SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.5
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 28, 2026 among EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Parent”), the entities listed on the signature pages hereto as the subsidiary guarantors from time to time (together with any Additional Guarantors from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as the initial lenders (the “Initial Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. (“▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo”), PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”) and TRUIST BANK (“Truist”), as the initial issuers of Letters of Credit (the “Initial Issuing Banks”) and CITIBANK, N.A. (“Citi”), as administrative agent (together with any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.06 of the Credit Agreement, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lender Parties.
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The Borrower, the Parent, the Guarantors, the Initial Lenders, the Initial Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent, are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 3, 2024 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the “Existing Credit Agreement” as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 2, 2025 and this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders make conforming amendments to certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to make such amendments to the Credit Agreement in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
ARTICLE II
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.
BORROWER: |
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EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, |
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INC., a Maryland corporation, |
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its sole General Partner |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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PARENT: |
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EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial |
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Officer |
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: |
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USGP ALBANY DEA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP DALLAS DEA LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: USGP DALLAS 1 G.P., LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP DEL RIO CH LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: USGP DEL RIO 1 G.P., LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP FRESNO IRS, LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: USGP FRESNO IRS MEMBER LLC, its sole member |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP SAN ANTONIO, LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: USGP SAN ANTONIO GP, LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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USGP ALBUQUERQUE USFS I, LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
USGP ALBUQUERQUE USFS I MEMBER, LLC, its sole member |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP II ARLINGTON PTO LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
USGP II ARLINGTON PTO GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP II LAKEWOOD DOT LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership
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By: |
USGP II LAKEWOOD DOT GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
USGP II LITTLE ROCK FBI LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership
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By: |
USGP II LITTLE ROCK FBI GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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USGP II MARTINSBURG USCG LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
USGP II MARTINSBURG USCG GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 4411 OMAHA LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
USGP II Omaha FBI General Partner LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP CH EL CENTRO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP DEA NORTH HIGHLANDS LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP DEA RIVERSIDE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP DEA SANTA ▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP DEA VISTA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP DEA WH SAN DIEGO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP SSA SAN DIEGO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP HUNTER LUBBOCK LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
EGP LUBBOCK GP LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP CH ABERDEEN LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP USCIS LINCOLN LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP DEA LAB DALLAS LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
EGP DEA LAB DALLAS GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1970 RICHMOND LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 5441 ALBUQUERQUE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 601 OMAHA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 920 BIRMINGHAM LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 300 KANSAS CITY LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1000 BIRMINGHAM LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 200 ALBANY LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 401 SOUTH BEND LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 5425 SALT LAKE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1540 SOUTH BEND LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 1201 ALAMEDA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 10749 LENEXA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1547 ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 5855 SAN ▇▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 10824 DALLAS LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
EGP 10824 DALLAS GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 130 BUFFALO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 320 CLARKSBURG LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 320 PARKERSBURG LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 500 CHARLESTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 2300 DES PLAINES LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 3311 PITTSBURGH LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 85 CHARLESTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 7400 BAKERSFIELD LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1440 UPPER MARLBORO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 836 BIRMINGHAM LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 22624 STERLING LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1201 PORTLAND LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 116 SUFFOLK LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 2901 NEW ORLEANS LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 11201 LENEXA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 14101 TUSTIN LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
ORANGE VA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: |
EGP WEST HAVEN LLC, its sole member |
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By: |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 660 EL PASO LP, |
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a Delaware limited partnership |
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By: |
EGP 660 EL PASO GENERAL PARTNER LLC, its general member |
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EGP 4444 MOBILE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP CHICO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 200 MOBILE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 4136 NORTH CHARLESTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 111 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 654 LOUISVILLE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 717 LOUISVILLE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 1501 KNOXVILLE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 318 SPRINGFIELD LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 7220 KANSAS CITY LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP DEA PLEASANTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 925 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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EGP 557 Brownsburg LLC, its sole member |
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WEST INDY VA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 17101 BROOMFIELD LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 5525 TAMPA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 2146 COUNCIL BLUFFS LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 1065 ANAHEIM LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 2400 NEWPORT NEWS LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 1500 ATLANTA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 555 GOLDEN LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 8222 IRVING LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 9495 ORLANDO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 6643 ORLANDO LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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EGP 1973 ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 188 WILLISTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP 1200 WASHINGTON LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 850 LEES SUMMIT LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP ▇▇▇▇ LLC |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 17455 AURORA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 4065 BEAVERCREEK LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 6060 GREENWOOD VILLAGE LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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EGP ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EGP 1777 ATLANTA LLC, |
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a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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CITIBANK, N.A., as an Initial Lender |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Initial Lender |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A., as an Initial Lender |
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Title: Executive Director |
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TRUIST BANK, as an Initial Lender |
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/s/ C. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. |
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Title: Director |
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BMO BANK N.A., as an Initial Lender |
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Title: Director |
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK, as an Initial Lender |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Initial Lender |
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Annex A CONFORMED COPY REFLECTING
FIRST AMENDMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 21, 2025 AND
SECOND AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JULY 28, 2026
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 3, 2024
among
EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES LP,
as Borrower,
EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC.,
as Parent,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
as Guarantors,
THE INITIAL LENDERS AND THE INITIAL ISSUING BANKS NAMED HEREIN,
as Initial Lenders and Initial Issuing Banks,
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
with
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A.,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and
TRUIST BANK
as Co‑Syndication Agents,
BMO BANK, N.A.,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
and
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Running Managers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I |
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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Section 1.01 |
Certain Defined Terms |
1 |
Section 1.02 |
Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions |
36 |
Section 1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
37 |
Section 1.04 |
Divisions |
3737 |
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Article II |
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AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Section 2.01 |
The Advances and the Letters of Credit |
37 |
Section 2.02 |
Making the Advances |
38 |
Section 2.03 |
Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit |
42 |
Section 2.04 |
Repayment of Advances |
44 |
Section 2.05 |
Termination or Reduction of the Commitments |
45 |
Section 2.06 |
Prepayments |
46 |
Section 2.07 |
Interest |
46 |
Section 2.08 |
Fees |
49 |
Section 2.09 |
Conversion of Advances |
50 |
Section 2.10 |
Increased Costs, Etc. |
5251 |
Section 2.11 |
Payments and Computations |
52 |
Section 2.12 |
Taxes |
54 |
Section 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
58 |
Section 2.14 |
Use of Proceeds |
6058 |
Section 2.15 |
Evidence of Debt |
58 |
Section 2.16 |
Extensions of Termination Date |
6159 |
Section 2.17 |
Increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments |
59 |
Section 2.18 |
Defaulting Lenders |
6361 |
Section 2.19 |
Cash Collateral Account |
6562 |
Section 2.20 |
Replacement of Lenders |
6664 |
Section 2.21 |
Sustainability Adjustments Amendment |
6764 |
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Article III |
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CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Section 3.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Extension of Credit |
6865 |
Section 3.02 |
Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing, Issuance and Renewal, Extension and Increase |
7168 |
Section 3.03 |
Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Advance |
70 |
Section 3.04 |
Determinations Under Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 |
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Article IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.01 |
Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties |
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Article V |
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COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES |
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Section 5.01 |
Affirmative Covenants |
77 |
Section 5.02 |
Negative Covenants |
8481 |
Section 5.03 |
Reporting Requirements |
8885 |
Section 5.04 |
Financial Covenants |
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Article VI |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
90 |
Section 6.02 |
Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default |
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Article VII |
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GUARANTY |
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Section 7.01 |
Guaranty; Limitation of Liability |
93 |
Section 7.02 |
Guaranty Absolute |
94 |
Section 7.03 |
Waivers and Acknowledgments |
95 |
Section 7.04 |
Subrogation |
9895 |
Section 7.05 |
Guaranty Supplements |
96 |
Section 7.06 |
Indemnification by Guarantors |
96 |
Section 7.07 |
Subordination |
9996 |
Section 7.08 |
Continuing Guaranty; Effect of Release |
10097 |
Section 7.09 |
Keepwell |
10097 |
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Article VIII |
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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Section 8.01 |
Authorization and Action |
98 |
Section 8.02 |
The Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. |
10198 |
Section 8.03 |
Citibank and Affiliates |
99 |
Section 8.04 |
Lender Party Credit Decision |
99 |
Section 8.05 |
Indemnification by Lender Parties |
10299 |
Section 8.06 |
Successor Agents |
103100 |
Section 8.07 |
Relationship of Administrative Agent and Lenders |
101 |
Section 8.08 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
101 |
Section 8.09 |
Payments in Error |
105102 |
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Article IX |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01 |
Amendments, Etc. |
107104 |
Section 9.02 |
Notices, Etc. |
106 |
Section 9.03 |
No Waiver; Remedies |
108 |
Section 9.04 |
Costs and Expenses |
111108 |
Section 9.05 |
Right of Set‑off |
110 |
Section 9.06 |
Binding Effect |
113110 |
Section 9.07 |
Assignments and Participations; Replacement Notes |
113110 |
Section 9.08 |
Execution in Counterparts |
114 |
Section 9.09 |
Severability |
117114 |
Section 9.10 |
Survival of Representations |
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Section 9.11 |
Usury Not Intended |
115 |
Section 9.12 |
No Liability of Issuing Bank |
118115 |
Section 9.13 |
Confidentiality |
115 |
Section 9.14 |
Release of Guarantors |
121118 |
Section 9.15 |
Patriot Act Notification; Anti-Money Laundering Act; Beneficial Ownership |
120 |
Section 9.16 |
Jurisdiction, Etc. |
120 |
Section 9.17 |
Governing Law |
123120 |
Section 9.18 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
123120 |
Section 9.19 |
No Fiduciary Duties |
120 |
Section 9.20 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
124121 |
Section 9.21 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
124121 |
SCHEDULES
Schedule I |
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Commitments and Applicable Lending Offices |
Schedule II |
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Unencumbered Assets |
Schedule 4.01(b) |
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Subsidiaries |
Schedule 4.01(f) |
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Material Litigation |
Schedule 4.01(o) |
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Existing Liens |
Schedule 4.01(p) |
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Real Property |
Part I |
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Owned Assets |
Part II |
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Leased Assets |
Schedule 4.01(q) |
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Environmental Concerns |
Schedule 4.01(w) |
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Plans and Welfare Plans |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
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Form of Revolving Credit Note |
Exhibit B |
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Form of Notice of Borrowing |
Exhibit C |
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Form of Guaranty Supplement |
Exhibit D |
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
Exhibit E |
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Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing |
Exhibit F |
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Form of Availability Certificate |
Exhibit G‑1 |
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Form of Section 2.12(g) U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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(For Foreign Lender Parties That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit G‑2 |
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Form of Section 2.12(g) U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit G‑3 |
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Form of Section 2.12(g) U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Form of Section 2.12(g) U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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(For Foreign Lender Parties That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 3, 2024 (this “Agreement”) among EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Parent”), the entities listed on the signature pages hereof, as the subsidiary guarantors (together with any Additional Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) acceding hereto pursuant to Sections 5.01(j) or 7.05 from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as the initial lenders (the “Initial Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A. (“Citibank”), ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. (“▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo”), PNC Bank, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and TRUIST BANK (“Truist”), as the initial issuers of Letters of Credit (as hereinafter defined) (the “Initial Issuing Banks”) and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (together with any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.06, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lender Parties (as hereinafter defined), with ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A., PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and TRUIST BANK, as co‑syndication agents (the “Syndication Agents”), BMO BANK, N.A. (previously BMO ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank, N.A.), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agents (the “Co-Documentation Agents”) and CITIBANK, N.A., ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and TRUIST SECURITIES, INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint book running managers (the “Arrangers”).
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“2026 Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of June 25, 2026, between Borrower and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and certain other parties thereto, as the same has been or may hereafter be, amended or otherwise modified, together with any replacement or successor term loan agreement that Borrower may enter into (including, without limitation, any amendment and restatement of the Term Loan Agreement referred to above).
“Acceding Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(d).
“Accession Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(d)(i).
“Additional Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any Daily RFR Business Day, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Daily Simple SOFR for such Daily RFR Business Day, plus (b) 0.10% (10 basis points); provided, however, that in no event shall Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR be less than the Floor.
“Adjusted DSS Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“Adjusted EBITDA” means an amount equal to (a) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, multiplied by four, less (b) the Capital Expenditure Reserve for all Assets for such fiscal quarter, other than any Asset owned by an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Adjusted Net Operating Income” means, with respect to any Asset, (a) Net Operating Income attributable to such Asset multiplied by four less (b) the Management Fee Adjustment for such Asset less (c) the Capital Expenditure Reserve for such Asset, in each case for the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be. In no event shall the Adjusted Net Operating Income for any Asset be less than zero.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such Interest Period, plus (b) 0.10% (10 basis points) (the “Term SOFR Adjustment”); provided, however, that in no event shall Adjusted Term SOFR be less than the Floor.
“Adjusted Term SOFR Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate).
