicable Credit Rating shall, subject to the terms hereof, be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such cessation and (ii) in the case of a cessation of function of one Rating Agency and not the other Rating Agencies that have provided a credit rating, the Credit Rating of the other of the Rating Agencies shall, subject to the terms hereof, continue to apply.
“Credit Rating Level” means one of the following three pricing levels, as applicable, and provided that, from and after the time that Administrative Agent receives written notice from Borrower that Parent or Borrower has an Investment Grade Rating from at least one of the Rating Agencies (subject to the terms of the definition of Credit Rating) and that Borrower has irrevocably elected to have the Applicable Margin determined based on Parent’s or Borrower’s Investment Grade Rating, during any period that the Parent has no Credit Rating Level, Credit Rating Level 3 shall be the applicable Credit Rating Level:
“Credit Rating Level 1” means the Credit Rating Level which would be applicable for so long as the Credit Rating is greater than or equal to BBB by S&P, Baa2 by Moody’s or, subject to the terms of the definition of “Credit Rating”, BBB by Fitch;
“Credit Rating Level 2” means the Credit Rating Level which would be applicable for so long as the Credit Rating is greater than or equal to BBB- by S&P, Baa3 by Moody’s or, subject to the terms of the definition of “Credit Rating”, BBB- by Fitch and Credit Rating Level 1 is not applicable; and
“Credit Rating Level 3” means the Credit Rating Level which would be applicable for so long as the Credit Rating is less than BBB- by S&P, Baa3 by Moody’s or, subject to the terms of the definition of “Credit Rating”, BBB- by Fitch or there is no Credit Rating.
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“Customary Nonrecourse Debt Guaranty” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Indebtedness.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum (rounded in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s customary practice) equal to SOFR for the day (such day, the “SOFR Determination Day”) that is five (5) SOFR Business Days (or such other period as determined by the Administrative Agent based on then prevailing market conventions) prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a SOFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as and when SOFR for such SOFR Rate Day is published by the Daily Simple SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2nd) SOFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided, that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon Daily Simple SOFR.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 11.1., whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent with respect to clauses (a) and (b)(ii) below, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder and such failure is continuing, unless such failure arises out of a good faith dispute between such Lender and either the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (b) (i) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or (ii) has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit, unless with respect to this clause (b), such failure with respect to a funding obligation is subject to a good faith dispute, (c) has failed, within two (2) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its funding obligations; provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.11., such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender upon the Administrative Agent’s and Xxxxxxxx’s receipt of such confirmation, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, receivership, rearrangement
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or similar debtor relieve law of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such capacity, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any proceeding or appointment, or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a governmental authority (including any agency, instrumentality, regulatory body, central bank or other authority) so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment of its assets or permit such Lender (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow, or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Person).
“Derivatives Contract” means any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the term “Derivatives Contract” includes any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.
“Derivatives Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Derivatives Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Derivatives Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Derivatives Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Derivatives Contracts (which may include the Agent or any Lender).
“Designated Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.(z).
“Development Properties” means any ground-up developments, including consolidated or unconsolidated properties, which were not owned (in whole or in part) by Parent, Borrower or
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their Subsidiaries as of April 30, 2012. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such property which achieves an Occupancy Rate of 85% shall no longer be a Development Property and, for purposes of clarity, any purchase by Parent, Borrower or their Subsidiaries of an interest of a joint venture partner in a ground-up development that was owned in part by Parent, Borrower or their Subsidiaries as of April 30, 2012, shall not be a Development Property as a result of such purchase.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to a Person for any period (without duplication): (a) net income (loss) of such Person for such period determined on a consolidated basis (before minority interests), exclusive of the following (but only to the extent included in determination of such net income (loss)): (i) depreciation and amortization expense; (ii) Interest Expense; (iii) income tax expense; (iv) extraordinary or non-recurring gains and losses, including, without limitation, gains or losses associated with the sale of operating Properties and charges associated with any write-off of development expenses; (v) other non-cash items and impairment charges, including, without limitation, non-cash losses or gains associated with (A) the grant of equity interests to employees, officers and directors, (B) hedging activities, (C) impairment of goodwill and (D) one-time accounting adjustments; (vi) charges (including any premiums or make-whole amounts) associated with any prepayment, redemption or repurchase of indebtedness or early retirement of preferred stock; and (vii) costs in connection with acquisitions, including non-capitalized costs incurred in connection with acquisitions that fail to close; plus (b) such Person’s pro rata share of EBITDA of its Unconsolidated Affiliates. EBITDA shall be adjusted to remove any impact from straight line rent leveling adjustments required under GAAP and amortization of intangibles pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards number 141.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person who is: (i) currently a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender; (ii) a commercial bank, trust, trust company, insurance company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (iii) a savings and loan association or savings
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bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having a tangible net worth of at least $500,000,000; (iv) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States of America; or (v) any other Person (but not a natural person). If such Person is not currently a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, such Person’s (or its parent’s) senior unsecured long term indebtedness must be rated BBB or higher by S&P, Baa2 or higher by Moody’s, or the equivalent or higher of either such rating by another rating agency acceptable to the Agent. Neither a Defaulting Lender nor any Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
“Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property” means a Core Property or a Non-Core Property which satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) such Property is owned in fee simple, or leased under a Ground Lease reasonably acceptable to Agent, entirely by, the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or, if it is Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property, an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary which in each case is also a Borrowing Base Subsidiary; (b) neither such Property, nor any interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary therein, is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens (but not Liens of the type described in clause (f), (g) or (h) of the definition of Permitted Liens or Permitted Environmental Liens)) or a Negative Pledge; (c) if such Property is owned or leased by a Borrowing Base Subsidiary (i) none of the Borrower’s direct or indirect ownership interest in such Borrowing Base Subsidiary is subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens (but not Liens of the type described in clause (f), (g) or (h) of the definition of Permitted Liens or Permitted Environmental Liens)) or to a Negative Pledge and (ii) the Borrower directly, or indirectly through a Subsidiary, has the right to take the following actions without the need to obtain the consent of any Person: (x) to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Property and (y) to create a Lien on such Property as security for Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Borrowing Base Subsidiary, as applicable; provided, however, that the requirements of this clause (c) shall not prohibit a Negative Pledge or limitation on sale in favor of an arm’s-length purchaser of a customary nature relating to Property subject to a contract for sale so long as such Negative Pledge or limitation on sale pertains solely to such Property being sold and ceases to apply upon the closing of such sale or the termination of such contract); (d) such Property is free of all structural defects or major architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters except for defects, deficiencies, conditions or other matters individually or collectively which are not material to the profitable operation of such Property; and (e) neither such Borrowing Base Subsidiary nor any other Subsidiary of Borrower directly or indirectly owning an interest therein has created, incurred, acquired, assumed, suffered to exist or is or becomes otherwise liable with respect to any Indebtedness (whether as a borrower, co-borrower, guarantor or otherwise), other than Unsecured Indebtedness of such Subsidiary if the terms of Section 4.3.(c) are satisfied.
“Environmental Laws” means any Applicable Law relating to environmental protection or the manufacture, storage, remediation, disposal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency and any applicable rule of common law and any judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the environment or Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.
“Equity Issuance” means any issuance by a Person of any Equity Interest in such Person and shall in any event include the issuance of any Equity Interest upon the conversion or exchange of any security constituting Indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable, or is being converted or exchanged, for Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from time to time, and all regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.
“ERISA Group” means the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.10.(a).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.10.(a).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.10.(d).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.10.(d).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
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“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 11.1., provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.
“Excluded Hedge Obligation” means with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedge Obligation, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Hedge Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedge Obligation. If a Hedge Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedge Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to an Applicable Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 3.12.(i)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.12., amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.12.(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 26, 2015 among Borrower, KeyBank, individually and as agent, and the other lenders party thereto, as amended.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to (a) a security listed on a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, the price of such security as reported on such exchange by any widely recognized reporting method customarily relied upon by financial institutions and (b) with respect to any other property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent by federal funds dealers selected by the Agent on such day on such transaction as determined by the Agent. If the Federal Funds Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, the Federal Funds Rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“Fees” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.6. and any other fees payable by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
“Final Term Loan Extension Period” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.13.
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institution Recovery, Reform and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc.
“Fixed Charges” means, on any date of determination, the sum of (a) Interest Expense of the Parent, the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended, (b) all regularly scheduled principal payments made with respect to Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries during such period, other than any balloon, bullet or similar principal payment which repays such Indebtedness in full, and (c) all Preferred Dividends paid during such period. Fixed Charges shall include a proportionate share of items (a) and (b) of all Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period.
“Floating Rate Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of a Person which bears interest at a variable rate during the scheduled life of such Indebtedness and for which such Person has not obtained interest rate swap agreements, interest rate “cap” or “collar” agreements or other similar Derivatives Contracts which effectively cause such variable rates (exclusive of any fixed margins added to any variable component of such rates) to be equivalent to fixed rates less than or equal to the rate (as reasonably determined by the Agent) borne by United States 10-year Treasury Notes at the time the applicable Derivatives Contract became effective.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.0% per annum.
