Excluded Debt means (i) intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) credit extensions under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Securitization Facility, (iii) (x) credit extensions under any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower arising from cash pooling and related overdraft arrangements in the ordinary course of business and (y) credit extensions under any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower set forth on Schedule 1.01 (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) and any refinancing, renewal, refunding, extension or replacement thereof (in each case, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than a Guarantee by the Borrower) and excluding debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the refinanced, renewed, refunded, extended or replaced funded amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest or premiums thereon and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith plus (without duplication) an amount equal to any commitment unutilized thereunder and (iv) other Indebtedness (other than debt securities and syndicated credit facilities) not included in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above in an outstanding aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000; provided, further, in no event shall any Indebtedness (other than credit extensions pursuant to immediately preceding clause (ii)) which gives effect (whether in whole or in part) to the refinancing, renewal, refunding, extension or replacement of the Borrower’s existing 6.625% Notes due 2016 constitute “Excluded Debt”.
Excluded Indebtedness means all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.
Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (i) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (ii) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.
Permitted Debt means any Financial Indebtedness:
Excluded Equity means any Voting Stock in excess of 66% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of any direct Subsidiary of any Grantor that is a Non-U.S. Person. For the purposes of this definition, “Voting Stock” means, as to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or other ownership interests of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).
Excluded Costs means the following expenses, as they relate to the Building Operating Costs and the Project Operating Costs (as defined below): (i) depreciation, interest, and amortization on mortgages or ground lease payments, (ii) legal fees incurred in negotiating and enforcing tenant leases, (iii) real estate brokers’ leasing commissions, (iv) initial improvements or alterations to tenant spaces, (v) the cost of providing any service directly to and paid directly by any individual tenant, if the cost of providing such service would have otherwise been included in Building’s Operating Costs, (vi) any costs expressly excluded from Operating Expenses elsewhere in this Lease, (vii) costs of any items for which Landlord receives reimbursement from insurance proceeds or a third party (such costs shall be excluded from Operating Expenses in the year in which the reimbursement is received), but any deductible amount under any insurance policy shall be included within Operating Expenses, (viii) costs of capital improvements, except as specifically provided herein, (ix) costs incurred for the benefit of a single tenant (for example, tenant improvement costs to build-out a particular suite), (x) costs incurred due to Landlord’s breach of a lease, law, or ordinance, (xi) repairs necessitated by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, (xii) the cost of earthquake or flood insurance, unless required by Landlord’s Lender and in such event an amount reasonably estimated by Landlord to approximate the cost of such coverage as if such coverage been carried during the Base Year shall be added to Direct Expenses for the Base Year, (xiii) overhead profit increments paid to Landlord’s subsidiaries or affiliates for management or other services on or to the building or for supplies or other materials to the extent that the cost of the services, supplies, or materials exceeds the cost that would have been paid had the services, supplies, or materials been provided by unaffiliated parties on a competitive basis, (xiv) any compensation paid to clerks, attendants, or other persons in commercial concessions operated by Landlord, (xv) advertising and promotional expenditures, (xvi) costs of repairs and other work occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other casualty covered by insurance, (xvii) management costs to the extent they exceed 5% of all gross rent collected, (xviii) costs for sculpture, paintings, or other objects of art (nor insurance thereon or extraordinary security in connection therewith), (xix) wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to any executive employees above the grade of building manager, (xx) the cost of correcting any building code or other violations which were violations prior to the Lease Commencement Date, and (xxi) the cost of containing, removing, or otherwise remediating any contamination of the Property (including the underlying land and ground water) by any toxic or hazardous materials (including, without limitation, asbestos and “PCB’s”) where such contamination was not caused by Tenant.
Excluded Asset Disposition means an Asset Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 other than Asset Dispositions pursuant to Sections 7.05(vii), (xiii), and (xv).