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means the account of the Administrative Agent maintained by the Administrative Agent with Citibank, at its office at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Account No. 36852248, Account Name: Agency/Medium Term Finance, Reference: Easterly Partners Financing, Attention: Global Loans/Agency, or such other account as the Administrative Agent shall specify in writing to the Borrower and the Lender Parties.
“Advance” means a Revolving Credit Advance, a Competitive Bid Advance or a Letter of Credit Advance.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Agreement Value” means, the net amount in respect of all Hedge Agreements, determined, with respect to each Hedge Agreement, on any date of determination, reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative Agent equal to: (a) in the case of a Hedge Agreement documented pursuant to the Master Agreement (Multicurrency‑Cross Border) published by the International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (the “Master Agreement”), the amount, if any, that would be payable by or to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to or by its counterparty to such Hedge Agreement, as if (i) such Hedge Agreement was being terminated early on such date of determination, (ii) such Loan Party or Subsidiary was the sole “Affected Party”, and (iii) the Administrative Agent was the sole party determining such payment amount (with the Administrative Agent making such determination reasonably and in good faith pursuant to the provisions of the form of Master Agreement); or (b) in the case of a Hedge Agreement traded on an exchange, the mark‑to‑market value of such Hedge Agreement, which will be the unrealized loss or unrealized profit on such Hedge Agreement to the Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party to such Hedge Agreement determined reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative Agent based on the settlement price of such Hedge Agreement on such date of determination; or (c) in all other cases, the mark‑to‑market value of such Hedge Agreement, which will be the unrealized loss or unrealized profit on such Hedge Agreement to the Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party to such Hedge Agreement determined reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative Agent as the amount, if any, by which (i) the present value of the future cash flows to be paid by such Loan Party or Subsidiary exceeds (or is less than, as applicable) (ii) the present value of the future cash flows to be received by such Loan Party or Subsidiary pursuant to such Hedge Agreement; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the above described Master Agreement.
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“Anti‑Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower, the Parent or their Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender Party, such Lender Party’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender Party’s SOFR Lending Office in the case of an Adjusteda Term SOFR Advance or Adjusted DSS Advance. Further, in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance, the office of the Lender Party identified as its Applicable Lending Office in a notice by such Lender Party to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance shall constitute such Lender Party’s Applicable Lending Office for such purpose.
“Applicable Margin” means, at any date of determination, (a)(i) except in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance which consists of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances or Adjusted DSS Advances, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as set forth below, but subject to clause (ii) below:
Pricing Level |
Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Facility Adjusted Term SOFR and Adjusted DSS Advances |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Facility Base Rate Advances |
I |
< 35% |
1.20% |
0.20% |
II |
≥ 35% but < 40% |
1.25% |
0.25% |
III |
≥ 40% but < 45% |
1.35% |
0.35% |
IV |
≥ 45% but < 50% |
1.45% |
0.45% |
V |
≥ 50% but < 55% |
1.60% |
0.60% |
VI |
≥ 55% |
1.80% |
0.80% |
The Applicable Margin for each Base Rate Advance shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time, the Applicable Margin for any Interest Period for all Adjusted Term SOFR Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect on the first day of such Interest Period and the Applicable Margin for all Adjusted DSS Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect on the applicable Daily RFR Rate Day; provided, however, that (x) the Applicable Margin shall initially be at Pricing Level III on the Closing Date, (y) no change in the Applicable Margin resulting from the Leverage Ratio shall be effective until the first Business Day after the date on which the Administrative Agent receives (1) the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, and (2) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer (or other Responsible Officer performing similar functions) of the Borrower demonstrating the Leverage Ratio, and (z) the Applicable Margin shall be at Pricing Level VI for so long as the Borrower has not submitted to the Administrative Agent as and when required under Section 5.03(b) or (c), as applicable, the information described in clause (y) of this proviso and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day after the date on which the information described in clause (y) of this proviso is delivered. If as a result of a restatement of the Borrower’s financial statements or other recomputation of the Leverage Ratio on which the Applicable Margin is based, the interest paid or accrued hereunder was paid or accrued at a rate lower than the interest that would have been payable had such Leverage Ratio been correctly computed, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders promptly following demand therefor the difference between the amount that should have been paid or accrued and the amount actually paid or accrued.
(ii) In the event that the Borrower or the Parent achieves an Investment Grade Rating, the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, make an irrevocable one‑time written election (setting forth the date for such election to be effective) to exclusively use the ratings‑based pricing grid set forth below (a “Ratings Grid Election”), in which case the Applicable Margin for Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, Adjusted DSS Advances and Base Rate Advances will be determined, as per the pricing grid below, on the basis of the Debt Rating of the Borrower or the Parent (as applicable), as set forth below, notwithstanding any failure
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of the Borrower or the Parent (as applicable) to maintain an Investment Grade Rating:
Debt Rating of Borrower or Parent |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Facility Adjusted Term SOFR Advances and Adjusted DSS Advances |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Facility Base Rate Advances |
Facility Fee |
≥ A‑/A3 |
0.725% |
0.00% |
0.125% |
BBB+/Baa1 |
0.775% |
0.00% |
0.150% |
BBB/Baa2 |
0.850% |
0.00% |
0.200% |
BBB‑/Baa3 |
1.050% |
0.05% |
0.250% |
< BBB‑/Baa3 or not rated |
1.400% |
0.40% |
0.300% |
“Approved Electronic Communications” means each Communication that any Loan Party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information materials required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.03(b), (c), (e), (g), and (k); provided, however, that solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Administrative Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, “Approved Electronic Communication” shall exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, notice of Conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material relating to a request for a new, or a Conversion of an existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article III or any other condition to any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(c).
“Arrangers” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Assets” means Office Assets, Development Assets, Redevelopment Assets, Joint Venture Assets and Mixed Use Assets.
“Asset Value” means, at any date of determination, (a) in the case of any Office Asset or any Mixed Use Asset, the Capitalized Value of such Office Asset or Mixed Use Asset; provided, however, that the Asset Value of each Office Asset or Mixed Use Asset, as the case may be (other than a Development Asset or Redevelopment Asset) shall be equal, during the first 24 months following acquisition thereof, to the greater of (i) the acquisition price of such Office Asset or Mixed Use Asset, as applicable and (ii) the Capitalized Value of such Office Asset or Mixed Use Asset, as applicable, (b) in the case of any Development Asset or Redevelopment Asset, the gross book value of such Asset as determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of any Joint Venture Asset that, but for such Asset being owned by a Joint Venture, would qualify as an Office Asset or a Mixed Use Asset under the applicable definition thereof, the JV Pro Rata Share of the Capitalized Value of such Joint Venture Asset; provided, however, that the Asset Value of each Joint Venture Asset shall be equal, during the first 24 months following acquisition thereof, to the JV Pro Rata Share of the greater of (x) the acquisition price of such Joint Venture Asset or (y) the Capitalized Value of such Joint Venture
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Asset, (d) in the case of any Joint Venture Asset that, but for such Asset being owned by a Joint Venture, would qualify as a Development Asset or Redevelopment Asset under the definition thereof, the JV Pro Rata Share of the gross book value of such Joint Venture Asset as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (e) in the case of any other asset of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is not already referenced in clauses (a) through (d) above, the gross book value of such asset as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender Party and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“Availability Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto, duly certified by the Chief Financial Officer (or other Responsible Officer performing similar functions) of the Parent.
“Available Amount” of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing).
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any then-current Benchmark that is a term rate, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is a term rate that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an 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, UK Bail-In Legislation 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).
“Bankruptcy Law” means any applicable law governing a proceeding of the type referred to in Section 6.01(f) or Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar foreign, federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Base Rate” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank’s base rate, (b) ½ of 1% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate, (c) the one‑month Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month Interest Period in effect on such day plus 1% per annum (taking into account any floor set forth in the definition of Adjusted Term SOFR) and (d) 1% per annum; provided, however, that in no circumstance shall the Base Rate be less than the Floor. Citibank’s base rate is a rate set by Citibank based upon various factors, including Citibank’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such base rate announced by Citibank shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.07(d) or 2.07(e), then the Base Rate shall be equal to the higher of (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(i).
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“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.07(e), then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to
(1) any Benchmark Transition Event occurring while the Benchmark is Term SOFR, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(a) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or
(b) the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (x) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (y) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities for the applicable loan market at such time and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or
(2) any Benchmark Transition Event occurring while the Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, the alternative set forth in clause (1)(b) above for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower 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 Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time for the applicable loan market.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
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For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, a 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 the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” within the meaning of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a certification of beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230, as amended.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21(b).
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“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Borrower Party or Borrower Parties” means the Loan Parties and the owners of the Unencumbered Assets, without duplication.
“Borrower’s Account” means the account of the Borrower maintained by the Borrower with Citibank, N.A. at its office at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ABA No. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Account No. 4991074200 or such other account as the Borrower shall specify in writing to the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of the same Type made by the Lenders or a Competitive Bid Borrowing.
“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City.
“Capital Expenditure Reserve” means, with respect to any Asset at any date of determination, $0.25 times the total number of rentable square feet of such Asset, provided that with respect to any Asset that is a Joint Venture Asset, the Capital Expenditure Reserve shall be equal to the JV Pro Rata Share of such amount.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Capitalized Value” means, in the case of any Asset, the Adjusted Net Operating Income of such Asset divided by 6.75%.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an Obligation of the Loan Parties in respect of the Letter of Credit Facility, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral in Dollars, or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Banks shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Banks (and “Cash Collateralization” has a corresponding meaning).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following: (a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the Government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof with maturities of not greater than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof, provided that the full faith and credit of the Government of the United States is pledged in support thereof, (b) certificates of deposit of or time deposits with any commercial bank that is a Lender Party or a member of the Federal Reserve System, issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) below, is organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (or the District of Columbia) and has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not greater than 90 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (c) commercial paper issued by any corporation organized under the laws of any State of the United States and rated at least “Prime‑1” (or the then equivalent grade) by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or “A‑1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not greater than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, or (d) investments classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, in and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) hereof.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time.
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“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired and shall continue to have following the date hereof beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d‑3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Interests of the Parent (or other securities convertible into such Voting Interests) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Interests of the Parent; or (b) there is a change in the composition of the Parent’s Board of Directors over a period of 12 consecutive months (or less) such that a majority of Board members (rounded up to the nearest whole number) ceases to be comprised of individuals who either (i) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (i) who were still in office at the time such election or nomination was approved by the Board; or (c) the execution of one or more management agreements by the Parent with a third party such that the Parent becomes a so-called “externally managed REIT”; or (d) the Parent ceases to be the direct legal and beneficial owner of all of the general partnership interests in the Borrower; or (e) the Parent shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Equity Interests in the Borrower owned by it.
“Citibank” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Closing Date” means June 3, 2024.
“Co-Documentation Agents” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Credit Commitment or a Letter of Credit Commitment.
“Commitment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b).
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).
“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.
“Communications” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise transmitted between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Loan Party or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
“Competitive Bid” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Bid Advance pursuant to Section 2.02(b).
“Competitive Bid Advance” means an Advance made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.02(b).
“Competitive Bid Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the competitive bidding procedure described in Section 2.02(b).
“Competitive Bid Margin” means, in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance that is an Adjusteda Term SOFR Advance or Adjusted DSS Advance, a percentage rate per annum (in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) specified by a Lender in its Competitive Bid for such Competitive Bid Advance.
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“Competitive Bid Reduction” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or Daily Simple 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”, “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities 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 but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any changes to material economic terms) that the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, 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, in consultation with the Borrower, determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consent Request Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b).
“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Group” means the Borrower and the Parent, together with their Consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any Obligation or arrangement of such Person to guarantee or intended to guarantee any Debt, leases, dividends or other payment Obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation (and without duplication) (a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co‑making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the Obligation of a primary obligor, (b) the Obligation to make take‑or‑pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement or (c) any Obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in good faith, all as recorded on the balance sheet or on the footnotes to the most recent financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
“Conversion”, “Convert” and “Converted” each refer to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.07(d), 2.07(e), 2.09 or 2.10.
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“Covered Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21(a).
“Customary Carve‑Out Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of Non‑Recourse Debt.
“Daily RFR Business Day” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, any U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Daily RFR Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to each Adjusted DSS Advance, the earlier of (a) the first Business Day of each month commencing with the month immediately after the month in which the applicable Adjusted DSS Advance occurred and (b) the Termination Date.
