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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: May 19, 2011
(Date of earliest event reported)
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland
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1-11718
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36-3857664 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission File No.)
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(IRS Employer Identification |
incorporation or organization)
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Number) |
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Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
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60606 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(312) 279-1400
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 19, 2011, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (the Company), through its operating
partnership, entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, Bank of America, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association, RBS Citizens, N.A., Goldman
Sachs Bank USA, Royal Bank of Canada, and Morgan Stanley Bank N.A., led by Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent), to increase the
borrowing capacity from $100 million under the current line of credit to $380 million (the Amended
Line of Credit) and to extend the maturity date to September 18, 2015. The Company has an eight
month extension option under the Amended Line of Credit, subject to payment by the Company of
certain administrative fees and the satisfaction of certain other enumerated conditions. The
Amended Line of Credit, accrues interest at an annual rate equal to the applicable LIBOR rate plus
1.65% to 2.50% per annum and contains a 0.30% to 0.40% facility fee and contains customary negative
and affirmative covenants. The spread over LIBOR and the facility fee pricing are variable based
on leverage throughout the loan term. The Company incurred commitment and arrangement fees of
approximately $3.6 million to enter into the Amended Line of Credit.
Pursuant to an amended and restated guaranty (the Amended Guaranty) dated May 19, 2011 among
the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent, the Company and two of
its subsidiaries have guaranteed all of the obligations of its operating partnership under the
Amended Line of Credit when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The preceding descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Line of
Credit and the Amended Guaranty copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.46 and Exhibit
10.47, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet arrangement of a Registrant
The information provided in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibit 10.46
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ($380 million Unsecured Revolving
Facility) dated May 19, 2011 |
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Exhibit 10.47
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Amended and Restated Guaranty dated May 19, 2011 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Michael B. Berman
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Michael B. Berman |
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: May 25, 2011
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Exhibit 10.46
Loan Number: 6023ZMC
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EXECUTION COPY |
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 19, 2011
by and among
MHC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as Borrower,
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.,
as Parent,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO
AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER SECTION 12.6.,
as Lenders,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and
Joint Bookrunners,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agent
and
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.,
as Managing Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I. Definitions |
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Section 1.1. Definitions |
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Section 1.2. General; References to Central time |
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Section 1.3. Financial Attributes of Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries |
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Article II. Credit Facility |
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Section 2.1. Revolving Loans |
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Section 2.2. Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.3. Swingline Loans |
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Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans |
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Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods |
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Section 2.6. Repayment of Revolving Loans |
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Section 2.7. Prepayments |
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Section 2.8. Continuation |
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Section 2.9. Conversion |
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Section 2.10. Notes |
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Section 2.11. Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment |
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Section 2.12. Extension of Termination Date |
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Section 2.13. Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Commitment
Termination |
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Section 2.14. Amount Limitations |
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Section 2.15. Reserved |
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Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements |
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Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General Provisions |
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Section 3.1. Payments |
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Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment |
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Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
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Section 3.4. Several Obligations |
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Section 3.5. Fees |
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Section 3.6. Computations |
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Section 3.7. Usury |
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Section 3.8. Statements of Account |
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Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 3.10. Taxes; Foreign Lenders |
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Article IV. Yield Protection, Etc. |
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Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy |
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Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans |
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Section 4.3. Illegality |
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Section 4.4. Compensation |
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Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans |
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Section 4.6. Affected Lenders |
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Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office |
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Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans |
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Article V. Conditions Precedent |
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Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent |
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Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit |
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Article VI. Representations and Warranties |
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Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties |
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Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. |
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Article VII. Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters |
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Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law |
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Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property |
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Section 7.4. Conduct of Business |
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Section 7.5. Insurance |
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Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes |
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Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections |
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Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds |
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Section 7.9. Environmental Matters |
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Section 7.10. Further Assurances |
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Section 7.11. REIT Status |
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Section 7.12. Exchange Listing |
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Article VIII. Information |
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Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements |
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Section 8.2. Year-End Statements |
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Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate |
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Section 8.4. Other Information |
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Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information |
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Section 8.6. Public/Private Information |
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Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance |
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Section 8.8. Qualifying Unencumbered Properties |
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Article IX. Negative Covenants |
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Section 9.1. Financial Covenants |
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Section 9.2. Indebtedness |
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Section 9.3. Liens |
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Section 9.4. Negative Pledge |
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Section 9.5. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers |
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Section 9.6. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements |
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Section 9.7. Plan Assets |
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Section 9.8. Fiscal Year |
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Section 9.9. Modifications of Organizational Documents |
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Section 9.10. Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 9.11. Environmental Matters |
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Section 9.12. Derivatives Contracts |
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Article X. Default |
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Section 10.1. Events of Default |
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Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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Section 10.3. Remedies Upon Default |
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Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside |
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Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds |
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Section 10.6. Letter of Credit Collateral Account |
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Section 10.7. Rescission of Acceleration by Supermajority Lenders |
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Section 10.8. Performance by Administrative Agent |
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Section 10.9. Rights Cumulative |
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Article XI. The Administrative Agent |
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Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization |
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Section 11.2. Wells Fargo as Lender |
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Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders |
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Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default |
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Section 11.5. Administrative Agents Reliance |
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Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent |
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Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc. |
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Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent |
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Section 11.9. Titled Agents |
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Article XII. Miscellaneous |
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Section 12.1. Notices |
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Section 12.2. Expenses |
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Section 12.3. Stamp, Intangible and Recording Taxes |
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Section 12.4. Setoff |
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Section 12.5. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers |
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Section 12.6. Successors and Assigns |
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Section 12.7. Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 12.8. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders |
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Section 12.9. Confidentiality |
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Section 12.10. Indemnification |
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Section 12.11. Termination; Survival |
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Section 12.12. Severability of Provisions |
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Section 12.13. GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 12.14. Counterparts |
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Section 12.15. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties |
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Section 12.16. Independence of Covenants |
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Section 12.17. Limitation of Liability |
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Section 12.18. Entire Agreement |
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Section 12.19. Construction |
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Section 12.20. Headings |
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Section 12.21. No Novation |
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SCHEDULE I
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Commitments |
SCHEDULE 1.1.