Excluded Cash means (a) any cash of the Loan Parties allocated for, reserved or otherwise set aside to pay (i) amounts then due and owing to unaffiliated third parties for which any of the Loan Parties have issued (or will issue within five (5) Business Days) checks or have initiated (or will initiate within five (5) Business Days) wires or ACH transfers in order to pay such amounts or (ii) the reasonably estimated balance of the purchase price and closing costs anticipated to be paid to unaffiliated third parties in connection with a “sign and close” purchase and sale agreement or other acquisition agreement for which any of the Loan Parties have issued (or will issue within five (5) Business Days) checks or have initiated (or will initiate within five (5) Business Days) wires or ACH transfers in order to pay such amounts, (b) cash allocated for, reserved or otherwise set aside for and solely used for (i) payroll or employee benefit payment obligations, (ii) the payment of severance and ad valorem taxes and other taxes of any Loan Party, and (iii) royalty and working interest payments, vendor payments and suspense payments owing to third parties, (c) cash collateral accounts with respect to letters of credit, (d) any cash or cash equivalents of any Loan Party (1) held in escrow by an unaffiliated third party and constituting purchase price deposits and/or (2) held by any Loan Party constituting the reasonably estimated balance of the purchase price and closing costs, in each case held in connection with a pending acquisition from an unaffiliated third party reasonably projected to close within the next succeeding sixty (60) days pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement, and (e) any cash or cash equivalents of any Loan Party held by any Loan Party constituting the reasonably estimated amount of any cash distributions with respect to the Borrower’s Equity Interests that the Borrower intends to make to holders of its Equity Interests, in each case which distributions are expressly permitted pursuant to Section 9.04(d) and which distributions shall be made within the next succeeding thirty (30) days.
Other Permitted Indebtedness means (a) accrued expenses and current trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of any Obligor’s business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising in connection with transactions in the ordinary course of any Obligor’s business in connection with its purchasing of securities, derivatives transactions, reverse repurchase agreements or dollar rolls to the extent such transactions are permitted under the Investment Company Act and the Investment Policies, provided that such Indebtedness does not arise in connection with the purchase of Portfolio Investments other than Cash Equivalents and U.S. Government Securities and (c) Indebtedness in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal so long as such judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (l) of Article VII.
Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness means Indebtedness (including Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness was Indebtedness:
Permitted Acquired Debt shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
Permitted Prior Working Capital Lien means, with respect to any borrower under a Bank Loan, a security interest to secure a senior facility for such borrower and/or any of its parents and/or subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Bank Loan has a second priority lien on the collateral that is subject to the first priority lien of such senior facility (or a pari passu lien on such collateral), (ii) such senior facility is not secured by any other assets (other than a pari passu lien or a second priority lien, subject to the pari passu or first priority lien of the Bank Loan) and does not benefit from any standstill rights or other agreements (other than customary rights) with respect to any other assets and (iii) the maximum outstanding principal amount of such senior facility is not greater than 15% of the aggregate enterprise value of such borrower (as determined at the time of closing of the transaction, and thereafter an enterprise value for such borrower determined in a manner consistent with the valuation methodology applied in the valuation for such borrower as determined by the Advisor (so long as it has the necessary delegated authority) or the Borrower’s board of directors (or the appropriate committee thereof with the necessary delegated authority) in a commercially reasonable manner, including the use of an Approved Third-Party Appraiser in the case of Unquoted Investments).
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.
Permitted Subsidiary Indebtedness means any of the following:
Excluded Contract means, at any date, any rights or interest of the Borrower or any Guarantor under any agreement, contract, license, instrument, document or other general intangible (referred to solely for purposes of this definition as a “Contract”) to the extent that such Contract by the terms of a restriction in favor of a Person who is not the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any requirement of law, prohibits, or requires any consent or establishes any other condition for or would terminate because of an assignment thereof or a grant of a security interest therein by the Borrower or a Guarantor; provided that (i) rights under any such Contract otherwise constituting an Excluded Contract by virtue of this definition shall be included in the Collateral to the extent permitted thereby or by Section 9-406 or Section 9-408 of the Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) all proceeds paid or payable to any of the Borrower or any Guarantor from any sale, transfer or assignment of such Contract and all rights to receive such proceeds shall be included in the Collateral.
Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien secured notes or second lien secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that such differences are not more favorable to the investors in such secured Indebtedness), (v) such Indebtedness is not also incurred by or guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and is not incurred by or guaranteed by any other Person, (vi) an agent or representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness (a “Second Lien Agent”) shall have become party to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”); provided that, if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Agent for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) the other terms and conditions of such secured Indebtedness are on the whole substantially identical to, or less favorable to the investors providing such secured Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (except for (x) pricing, fees, rate floors and prepayment or redemption premiums, which shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance, (y) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained and (z) differences that reflect the nature of such secured debt as fixed or floating rate securities), and (viii) a Responsible Officer shall have certified compliance with the foregoing requirements and that the incurrence of such Indebtedness complies with Section 6.2.