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“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funds From Operations” means, with respect to a Person and for a given period, (a) net income (loss) of such Person computed in accordance with GAAP, calculated without regard to (i) gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property during such period, and (ii) charges for impairment of real estate, plus (b) depreciation with respect to such Person’s real estate assets and amortization (other than amortization of deferred financing costs) of such Person for such period, plus (c) other non-cash items (other than amortization of deferred financing costs), plus (d) costs in connection with acquisitions, all after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, plus (e) extraordinary and non-recurring gains and losses. Adjustments for Unconsolidated Affiliates will be calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau, commission, board, department or other entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law, and including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank.
“Ground Lease” means a ground lease containing the following terms and conditions: (a) a remaining term (exclusive of any unexercised extension options) of 25 years or more from April 24, 2018, or with respect to any Ground Lease with respect to any Property that is an Unencumbered Pool Property included in the Unencumbered Pool prior to April 24, 2018, 25 years or more from July 28, 2016; (b) the right of the lessee to mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased property without the consent of the lessor; (c) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of any mortgage Lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated until
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such holder has had a reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosures, and fails to do so; (d) reasonable transferability of the lessee’s interest under such lease, including ability to sublease; and (e) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.
“Guarantors” means individually and collectively, as the context shall require (i) the Parent (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Parent shall have no liability under the Springing Guaranty until the occurrence of a Springing Recourse Event and (ii) any Subsidiary of Borrower that is required to be a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.3.
“Guaranty”, “Guaranteed”, “Guarantying” or to “Guarantee” as applied to any obligation means and includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by: (i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit, or (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation. As the context requires, “Guaranty” shall also mean the Guaranty to which the Guarantors (other than Parent) may become parties substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and the Springing Guaranty upon the occurrence of a Springing Recourse Event.
“Hazardous Materials” means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as “hazardous substances”, “hazardous materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “toxic substances” or any other formulation intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP” toxicity or “EP toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any form; (e) toxic mold; and (f) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million.
“Hedge Obligations” means all obligations of Borrower to any Lender Hedge Provider to make any payments under any agreement with respect to the Interest Rate Hedge, and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such hedging agreement, and which shall include, without
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limitation, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, all as amended, restated or otherwise modified. Under no circumstances shall any of the Hedge Obligations secured or guaranteed by any Loan Document as to a Guarantor include any obligation that constitutes an Excluded Hedge Obligation of such Guarantor.
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.16.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof, all of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not more than 180 days past due); (b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or services rendered; (c) Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person under any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Mandatorily Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation (except for obligations under a purchase agreement for real estate or a real estate company), repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock)); (h) net obligations under any Derivatives Contract not entered into as a hedge against existing Indebtedness, in an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof; (i) all Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person, including liability of a general partner in respect of liabilities of a partnership in which it is a general partner which would constitute “Indebtedness” hereunder (except for guaranties of customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, voluntary bankruptcy, collusive involuntary bankruptcy and other similar customary exceptions to recourse liability (a “Customary Nonrecourse Debt Guaranty”) until a claim is made with respect thereto; provided that if Borrower reasonably believes that the liability with respect to such claim will be less than the Indebtedness to which it relates, Borrower may include such lesser amount subject to Administrative Agent’s prior written approval granted in its sole discretion); (j) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation; and (k) such Person’s pro rata share of the Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person. Indebtedness of any Person pursuant to clause (i) of this definition as a result of such Person’s status as a
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general partner of a partnership shall be calculated to give effect to any limitations on recourse to the general partner in the documents evidencing such Indebtedness.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the immediately preceding clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Initial Unencumbered Pool Properties” means the Eligible Unencumbered Pool Properties so identified in Schedule 4.1.
“Inland Diversified” means Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning given that term in Section 7.1.(t).
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person, on any date of determination, without duplication, (a) total interest expense of such Person excluding any non-cash interest expense incurred (in accordance with GAAP) for the period of two fiscal quarters most recently ended, determined on a consolidated basis for such period, plus (b) such Person’s pro rata share of Interest Expense of Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any LIBOReach Term SOFR Loan, eacha period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made or theof one, three or six months as selected by the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) the initial Interest Period for any borrowing of a SOFR Loan shall commence on the date of such borrowing (the date of borrowing resulting from a Conversion or Continuation shall be the date of such Conversion or Continuation) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such borrowing shall commence on the first day after the last day of the next preceding Interest Period for such Loan and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i; (ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Datebegins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (ii) eachlast Business Day of such calendar month; (iii) if any Interest Period that would otherwise endexpire on a day whichthat is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such immediately following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day).; (iv) no Interest Period for any SOFR Loan may be selected that would end after the Termination Date; and (v) if, upon the expiration of any Interest Period, the Borrower has failed to (or may not) elect a new Interest Period to be applicable to the respective borrowing of SOFR Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
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elected to convert such borrowing to a Base Rate Loan effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
“Interest Rate Hedge” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.16.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any acquisition or investment (whether or not of a controlling interest) by such Person, by means of any of the following: (a) the purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another Person, (b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital contribution to, Guaranty of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute the business or a division or operating unit of another Person. Any binding commitment to make an Investment in any other Person, as well as any option of another Person to require an Investment in such Person, shall constitute an Investment. Except as expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant contained in a Loan Document, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a Credit Rating of BBB- or better by S&P, Baa3 or better by Moody’s or, subject to the terms of the definition of “Credit Rating”, BBB- or better by Fitch.
“Investment Grade Rating Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.(b).
“KeyBank” means KeyBank National Association and its successors by merger.
“Lender” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a “Lender”.
“Xxxxxx Xxxxx Provider” means with respect to the Hedge Obligations, any counterparty thereto that, at the time the Interest Rate Hedge agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Lending Office” means, forwith respect to each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office ofdesignated by such Lender specified as such on its signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, or such other office of such Lender of which such Lender may notify the Agent in writing from time to xxxx.xx the Administrative Agent as such Xxxxxx’s lending office for all purposes of this Agreement. A Lender may have a different Applicable Lending Office for Base Rate Loans and SOFR Loans.
“Letter of Credit Liabilities” has the meaning given that term in the Credit Agreement.
“Level” has the meaning given that term in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin.”
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“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the then-current Total Indebtedness to (ii) the then-current Total Asset Value.
“LIBOR” means, with respect to a LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the average rate as shown in Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor service, or if such Person no longer reports such rate as determined by Agent, by another commercially available source providing such quotations approved by Agent) (such rate, the “LIBOR Screen Rate”) at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by first class banks in the London Interbank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period with a maturity approximately equal to such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the amount to which such Interest Period relates. If such service or such other Person approved by Agent described above no longer reports such rate or Agent determines in good faith that the rate so reported no longer accurately reflects the rate available to Agent in the London Interbank Market, then at the option of Agent, Loans shall accrue interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as so determined LIBOR shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero except in the case of LIBOR Loans that are subject to a Specified Swap Contract that provides a hedge against interest rate risk.
“LIBOR Loan” means a Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.
“LIBOR Screen Rate” has the meaning given that term in the definition of LIBOR.
“LIBOR Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.(b).
“Lien” as applied to the property of any Person means: (a) any security interest, encumbrance, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, pledge, lien, charge or lease constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security title or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income, rents or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of such Person; (c) the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, other than any precautionary filing not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien, including a financing statement filed (i) in respect of a lease not constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation pursuant to Section 9-505 (or a successor provision) of the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent as in effect in an applicable jurisdiction or (ii) in connection with a sale or other disposition of accounts or other assets not prohibited by this Agreement in a transaction not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien; and (d) any agreement by such Person to grant, give or otherwise convey any of the foregoing. Any requirement in documentation evidencing or governing Unsecured Indebtedness that requires that such Unsecured Indebtedness be secured on an “equal and ratable” basis to the extent that other Unsecured Indebtedness is secured shall not constitute a Lien or a Negative Pledge, but there shall be a Lien to the extent any such security is granted.
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“LLC Division” means in the event Borrower or any Guarantor is a limited liability company, (i) the division of Borrower or any such Guarantor into two or more newly formed limited liability companies (whether or not Borrower or any such Guarantor is a surviving entity following any such division) pursuant to, in the event Borrower or any such Guarantor is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or, in the event Borrower or any such Guarantor is organized under the laws of a State or Commonwealth of the United States (other than Delaware) or of the District of Columbia, any similar provision under any similar act governing limited liability companies organized under the laws of such State or Commonwealth or of the District of Columbia, or (ii) the adoption of a plan contemplating, or the filing of any certificate with any applicable Governmental Authority that results or may result in, any such division.
“Loan” means a Term Loan.