“Daily RFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “Daily RFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day, a “SOFR Determination Day”) that is five (5) Daily RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such Daily RFR Rate Day is a Daily RFR Business Day, such Daily RFR Rate Day or (B) if such Daily RFR Rate Day is not a Daily RFR Business Day, the Daily RFR Business Day immediately preceding such Daily RFR Rate Day, in each case as published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. If by 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) Daily RFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, the Daily Simple 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 the Daily Simple SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be the Daily Simple SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding Daily RFR Business Day for which such Daily Simple SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any Daily Simple SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive Daily RFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in the RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Debt” of any Person means, without duplication for purposes of calculating financial ratios, (a) all Debt for borrowed money of such Person, (b) all Obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and not, unless subject to a Good Faith Contest, overdue by more than 60 days, (c) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all Obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases, (f) all Obligations of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all Obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt (i) regular quarterly dividends and (ii) special year‑end dividends made in connection with maintaining the Parent’s status as a REIT) in respect of any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person (other than Preferred Interests that are issued by any Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof and classified as either equity or minority interests pursuant to GAAP) or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Equity Interests, (h) all Obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, valued at the Agreement Value thereof, (i) all Contingent Obligations of such Person with respect to Debt for borrowed money and (j) all indebtedness and other payment Obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or other payment Obligations (valued, in the case of any such Debt as to which recourse for the payment thereof is expressly limited to the property or assets on which such Lien is granted, at the lesser of (1) the stated or determinable amount of the Debt that is so secured or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such
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Person is required to perform thereunder) and (2) the fair market value of such property or assets); provided, however, that in the case of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, “Debt” shall also include, without duplication, the JV Pro Rata Share of Debt for each Joint Venture; provided further that (i) for purposes of computing the Leverage Ratio, the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio and the Unsecured Leverage Ratio, “Debt” shall be deemed to exclude redeemable preferred equity interestsPreferred Interests issued as trust preferred securities by the Parent and the Borrower to the extent the same are by their terms subordinated to the Facility and not redeemable until after the Termination Date and (ii) “Debt” shall be deemed to exclude Debt of any Unrestricted Subsidiary for all purposes hereunder.
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date, with respect to either ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or S&P, the most recent credit rating assigned to the senior, unsecured, non‑credit enhanced, long‑term debt of the Parent issued by such rating agency prior to such date; provided, however, that (a) if the Debt Ratings issued by Moody’s and S&P differ and such difference is less than two levels, the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply and (b) if the Debt Ratings issued by Moody’s and S&P differ and such difference is two or more levels, the Debt Rating one level below the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply. At any time, if either of Moody’s or S&P shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, then (x) 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 substitute rating agency with that of the rating agency being replaced), and (y) pending such amendment, (i) the Debt Rating of the other rating agency described herein, if one has been provided, shall continue to apply and (ii) if such Debt Rating is one of the ratings identified in the definition of “Investment Grade Rating”, then the Borrower or the Parent (as applicable) will be deemed to have achieved an Investment Grade Rating during such time.
“Default” means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
“Default Right” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(f), (i) any Lender that has failed for two or more Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make (x) an Advance, (y) a payment to any Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit Advance or (z) any other payment, in each case when due hereunder (each, a “funding obligation”), unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding has not been satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such notice), (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any Issuing Bank in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, unless such writing or statement states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such notice or public statement), (iii) any Lender that has, for three or more Business Days after written request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii) upon the Administrative Agent’s and the Borrower’s receipt of such written confirmation), (iv) any Lender with respect to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender or its Parent Company or (v) any Lender with respect to which such Lender or its Parent Company has become the subject of a Bail-In Action, provided that in each case, neither the reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 2.18(b) as a result of a Lender’s being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non‑Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding obligations will by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non‑Defaulting Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (i) through (v) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender will be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject
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to Section 2.18(f)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
“Departing Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.20.
“Designation Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(n).
“Development Asset” means Real Property acquired for development into an Office Asset or a Mixed Use Asset, as applicable, that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as a development property on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries. Upon the Borrower’s written election delivered to the Administrative Agent, any Development Asset set forth in such written election shall continue to be classified as a Development Asset hereunder until the end of the four complete consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent following the achievement of Substantial Completion with respect to such Asset, following which such Asset shall be classified as an Office Asset or a Mixed Use Asset, as applicable, hereunder.
“Dividend” means, with respect to any Person for any measurement period, that such Person has during such measurement period declared or paid a dividend or distribution or returned any equity capital to its stockholders, partners, members or other holders of its Equity Interests or authorized or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to holders of its Equity Interests as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for consideration any shares of any class of its Equity Interests (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its Equity Interests), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or has during such measurement period permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of any class of the Equity Interests in such Person (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its Equity Interests); provided, however, that a dividend or distribution by such Person to the holders of one or more classes or series of its Equity Interests, shall not be deemed to be a dividend, if such dividend or distribution is payable solely in Equity Interests that are not Preferred Interests, or in rights, warrants or options to purchase such Equity Interests.
“Dividend Payout Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the sum of, without duplication, all Dividends paid by the Parent on account of any Equity Interests in the Parent, to (b) Funds From Operations, in each case for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, multiplied by four.
“Division” and “Divide” each refer to a division of a limited liability company into two or more newly formed or existing limited liability companies pursuant to a plan of division or otherwise.
“Dollars” and the “$” each means lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender Party, as the case may be, or such other office of such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“DSS Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SOFR.
“Early Release Request” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14(b).
“EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, the sum of the following items, in each for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be: (a) the sum of (i) net income (or net loss) (excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary and unusual items), (ii) interest expense, (iii) income tax expense, (iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense, (vi) non-cash compensation expense as reported in the publicly filed financial statements of the Parent and (vii) to the extent subtracted in computing net income, expenses incurred in connection with non‑recurring items of the Parent and its Subsidiaries determined on a
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Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP for such recently ended fiscal quarter, plus (b) with respect to each Joint Venture, the JV Pro Rata Share of the sum of (i) net income (or net loss) (excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary and unusual items), (ii) interest expense, (iii) income tax expense, (iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense, and (vi) to the extent subtracted in computing net income of such Joint Venture, non‑recurring items, in each case of such Joint Venture determined on a Consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP for such recently ended fiscal quarter, minus (c) the portions of the amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) that are attributable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, in the case of any acquisition or disposition of any direct or indirect interest in any asset (including through the acquisition or disposition of Equity Interests) by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) during such recently ended fiscal quarter, EBITDA will be adjusted (1) in the case of an acquisition, by adding thereto an amount equal to the acquired asset’s actual EBITDA (computed as if such asset was owned by the Parent or one of its Subsidiaries for the entirety of such recently ended fiscal quarter) generated during the portion of such recently ended fiscal quarter that such asset was not owned by the Parent or such Subsidiary, and (2) in the case of a disposition, by subtracting therefrom an amount equal to the actual EBITDA generated by the asset so disposed of during such recently ended fiscal quarter. Straight-line rent‑leveling adjustments (excluding adjustments of rental credits (i.e., free rent)) required under GAAP, and amortization of lease inducements into rental income shall be disregarded when computing EBITDA.
“ECP” means an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act.
“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” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Article III shall be satisfied (or waived), which is the date of this Agreement.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate or Fund Affiliate of a Lender; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, respectively, and having, when considered together with any corporation controlling such commercial bank or the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y) of such commercial bank, total combined capital and surplus of $2,500,000,000 or more; (iv) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (A) that is in the business of lending money and extending credit under credit facilities similar to those extended under this Agreement, (B) that is operationally and procedurally able to meet the obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (C) that has a net worth of $500,000,000 or more; (v) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the OECD or has concluded special lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund associated with its General Arrangements to Borrow, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having, when considered together with any corporation controlling such commercial bank or the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y) of such commercial bank, total assets of $2,500,000,000 or more, so long as such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; (vi) the central bank of any country that is a member of the OECD; (vii) a finance company, insurance company or other financial institution or fund (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity) having total assets of $500,000,000 or more and which meets the requirements set forth in subclauses (A) and (B) of
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clause (iv) above; and (viii) any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank and, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 9.07, approved by the Borrower, each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (and in the case of the Borrower, such approval shall be deemed given if not denied in writing within ten (10) Business Days following a request therefor), and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Facility, a Person that is an Eligible Assignee under subclause (iii) or (v) of this definition and is approved by the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank and, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 9.07, approved by the Borrower, each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (and in the case of the Borrower, such approval shall be deemed given if not denied in writing within ten (10) Business Days following a request therefor); provided, however, that in no circumstances shall any Loan Party, any Affiliate of a Loan Party, any natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) or any Defaulting Lender qualify as an Eligible Assignee under this definition.
“Environmental Action” means any enforcement action, litigation, demand, demand letter, claim of liability, notice of non‑compliance or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation, enforcement proceeding, consent order or consent agreement in each case of any Governmental Authority and relating in any way to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Permit or Hazardous Material or arising from alleged injury or threat to health or safety from exposure to Hazardous Materials or to the environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief.
“Environmental Law” means any Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials in each case to the extent the foregoing are applicable to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries or any assets of such Person.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group of any Loan Party, or under common control with any Loan Party, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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“ERISA Event” means (a)(i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30‑day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC or (ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (g) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, such Plan.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d).
“ESG” has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
“ESG Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
“ESG Pricing Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
“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.
“Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty 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 at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty 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 an Advance or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Advance or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.20 or
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Section 9.01(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.12, 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 2.12(f) and Section 2.12(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 23, 2021 among the Borrower, the Parent, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, as the same has been or may hereafter be, amended or otherwise modified, together with any replacement or successor facility that Borrower may enter into (including without limitation, any amendment and restatement of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement referred to above).
“Existing Letter of Credit” means that certain Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. 69624822 dated February 10, 2022 issued by Citibank, N.A. in the maximum aggregate amount of $125,000.
“Existing Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of September 29, 2016 among the Borrower, the Parent, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as the same has been or may hereafter be, amended or otherwise modified, together with any replacement or successor term loan facility that Borrower may enter into (including without limitation, any amendment and restatement of the Term Loan Agreement referred to above).
“Extension Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.
“Extension Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(d).
“Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.
“Facility” means the Revolving Credit Facility or the Letter of Credit Facility.
“Facility Available Amount” means, at any date of determination, the maximum principal amount available under the Facilities, equal to the aggregate of all Revolving Credit Commitments (as such amounts may be increased pursuant to Section 2.17).
“Facility Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Advances, plus (b) the amount (not less than zero) equal to the Available Amount under all outstanding Letters of Credit less all amounts then on deposit, if any, in the L/C Cash Collateral Account.
“Facility Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a).
“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 interpretation or application thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, an analogous rate determined by the Administrative Agent with reference to another commercially available source or sources designated by the Administrative Agent (in accordance with
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Administrative Agent’s then current market practice); provided, however, that in no circumstances shall the Federal Funds Rate be less than the Floor.
“Fee Letter” means any separate letter agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower and to which the Administrative Agent or an Arranger is a party, as the same may be amended, restated or replaced from time to time.
“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries ending on December 31 in any calendar year.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA, to (b) the sum of (i) interest (including capitalized interest) payable in cash on all Debt for borrowed money plus (ii) scheduled amortization of principal amounts of all Debt for borrowed money payable (not including balloon maturity amounts), in each case not attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary plus (iii) all cash dividends payable on any preferred EquityPreferred Interests, (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include preferred EquityPreferred Interests structured as trust preferred securities) and not attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary but excluding redemption payments or charges in connection with the redemption of preferred EquityPreferred Interests, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), of or by the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and in the case of clause (b), for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may, be multiplied by four.
“Fixed Rate Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b)(i).
“Floor” means, with respect to (a) Adjusted Term SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR and the Federal Funds Rate, zero percent (0.00%) per annum and (b) the Base Rate, one percent (1.00%) per annum.
“Foreign Lender Party” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(g)(ii).
“Fund Affiliate” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is advised or managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Funds From Operations” means, with respect to the Parent, net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding from such amount (i) gains (or losses) from sales of property and extraordinary and unusual items, (ii) the amortization of lease inducements into rental income, (iii) non-cash compensation expense as reported in the publicly filed financial statements of the Parent, (iv) to the extent subtracted in computing net income, non-recurring items of the Parent and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP and (v) depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated Joint Ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated Joint Ventures will be calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis.
“GAAP” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
“Good Faith Contest” means the contest of an item as to which: (a) such item is contested in good faith, by appropriate proceedings, (b) reserves that are adequate are established with respect to such contested item in accordance with GAAP (unless the applicable Borrower Parties have assets that are reasonably sufficient to satisfy such contested item, if applicable) and (c) the failure to pay or comply with such contested item during the period of such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any Federal, state, municipal, national, local or other governmental department, agency, authority, commission, instrumentality, board, bureau, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
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regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra‑national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guaranteed Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement permitted under Article V that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty by the Guarantors pursuant to Article VII, together with any and all Guaranty Supplements, if any, delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(j) or Section 7.05.
“Guaranty Supplement” means a supplement entered into by an Additional Guarantor in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) petroleum or petroleum products, by‑products or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos‑containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and mold and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant under any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Agreements” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other hedging agreements.
“Hedge Bank” means any Lender Party or an Affiliate of a Lender Party in its capacity as a party to a Guaranteed Hedge Agreement, but only for so long as the applicable Lender Party continues to be a Lender Party after entering into such Guaranteed Hedge Agreement; provided, however, that so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, neither such Lender nor any Affiliate of such Lender will be a Hedge Bank with respect to any Hedge Agreement.
“ICC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“ICC Rule” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“ICE LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of Screen Rate.
“Increase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).
“Increasing Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(d).
“Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified in Section 8.05(a).
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06(a).
“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 any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.13.