Acquisition Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that has been incurred for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, an Acquisition and any related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any related bridge facilities or any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Persons or assets to be acquired); provided that either (a) the release of the proceeds thereof to the Company and the Subsidiaries is contingent upon the substantially simultaneous consummation of such Acquisition (and, if the definitive agreement for such Acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, or if such Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to such Indebtedness, then, in each case, such proceeds are, and pursuant to the terms of such definitive documentation are required to be, promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or a similar provision) if such Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing, governing the rights of the holders of or otherwise relating to such Indebtedness (and, if the definitive agreement for such Acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or such Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date so specified, such Indebtedness is, and pursuant to such “special mandatory redemption” (or similar) provision is required to be, redeemed or otherwise satisfied and discharged within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).
Excluded Country means one of the following countries from which Non-Medical Emergency Evacuations are not available such as Afghanistan Chechnya Democratic Republic of the Congo Iran Iraq Israel West Bank Israel Gaza Strip Ivory Coast Lebanon Libya North Korea Somalia Sudan Syria or any country subject to the administration and enforcement of U.S. economic embargoes and trade sanctions by the OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSET CONTROLS (OFAC);
Excluded Equity Interests means, collectively: (i) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with respect to which the grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien upon, and the pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of, such Equity Interests, to secure the Obligations (and any guaranty thereof) are validly prohibited by Requirements of Law; (ii) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with respect to which the grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien upon, and the pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of, such Equity Interests, to secure the Obligations (and any guaranty thereof) require the consent, approval or waiver of any Governmental Authority or other third party and such consent, approval or waiver has not been obtained by Borrower following Borrower’s commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the same; (iii) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that the grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of a security interest in and Lien upon, and the pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, of, such Equity Interests, to secure the Obligations (and any guaranty thereof) are validly prohibited by, or would give any third party (other than Borrower or an Affiliate of Borrower) the right to terminate its obligations under, the Operating Documents or the joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement with respect to, or any other contract with such third party relating to such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, including any contract evidencing Indebtedness of such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Code or other Requirements of Law), but only, in each case, to the extent, and for so long as such Operating Document, joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement or other contract is in effect; (iv) any Equity Interests in any other Subsidiary with respect to which, Borrower and the Collateral Agent reasonably determine by mutual agreement that the cost (including Tax costs) of granting the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, a security interest in and Lien upon, and pledging to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders and the other Secured Parties, such Equity Interests, to secure the Obligations (and any guaranty thereof) are excessive, relative to the value to be afforded to the Secured Parties thereby.
Excluded Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Equity Issuance means (i) any issuance of Equity Interest by a member of the Restricted Group to another member of the Restricted Group, (ii) any issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower pursuant to an equity incentive or compensation plan or pursuant to a dividend reinvestment or share purchase plan, and (iii) any issuance of Equity Interest in Parent to acquire limited partnership interests in PREIT.
Consolidated First Lien Net Debt means Consolidated Total Net Debt minus the sum of (i) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Net Debt that is not secured by any Lien on the Collateral and (ii) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Net Debt that is secured by Liens on the Collateral, which Liens are expressly subordinated or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations.
Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature prior to the Maturity Date of the Refinanced Debt and such Indebtedness shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than the Refinanced Debt, (iv) to the extent applicable, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) no Restricted Subsidiary guarantees such Indebtedness unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor (or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such Indebtedness); provided that, if, at any time, such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Guarantor, it shall not guarantee such Indebtedness, (vi) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence and issuance; provided, that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not substantially identical to the Indebtedness being refinanced, (x) such terms (taken as a whole) shall be less favorable to the providers of such Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt than those applicable to the Indebtedness being refinanced, except, in each case, for financial or other covenants or other provisions contained in such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity Date, or (y) such documentation shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (vii) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall have become a party to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (or any then-existing Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral as provided in clause (i) above). Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness means the amount of obligations outstanding under a receivables purchase facility on any date of determination that would be characterized as principal if such facility were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.
Permitted Indebtedness means, without duplication, each of the following:
Excluded Hedging Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) as it relates to all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of Hedging Obligations, any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation or (b) as it relates to all or a portion of the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure any Hedging Obligation (or secure any Guarantee in respect thereof), any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure such Hedging Obligation (or secure any Guarantee in respect thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation. If a Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal. As used in this definition, “Hedging Obligation” shall mean, 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.