“Loan Document” means this Agreement, each Note, any Guaranty, the Springing Guaranty, and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Loan Party in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement.
“Loan Party” means the Borrower, the Parent and each other Guarantor. As of the Effective Date there are no Loan Parties other than the Borrower and the Parent.
“Mandatorily Redeemable Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person which by the terms of such Equity Interest (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than an Equity Interest to the extent redeemable in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness or Mandatorily Redeemable Stock, or (c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than an Equity Interest which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests), in each case on or prior to the date on which all Loans are scheduled to be due and payable in full.
“Marketable Securities” means Investments in capital stock or debt securities issued by any Person (other than Borrower, Parent, or an Unconsolidated Affiliate) which are publicly traded on a national exchange, excluding Cash Equivalents.
“Material Acquisition” means (a) a single acquisition by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of properties or assets for a gross purchase price equal to or in excess of ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value (determined without giving effect to such acquisition) or (b) one or more acquisitions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of properties or assets in any two consecutive fiscal quarters for an aggregate gross purchase price equal to or in excess of ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value (determined without giving effect to such acquisitions).
“Material Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Parent and its
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Subsidiaries, or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, and (d) the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent under any of the Loan Documents.
“Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement (other than Loan Documents), whether written or oral, to which the Parent, the Borrower, or any other Subsidiary is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Parent or Borrower to which five percent (5%) or more of Total Asset Value is attributable.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar security instrument made by a Person owning an interest in real property granting a Lien on such interest in real property as security for the payment of Indebtedness of such Person or another Person.
“Mortgage Note Receivable” means a promissory note secured by a Mortgage of which the Parent, the Borrower or another Subsidiary is the holder and retains the rights of collection of all payments thereunder.
“Multiemployer Plan” means at any time a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Internal Revenue Code to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year period.
“Negative Pledge” means, with respect to a given asset, any provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document) which prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Indebtedness of the Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that the following shall not constitute a Negative Pledge: (a) an agreement that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets (i) in order to be included in a pool of unencumbered assets to comply with financial covenant ratios with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness or (ii) upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that in each case do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, or (b) a provision contained in any agreement that evidences Unsecured Indebtedness which contains restrictions on encumbering assets that are substantially similar to, or less restrictive than, those restrictions contained in the Loan Documents.
“Net Operating Income” or “NOI” means, for any Property and for a given period, the sum of the following (without duplication and determined on a consistent basis with prior periods): (a) rents and other revenues received in the ordinary course from such Property (excluding pre-paid rents and revenues and security deposits except to the extent applied in
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satisfaction of tenants’ obligations for rent) minus (b) all expenses paid (excluding interest) related to the ownership, operation or maintenance of such Property, including but not limited to, an appropriate accrual for property taxes and insurance, assessments and the like, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses, marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection with such Property, but specifically excluding general overhead expenses of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any property management fees) minus (c) the Capital Reserves for such Property as of the end of such period minus (d) an imputed management fee in the amount of three percent (3.0%) of the gross revenues for such Property for such period. Net Operating Income of a Person shall include such Person’s pro rata share of Net Operating Income of its Unconsolidated Affiliates. Net Operating Income shall be adjusted to remove any impact from straight line rent leveling adjustments required under GAAP and amortization of intangibles pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards number 141. For purposes of determining the Unencumbered Pool Value and Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio with respect to an Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property, the Borrower’s or a Borrowing Base Subsidiary’s share of the Net Operating Income from such Property shall be utilized instead of the Net Operating Income from such Property.
“Non-Core Property” means any Property which is (a) not operated as a retail property or (b) a mixed use property that does not have the majority of the NOI from which is attributable to leases to tenants primarily for retail use.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Nonrecourse Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, Indebtedness for borrowed money in respect of which recourse for payment (except for customary exceptions, such as for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, voluntary bankruptcy, collusive involuntary bankruptcy, and other customary exceptions to recourse liability of a similar nature until a claim is made with respect thereto; provided that if Borrower reasonably believes that the liability with respect to such claim will be less than the Indebtedness to which it relates, Borrower may include such lesser amount subject to Administrative Agent’s prior written approval granted in its sole discretion) is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.
“Note” means a Term Loan Note.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice in the form of Exhibit C to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) evidencing the Borrower’s request for a borrowing of Term Loans.
“Notice of Continuation” means a notice in the form of Exhibit D to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.9. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Continuation of a LIBORSOFR Loan.
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“Notice of Conversion” means a notice in the form of Exhibit E to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.10. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Conversion of a Loan from one Type to another Type.
“Obligations” means, individually and collectively: (a) the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans; and (b) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties owing to the Agent or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any promissory note, including any such items accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest or other amounts as allowed in such proceeding.
“Occupancy Rate” means, with respect to a Property at any time, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the net rentable square footage of such Property actually occupied by tenants that are not Affiliates paying rent at rates not materially less than rates generally prevailing at the time the applicable lease was entered into, pursuant to binding leases as to which no monetary default has occurred and has continued unremedied for 30 or more days to (b) the aggregate net rentable square footage of such Property. For purposes of the definition of “Occupancy Rate”, a tenant shall be deemed to actually occupy a Property notwithstanding a temporary cessation of operations for renovation, repairs or other temporary reason.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America.
“Off-Balance Sheet Obligations” means liabilities and obligations of the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person in respect of “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in the SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules) which the Parent would be required to disclose in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the Parent’s report on Form 10 Q or Form 10 K (or their equivalents) which the Parent is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor). As used in this definition, the term “SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules” means the Disclosure in Management’s Discussion and Analysis About Off Balance Sheet Arrangements, Securities Act Release No. 33-8182, 68 Fed. Reg. 5982 (Feb. 5, 2003) (codified at 17 CFR pts. 228, 229 and 249).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.12.(i)).
“Parent” means Kite Realty Group Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland.
“Participant” has the meaning given that term in Section 13.5.(c).
“Participant Register” has the meaning given that term in Section 13.5.(c).
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.10.(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.
“Permitted Environmental Liens” means any Lien arising out of or related to any Environmental Laws (i) which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the enforcement thereof and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) which has been bonded-off in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent, or (iii) consisting of restrictions on the use of real property, which restrictions do not materially detract from the value, financeability or marketability of such property or impair the intended use thereof in the business of the Parent, the Borrower, and its other Subsidiaries.
“Permitted Liens” means, as to any asset or property of a Person: (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any Environmental Laws (other than Permitted Environmental Liens)) or the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not at the time required to be paid or discharged under Section 8.6.; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws; (c) Liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract from the value of such property or impair the intended use thereof in the business of such Person; (d) the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of business of such Person; (e) Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders under this Agreement; (f) Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Guarantor securing obligations owing by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or a Guarantor; (g) Liens in existence as of the Effective Date and set forth in Part II of Schedule 7.1.(f); and (h) Liens on a cash collateral account maintained pursuant to the 2021 Credit Agreement to secure obligations with respect to swingline loans and letters of credit provided under the 2021 Credit Agreement.
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“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA and either (a) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.
“Post Default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the interest rate otherwise in effect from time to time hereunder plus two percent (2.0%).
“Preferred Dividends” means, for any period and without duplication, all Restricted Payments paid during such period on Preferred Equity Interests issued by the Parent or a Subsidiary. Preferred Dividends shall not include dividends or distributions (a) paid or payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock) payable to holders of such class of Equity Interests, (b) paid or payable to the Parent or a Subsidiary, or (c) constituting or resulting in the redemption of Preferred Equity Interests, other than scheduled redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions in full.
“Preferred Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
“Prepayment Consideration” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.8.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced publicly by the Lender then acting as the Agent as its prime rate from time to time. The Prime Rate is not necessarily the best or the lowest rate of interest offered by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender.
“Principal Office” means the office of the Agent located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx, or such other office of the Agent as the Agent may designate from time to time.
“Prior Revolving Loan Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2013.
“Prior Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of April 30, 2012, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement dated as of February 26, 2013 and that certain Second Amendment to Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 21, 2013.
“Property” means any parcel of real property owned or leased (in whole or in part) or operated by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate of
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the Parent and which is located in a contiguous state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
“Rating Agencies” means S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, collectively, and “Rating Agency” means S&P, Moody’s or Fitch.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, and (b) any Lender.
“Recourse Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary of Parent which does not constitute Nonrecourse Indebtedness, determined on a consolidated basis.
“Register” has the meaning given that term in Section 13.5.(e).
“Regulatory Change” means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the Effective Date in Applicable Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity. The Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, publications, orders, guidelines and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to have been adopted and gone into effect after the Effective Date regardless of when adopted, enacted or issued.
“REIT” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” as defined in Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Renovation Property” means any Property which is a Core Property or a Non-Core Property where more than 10% of the net rentable square footage of such Property is vacant due to renovations being made at such Property.
“Representative” has the meaning given that term in Section 13.21.