“Initial Extension of Credit” means the earlier to occur of the initial Borrowing and the initial issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder.
“Initial Issuing Banks” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
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“Initial Lenders” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Insufficiency” means, with respect to any Plan, the amount, if any, of its unfunded benefit liabilities, as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(aa).
“Interest Period” means, for each Adjusted Term SOFR Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Adjusted Term SOFR Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Adjusted Term SOFR Advance, and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, three or six months; in each case subject to availability and as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select; provided, however, that:
(a) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period with respect to any Adjusted Term SOFR Advance that ends after the applicable Termination Date;
(b) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and
(c) whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings 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 Debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any Debt of, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, (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, or (d) the purchase or other acquisition of any Real Property. 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” shall mean a Debt Rating of BBB‑ or better from S&P or a Debt Rating of Baa3 or better from Moody’s.
“Issuing Bank” means each Initial Issuing Bank and any other Lender approved as an Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and any Eligible Assignee to which a Letter of Credit Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to Section 9.07 so long as each such Lender or each such Eligible Assignee expressly agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of its Applicable Lending Office and the amount of its Letter of Credit Commitment
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(which information shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent in the Register) for so long as such Initial Issuing Bank, Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be, shall have a Letter of Credit Commitment.
“Joint Venture” means any joint venture or other Person (a) in which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries holds any Equity Interest, (b) that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of the Parent and (c) the accounts of which would not appear on the Consolidated financial statements of the Parent.
“Joint Venture Assets” means, with respect to any Joint Venture at any time, the assets owned by such Joint Venture at such time.
“JV Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Joint Venture (other than a Joint Venture held by an Unrestricted Subsidiary) at any time, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the total book value of all Equity Interests in such Joint Venture directly or indirectly held by the Parent and any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries by (b) the total book value of all outstanding Equity Interests in such Joint Venture at such time.
“KPI’s” has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(a).
“L/C Account Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
“L/C Cash Collateral Account” means an account of the Borrower to be maintained with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Borrower but under the sole control and dominion of the Administrative Agent and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
“L/C Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“L/C Related Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(ii)(A).
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that, other than in connection with an Undisclosed Administration, (i) the Lender or its Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (ii) such Lender or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its Parent Company, or such Lender or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or (iii) such Lender or its Parent Company has become the subject of a Bail-In Action. Notwithstanding the above, a Lender Insolvency Event shall not occur solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in the applicable Lender or any direct or indirect Parent Company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Lender Party” means any Lender or any Issuing Bank.
“Lenders” means the Initial Lenders, each Acceding Lender that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.17 and each Person that shall become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 9.07 for so long as such Initial Lender, Acceding Lender or Person, as the case may be, shall be a party to this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Advance” means an advance made by any Issuing Bank or any Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c).
“Letter of Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).
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“Letter of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption “Letter of Credit Commitment” or, if such Issuing Bank has entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances, set forth for such Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as such Issuing Bank’s “Letter of Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.05.
“Letter of Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Available Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all payments or disbursements made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit Advance that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.
“Letter of Credit Facility” means, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Issuing Banks’ Letter of Credit Commitments at such time, and (b) an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the then applicable Revolving Credit Facility, including as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.05 or increased at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.17.
“Letters of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Leverage Increase Period” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(a)(i).
“Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) Total Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries less the amount by which the aggregate Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such time exceeds $10,000,000 to (b) Total Asset Value.
“Lien” means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property. For the avoidance of doubt, limitations on the ability of the Parent or any Subsidiary thereof to transfer property to the Parent, Borrower or any Subsidiary of either of them contained in documentation evidencing or governing Pari Passu Obligations, which limitations are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than those contained in Section 5.02(n), shall not constitute a Lien.
“Loan Documents” means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Fee Letter, (d) each Letter of Credit Agreement, (e) each Guaranty Supplement, (f) each Guaranteed Hedge Agreement and (g) 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, in each case, as amended.
“Loan Parties” means the Parent, the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Management Fee Adjustment” means, with respect to any Asset for any fiscal period, the amount, if any, by which (i) two percent (2.0%) of all rental and other income from the operation of such Asset multiplied by four exceeds (ii) all actual management fees payable in respect of such Asset multiplied by four.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U.
“Material Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower directly or indirectly through any Restricted Subsidiary or by any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any of (a) all or any substantial portion of the property of, or a line of business or division of, or any other property of, another Person, (b) one or more properties from another Person, or (c) at least a majority of the voting Equity Interests of another Person, in any such case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person or a Division of such Person, in which the value of the assets acquired in such acquisition is greater than or equal to 5% of Total Asset Value at such time.
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“Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or (c) the ability of the Borrower, the Parent or the Guarantors taken as a whole to perform their Obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party.
“Material Contract” means each Qualified Ground Lease and each other contract that is material to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Material Debt” means (a) Debt for borrowed money that is recourse to the Borrower or the Parent that is outstanding in a principal amount of $50,000,000 or more, (b) Debt under any Hedge Agreement having an Agreement Value of $50,000,000 or more, or (c) only prior to the date that the Borrower or the Parent achieves an Investment Grade Rating and the Borrower has made a Ratings Grid Election, any other Debt for borrowed money of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is outstanding in a principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or Debt under any Hedge Agreement having an Agreement Value of $100,000,000 or more; in each case (i) whether the subject of one or more separate debt instruments or agreements, and (ii) exclusive of Debt outstanding under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Material Debt may include Refinancing Debt to the extent comprising Material Debt as defined herein.
“Material Litigation” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c).
“Maximum Rate” means the maximum non-usurious interest rate under applicable law.
“Mixed Use Asset” means Real Property and related personal property that operates or is intended to operate as a mixed-use building that includes, without limitation, an office component. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Development Assets shall not be classified as Mixed Use Assets hereunder until the date indicated in the last sentence of the definition of Development Asset herein, and (b) Redevelopment Assets shall not be classified as Mixed Use Assets hereunder until the date indicated in the last sentence of the definition of Redevelopment Asset herein.
“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Single Employer Plan that (a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“Necessary Borrower Party” means any Borrower Party that, at the time of any applicable determination, both (x) owns an Unencumbered Asset that has not been designated as a non-Unencumbered Asset in accordance with Section 5.01(j) and (y) is not then the subject of an Early Release Request in accordance with Section 9.14. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parent is not a Necessary Borrower Party.
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“Negative Pledge” means, with respect to a given asset, any provision of any agreement (other than any Loan Document) that prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Debt of the Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that neither (a) any agreement that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets nor (b) any provision in any agreement governing Unsecured Debt generally prohibiting the encumbrance of assets (exclusive of any outright prohibition on the encumbrance of particular Unencumbered Assets) shall constitute a Negative Pledge so long as such provision is generally consistent with a comparable provision of the Loan Documents.
“Net Operating Income” means (a) with respect to any Asset other than a Joint Venture Asset, (i) the total rental revenue and other income from the operation of such Asset for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, minus (ii) all expenses and other proper charges incurred in connection with the operation and maintenance of such Asset for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, including management fees, repairs, real estate and chattel taxes and bad debt expenses, but before payment or provision for debt service charges, income taxes and depreciation, amortization and other non‑cash expenses, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (b) with respect to any Joint Venture Asset, (i) the JV Pro Rata Share of the total rental revenue and other income from the operation of such Asset for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, minus (ii) the JV Pro Rata Share of all expenses and other proper charges incurred by the applicable Joint Venture in connection with the operation and maintenance of such Asset for the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, including management fees, repairs, real estate and chattel taxes and bad debt expenses, but before payment or provision for debt service charges, income taxes and depreciation, amortization and other non‑cash expenses, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, in the case of any acquisition or disposition of any direct or indirect interest in any Asset (including through the acquisition or disposition of Equity Interests) by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries during such most recently ended fiscal quarter, Net Operating Income will be adjusted (1) in the case of an acquisition, by adding thereto an amount equal to the acquired Asset’s actual Net Operating Income (computed as if such Asset was owned by the Parent or one of its Subsidiaries for the entirety of such most recently ended fiscal quarter) generated during the portion of such fiscal quarter that such Asset was not owned by the Parent or such Subsidiary, and (2) in the case of a disposition, by subtracting therefrom an amount equal to the actual Net Operating Income generated by the Asset so disposed of during such fiscal quarter. Straight line rent leveling adjustments (excluding adjustments for rental credits (i.e., free rent)) required under GAAP, and amortization of lease inducements into rental income, shall be disregarded in determinations of rents and other revenues in clause (a)(i) above.
“Non‑Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b).
“Non‑Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender.
“Non‑Recourse Debt” means Debt for borrowed money with respect to which recourse for payment is limited to (a) any building(s) or parcel(s) of real property and any related assets encumbered by a Lien securing such Debt for borrowed money and/or (b) (i) the general credit of the Property‑Level Subsidiary that has incurred such Debt for borrowed money, and/or the direct Equity Interests therein and/or (ii) the general credit of the immediate parent entity of such Property‑Level Subsidiary, provided that such parent entity’s assets consist solely of Equity Interests in such Property‑Level Subsidiary, it being understood that the instruments governing such Debt may include customary carve‑outs to such limited recourse (any such customary carve‑outs or agreements limited to such customary carve‑outs, being a “Customary Carve‑Out Agreement”) such as, for example, personal recourse to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or misappropriation of cash, waste, environmental claims, damage to properties, non‑payment of
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taxes or other liens despite the existence of sufficient cash flow, interference with the enforcement of loan documents upon maturity or acceleration, voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy filings, violation of loan document prohibitions against transfer of properties or ownership interests therein and liabilities and other circumstances customarily excluded by lenders (or by the applicable lender in respect of such Debt) from exculpation provisions and/or included in separate indemnification and/or guaranty agreements in non‑recourse financings of real estate (including, without limitation, environmental indemnification agreements).
“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form, as applicable, of Exhibit A hereto evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Advances and Letter of Credit Advances made by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as such instrument may be amended, modified, renewed, restated, replaced or extended from time to time.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b).
“Notice of Issuance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).
“Notice of Renewal” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Notice of Termination” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligation of such Person of any kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding referred to in Section 6.01(f). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of such Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender Party, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party in accordance with the Loan Documents; provided, however, that in no event shall the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents include any Excluded Swap Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Obligation of any Lender Party or other Person that has received an Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) shall include the obligation of such Lender Party or other Person to pay any corresponding Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency pursuant to Section 8.09(d) and any Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights pursuant to Section 8.09(d).
“OECD” means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
“OFAC” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(x).
“Office Asset” means Real Property and related personal property (other than any Joint Venture Asset) that operates or is intended to be operated as an office building, including, without limitation, courthouses. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Development Assets shall not be classified as Office Assets hereunder until the date indicated in the last sentence of the definition of Development Asset herein, (b) Redevelopment Assets shall not be classified as Office Assets hereunder until the date indicated in the last sentence of the definition of Redevelopment Asset herein and (c) Office Assets may include components (including, without limitation, retail and parking) that are ancillary to the use of the building as an office building.
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“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 from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed any Obligation 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 pledged or assigned or granted an interest in any Advance or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, excise, property, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement, recordation, filing 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 2.20 or Section 9.01(b)).
“Parent” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Parent Company” means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Pari Passu Obligations” means Unsecured Debt (exclusive of the Obligations of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents) of any Borrower Party owing to Persons that are not Loan Parties.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(g).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(g).
“Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Term SOFR.
“Permitted Liens” means each of the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that are (i) not yet due and delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or (ii) the subject of a Good Faith Contest, or (iii) on an asset whose contribution to Total Asset Value is either less than the outstanding principal balance of Secured Debt encumbering such asset or does not exceed such principal balance by more than five percent (5%) (it being agreed, however, that in such case, for so long as such Lien described in this clause (a)(iii) exists, the Asset Value of such asset (and any other asset owned by the same Subsidiary) shall be deemed to be zero); (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing payment of obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or are the subject of a Good Faith Contest; provided, however, that if any Lien described in this clause (b) materially and adversely affects the use of the asset to which such Lien relates, the Asset Value of such asset shall be deemed to be zero; (c) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation or unemployment laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (d) easements, zoning restrictions, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real property that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use or value of such property in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (e) Tenancy Leases; (f) deposits to secure trade contracts (other than for Debt), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (g) provisions contained in documentation evidencing or governing Pari Passu Obligations which
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provisions require that Pari Passu Obligations be secured on an “equal and ratable basis” to the extent that the Obligations are secured.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
“PNC” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Post Petition Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 7.07(b).
“Potential Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, (i) any Lender with respect to which an event of the kind referred to in the definition of “Lender Insolvency Event” has occurred and is continuing in respect of any Subsidiary of such Lender, (ii) any Lender that has notified, or whose Parent Company or a Subsidiary thereof has notified, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any Issuing Bank in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit agreement or other similar agreement, unless such writing or statement states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), or (iii) any Lender that has, or whose Parent Company has, a non‑investment grade rating from Moody’s or S&P or another nationally recognized rating agency. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Potential Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (i) through (iii) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender will be deemed a Potential Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.18(f)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
“Preferred Interests” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any other Equity Interests issued by such Person upon any distribution of such Person’s property and assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
“Property‑Level Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Joint Venture that holds a direct fee or leasehold interest in any single building (or group of related buildings, including, without limitation, buildings pooled for purposes of a Non‑Recourse Debt financing) or parcel (or group of related parcels, including, without limitation, parcels pooled for purposes of a Non‑Recourse Debt financing) of real property and related assets and not in any other building or parcel of real property.
“Proposed Increased Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b).
“Pro Rata Share” of any amount related to the Revolving Credit Facility means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the product of such amount times a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such termination) and the denominator of which is the Revolving Credit Facility at such time (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01, the Revolving Credit Facility as in effect immediately prior to such termination).
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Purchasing Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(e).
“QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21(b).
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“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other Person as constitutes an ECP under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Qualified Ground Lease” means a ground lease of Real Property containing the following terms and conditions: (a) a remaining term (inclusive of any unexercised extension options as to which there are no unsatisfied conditions precedent, other than the giving of notice of exercise) of 30 years or more from the Closing Date; (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 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 the ability to sublease; and (e) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of the holder of a leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.
“Ratings Grid Election” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.
“Real Property” means all right, title and interest of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries in and to any land and any improvements and fixtures located thereon.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any Lender Party.
“Recourse Debt” means Debt (excluding Non-Recourse Debt) for which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Property-Level Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or the owner of an Unencumbered Asset) has personal or recourse liability in whole or in part, exclusive of any such Debt for which such personal or recourse liability is limited to obligations under debt instruments that include Customary Carve‑Out Agreements and limited obligation guaranties, provided, however, to the extent a claim shall have been made under such Customary Carve‑Out Agreements or limited obligation guaranties as to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has taken reserves in accordance with GAAP, the amount of such reserves shall be included in the amount of Recourse Debt.
“Redevelopment Asset” means an Asset which either (i) has been acquired with a view toward renovating or rehabilitating such Asset, or (ii) the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof intends to renovate or rehabilitate. Upon the Borrower’s written election delivered to the Administrative Agent, any Redevelopment Asset set forth in such written election shall continue to be classified as a Redevelopment Asset hereunder until the end of the four complete consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent following the achievement of Substantial Completion with respect to such Asset, following which such Asset shall be classified as an Office Asset or a Mixed Use Asset, as applicable, hereunder.
“Refinancing Debt” means, with respect to any Debt for borrowed money, any Debt for borrowed money extending the maturity of, or refunding or refinancing, in whole or in part, such Debt for borrowed money, provided that (a) the terms of any Refinancing Debt, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, (i) do not provide for any Lien on any Unencumbered Assets, and (ii) are not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents, (b) the principal amount of such Debt shall not exceed the principal amount of the Debt being extended, refunded or refinanced plus the amount of any applicable premium and expenses, and (c) the other material terms, taken as a whole, of any such Debt are no less favorable in any material respect to the Loan Parties or the Lender Parties than the terms governing the Debt being extended, refunded or refinanced.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
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“REIT” means a Person that is qualified to be treated for tax purposes as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856‑860 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Persons and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14(a).
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Replacement Lender” means an Eligible Assignee designated by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders holding greater than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (whether funded or unfunded) at such time (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 6.01, such Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments as in effect immediately prior to such termination); provided, however, that at all times when there are two or more Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments, “Required Lenders” must include two or more Lenders; provided, further that the Revolving Credit Commitment held by any then-current Defaulting Lender shall be subtracted from the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for the purpose of calculating the Required Lenders at such time as provided in Section 9.01(c).
“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 any Loan Party, any officer of, or any officer of any general partner or managing member of, such Loan Party, which Officer has (a) responsibility for performing the underlying function that is the subject of the action required of such officer hereunder, or (b) supervisory responsibility for such an officer.
“Restricted Payments” means, in the case of any Person, to declare or pay any dividends, purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its Equity Interests now or hereafter outstanding, return any capital to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) as such, or to make any distribution of assets, Equity Interests, obligations or securities to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) as such (including, in each case, by way of a Division), except for (i) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Equity Interests with the proceeds of issuances of new common Equity Interests occurring not more than one year prior to such purchase, redemption or other acquisition and (ii) non‑cash payments in connection with employee, trustee and director stock option plans or similar incentive arrangements.
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Parent that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the amount (a) set forth opposite such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or (b) if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and Acceptances or Accession Agreements, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
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Section 9.07(d) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced or increased at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 2.17, respectively.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Advances.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“RFR” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated or calculated in Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Real Property that has been sold or transferred or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to such Person.
“Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(x).
“Sarbanes‑Oxley” means the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.
“Secured Debt” means, at any date of determination, all Debt which is secured by a Lien on the assets of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (without regard to whether such Debt is Recourse Debt), as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be.
“Secured Debt Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) Secured Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries less the amount by which the aggregate Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such time exceeds $10,000,000 (the “Secured Debt Leverage Ratio Adjustment”) to (b) Total Asset Value; provided that for purposes of clause (a), Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents shall be adjusted to deduct therefrom any Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents used to determine the Unsecured Leverage Ratio Adjustment.
“Secured Debt Leverage Ratio Adjustment” has the meaning specified in the definition of Secured Debt Leverage Ratio.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Selling Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(e).
“Senior Financing Loan Documents” means the loan documents relating to any Senior Financing Transaction.
“Senior Financing Transaction” means a financing transaction (including, without limitation, the financing transactions pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the 2026 Term Loan Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement) in which senior Unsecured Debt or senior Secured Debt (other than Debt under Customary Carveout Agreements) is the obligation of any Loan Party. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to Section 5.02(p) and Section 9.14(a), any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and/or the Borrower may be an obligor with respect to such financing transaction.
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“Single Employer Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for the applicable Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the SOFR Administrator’s website, currently at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time).
“SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
“SOFR Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its “SOFR Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender Party (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender Party which such Lender Party may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person, on a going‑concern basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person, on a going‑concern basis, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time (including, without limitation, after taking into account appropriate discount factors for the present value of future contingent liabilities), represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Standby Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit issued under the Letter of Credit Facility, other than a Trade Letter of Credit.
“Subject Action” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14(c).
“Subject Period” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14(c).
“Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.07.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) 50% or more of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate, in each case, is at the
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time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Substantial Completion” means, with respect to any Development Asset or Redevelopment Asset and as of any relevant date of determination, the substantial completion of all material construction, renovation and rehabilitation work then planned with respect to such Asset.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, 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.
“Syndication Agents” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including all backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tenancy Leases” means operating leases, subleases, licenses, occupancy agreements and rights‑of‑use entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in its capacity as a lessor or a similar capacity in the ordinary course of business (excluding any lease entered into in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction).
“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) June 3, 2028, as such date may be extended in accordance with Section 2.16, (b) the date of termination of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05 or (c) the date of termination of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Letter of Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Term SOFR” means,
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“Term SOFR Adjustment” has the meaning specified in the definition of Adjusted Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the Term SOFR Administrator’s website, currently at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇ (or any successor source for Term SOFR identified as such by the Term SOFR Administrator from time to time).
“Term SOFR Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Test Date” means (a) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be, (b) the date of each Advance or the issuance or renewal of any Letter of Credit, and (c) the date of any addition, removal, redesignation or Transfer of any Unencumbered Asset pursuant to Section 5.01(j) or Section 5.02(e)(ii).
“Total Asset Value” means, at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Asset Values for all assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than (i) cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) any direct or indirect interest in any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) Assets owned by an Unrestricted Subsidiary), plus (b) Unrestricted Cash on hand of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000, at such date; provided, however, that the portion of the Total Asset Value attributable to Joint Ventures, loans, advances and extensions of credit (including, without limitation, mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and notes receivable) to any Person, Unimproved Land, Development Assets, and Redevelopment Assets shall not exceed 35% in the aggregate, with any excess excluded from such calculation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Asset Values for all assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be included in the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 5.02(f).
“Total Debt” means, at any date of determination, all Consolidated Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be.
“Total Unencumbered Asset Value” means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the Asset Values of all Unencumbered Assets; provided, however, that the following asset concentration restrictions shall apply to the calculation of Total Unencumbered Asset Value: (i) the Net Operating Income of any individual Unencumbered Asset shall not account for more than 25% of the aggregate Net Operating Income of all Unencumbered Assets at any time and (ii) the aggregate Net Operating Income of the Unencumbered Assets subject to Qualified Ground Leases shall not account for more than 20% of the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income of all Unencumbered Assets at any time, it being understood that to the extent the Net Operating Income of any Unencumbered Asset or Unencumbered Assets exceeds the foregoing limits, such excess shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Total Unencumbered Asset Value.
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“Trade Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit that is issued under the Letter of Credit Facility for the benefit of a supplier of inventory to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to effect payment for such Inventory.
“Trading with the Enemy Act” means the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
“Transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(e)(ii).
“Truist” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Type” refers to the distinction between Advances bearing interest at the Base Rate, Advances bearing interest at Adjusted Term SOFR and Advances bearing interest at Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“UCP” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“UCP 600” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“UK Bail-In Legislation” means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation, rule or requirement 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).
“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 Handbook (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.
“Undisclosed Administration” means in relation to a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trust, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
“Unencumbered Assets” means (a) the Office Assets or Mixed Use Assets listed on Schedule II hereto on the Closing Date and (b) each other Asset designated as an Unencumbered Asset by the Borrower that (i) is an Office Asset or a Mixed Use Asset located in the United States of America or the District of Columbia; (ii) is income‑producing and is not an asset that is actively under development or redevelopment; (iii) is wholly‑owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower (but not by an Unrestricted Subsidiary) either in fee simple absolute or subject to a Qualified Ground Lease; (iv) is free of all structural defects or architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental or other material matters (including a casualty event or condemnation) that could reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the use of such Asset for its intended purposes; (v) is not subject to mezzanine Debt financing; (vi) is not, and no interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries therein is, subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or any Negative Pledge; and (vii) prior to the achievement by the Borrower or the Parent of an Investment Grade Rating, is 100% owned directly by a Loan Party (the requirements described in clauses (i) through (vii) being the “Unencumbered Asset Conditions”), provided that if any Asset does not meet all of the Unencumbered Asset Conditions, then, upon
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request of the Borrower, such Asset may be included as an “Unencumbered Asset” with the written consent of the Required Lenders.
“Unencumbered Asset Conditions” has the meaning specified in the definition of Unencumbered Assets.
“Unencumbered Asset Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for all Unencumbered Assets to (b) the product of (i) four times (ii) the actual interest expense payable on all senior Unsecured Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries during the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), as the case may be.
“Unencumbered Asset Value” means an amount equal to the sum of the Asset Values of all Unencumbered Assets.
“Unrestricted Cash” means an amount (if greater than zero) equal to (a) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that are not subject to any Lien (excluding statutory liens in favor of any depositary bank where such cash is maintained), minus (b) the sum of amounts included in the foregoing clause (a) that are with a Person other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as escrows, deposits or security for contractual obligations.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Parent that (a) does not own, directly or indirectly, any operating Asset or Unencumbered Asset, (b) owns only Assets that are each at least 50% pre-leased to a governmental entity and (c) is designated or redesignated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.01(n) and (d) is not a guarantor of, or otherwise obligated in respect of, any Debt of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
“Unsecured Debt” means all Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Facility Exposure, but exclusive of (a) Secured Debt, (b) guarantee obligations in respect of Secured Debt, and (c) guaranties by parent entities of the Recourse Debt of one or more of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that any Debt that is recourse to a Loan Party and is secured solely by a pledge of Equity Interests shall not be treated as Secured Debt and shall be deemed to be Unsecured Debt.
“Unsecured Leverage Increase Period” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(b)(i).
“Unsecured Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) Unsecured Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries less the amount by which the aggregate Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such time exceeds $10,000,000 (the “Unsecured Leverage Ratio Adjustment”) to (b) Total Unencumbered Asset Value; provided that for purposes of clause (a), Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents shall be adjusted to deduct therefrom any Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents used to determine the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio Adjustment.
“Unsecured Leverage Ratio Adjustment” has the meaning specified in the definition of Unsecured Leverage Ratio.
“Unused Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a).
“Unused Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender at any date of determination, (a) such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and Letter of Credit Advances made by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (in its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time plus (ii) such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share of (A) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Letter of Credit Advances made by the Issuing Banks pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and outstanding at such
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time and (C) the aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Bid Advances made by the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 2.02(b) and outstanding at such time.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) 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.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 9.21.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(g)(ii)(C).
“Voting Interests” means shares of capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent Equity Interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or the election or appointment of persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Welfare Plan” means a welfare plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or in respect of which any Loan Party could have liability under applicable law.
“▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person on any date, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests and one hundred percent (100%) of the ordinary voting power are, as of such date, owned and controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” has the meaning specified in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means (a) any Loan Party or (b) the Administrative Agent.
“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) in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a Person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a Person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that 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 UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
SECTION 1.02 Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions. In this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”. References in the Loan Documents to any agreement or contract “as amended” shall mean and be a reference to such agreement or contract as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
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SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(g) (“GAAP”).