“Requisite Lenders” means, as of any date, Lenders having greater than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (not held by Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote), or, if any of the Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding greater than 50% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans (not held by
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Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote). Commitments and Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders shall be disregarded when determining the Requisite Lenders.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means with respect to the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, any executive vice president or any senior vice president of the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Restricted Payment” means: (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interest of the Borrower, Parent or any Subsidiary thereof now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in Equity Interests of identical class to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests of the Borrower, Parent or any Subsidiary thereof now or hereafter outstanding.
“Sanctions Laws and Regulations” means any applicable sanctions, prohibitions or requirements imposed by any applicable executive order or by any applicable sanctions program administered by OFAC, the United States Department of Treasury, the United States Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or HerHis Majesty’s Treasury.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of a Person that is secured by a Lien on a Property or on any ownership interests in any other Person or on any other assets, provided that the portion of such Indebtedness included in “Secured Indebtedness” shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate value of the assets securing such Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness was incurred, plus the aggregate value of any improvements to such assets, plus the value of any additional assets provided to secure such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Indebtedness shall exclude Indebtedness that (i) is secured solely by ownership interests in another Person that owns a Property which is encumbered by a mortgage securing Indebtedness and (ii) is Recourse Indebtedness.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with all rules and regulations issued thereunder.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
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“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SOFR Index Adjustment” means for any calculation with respect to a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, a percentage equal to 0.10% per annum.
“SOFR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon (a) Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”) or (b) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets (excluding any Indebtedness due from any affiliate of such Person) are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.
“S&P” means S&P Global RatingsInc.
“Specified Swap Contract” means (a) all swap contracts entered into prior to July 28, 2016 as disclosed to Administrative Agent, and (b) all swap contracts entered into on or after the July 28, 2016 but prior to January 1, 2017, in the case of this clause (b), not to exceed $250,000,000.
“Springing Guaranty” means the Springing Guaranty executed and delivered by the Parent, such Springing Guaranty to be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.
“Springing Recourse Event” has the meaning given that term in the Springing Guaranty.
“Subsidiary” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other individuals performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any
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contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, each Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Taxable REIT Subsidiary” has the meaning given that term in Section 856(l) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Date” means October 24, 2025, or such later date to which the Termination Date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.13.(a).
“Term Loan” means an individual term loan or the aggregate term loans, as the case may be, in the maximum principal amount of $250,000,000.00 made by the Lenders hereunder pursuant to Section 2.1., as such maximum principal amount may be increased pursuant to Section 2.16.
“Term Loan Extension Request” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.13.(a).
“Term Loan Note” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.11.(a).
“Term SOFR” means for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Lookback Day”) that is two SOFR Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (and rounded in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s customary practice) , as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Lookback Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding SOFR Business Day is not more than three SOFR Business Days prior to such Lookback Day, and for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day that is two SOFR Business Days prior to the date the Base Rate is determined, subject to the proviso provided above.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of Base Rate).
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“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Titled Agents” means each of the Agent, the Bookrunners and the Syndication Agents.
“Total Asset Value” means, on any date of determination, the sum of all of the following of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis: (a) cash and Cash Equivalents, plus (b) with respect to each Property that is a Core Property or a Non-Core Property then owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (but excluding (A) Properties acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary during the immediately preceding four (4) fiscal quarter periods of the Borrower for which financial results have been reported, (B) Construction-In-Process Properties and (C) Unimproved Land), the quotient of (i) the product of (A) Net Operating Income attributable to such Property for the four (4) fiscal two (2) quarters most recently ended for which financial results have been reported, times (B) 2, divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (c) the GAAP book value of Properties that are Core Properties or Non-Core Properties then owned which were acquired during the four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial results have been reported, plus (d) the aggregate Construction-In-Process Value of each Construction-In-Process Property then owned, plus (e) the GAAP book value of those portions of Renovation Properties which are then vacant and under renovation, Unimproved Land, Mortgage Note Receivables and other promissory notes then owned, plus (f) Marketable Securities. The Borrower’s pro rata share of assets held by Unconsolidated Affiliates will be included in Total Asset Value calculations consistent with the above described treatment for wholly owned assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that more than (i) ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value would be attributable to Mortgage Notes Receivable (with each asset valued at the lower of its acquisition cost and its fair market value); (ii) twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value would be attributable to Unconsolidated Affiliates (valued at the greater of their aggregate cash investment in that entity or the portion of Total Asset Value attributable to such entity or its assets (with such value determined without regard to the limitations in this sentence) as the case may be); (iii) ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value would be attributable to Unimproved Land (with each asset valued at its GAAP book value); (iv) fifteen percent (15%) of Total Asset Value would be attributable to the Development Properties (with each asset valued at its GAAP book value and including the Borrower’s pro-rata share of the GAAP book value of Development Properties owned by Unconsolidated Affiliates); (v) ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value would be attributable to Marketable Securities (valued in accordance with GAAP); or (vi) the aggregate of investments under clauses (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above would exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Asset Value, such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value.
“Total Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and all Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis.
“Type” means, with respect to any type of Loan, refers to whether such Loan is a LIBOR Loan orits nature as either a Base Rate Loan, a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook
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(as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain Affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unconsolidated Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such Person.
“Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property” means the Properties that are owned (or ground leased under a Ground Lease) by an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary.
“Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary” means each of Inland Diversified Las Vegas Xxxxx, L.L.C., Inland Diversified North Las Vegas Losee, L.L.C. and Dayville Property Development LLC, provided that such Persons shall only qualify as an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary if at all times (a) the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower is the managing member of the sole members of such Person (the “Upper Tier Venture”), (b) the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower owns at least a majority of the economic interest in such Person and the Upper Tier Venture, (c) the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower controls all operational, financing, sale and investment decisions related to such Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property (or the remedy for selling the applicable Property prior to December 27, 2018 without the consent of the holders of the balance of the interests in the Upper Tier Venture would be to allow such holders to require the redemption of their interest), (d) the Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary and the Upper Tier Venture have the power and authority without any limit to cause the Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary to be a Guarantor and to xxxxx x Xxxx to secure the Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents, and (e) there is no contractual provision or agreement with the holder of the balance of the interests in the Upper Tier Venture and/or Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary that provides such holder with the right (x) to change or replace management of such Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary or Upper Tier Venture, (y) to obtain additional consent or approval rights, or (z) to acquire the direct or indirect interest of Borrower in such Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary or Upper Tier Venture, upon non-payment of any distributions to it or other default by Borrower or other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Unencumbered Pool” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the Initial Unencumbered Pool Properties, plus (b) each other Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property which has been added to the Unencumbered Pool as of such date, plus (c) any Property approved by the Requisite Lenders in writing for inclusion in the Unencumbered Pool, minus (d) any Property
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which has been removed from the Unencumbered Pool by the Borrower or pursuant to this Agreement as of such date, minus (e) any Property which has been removed from the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to the next sentence hereof as of such date (and plus any Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property which has been added back into the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to the next sentence hereof), minus (f) any Unencumbered Pool Property which no longer satisfies the requirements of an Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property. In the event that all or any material portion of a Property then within the Unencumbered Pool shall be damaged or taken by condemnation, then, in the Agent’s reasonable discretion, such Property shall either be treated as a Renovation Property or no longer be a part of the Unencumbered Pool unless and until any damage to such Property is repaired or restored, such Property becomes fully operational and the Agent shall receive evidence satisfactory to the Agent of the projected Net Operating Income of such Property following such repair or restoration. In the event that all or any material portion of any Construction-in-Process Property then within the Unencumbered Pool shall be damaged or taken by condemnation, then the Agent may reduce the amount of the Unencumbered Pool Value in an amount which the Agent reasonably deems appropriate in light of such damage or condemnation; or may remove such Construction-In-Process Property from the Unencumbered Pool unless and until such Construction-In-Process Property is repaired or restored to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction.
“Unencumbered Pool Property” means a Property then included in the Unencumbered Pool. An Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property may be an Unencumbered Pool Property subject to the terms hereof.
“Unencumbered Pool Value” means, as of any date of determination, (i) (A) the annualized aggregate NOI attributable to then-current Unencumbered Pool Properties included in the Unencumbered Pool for the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial results of Parent have been reported (excluding 100% of the NOI attributable to any such Properties which constitute, as of such date, either Construction-In-Process Properties or Non-Core Properties, or which are not owned by Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower or an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary for at least the four (4) immediately preceding full fiscal quarters for which financial results of Borrower have been reported (or which are no longer owned by Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower or an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary as of such date)) divided by (B) the Capitalization Rate, plus (ii) the value, at cost, of all Unencumbered Pool Properties included in the Unencumbered Pool acquired by Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or an Unencumbered Pool Property Controlled Subsidiary during the four (4) immediately preceding full fiscal quarters for which financial results of Borrower have been reported, plus (iii) the value, at cost, of any Unencumbered Pool Properties included in the Unencumbered Pool that are either Non-Core Properties or Construction-In-Process Properties and of those portions of the Eligible Unencumbered Pool Properties which are also Renovation Properties which are then vacant and under renovation, provided, however, (x) should the amount added under clause (iii) herein on account of Non-Core Properties, Construction-In-Process Properties and such portions of Renovation Properties constitute more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total Unencumbered Pool Value, or should the total amount of Unencumbered Pool Value attributable to Unencumbered Pool Properties leased by Borrower
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and the Borrowing Base Subsidiaries under Ground Leases constitute more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total Unencumbered Pool Value, such excess in each case above fifteen percent (15%) shall be excluded for purposes of calculating Unencumbered Pool Value, and (y) provided further that if any Renovation Property is an Unencumbered Controlled Pool Property, the cost attributable to such Property shall be adjusted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent to account for the minority interest in such Property.
“Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the value of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds (b) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person.
“Unimproved Land” means, on any date of determination, land on which no development (other than improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) has occurred and for which no development is scheduled in the following 12 months.
“Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate annualized Net Operating Income attributable to then-current Eligible Unencumbered Pool Properties included in the Unencumbered Pool, calculated based on the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial results of Parent have been reported (including, with respect to Unencumbered Pool Properties acquired during the immediately preceding twofour (24) fiscal quarters, either (A) the annualized NOI of such properties, calculated based on the two (2) fiscal quarters most recently ended or (B) the NOI of such properties for the period such properties have been owned by Borrower or a Borrowing Base Subsidiary, annualized in a manner reasonably acceptable to Agent, minus (ii) annualized Capital Reserves in respect of the Unencumbered Pool Properties, calculated based on the period of twofour (24) fiscal quarters most recently ended, divided by (b) the Unsecured Debt Interest Expense.
“Unsecured Debt Interest Expense” means on any date of determination, the product of (a) actual incurred interest expense with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness of Parent, Borrower and their Subsidiaries for the period of twofour (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended, multiplied by (b) 2, determined on a consolidated basis for such period.
“Unsecured Indebtedness” means with respect to any person, all Indebtedness of such person for borrowed money (which for the purposes hereof shall include all actual or potential reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit (whether or not the same have been presented for payment)) that does not constitute Secured Indebtedness.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.12.(f)(ii)(B)(III).
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect of which all of the equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withholding Agent” means (a) the Parent, (b) the Borrower, (c) any other Loan Party and (d) the Administrative Agent, as applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule., and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of such Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.2. General; References to Times.
Unless otherwise indicated, all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Requisite Lenders shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Requisite Lenders); provided further that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. References in this Agreement to “Sections”, “Articles”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified as of the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter to the extent not prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time. A reference to a Person shall include its successors and permitted assigns and
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in the event Borrower or a Guarantor is a limited liability company and shall undertake an LLC Division, shall be deemed to include each limited liability company resulting from any such LLC Division. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Parent or a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary and a reference to an “Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of the Parent. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Cleveland, Ohio time. The calculation of liabilities shall not include any fair value adjustments to the carrying value of liabilities to record such liabilities at fair value pursuant to electing the fair value option election under FASB ASC 000-00-00 (formerly known as FAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities) or other FASB standards allowing entities to elect fair value option for financial liabilities. Therefore, the amount of liabilities shall be the historical cost basis, which generally is the contractual amount owed adjusted for amortization or accretion of any premium or discount. To the extent that any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document is qualified by “Material Adverse Effect” or any other materiality qualifier, then any further qualifier as to representations and warranties being true or correct “in all material respects” contained elsewhere in the Loan Documents shall not apply with respect to any such representations and warranties.
Section 1.3. Financial Attributes of Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
When determining compliance by the Borrower, the Parent, or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary with any financial covenant contained in any of the Loan Documents, only the pro rata share of the Borrower, the Parent, or the Wholly Owned Subsidiary, as applicable, of the financial assets and liabilities of a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included.
ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY
Section 2.1. Term Loans.
(a) Generally. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Lenders severally and not jointly agrees to lend to the Borrower on the Effective Date an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such Xxxxxx's Commitment. The Borrower shall not have the right to reborrow any portion of the Loan that is repaid or prepaid. Incremental Term Loans to be made as a result of Commitment increases shall be made as provided in Section 2.16.
(b) Requesting Term Loans. The Borrower shall give the Agent notice pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of the borrowing of Term Loans. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall be delivered to the Agent before 11:00 a.m. (i) in the case of LIBORSOFR Loans, on the date three Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the date one Business Day prior to the
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proposed date of such borrowing. Any such telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing sent to the Agent by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice. The Agent will transmit by telecopy such Notice of Borrowing (or the information contained in such Notice of Borrowing) to each Lender promptly upon receipt by the Agent and in any event prior to the close of business on the date the Agent receives such notice. Each such Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing shall be irrevocable once given and binding on the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, be fully disbursed on the Effective Date.
(c) Disbursements of Term Loan Proceeds. On the Effective Date, each Lender will make available for the account of its applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender. Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the specified date of borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent the Term Loan to be made by such Lender on such date, the Agent may assume that each Lender will make the proceeds of such Term Loans available to the Agent on the date of the requested borrowing as set forth in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, and the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower the amount of such Term Loan to be provided by such Lender. Subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article VI. for such borrowing, the Agent will make the proceeds of such borrowing available to the Borrower on the Effective Date and at the account specified by Borrower.
Section 2.2. Reserved.
Section 2.3. Reserved.
Section 2.4. Reserved.
Section 2.5. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.
(a) Rates. The Borrower promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:
(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin for suchBase Rate Loans; and
(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a Daily Simple SOFR Loan, at Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR (as in effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans; and
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(iii) (ii) during such periods as such Loan is a LIBORTerm SOFR Loan, at Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor plus the Applicable Margin for suchSOFR Loans;.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the Post Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan made by such Xxxxxx and on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law).
(b) Payment of Interest. Accrued and unpaid interest on each Loan shall be payable in the case of both Base Rate Loans and LIBORSOFR Loans, monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month and upon the Termination Date or any earlier date on which Loans are due and payable in full, whether by acceleration or otherwise. Interest payable at the Post Default Rate shall be payable from time to time on demand. Promptly after the determination of any interest rate provided for herein or any change therein, the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which such interest is payable and to the Borrower. All determinations by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Investment Grade Rating Notice. Borrower shall not elect under the terms of the Credit Agreement to have the “Applicable Margin” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) determined based on Parent's or Borrower's Investment Grade Rating, unless the Borrower shall also give simultaneous written notice of the same to the Administrative Agent under the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.6. Number of Interest Periods.
There may be no more than 5 different Interest Periods for LIBORTerm SOFR Loans outstanding at the same time.
Section 2.7. Repayment of Loans.
The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Term Loans on the Termination Date, subject to any earlier dates on which mandatory principal payments may be required under Section 2.8.(b) or (c).
Section 2.8. Prepayments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to prepay the outstanding amount of the applicable Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time together with a prepayment premium, if applicable, in respect of the principal amount of such Loans so prepaid in an amount equal to the percentage set forth below of such principal amount prepaid for any prepayment made during the periods set forth below:
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Prepayment Period: | Prepayment Consideration | ||||
Prepayment made on or before October 25, 2019 | 5% of principal prepaid | ||||
Prepayment made after October 25, 2019 and on or before October 26, 2020 | 4% of principal prepaid | ||||
Prepayment made after October 26, 2020 and on or before October 25, 2021 | 3% of principal prepaid | ||||
Prepayment made after October 25, 2021 and on or before October 25, 2022 | 2% of principal prepaid | ||||
Prepayment made after October 25, 2022 and on or before October 25, 2023 | 1% of principal prepaid |
(the “Prepayment Consideration”). No prepayment premium shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of any prepayment of such Loans made after October 25, 2023; provided, that if any full or partial prepayment of the outstanding amount of any LIBORTerm SOFR Loan is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 5.4. The Borrower shall give the Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m., Cleveland time, at least three (3) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree) prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.8., in each case specifying the proposed date of payment of the Loan and the principal amount to be paid. Agent shall not be obligated to accept any prepayment of the Term Loans unless it is accompanied by the applicable Prepayment Consideration. Xxxxxxxx acknowledges that the Prepayment Consideration is bargained for consideration and is not a penalty. Xxxxxxxx recognizes that Lenders would incur substantial additional costs and expense in the event of a prepayment of the Loans and that the Prepayment Consideration compensates Lenders for such costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the loss of Lenders’ investment opportunity during the period from the prepayment date until the Termination Date). Xxxxxxxx agrees that Xxxxxxx shall not, as a condition to receiving the Prepayment Consideration, be obligated to actually reinvest the amount prepaid in any obligation or in any other manner whatsoever. If, following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Borrower shall tender payment of an amount sufficient to satisfy the Loan on or before October 25, 2023, such tender by Borrower shall be deemed to be a voluntary prepayment in the amount tendered and in such case Borrower shall also pay to Lender, with respect to the amount tendered, the applicable Prepayment Consideration. Agent shall not be obligated to accept any such tender unless it is accompanied by all Prepayment Consideration due in connection therewith.
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(b) Mandatory. If at any timeMandatory partial principal payments shall be due from time to time if, due to an increase in the aggregate outstanding principal balance of allamount of Unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the outstanding principal balance of the Loans, together with the aggregate amount of all Credit Agreement Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities), would cause a Default or Event of Defaultor any reduction in the Unencumbered Pool Value or in the Adjusted Unencumbered Pool NOI, whether by an Unencumbered Pool Property failing to continue to satisfy the requirement for qualification as an Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property or by a reduction in the Unencumbered Pool Value or the NOI attributable to any Unencumbered Pool Property, the Unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries shall be in excess of the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding under Section 10.1.(g) or (h), then the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of the Agent’s demand, pay the amount of such excess, at its choice, either to reduce such Unsecured Indebtedness or to the Agent for the account of the Lenders for application to the Term Loansshall cause the Borrower to be out of compliance with Section 10.1.(h). Such principal payments shall be in the amount needed to restore Borrower to compliance with such covenants or such maximum amount. Such mandatory principal payments shall be due and payable (X) in the case of any such reduction arising from results reported in the quarterly or annual financial statements of Parent and related Compliance Certificate, ten (10) Business Days after delivery of such quarterly or annual financial statements and Compliance Certificate under Article IX evidencing such reduction or (Y) in all other cases, ten (10) Business Days after Borrower’s receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent of the existence of any condition requiring any such mandatory principal payment (which written notice shall include reasonably detailed evidence in support of such determination); provided, however, that the Borrower may elect, in lieu of making such mandatory partial principal payment hereunder, to reduce other Unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries in the amount needed to restore Borrower to compliance with such covenants, in each case, within such applicable ten (10) Business Day period. All payments under this Section shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on the Term Loans pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding LIBORTerm SOFR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 5.4.
(c) Amortization of Loans. In the event that the Termination Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.13.(c), then beginning on November 1, 2027 and continuing on the first (1st) day of each calendar month thereafter, throughout the remaining term of the Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders a principal payment of the Term Loans, with each such payment based upon and equaling the monthly principal amounts payable pursuant to a thirty (30) year mortgage-style amortization schedule of the aggregate outstanding Term Loans as of the commencement of the Final Term Loan Extension Period assuming an interest rate per annum equal to the blended interest rate (including the Applicable Margin) applicable to Term Loans outstanding under this Agreement as of the commencement of the Final Term Loan Extension Period, which schedule shall be prepared by Agent following the commencement of the Final Term Loan Extension Period, and shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.
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Section 2.9. Continuation.
So long as no Default or Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower may on any Business Day, with respect to any LIBORTerm SOFR Loan, elect to maintain such LIBORTerm SOFR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBORTerm SOFR Loan by selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBORTerm SOFR Loan. Each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made by the Borrower giving to the Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation. Such notice by the Borrower of a Continuation shall be by telephone or telecopy, confirmed immediately in writing if by telephone, in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of such Continuation, (b) the LIBORTerm SOFR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c) the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Agent shall notify each applicable Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Continuation. If the Borrower shall fail to select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any LIBORTerm SOFR Loan in accordance with this Section, or if a Default or Event of Default shall exist, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.10. or the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section. For the avoidance of doubt, any Daily Simple SOFR Loan or Base Rate Loan shall continue as a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan, respectively, until such Loan is converted to a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.10; provided, however, that if a Default or Event of Default shall exist, any Daily Simple SOFR Loan will automatically Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.10.
Section 2.10. Conversion.
The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Agent, Convert all or a portion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type; provided, however, (i) a Base Rate Loan may not be Converted to a LIBORSOFR Loan if a Default or Event of Default shall exist, and (ii) a Daily Simple SOFR Loan may not be Converted to a Term SOFR Loan, or vice versa, if a Default or Event of Default shall exist. Any Conversion of a LIBORTerm SOFR Loan into a Base Rate Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall be made on, and only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBORTerm SOFR Loan. Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into Base Rate Loans and on the third Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into LIBORSOFR Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Agent shall notify each applicable Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Conversion. Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telephone (confirmed immediately in writing) or telecopy in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to
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be Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBORTerm SOFR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.
Section 2.11. Notes.
(a) Term Loan Note. If requested by any Lender, the Term Loans made by such Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, also be evidenced by a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit F (each a “Term Loan Note”), payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.
(b) Records. The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods (if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of a Lender to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents.
(c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes. Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i) written notice from a Lender that a Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and (ii) (A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.
Section 2.12. Reserved.
Section 2.13. Extension of Term Loan Termination Date.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to extend the Termination Date to October 23, 2026. The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Agent not earlier than 366 days and not later than 60 days prior to the current Termination Date (or such other date as the Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion), a written request for such extension (a “Term Loan Extension Request”). The Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of the Term Loan Extension Request delivered to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended to October 23, 2026: at the time of such notice, immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as
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of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.
(b) In the event that the Termination Date has been extended as provided in Section 2.13.(a), the Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to extend the Termination Date to October 25, 2027. The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Agent not earlier than 366 days and not later than 60 days prior to the current Termination Date (or such other date as the Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion), a Term Loan Extension Request. The Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of the Term Loan Extension Request delivered to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended to October 25, 2027: at the time of such notice, immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.
(c) In the event that the Termination Date has been extended as provided in Section 2.13.(a) and (b), the Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to extend the Termination Date to October 25, 2028 (such extension period pursuant to this Section 2.13.(c), the “Final Term Loan Extension Period”). The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Agent not earlier than 366 days and not later than 60 days prior to the current Termination Date (or such other date as the Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion), a Term Loan Extension Request. The Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of the Term Loan Extension Request delivered to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended to October 25, 2028: at the time of such notice, immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.
Section 2.14. Reserved.
Section 2.15. Amount Limitations.
Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender shall be required to make a Loan, if immediately after the making of such Loan, the
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aggregate principal amount of all Unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, outstanding Loans) would cause a Default or Event of Default under Section 10.1.(g) or (h).
Section 2.16. Increase of Commitments.
The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time during the term of this Agreement to request increases in the aggregate amount of the Commitments (provided that after giving effect to any increases in the Commitments pursuant to this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitments may not exceed $300,000,000) by providing written notice to the Agent. Each such increase in the Commitments must be in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof. If a new Lender becomes a party to this Agreement in order to provide such additional Commitment, or if any existing Lender agrees to increase its Commitment, such Lender shall on the date it becomes a Lender hereunder (or increases its Commitment, in the case of an existing Lender) make Term Loans (any such Term Loan, an “Incremental Term Loan”) to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount equal to such new Lender’s Commitment (or the amount of the increase in its Commitment, in the case of an existing Lender), by making available for the account of its applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds, in an aggregate principal amount equal to such new Lender’s Commitment (or the amount of the increase in its Commitment, in the case of an existing Lender). Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.16. and Section 6.2., the Agent will make the proceeds of such borrowing available to the Borrower at the account specified by Borrower. No Lender shall be required to increase its Commitment and any new Lender becoming a party to this Agreement in connection with any such requested increase must be an Eligible Assignee. No increase of the Commitments may be effected under this Section if (x) a Default or Event of Default shall be in existence on the effective date of such increase (and no Default or Event of Default would arise after giving pro forma effect to such increase) or (y) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document to which any such Loan Party is a party is not (or would not be) true or correct in all material respects on the effective date of such increase (except for representations or warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents). In addition, in connection with and as a condition to any increase of the Term Loans, the Borrower shall obtain an additional Interest Rate Hedge with respect to such increased Commitment as is necessary to comply with Section 8.16. In connection with any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this subsection, (a) any Lender becoming a party hereto shall execute such documents and agreements as the Agent may reasonably request and (b) the Borrower shall, if requested by the affected Lender, make appropriate arrangements so that each new Lender, and any existing Lender increasing its Commitment, receives a new or replacement Note, as appropriate, in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment simultaneous with the effectiveness of the applicable increase in the aggregate amount of Commitments. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any increase of Commitments under this Section
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2.16., the Agent may (without the consent of any Lender) amend this Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the increase of Commitments.
ARTICLE III. PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 3.1. Payments.
Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set off or counterclaim, to the Agent at its Principal Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date on which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day). Subject to Section 11.4., the Borrower may, at the time of making each payment under this Agreement or any Note, specify to the Agent the amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment received by the Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of receipt. If the Agent fails to pay such amount to a Lender as provided in the previous sentence, the Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable for the period of such extension.
Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.