SECTION 1.04 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
Article II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 2.01 The Advances and the Letters of Credit. (a) The Revolving Credit Advances. Each Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Advances in Dollars (each, a “Revolving Credit Advance”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until the Termination Date in an amount for each such Advance not to exceed such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Unused Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, provided that, without double counting, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be allocated among the Lenders ratably according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments being a “Competitive Bid Reduction”). Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Advances shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances made simultaneously by the Lenders ratably according to their Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender’s Unused Revolving Credit Commitment in effect from time to time prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).
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SECTION 2.02 Making the Advances. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.02(b) or Section 2.03, each Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted DSS Advances or not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier or e-mail. Each such notice of a Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be by telecopier or e‑mail, in each case in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, (iv) the Facility with respect to which such Borrowing relates and (v) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, the initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each Lender shall, before 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted DSS Advances and 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account, in
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same day funds, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s ratable portion of such Borrowing in accordance with the respective Commitments of such Lender and the other Lenders. After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower by crediting the Borrower’s Account; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall first make a portion of such funds equal to the aggregate principal amount of any Letter of Credit Advances made by any Issuing Bank, and by any other Lender and outstanding on the date of such Borrowing, plus interest accrued and unpaid thereon to and as of such date, available to such Issuing Bank, and such other Lenders for repayment of such Letter of Credit Advances.
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SECTION 2.03 Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit. (a) Request for Issuance. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice, given not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day prior to the date of the proposed issuance of such Letter of Credit, by the Borrower to any Issuing Bank, which shall give to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier or e‑mail or by means of the Approved Electronic Platform. The Borrower shall have the right to select the Issuing Bank for each Letter of Credit, provided that, unless the Borrower determines that it is beneficial to the Borrower for Letters of Credit, or any of them, to be issued by a particular Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts, to the extent practicable, to cause the Letters of Credit to be issued by the Issuing Banks on a proportionate basis in accordance with their respective proportionate shares of the Letter of Credit Commitments, it being understood that the Borrower will be required to deliver a Notice of Issuance only to a single Issuing Bank. Each such notice of issuance of a Letter of Credit (a “Notice of Issuance”) shall be by telecopier or e‑mail, in each case specifying therein the requested (i) date of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) Available Amount of such Letter of Credit, (iii) expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (iv) name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and (v) form of such Letter of Credit, and shall be accompanied by such application and agreement for letter of credit as such Issuing Bank may specify to the Borrower for use in connection with such requested Letter of Credit (a “Letter of Credit Agreement”). If (y) the requested form of such Letter of Credit is acceptable to such Issuing Bank in its sole discretion and (z) such Issuing Bank has not received notice of objection to such issuance from the Required Lenders, such Issuing Bank will, upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make such Letter of Credit available to the Borrower at its office referred to in Section 9.02 or as otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with such issuance. In the event and to the extent that the provisions of any Letter of Credit Agreement shall conflict with this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. The Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(a).
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SECTION 2.04 Repayment of Advances. (a) Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the Termination Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances then outstanding.
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SECTION 2.05 Termination or Reduction of the Commitments. (a) The Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part the unused portions of the Letter of Credit Facility and/or the Unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction of a Facility (A) shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof and (B) shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility or the Letter of Credit Facility, as applicable and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding. Once terminated, a Commitment may not be reinstated.
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SECTION 2.06 Prepayments. (a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon same day notice in the case of Base Rate Advances, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days’ notice in the case of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, and one U.S. Government Securities Business Day’s notice in the case of Adjusted DSS Advances in each case to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the aggregate principal amount prepaid but otherwise without penalty or premium; provided, however, that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the amount of the Advances outstanding, (ii) if any prepayment of an Adjusteda Term SOFR Advance is made on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period for such Advance, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.04(c) and (iii) the foregoing provisions shall not apply to the repayment of Competitive Bid Advances, which payments shall be made pursuant to Section 2.02(b)(ix).
SECTION 2.07 Interest. (a) Scheduled Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
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SECTION 2.08 Fees. (a) Unused Fee; Facility Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders an unused commitment fee (the “Unused Fee”), from the date hereof or, if later, upon the effectiveness of any Assignment and Acceptance or Accession Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to which it became a Lender until the Termination Date, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30, 2024, and on the Termination Date. The Unused Fee for the account of each Lender shall be calculated for each period for which the Unused Fee is payable on the average daily Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender during such period at the rate per annum equal to, (a) for any period in which the average daily Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender for such period is less than 50% of such Lender’s aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, 0.15% per annum, and (b) for any period in which the average daily Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender for such period is greater than or equal to 50% of such Lender’s aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, 0.20% per annum; provided, however, that in the event that the Borrower or the Parent achieves an Investment Grade Rating and the Borrower makes a Ratings Grid Election, the Borrower shall no longer pay Unused Fees immediately following the end of the quarter during which the Administrative Agent receives such notice. For each succeeding quarter, the Borrower shall pay a facility fee (the “Facility Fee”) at the applicable rate set forth in the Debt Ratings pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, times the actual daily amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, regardless of usage. Each Facility Fee will be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, and on the Termination Date. The Unused Fees and Facility Fees will be calculated on a 360‑day basis.
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SECTION 2.09 Conversion of Advances. (a) Optional. The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.07 and 2.10, Convert all or any portion of the Advances of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided, however, that any Conversion of Adjusted Term SOFR Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, any Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Adjusted Term SOFR Advances or Adjusted DSS Advances shall be in an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in Section 2.02(c), no Conversion of any Advances shall result in more separate Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(c) and each Conversion of Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing under any Facility shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments under such Facility. Each such notice of Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Advances to be Converted and (iii) if such Conversion is into Adjusted Term SOFR Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for such Advances. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.
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SECTION 2.10 Increased Costs, Etc. (a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation or application of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), (A) there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender Party of agreeing to make or of making, funding or maintaining Adjusted Term SOFR Advances or Adjusted DSS Advances or of agreeing to issue or of issuing or maintaining or participating in Letters of Credit or of agreeing to make or of making or maintaining Letter of Credit Advances or (B) there shall be any reduction in the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender Party with respect thereto (excluding, for purposes of this Section 2.10, any such increased costs or reduction resulting from Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes or Connection Income Taxes (as to which Section 2.12 shall govern), then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender Party (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender Party additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender Party for such increased cost; provided, however, that a Lender Party claiming additional amounts under this Section 2.10(a) agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if the making of such a designation or assignment would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender Party, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender Party. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender Party, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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SECTION 2.11 Payments and Computations. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes, irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set‑off (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.13), not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account in same day funds, with payments being received by the Administrative Agent after such time being deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause like funds to be distributed (i) if such payment by the Borrower is in respect of principal, interest, commitment fees or any other Obligation then payable hereunder and under the Notes to more than one Lender Party, to such Lender Parties for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices ratably in accordance with the amounts of such respective Obligations then payable to such Lender Parties and (ii) if such payment by the Borrower is in respect of any Obligation then payable hereunder to one Lender Party, to such Lender Party for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon any Acceding ▇▇▇▇▇▇ becoming a Lender hereunder as a result of a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.17 and upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Accession Agreement and recording of information contained therein in the Register, from and after the applicable Increase Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under any Notes issued in connection therewith in respect of the interest assumed thereby to such Acceding Lender. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.07(d), from and after the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender Party assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
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SECTION 2.12 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any Obligation of any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Loan Document shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.11 or the applicable provisions of such other Loan Document, if any, 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 Tax, then the sum payable by the 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) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
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SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments, Etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(f), if any Lender Party shall obtain at any time any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set‑off, or otherwise, other than as a result of an assignment pursuant to Section 9.07) (a) on account of Obligations due and payable to such Lender Party hereunder and under the Notes at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender Party at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations due and payable to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the Notes at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations due and payable to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the Notes at such time obtained by all the Lender Parties at such time or (b) on account of Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender Party hereunder and under the Notes at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing to such Lender Party at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the Notes at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the Notes at such time obtained by all of the Lender Parties at such time, such Lender Party shall forthwith purchase from the other Lender Parties such interests or participating interests in the Obligations due and payable or owing to them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender Party to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender Party, such purchase from each other Lender Party shall be rescinded and such other Lender Party shall repay to the purchasing Lender Party the purchase price to the extent of such Lender Party’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the purchase price paid to such Lender Party to (ii) the aggregate purchase price paid to all Lender Parties) of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender Party’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such other Lender Party’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender Party) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender Party in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender Party so purchasing an interest or participating interest from another Lender Party pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set‑off) with respect to such interest or participating interest, as the case may be, as fully as if such Lender Party were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such interest or participating interest, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances and issuances of Letters of Credit shall be available (and the Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds and Letters of Credit) solely for (i) general corporate purposes, (ii) the acquisition of assets, (iii) capital expenditures, (iv) working capital expenses, (v) the development and redevelopment of assets, (vi) the repayment in full (or refinancing) of Debt, and (vii) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Facilities and the other transactions not in contravention of the Loan Documents. The Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the Letters of Credit or the proceeds of the Advances, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person such extensions of credit or proceeds, (A) to fund any activities or businesses of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject or target of Sanctions, or (B) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Facility, whether as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, Lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise) or any Anti‑Corruption Laws.
SECTION 2.15 Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Lender Party shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender Party resulting from each Advance owing to such Lender Party from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender Party from time to time hereunder. The Borrower agrees that upon notice by any Lender Party to the Borrower (with a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) to the effect that a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness is required or appropriate in order for such Lender Party to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) the Advances owing to, or to be made by, such Lender Party, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender Party, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, payable to the order of such Lender Party in a principal amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender Party. All references to Notes in the Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any, to the extent issued hereunder. To the extent no Note has been issued to a Lender Party, this Agreement shall be deemed to comprise conclusive evidence for all purposes of the indebtedness resulting from the Advances and extensions of credit hereunder.
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SECTION 2.16 Extensions of Termination Date. The Borrower may request, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, (a) at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the Termination Date, a six‑month extension of the Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and (b) thereafter, at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the Termination Date (as extended pursuant to clause (a) of this sentence) a single additional six‑month extension of the Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding (each, an “Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such Extension Request and the Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as of the applicable Extension Date (as defined below), be extended for an additional six‑month period, provided that, on such Extension Date the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) payment in full of the Extension Fee set forth in Section 2.08(d) and (ii) such certificates or other information as may be required pursuant to Section 3.02. “Extension Date” means, in the case of each extension option, the first date after the delivery by the Borrower of the related Extension Request that the conditions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence are satisfied. In the event that an extension is effected pursuant to this Section 2.16 (but subject to provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06 and 6.01), the aggregate principal amount of all Advances shall be repaid in full ratably to the Lenders on the Termination Date as so extended. As of the Extension Date, any and all references in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to the “Termination Date” shall refer to the Termination Date as so extended.
SECTION 2.17 Increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) The Borrower may, at any time (but no more than once in any consecutive 12‑month period), by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request an increase in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments by not less than $5,000,000 (each such proposed increase, a “Commitment Increase”) to be effective as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to the scheduled Termination Date then in effect (the “Increase Date”) as specified in the related notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that (i) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Facility at any time exceed $700,000,000 and (ii) on the date of any request by the Borrower for a Commitment Increase and on the related Increase Date, the applicable conditions set forth in Article III shall be satisfied.
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On each Increase Date, upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 2.17(d), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders (including, without limitation, each Acceding Lender) and the Borrower, at or before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time), by posting such notice on an Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with Section 9.02(c), of the occurrence of the Commitment Increase to be effected on such Increase Date and shall record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each Increasing Lender and each Acceding Lender on such date.
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SECTION 2.18 Defaulting Lenders. (a) If a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, if any Letter of Credit is at the time outstanding, each Issuing Bank may (except, in the case of a Defaulting Lender, to the extent the Commitments have been fully reallocated pursuant to Section 2.18(b)), by notice to the Borrower and such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender through the Administrative Agent, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to such Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit in amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unreallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender or such Potential Defaulting Lender to be applied pro rata in respect thereof, or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to such Issuing Bank in their sole discretion to protect them against the risk of non‑payment by such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender.
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SECTION 2.19 Cash Collateral Account. (a) Grant of Security. The Borrower hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties, a security interest in, the Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the L/C Cash Collateral Account and all (i) funds and financial assets from time to time credited thereto (including, without limitation, all Cash Equivalents), all interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such funds and financial assets, and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the L/C Cash Collateral Account, (ii) and all promissory notes, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, checks and other instruments from time to time delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent for or on behalf of the Borrower, in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the then existing L/C Account Collateral and (iii) all interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
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SECTION 2.20 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Applicable Lending Office, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender (a “Departing Lender”) to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Sections 9.01(b) and 9.07, as applicable, in each case except to the extent provided in this Section 2.20), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.12) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Replacement Lender that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each Departing Lender required to make an assignment pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall promptly execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance with the applicable Replacement Lender. If such Departing Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement within a period of time deemed reasonable by the Administrative Agent after the later of (i) the date on which the Replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and (ii) the date on which the Departing Lender receives all payments described in clause (b) of this Section 2.20, then such Departing Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Departing Lender.