(a) Generally. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each borrowing from the Lenders under Section 2.1.(a) shall be made from the Lenders pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Term Loans by the Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Term Loans held by them, provided that if immediately prior to giving effect to any such payment in respect of any Term Loans the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments in effect at the time such Loans were made, then such payment shall be applied to the Term Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is practicable, in the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans being held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; (iii) each payment of interest on Term Loans by the Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; (iv) the making, Conversion and Continuation of Term Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions provided for by Section 5.5.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (in the case of making of the Loans) or their respective Loans (in the case of Conversions and Continuations of Loans) and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each Loan of such Type shall be coterminous; and (v) each payment of Prepayment Consideration with respect to Term Loans by the Borrower
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shall be made for the account of the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Term Loans held by them (after giving effect to Section 3.2.(a)(ii)).
(b) Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.2., if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, each payment by the Borrower hereunder shall be applied in accordance with Section 3.11.(d).
Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.
If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to the Borrower under this Agreement, or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the Borrower or a Loan Party through the exercise of any right of set off, banker’s lien or counterclaim or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other payments made by the Borrower to a Lender not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 11.4., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 11.4., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all rights of set off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.
Section 3.4. Several Obligations.
No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.
Section 3.5. Minimum Amounts.
(a) Borrowings and Conversions. Each borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $25,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each borrowing and each Conversion of LIBORSOFR Loans shall be in an aggregate
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minimum amount of $25,000,000 for borrowing, and $1,000,000 for Conversion, and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of those amounts.
(b) Prepayments. Each voluntary prepayment of Term Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans then outstanding).
(c) Reserved.
(d) Reserved.
Section 3.6. Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and other fees of the Agent and the Bookrunners as may be agreed to in writing by the Borrower, the Agent and the Bookrunners from time to time.
(b) [Reserved.]
Section 3.7. Computations.
Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however, interest on LIBORSOFR Loans shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of day elapsed.
Section 3.8. Usury.
In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
Section 3.9. Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges.
The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described in Section 2.5.(a)(i) and (ii), and if applicable, interest at the Post Default Rate as provided in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, unused fees, closing fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage” charges, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Agent or any Lender to
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third parties or for damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, are charges made to compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.
Section 3.10. Statements of Account.
The Agent will account to the Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans, accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such account rendered by the Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon Borrower absent manifest error. The failure of the Agent to deliver such a statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder.
Section 3.11. Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Generally. If for any reason any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to the Agent or the Borrower under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken into account in the calculation of the Requisite Lenders or all of the Lenders, shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal. If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to the Agent of any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrower may have under the immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect interest from such Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is made at the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) to withhold or setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the defaulted amount and any related interest. Any amounts received by the Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s Loans shall be paid applied as set forth in Section 3.11.(d).
(b) Purchase or Cancellation of Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Any Non-Defaulting Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to acquire all of a Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Any Lender desiring to exercise such right shall give written notice thereof to the Agent and the Borrower no sooner than 2 (two) Business Days and not later than 5 (five) Business Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender. If more than one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall have the right to acquire an amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in proportion to the Commitments of the other Lenders exercising such right. If after such 5th (fifth) Business Day, the Lenders have not elected
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to purchase all of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, by giving written notice thereof to the Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, either (i) demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.5.(d) for the purchase price provided for below or (ii) terminate the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, whereupon such Defaulting Lender shall no longer be a party hereto or have any rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. Upon the termination of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment, the Borrower may, at its option but subject to first obtaining Agent’s prior written approval, which may be granted in its sole discretion, notwithstanding the provisions in Section 3.2., make a payment to the Defaulting Lender in an amount equal to the principal balance of the Loans outstanding, accrued interest and other fees owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender. No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. Upon any such purchase or assignment, the Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Loans and its rights hereunder (but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase) shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Acceptance Agreement. The purchase price for the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the Loans outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender. Prior to payment of such purchase price to a Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall apply against such purchase price any amounts retained by the Agent pursuant to Section 3.11.(d). Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive amounts owed to it by the Borrower under the Loan Documents which accrued prior to the date of the default by the Defaulting Lender, to the extent the same are received by the Agent from or on behalf of the Borrower. There shall be no recourse against any Lender or the Agent for the payment of such sums except to the extent of the receipt of payments from any other party or in respect of the Loans.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.3.), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; third, if so determined by the Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy obligations of such Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement and (y) be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Agent or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Agent or any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of
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such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (i) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Term Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (ii) such Term Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1. and 6.2., as applicable, were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Term Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis until such time as all Term Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Commitment Percentages prior to being applied to the payment of any Term Loans of such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(e) Reserved.
(f) Reserved.
(g) Reserved.
(h) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, and the Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Xxxxxx’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
Section 3.12. Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified
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Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower or other applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.12.) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.12.) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that the determinations in such statement are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.
(d) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or another Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.5.(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection.
(e) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.12., the Borrower or such other Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
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such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in the immediately following clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
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(II) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2 or Exhibit K-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Xxxxxx’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for
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purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.12. (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.12.), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.12. with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund has not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it reasonably deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.12. shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
(i) Right to Replace Lender. If (x) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to this Section 3.12. or Section 5.1. and the Requisite Lenders are not also doing the same, (y) a Lender’s obligations with respect to LIBORSOFR Loans are suspended pursuant to Section 5.1.(b) or Section 5.3. and the obligations of the Requisite Lenders are not also suspended or (z) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent which requires the approval of each Lender under Section 13.6.(b), and with respect to which approvals from the Requisite Lenders have been obtained, a Lender that has not given, or been deemed to have given, its approval of such matter, then, so long as there does not then exist any Event of Default, the Borrower may demand that such Lender (the “Affected Lender”), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall promptly, assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.5.(d) for a purchase price to be agreed on by the Affected Lender and the Eligible Assignee, but not in excess of the par value
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thereof. Each of the Agent and the Affected Lender shall reasonably cooperate in effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under this subsection, but at no time shall the Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender be obligated in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this subsection shall be at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Agent, the Affected Lender or any of the other Lenders. The terms of this subsection shall not in any way limit the Borrower’s obligation to pay to any Affected Lender compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to this Section 3.12., Section 5.1. or Section 5.4., as applicable, with respect to periods up to the date of replacement.
ARTICLE IV. UNENCUMBERED POOL PROPERTIES
Section 4.1. Reserved.
Section 4.2. Conditions Precedent to a Property Becoming an Eligible
Unencumbered Pool Property.
Unencumbered Pool Property.
No Property shall become an Eligible Unencumbered Pool Property until the Borrower shall have caused to be executed and delivered to the Agent, if such Property is owned by a Subsidiary that is not already a Guarantor or any Subsidiary which owns an interest therein is liable with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness and such Subsidiaries are not exempted from being a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.3.(b), (i) an Accession Agreement executed by such Subsidiary (or if such Subsidiary is the first Subsidiary to become a Guarantor, the Guaranty), and (ii) all of the items that would have been required to be delivered to the Agent under Section 6.1.(a)(iv) through (vii) had such Subsidiary been a Loan Party on the Effective Date.
Section 4.3. Release of Guarantors and Unencumbered Pool Properties;
Additional Guarantors.
Additional Guarantors.
(a) From time to time the Borrower may request, upon not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Agent (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), that a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor solely pursuant to Section 4.3.(c) be released from the Guaranty, which release (the “Release”) shall be effected by the Agent if all of the following conditions are satisfied as of the date of such Release:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing or would occur or exist immediately after giving effect to such Release; and
(ii) Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it (which evidence may be in the form of a certificate from an officer of the Borrower certifying thereto) that such Subsidiary has not created, incurred, acquired, assumed, or suffered to exist and is not otherwise liable (whether as a borrower, co-borrower, guarantor or otherwise) with respect to any Unsecured Indebtedness (or simultaneously with the release hereunder will be released from liability with respect to such Unsecured Indebtedness). Nothing in this Section 4.3.(a) shall authorize the release of Parent from the Springing Guaranty.
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(b) Reserved.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any Subsidiary of Borrower shall create, incur, acquire, assume, suffer to exist or is or becomes otherwise liable with respect to any Unsecured Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) in excess of $35,000,000 in the aggregate, whether as a borrower, co-borrower, guarantor or otherwise, then in either case Borrower shall simultaneously cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor and to deliver to Agent an Accession Agreement (or if such Subsidiary is the first Subsidiary to become a Guarantor, the Guaranty) and the other documents required by Section 4.2. to be delivered with respect to a new Guarantor.; provided, however, that the exclusion for Unsecured Indebtedness in an amount of less than $35,000,000 set forth above shall not become effective until such time as all other Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower that includes a subsidiary guarantee requirement includes a corresponding exclusion for Unsecured Indebtedness of less than $35,000,000 or a greater threshold.
In connection with any such release, Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to Borrower, at Borrower’s expense, all documents that Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such release.
Section 4.4. Frequency of Calculations of Unencumbered Pool Value and the
Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio.
Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio.