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance or Citi to continue the Existing Letter of Credit under this Agreement or of any Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit on the occasion of the Initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent before or concurrently with the Initial Extension of Credit:
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SECTION 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing, Issuance and Renewal, Extension and Increase. (a) The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance (other than a Letter of Credit Advance made by an Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) on the occasion of each Borrowing (including the initial Borrowing), the obligation of Citi to continue the Existing Letter of Credit under this Agreement and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit (including the initial issuance) or renew a Letter of Credit and the right of the Borrower to request an extension of the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.16 or a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.17 shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 (to the extent not previously satisfied pursuant to that Section) and such further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing, issuance or renewal, or such Extension Date or Increase Date (i) (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of such Lender or such Issuing Bank a Notice of Borrowing, a Notice of Issuance, a notice requesting an extension of the Termination Date or a notice requesting a Commitment Increase, as applicable, and an Availability Certificate demonstrating that the Facility Available Amount as of the date of such Borrowing, issuance, or renewal, such Extension Date or such Increase Date (calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Borrowing, issuance, renewal, extension or Commitment Increase) will be greater than or equal to the Facility Exposure, and (B) the following statements shall be true and the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of such Lender or such Issuing Bank (to the extent not previously included in an applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated the date of such Borrowing, issuance or renewal or such Extension Date or such Increase Date, stating that:
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and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to confirm (A) the accuracy of the Loan Parties’ representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents, (B) the Loan Parties’ timely compliance with the terms, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, (C) the absence of any Default or Event of Default and (D) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party or the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their Obligations under the Loan Documents.
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provided that (a) the sum of each Non‑Defaulting Lender’s total Revolving Credit Exposure and total Letter of Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Commitment of such Non‑Defaulting Lender, and (b) neither any such reallocation nor any payment by a Non‑Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto nor any such Cash Collateralization or reduction will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, or cause such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender to be a Non‑Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 3.03 Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Advance. The obligation of each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance on the occasion of a Competitive Bid Borrowing to make such Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 and further subject to the conditions precedent that (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received with respect thereto (i) the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and (ii) the Competitive Bid Acceptance Notice, and (b) the giving of the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing the statements in clauses (I), (II) and (III) of Section 3.02(a)(i)(B) are true.
SECTION 3.04 Determinations Under Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03, each Lender Party shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lender Parties unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender Party prior to the Initial Extension of Credit (in the case of Section 3.01) or the applicable Borrowing, issuance, renewal, extension or increase (in the case of Section 3.02) or the Competitive Bid Borrowing (in the case of Section 3.03) specifying its objection thereto and, in the case of a Borrowing, such Lender Party shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender Party’s ratable portion of such Borrowing.
ARTICLE iV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01 Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants as follows:
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COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
SECTION 5.01 Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party will:
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SECTION 5.02 Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party shall have any Commitment hereunder, no Loan Party will, at any time:
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SECTION 5.03 Reporting Requirements. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties in accordance with Section 9.02(b):
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SECTION 5.04 Financial Covenants. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party shall have, at any time after the Initial Extension of Credit, any Commitment hereunder, the Parent will:
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To the extent any calculations described in Sections 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) are required to be made on any date of determination other than the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Parent, such calculations shall be made on a pro forma basis to account for any acquisitions or dispositions of Assets, and the incurrence or repayment of any Debt for borrowed money relating to such Assets, that have occurred since the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Parent most recently ended. To the extent any calculations described in Sections 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) are required to be made on a Test Date relating to (a) an Advance or (b) any addition, removal, redesignation or Transfer of any Unencumbered Asset pursuant to Section 5.01(j) or Section 5.02(e)(ii), such calculations shall be made both before and on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Advance or such Transfer, as applicable. All such calculations shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
aRTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
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then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Commitments of each Lender Party and the obligation of each Lender Party to make Advances (other than Letter of Credit Advances by an Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) and of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, (A) by notice to the Borrower, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, and (B) by notice to each party required under the terms of any agreement in support of which a Letter of Credit is issued, request that all Obligations under such agreement be declared to be due and payable; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under any Bankruptcy Law, (y) the Commitments of each Lender Party and the obligation of each Lender Party to make Advances (other than Letter of Credit Advances by an Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) and of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall automatically be terminated and (z) the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and (iii) shall at the request, or may with the consent of the Required Lenders, proceed to enforce its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lender Parties by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 6.02 Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, or shall at the request of the Required Lenders, irrespective of whether it is taking any of the actions described in Section 6.01 or 2.20(e) or otherwise, make demand upon the Borrower to, and forthwith upon such demand the Borrower will, pay to the
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Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lender Parties in same day funds at the Administrative Agent’s office designated in such demand, for deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding. If at any time the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank determines that any funds held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties with respect to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Available Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account that the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, such funds shall be applied to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank or Lenders, as applicable, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
SECTION 7.01 Guaranty; Limitation of Liability. (a) Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrower and each other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations, but in each case excluding all Excluded Swap Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in enforcing any rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party. This Guaranty is and constitutes a guaranty of payment and not merely of collection.
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SECTION 7.02 Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party with respect thereto. The Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or whether the Borrower or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
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SECTION 7.03 Waivers and Acknowledgments. (a) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person or any collateral.
SECTION 7.04 Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor or any collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set‑off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the termination in whole of the Commitments and (c) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative
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Agent and the Lender Parties, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, (iii) the termination in whole of the Commitments shall have occurred and (iv) all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
SECTION 7.05 Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a Guaranty Supplement, (i) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Agreement to a “Guarantor” or a “Loan Party” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Loan Document to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and (ii) each reference herein to “this Agreement”, “this Guaranty”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to this Agreement and this Guaranty, and each reference in any other Loan Document to the “Loan Agreement”, “Guaranty”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Agreement and this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement and this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.
SECTION 7.06 Indemnification by Guarantors. (a) Without limitation on any other Obligations of any Guarantor or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lender Parties under this Agreement, this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents, each Guarantor shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lender Parties and each of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party in connection with or as a result of any failure of any Guaranteed Obligations to be the legal, valid and binding obligations of any Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 7.07 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Loan Party (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 7.07.
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SECTION 7.08 Continuing Guaranty; Effect of Release. (a) This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (ii) the termination in whole of the Commitments and (iii) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (b) be binding upon the Guarantors, their successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties and their successors, transferees and assigns.
SECTION 7.09 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its Guaranteed Obligations in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 7.09 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 7.09, or otherwise in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, as it relates to such other Loan Party, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until a discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 7.09 constitute, and this Section 7.09 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action. Each Lender Party (in its capacities as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential Hedge Banks) hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders or such greater number of Lenders as may be required pursuant to this Agreement, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lender Parties and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law. The Administrative Agent agrees to give to each Lender Party prompt notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no Person identified as a syndication agent, documentation agent, senior manager, joint lead arranger or joint book running manager, in such Person’s capacity as such, shall have any obligations or duties to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party under any of such Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lender Parties’ contractual representative, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Lender Parties as used within the meaning of “Secured Party” under Section 9‑102 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
SECTION 8.02 The Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with the Loan Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (a) in the case of the Administrative Agent, may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Administrative Agent receives and accepts an Accession Agreement entered into by an Acceding Lender as provided in Section 2.17 or an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender that is the payee of such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, or, in the case of any other Agent, the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Administrative Agent that it has received and accepted such Accession Agreement or Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be, in each case as provided in Section 9.07; (b) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for any Loan Party), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender Party and shall not be responsible to any Lender Party for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with the Loan Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance, observance or satisfaction of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any Loan Document on the part of any Loan Party or the existence at any time of any Default under the Loan Documents or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any Loan Party; (e) shall not be responsible to any Lender Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any electronic signature delivered pursuant to Section 9.08); (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of any Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy or other electronic communication) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties; and (g) shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Bankruptcy Law or that
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SECTION 8.03 Citibank and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitments, the Advances made by it and the Notes issued to it, Citibank shall have the same rights and powers under the Loan Documents as any other Lender Party and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the term “Lender Party” or “Lender Parties” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party and any Person that may do business with or own securities of any Loan Party or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank were not the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lender Parties.
SECTION 8.04 Lender Party Credit Decision. Each Lender Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent or any of its respective directors, officers, agents or employees to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender Party and each Lender Party confirms to the Administrative Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Administrative Agent or any of its respective directors, officers, agents or employees.
SECTION 8.05 Indemnification by Lender Parties. (a) Each Lender Party severally agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not promptly reimbursed by the Borrower) from and against such Lender Party’s ratable share (determined as provided below) of any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, litigation, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”); provided, however, that no Lender Party shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, litigation, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as found in a final, non‑appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender Party severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) payable by the Borrower under Section 9.04, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the Borrower. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 8.05 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender Party or any other Person. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnified Costs following payment by any Lender Party to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnified Costs pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.
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SECTION 8.06 Successor Agents. (a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lender Parties and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that any removal of the Administrative Agent will not be effective until it (or its Affiliate) has been replaced as an Issuing Bank and released from all obligations in respect thereof. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which appointment shall, provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be subject to the consent of the Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders’ removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lender Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by this Agreement, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. If within 45 days after written notice is given of the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal under this Section 8.06 no successor Administrative Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment, then on such 45th day (i) the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal shall become effective, (ii) the retiring Administrative Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents and (iii) the Required Lenders shall thereafter perform all duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Agent shall have
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become effective, the provisions of this Article IX shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.07 Relationship of Administrative Agent and Lenders. The relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the relationship among the Lenders, is not intended by the parties to create, and shall not create, any trust, joint venture or partnership relation between them.
SECTION 8.08 Certain ERISA Matters. (a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
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Each of the Administrative Agent and each Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Advances, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Advances, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Advances, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including, without limitation, structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
SECTION 8.09 Payments in Error. (a) If the Administrative Agent notifies a Lender Party or any other Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender Party (any such Lender Party or other recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to any Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property
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of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Payment Recipient shall promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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aRTICLE IX
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SECTION 9.01 Amendments, Etc. (f) (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Lenders indicated below, do any of the following at any time: (i) modify the definition of Required Lenders or otherwise change the percentage vote of the Lenders required to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in each case without the consent of each affected Lender, (ii) release the Borrower with respect to the Obligations or, except to the extent expressly permitted under this Agreement, reduce or limit the obligations of any Guarantor under Article VII or release such Guarantor or otherwise limit such Guarantor’s liability with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations without the consent of each Lender, (iii) permit the Borrower Parties to encumber the Unencumbered Assets, except as expressly permitted in the Loan Documents, without the consent of each Lender, (iv) amend this Section 9.01 without the consent of each Lender, (v) increase the Commitment of any Lender or subject any Lender to any additional obligations (other than as provided by Section 2.17), without the consent of such Lender, (vi) forgive or reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents or any fees or other amounts payable thereunder to any Lender, without the consent of such Lender, (vii) postpone or extend any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder to any Lender (other than as provided by Section 2.07(d)), in each case without the consent of such Lender, (viii) extend the Termination Date, other than as provided by Section 2.16, without the consent of each affected Lender, (ix) modify the definition of Pro Rata Share without the consent of each Lender, (x) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Debt without the consent of each Lender or (xi) modify Section 2.11(f) or any provisions requiring payment to be made for the ratable account of the Lenders without the consent of each Lender; provided, however, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each Issuing Bank, in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights
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or obligations of any Issuing Bank under this Agreement; (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and (C) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, amend, waive or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 2.07(e) or the defined terms herein pertaining to the establishment, replacement or computation of any interest rate or interest rate margin applicable to any Obligations hereunder (except, in each case, in accordance with Sections 2.07(d), 2.07(e) and 9.01(d)).
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“YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 3, 2024 AMONG EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES LP, EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC., CITIBANK, N.A. AND THE LENDER PARTIES PARTY THERETO. FAILURE TO RESPOND IN WRITING TO THIS REQUEST WITHIN SUCH TEN (10) BUSINESS DAY PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN YOUR DEEMED CONSENT TO THIS REQUEST.” and if such Lender fails to respond to such second request within such second period, such Lender shall be deemed to have consented to such request.
SECTION 9.02 Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other Communications provided for hereunder shall be either (x) in writing (including telecopier communication) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand or by overnight courier service, (y) as and to the extent set forth in Section 9.02(b) and in the proviso to this Section 9.02(a), in an electronic medium and delivered as set forth in Section 9.02(b) or (z) as and to the extent expressly permitted in this Agreement, transmitted by e‑mail, provided that such e‑mail shall in all cases include an attachment (in PDF format or similar format) containing a legible signature of the person providing such notice, if to the Borrower, at its address at c/o Easterly Government Properties, Inc., 2001 K Street NW, Suite 775 North, Washington, D.C. 20006, Attention: Meghan Baivier, President and Chief Operating Officer and Allison Marino, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer or, if applicable, at mbaivier@easterlyreit.com and amarino@easterlyreit.com (and in the case of transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to the attention of Meghan Baivier, President and Chief Operating Officer and Allison Marino, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at c/o Easterly Government Properties, Inc., 2001 K Street NW, Suite 775 North, Washington, D.C. 20006); if to any Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office or, if applicable, at the telecopy number or e‑mail address specified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto (and in the case of a transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to its Domestic Lending Office); if to any other Lender Party, at its Domestic Lending Office or, if applicable, at the telecopy number or e‑mail address specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender Party (and in the case of a transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to its Domestic Lending Office); if to Citibank in its role as an Initial Issuing Bank, at its address at 1 Penns Way, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department, or, if applicable, at agencyabtfsupport@citi.com (and in the case of a transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to 1 Penns Way, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department); if to PNC in its role as an Initial Issuing Bank, at its address at PNC Real Estate, 800 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, Attention: Shari Reams-Henofer, Senior Vice President, or, if applicable, at shari.reams@pnc.com; if to Wells Fargo in its role as an Initial Issuing Bank, at its address at 550 South Tryon Street, 22nd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202, Attention: Oliver Woodruff, with a copy to: 550 South Tryon Street, 22nd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202, Attention: Angela Dale; if to Truist in its role as an Initial Issuing Bank, at its address at 110 S. Stratford Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104, or, if applicable, at CapitalMarkets-W-S@truist.com (and in the case of a transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to 110 S. Stratford Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104); and if to the Administrative Agent, at its address at 1 Penns Way, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department, or, if applicable, at agencyabtfsupport@citi.com (and in the case of a transmission by e‑mail, with a copy by U.S. mail to 1 Penns Way, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department) or, as to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. All notices, demands, requests, consents and other Communications described in this clause (a) shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iii) if delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet website or a similar telecommunication device requiring that a user have prior access to such Approved Electronic Platform, website
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or other device (to the extent permitted by Section 9.02(b) to be delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other Communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action prior to obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information, compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person has been notified in respect of such posting that a Communication has been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform, provided that if requested by any Lender Party, the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy of the Communications to such Lender Party by e‑mail or telecopier and (iv) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications device, upon receipt by the sender of a response from any one recipient, or from an employee or representative of the Person receiving notice on behalf of such Person, acknowledging receipt (which response may not be an automatic computer‑generated response) and an identical notice is also sent simultaneously by mail, overnight courier or personal delivery as otherwise provide in this Section 9.02; provided, however, that notices and Communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II, III or IX shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof. Each Lender Party agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such Lender Party’s e‑mail address to which a notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic communication) on or before the date such Lender Party becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record an effective e‑mail address for such Lender Party) and (ii) that any notice may be sent to such e‑mail address.
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SECTION 9.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender Party or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein and therein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.04 Costs and Expenses. (a) Each Loan Party agrees jointly and severally to pay on demand (i) all reasonable and documented out‑of‑pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket (A) all due diligence, Asset review, syndication, transportation, computer, duplication, appraisal, audit, insurance, consultant, search, filing and recording fees and expenses, (B) fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto (including, without limitation, with respect to reviewing and advising on any matters required to be completed by the Loan Parties on a post‑closing basis), with respect to advising the Administrative Agent as to its rights and responsibilities, or the perfection, protection or preservation of rights or interests, under the Loan Documents, with respect to negotiations with any Loan Party or with other creditors of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries arising out of any Default or any events or circumstances that may give rise to a Default and with respect to presenting claims in or otherwise participating in or monitoring any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding involving creditors’ rights generally and any proceeding ancillary thereto and (C) fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect to the preparation, execution, delivery and review of any documents and instruments at any time delivered pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.02 or 5.01(j) and (ii) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and, following the occurrence of any Event of Default, each Lender Party, in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of the Loan Documents, whether in any action, litigation, or any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent and each such Lender Party with respect thereto), provided, however, that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pay the costs and expenses of more than one counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, absent a conflict of interest (or in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel for all similarly conflicted Lender Parties), and any necessary or desirable local counsel (limited to tax, litigation and corporate counsel in each applicable jurisdiction or, in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional tax, litigation and corporate counsel in such jurisdiction for all similarly conflicted Lender Parties).
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SECTION 9.05 Right of Set‑off. Upon (a) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and otherwise apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender Party or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the Obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note or Notes and although such obligations may be unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender Party agrees promptly to notify the Borrower or such Loan Party after any such set‑off and application; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set‑off and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party and their respective Affiliates under this Section 9.05 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set‑off) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender Party and their respective Affiliates may have; provided, however, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender exercises such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off will be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.18(b) and, pending such payment, will be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender will provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.
SECTION 9.06 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Parent, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor named on the signature pages hereto and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender and each Initial Issuing Bank that such Initial Lender or such Initial Issuing Bank, as the case may be, has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parent, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors named on the signature pages hereto and the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party and their respective successors and assigns, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lender Parties.
SECTION 9.07 Assignments and Participations; Replacement Notes. (a) Each Lender may (and, if demanded by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20 or Section 9.01(b) will) assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment or Commitments, the Advances owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of one or more of the Facilities (other than any right to make Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid Advances owing to it), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender or a Fund Affiliate of any Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Commitments being assigned to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 under each Facility or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or such lesser amount as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of effectiveness of such assignment, the Borrower), (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20 or Section 9.01(b) shall be an assignment at par of all rights and obligations of the assigning Lender
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under this Agreement, (v) no such assignments shall be permitted (A) until the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Lender Parties that syndication of the Commitments hereunder has been completed, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, and (B) at any other time without the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower (which consent, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and in the case of the Borrower, such approval shall be deemed given if not denied in writing within ten (10) Business Days following a request therefor), except if such assignment is being made by a Lender to an Affiliate or Fund Affiliate of such Lender, (vi) no such assignments shall be made to any Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender or any of their respective subsidiariesSubsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause, and (vii) except to the extent contemplated by Sections 2.20 and 9.01(b), the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and, except if such assignment is being made by a Lender to an Affiliate or Fund Affiliate of such Lender, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided, however, that (x) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment, and (y) for each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20 or Section 9.01(b), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the applicable processing and recordation fee. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment will be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Advances previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Advances and participants in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder becomes effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this Section 9.07(a), then the assignee of such interest will be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
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SECTION 9.08 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier or by e-mail with a pdf or similar attachment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Copies of originals, including copies delivered by facsimile, .pdf, or other electronic means, shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature 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. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an electronic signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it. Without limitation of the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such electronic signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lender Parties and Issuing Banks shall be entitled to rely on any such electronic signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any other party hereto without further verification and regardless of the appearance or form of such electronic signature and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party, any electronic signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Each Loan Party hereby waives (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document and (ii) any claim against the Administrative Agent, each Lender Party and each Issuing Bank for any liabilities arising solely from such Person’s reliance on or use of electronic signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any electronic signature.
SECTION 9.09 Severability. In case one or more provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 9.10 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in any other Loan Document or made in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, the making of the Advances and any investigation made by or on behalf of the any Lender Party, none of which investigations shall diminish any Lender Party’s right to rely on such representations and warranties.
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SECTION 9.11 Usury Not Intended. It is the intent of the Borrower and each Lender Party in the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to contract in strict compliance with applicable usury laws, including conflicts of law concepts, governing the Advances of each Lender Party including such applicable laws of the State of New York and the United States of America from time to time in effect. In furtherance thereof, the Lender Parties and the Borrower stipulate and agree that none of the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall ever be construed to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the use forbearance or detention of money, interest at a rate in excess of the Maximum Rate and that for purposes hereof “interest” shall include the aggregate of all charges which constitute interest under such laws that are contracted for, taken, charged, received, reserved or paid under this Agreement; and in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, under any circumstances the aggregate amounts contracted for, taken, charged, received, reserved or paid on the Advances, include amounts which, by applicable law, are deemed interest which would exceed the Maximum Rate, then such excess shall be deemed to be a mistake and, each Lender Party receiving the same shall credit the same on the principal of the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents (or if such Obligations shall have been paid in full, refund said excess to the Borrower). In the event that the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents are accelerated by reason of any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest may never include more than the Maximum Rate and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited on the principal of the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents (or, if such Obligations shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Borrower). In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable under any specific contingencies exceeds the Maximum Rate, the Borrower and the Lender Parties shall to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the Facilities all amounts considered to be interest under applicable law at any time contracted for, taken, charged, received, reserved or paid in connection with the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall control over all other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which may be in apparent conflict herewith.
SECTION 9.12 No Liability of Issuing Bank. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of Credit. None of any Issuing Bank or any of its officers or directors shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by such Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a claim against such Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank shall be liable to the Borrower, to the extent of any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by the Borrower that the Borrower proves were caused by (i) such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final, non‑appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or (ii) such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under a Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
SECTION 9.13 Confidentiality. (a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any such Related Party (including any self‑regulatory
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authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or any pledgee in connection with any pledge made pursuant to Section 9.07(i), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or (B) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (vii) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Facility, (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Facility or (C) external auditors as may be required by a Lender Party’s policies or policies of any governmental or quasi‑governmental entity affecting a Lender Party, (viii) with the consent of the Borrower or (ix) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.13 or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender Party, such Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a non‑confidential basis from a source other than the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries without the Administrative Agent, such Lender Party, such Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates having knowledge that a duty of confidentiality to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has been breached. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement (as and to the extent the same is otherwise publicly available from sources that are not as a result of a breach of this Agreement) to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information that any Loan Party furnishes to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in writing designated as confidential, but does not include any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than by way of a breach of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 9.13 or that is or becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party from a source other than the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party and not in violation of any confidentiality agreement with respect to such information that is actually known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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SECTION 9.14 Release of Guarantors. (a) Within five (5) Business Days following the written request by the Parent, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender Parties, shall release all Subsidiary Guarantors from their respective obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document so long as: (i) there is no monetary Event of Default existing under this Agreement at the time of such request and no Default or Event of Default will exist immediately following such release; (ii) the Borrower or the Parent shall have received and have in effect at such time an Investment Grade Rating; and (iii) a Responsible Officer of the Parent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent stating that each Subsidiary Guarantor is either being released from its obligations under any Senior Financing Transaction or has not then provided (and is not then required by the terms of such Senior Financing Transaction to provide) a guaranty with respect to any Senior Financing Transaction to which any Loan Party is a party or to which it is simultaneously (or substantially simultaneously) entering into; provided, however, that in the event the Parent is not able to make such statement with respect to any specific Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document until the Parent makes such statement with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor, but all other Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released as provided herein (collectively, clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be considered a “Release Event”). In addition, following a Release Event, a Subsidiary of the Parent shall not be required to become a Guarantor hereunder unless and until such Subsidiary thereafter becomes a guarantor or borrower in respect of a Senior Financing Transaction, in which case such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01(j)(v).
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SECTION 9.15 Patriot Act Notification; Anti-Money Laundering Act; Beneficial Ownership. Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that (a) pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and other Anti-Corruption Laws and anti-terrorism laws and regulations, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act and such other Anti-Corruption Laws and anti-terrorism laws and regulations and (b) pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required, to the extent that Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, to obtain a Beneficial Ownership Certification in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, provide, to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by any Agent or any Lender to assist such Agent or Lender in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act and other Anti-Corruption Laws and anti-terrorism laws and regulations including Sanctions and the Trading with the Enemy Act.
SECTION 9.16 Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or other proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, against any other party hereto in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts, and each of parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted or required by law, in such Federal court. Each of the Loan Parties agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
SECTION 9.17 Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including but not limited to the validity, interpretation, construction, breach, enforcement or termination hereof and thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 9.18 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDER PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE ADVANCES, THE LETTERS OF CREDIT OR THE ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
SECTION 9.19 No Fiduciary Duties. Each Loan Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between the Administrative Agent, any Lender Party or any Affiliate thereof, on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other. The Loan Parties agree that the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s‑length commercial transactions. Each Loan Party agrees that it has consulted its own legal and
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financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each of the Loan Parties acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and their respective Affiliates may have interests in, or may be providing or may in the future provide financial or other services to other parties with interests which a Loan Party may regard as conflicting with its interests and may possess information (whether or not material to the Loan Parties) other than as a result of (x) the Administrative Agent acting as administrative agent hereunder or (y) the Lender Parties acting in their respective capacities as such hereunder, that the Administrative Agent or any such Lender Party may not be entitled to share with any Loan Party. Without prejudice to the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties agrees that the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and their respective Affiliates may (a) deal (whether for its own or its customers’ account) in, or advise on, securities of any Person, and (b) accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with other Persons in each case, as if the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent and as if the Lender Parties were not Lender Parties, and without any duty to account therefor to the Loan Parties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably waives, in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and the Arrangers, any conflict of interest which may arise by virtue of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and/or the Lender Parties acting in various capacities under the Loan Documents or for other customers of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any Lender Party as described in this Section 9.19.
SECTION 9.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
SECTION 9.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Guaranteed Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
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