Initially, the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio shall be the amount set forth as such in the Compliance Certificate delivered under Section 6.1. Thereafter, the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio shall be the amount set forth as such in the Compliance Certificate delivered from time to time under Section 4.3.(a), 4.5. or 9.4.(g). Any increase in the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio shall become effective as of the next determination of the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio as provided in this Section, provided that as of such date of determination the applicable Compliance Certificate substantiates such increase.
Section 4.5. Removal of Ineligible Property.
Upon any asset ceasing to qualify to be included as an Unencumbered Pool Property in the calculation of the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio, such asset shall no longer be included in the calculation of the Unencumbered Pool Value and the Unsecured Debt Interest Coverage Ratio. Within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower becomes aware of any such disqualification, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate reflecting such disqualification, together with the identity of the disqualified asset, a statement as to whether any Default or Event of Default will arise as a result of such disqualification after the Borrower has the opportunity to cure any such Default of Event of Default in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 11.1., and a calculation of the Unencumbered Pool Value and Net Operating Income attributable to such asset. Simultaneously with the delivery of the items required above, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a pro forma Compliance Certificate and calculation of Unencumbered Pool Value and Unsecured Debt
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Interest Coverage Ratio demonstrating, after giving effect to such removal or disqualification and any reduction of the Loans in accordance with Section 11.1., compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10.1.
ARTICLE V. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
Section 5.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a) Additional Costs. The Borrower shall promptly pay to the Agent for the account of a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any Loans or its obligation to make any Loans hereunder, any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of capital or liquidity in respect of its Loans or its Commitment (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”), to the extent resulting from any Regulatory Change that: (i) changes the basis of taxation (other than for Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, and Connection Income Taxes) of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or its Commitment; or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other reserve requirement to the extent utilized in the determination of Adjusted LIBORan interest rate for such Loan) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, such Lender, or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the Commitment of such Lender hereunder); or (iii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such Regulatory Change (but subject to the terms of Section 3.12.) (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy).
(b) Xxxxxx’s Suspension of LIBORSOFR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection (a), if, by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBORSOFR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBORSOFR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert any other Type of Loans into, LIBORSOFR Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 5.5. shall apply).
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(d) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs. Each of the Agent and each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower of any event occurring after the Effective Date entitling the Agent or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section as promptly as practicable; provided, however, the failure of the Agent or any Lender to give such notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent); provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.1.(d) for any Additional Costs incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Regulatory Change giving rise to such Additional Costs, and of such Xxxxxx’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Regulatory Change giving rise to such Additional Costs is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). The Agent or such Xxxxxx agrees to furnish to the Borrower (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent) a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and amount of each request by the Agent or such Lender for compensation under this Section. Absent manifest error, determinations by the Agent or any Lender of the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.
Section 5.2. Suspension of LIBOR LoansAvailability of Types of Loans;
Inability to Determine Rates.
Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) Availability of Types of Loans. If any Lender in good faith determines that maintenance of any of its Term SOFR Loans and/or Daily Simple SOFR Loans, as applicable, at a suitable Lending Office would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive, whether or not having the force of law, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and the Administrative Agent shall, with written notice to Borrower, suspend the availability of Term SOFR Loans and/or Daily Simple SOFR Loans, as applicable, and require any such suspended Term SOFR Loans and/or Daily Simple SOFR Loans, as applicable, to be repaid, then, if for any reason whatsoever the provisions of Section 5.1. are inapplicable, the Administrative Agent shall, with written notice to Borrower, suspend the availability of any Term SOFR Loans and/or Daily Simple SOFR Loans, as applicable, made after the date of any such determination. If the Borrower is required to so repay a SOFR Loan, such SOFR Loans shall be converted to (X) Daily Simple SOFR Loans, so long as Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of this Section 5.2.(a), or (Y) if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is also the subject of this Section 5.2.(a), Base Rate Loans.
(b) Temporary Inability to Determine Rates. Unless and until a Benchmark Replacement is implemented in accordance with Section 5.2.(c) below, if the Administrative Agent reasonably and in good faith determines, or the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders, that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise that (i) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or Adjusted Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or (ii) that Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or Adjusted Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan (or a conversion to or continuation thereof) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of funding such Loan, and, in any
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such event, Administrative Agent shall have also made such determination with respect to similarly situated loans in which it is serving as administrative agent or otherwise consistent with market practice generally, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain the applicable SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice (such revocation not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, if such determination affects the calculation of the Base Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate” until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice (such revocation not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Upon receipt of such notice, (X) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of any applicable SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for the borrowing of or conversion to Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (Y) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 5.4. If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate” until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination (such revocation not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) Permanent Inability to Determine Rates; Benchmark Replacement.
(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 5.2.(c) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date. Unless and until a Benchmark Replacement is effective in accordance with this clause (i), all Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.2.(b) above.
(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 5.2.(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 5.2.(c).
(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or non-aligned tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or incompliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for the applicable SOFR Loan of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Loan of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR (or then-current Benchmark) will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.
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(a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of Adjusted LIBOR for any Interest Period:
(i) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period, or
(ii) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that Adjusted LIBOR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period;
then the Agent shall give the Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans and the Borrower shall, on the last day of each current Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Loan, either repay such Loan or Convert such Loan into a Base Rate Loan.
(b) If at any time the Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that either (i) (A) the circumstances set forth in Section 5.2.(a) have arisen and are unlikely to be temporary, or (B) the circumstances set forth in Section 5.2.(a) have not arisen but the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of LIBOR or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Agent has made a public statement identifying the specific date after which LIBOR shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans (either such date, a “LIBOR Termination Date”), or (ii) a rate other than LIBOR has become a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in Dollars in the U.S. market, then the Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to choose a replacement index for LIBOR and make adjustments to applicable margins and related amendments to this Agreement as referred to below such that, to the extent practicable, the all-in interest rate based on the replacement index will be substantially equivalent to the all-in LIBOR based interest rate in effect prior to its replacement.
(c) The Agent, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect the replacement index, the adjusted margins and such other related amendments as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Agent, for the implementation and administration of the replacement index-based rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Section 13.6.), such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement at 5:00 p.m. (Cleveland, Ohio time) on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date a draft of the amendment is provided to the Lenders, unless the Agent receives, on or before such tenth (10th) Business Day, a written notice from the Requisite Lenders stating that such Lenders object to such amendment. As a condition to such amendment becoming effective, Borrower shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent that Borrower is and will be in compliance with the requirement of Section 8.16. to have an Interest Rate Hedge in place with respect to the replacement index.
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(d) Selection of the replacement index, adjustments to the applicable margins, and amendments to this Agreement (i) will be determined with due consideration to the then-current market practices for determining and implementing a rate of interest for newly originated syndicated loans in the United States and loans converted from a LIBOR based rate to a replacement index-based rate, and (ii) may also reflect adjustments to account for (x) the effects of the transition from LIBOR to the replacement index and (y) yield or risk-based differences between LIBOR and the replacement index.
(e) Until an amendment reflecting a new replacement index in accordance with this Section 5.2. is effective, each advance, conversion and renewal of a LIBOR Loan will continue to bear interest with reference to LIBOR; provided however, that if the Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that a LIBOR Termination Date has occurred, then following the LIBOR Termination Date, all LIBOR Loans shall automatically be converted to Base Rate Loans until such time as an amendment reflecting a replacement index and related matters as described above is implemented.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time the replacement index is less than zero, at such times, such index shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 5.3. Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that it has become unlawful for such Lender to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBORSOFR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof (with a copy to the Agent) and such Lender’s obligation to make or Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBORSOFR Loans shall be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBORSOFR Loans (in which case the provisions of Section 5.5. shall be applicable).
Section 5.4. Breakage Compensation.
The Borrower shall compensate each Lender upon its written request (which request shall set forth the detailed basis for requesting and the method of calculating such compensation), for all reasonable losses, costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss, cost, expense or liability incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds required by such Lender to fund its SOFR Loans) which such Lender may sustain in connection with any of the following: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender or the Administrative Agent) a Loan consisting of SOFR Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Borrowing Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice (whether or not withdrawn by the Borrower or deemed withdrawn pursuant to Section 5.2.); (ii) if any repayment, prepayment, conversion or continuation of any SOFR Loan occurs on a date that is not the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto; (iii) if any prepayment of any of its SOFR Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower; (iv) as a result of an assignment by a Lender of any SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto pursuant to a request by the Borrower in accordance herewith or (v) as a
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consequence of any other default by the Borrower to repay or prepay any SOFR Loans when required by the terms of this Agreement. The written request of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such written request within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.
The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the request of such Lender through the Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense that such Lender reasonably determines is attributable to:
(a) any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or Conversion of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, acceleration) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Article VI. to be satisfied) to borrow a LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the requested date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or Continuation.
Upon the Borrower’s request, any Lender requesting compensation under this Section shall provide the Borrower with a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof. Absent manifest error, determinations by any Lender in any such statement shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.
Section 5.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.
If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBORSOFR Loans of any Type or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBORSOFR Loans