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Qualifying Unencumbered Properties |
SCHEDULE 6.1.(b)
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Ownership Structure |
SCHEDULE 6.1.(g)
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Non-Recourse Indebtedness |
SCHEDULE 6.1.(h)
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Litigation |
SCHEDULE 9.10.
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
EXHIBIT B
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Form of Guaranty |
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Notice of Borrowing |
EXHIBIT D
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Form of Notice of Continuation |
EXHIBIT E
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Form of Notice of Conversion |
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EXHIBIT F
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Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing |
EXHIBIT G
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Form of Revolving Note |
EXHIBIT H
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Form of Swingline Note |
EXHIBIT I
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Form of Transfer Authorizer Designation Form |
EXHIBIT J
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Form of Opinion of Counsel |
EXHIBIT K
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) dated as of May 19, 2011 by and
among MHC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State
of Illinois (the Borrower), EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., a corporation formed under the
laws of the State of Maryland (the Parent), MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
and WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers (each a Joint Lead Arranger) and Joint
Bookrunners (each a Joint Bookrunner), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory
hereto together with their successors and assignees under Section 12.6. (the Lenders), BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent (the Syndication Agent), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Documentation Agent (the Documentation Agent), RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Managing Agent (the
Managing Agent) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, successor in interest to Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders and other financial institutions have made available to
the Borrower a revolving credit facility in the amount of $350,000,000, including a $30,000,000
letter of credit subfacility and a $30,000,000 swingline subfacility, on the terms and conditions
contained in that certain Credit Agreement (Revolving Facility) dated as of June 29, 2006 (as
amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement) by and
among the Parent, the Borrower, MHC Trust, T1000 Trust, such Lenders, certain other financial
institutions, the Agent and the other parties thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders desire to
amend and restate the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement to make available to the Borrower
a revolving credit facility in the initial amount of $380,000,000 which will include a $30,000,000
swingline subfacility and a $30,000,000 letter of credit subfacility, on the terms and conditions
contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree that the Existing
Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Article I. Definitions
Section 1.1. Definitions.
In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:
Accession Agreement means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Annex I to the
Guaranty.
Accommodation Obligations as applied to any Person, means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of that Person in respect of which that Person is liable for any Indebtedness or other
obligation or liability of another Person, including without limitation and without duplication (a)
any such Indebtedness, obligation or liability directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed
(otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-made or
discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise
directly or indirectly liable, including Contractual Obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising
through any agreement to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, obligation or
liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof
(whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or
to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, or other financial condition,
or to make payment other than for value received and (b) any obligation of such Person arising
through such Persons status as a general partner of a general or limited partnership with respect
to any Indebtedness, obligation or liability of such general or limited partnership.
Additional Costs has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.(b).
Adjusted Asset Value means, as of any date of determination, (a) for any Property which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary has owned for less than 4 full fiscal quarters, the Net Price of the
Property paid by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary for such Property and (b) for any other
Property, the quotient of EBITDA attributable to such Property in a manner reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent for the then most recently ended period of 12 consecutive calendar months
divided by the Capitalization Rate.
Adjusted EBITDA means, for any given period, (a) the EBITDA for such period, minus (b)
Capital Reserves.
Administrative Agent means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as contractual
representative of the Lenders under this Agreement, or any successor Administrative Agent appointed
pursuant to Section 11.8.
Administrative Questionnaire means the Administrative Questionnaire completed by each Lender
and delivered to the Administrative Agent in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders from time to time.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower.
Agreement Date means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.
Applicable Facility Fee means the percentage set forth in the table below corresponding to
the Level at which the Applicable Margin is determined in accordance with the definition thereof:
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Any change in the applicable Level at which the Applicable Margin is determined shall result
in a corresponding and simultaneous change in the Applicable Facility Fee. The provisions of this
definition shall be subject to Section 2.4.(c).
Applicable Law means all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes,
treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes, executive orders, and administrative
or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by
any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof,
and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
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Applicable Margin means the percentage rate set forth below corresponding to the ratio of
Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value as determined in accordance with Section 9.1.(a):
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Ratio of Total |
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Greater than 0.40 to 1.00 but less than
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Greater than 0.45 to 1.00 but less than
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Greater than 0.50 to 1.00 but less than
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The Applicable Margin shall be determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time in
accordance with the table above, based on the range which the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total
Asset Value as set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 8.3. then falls in the table set forth above (each such range a Level). Any
adjustment to the Applicable Margin shall be effective as of the first day of the calendar month
immediately following the month during which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent the
applicable Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.3. If the Borrower fails to deliver a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.3., the Applicable Margin shall equal the percentage
corresponding to Level 5 until the first day of the calendar month immediately following the month
that the required Compliance Certificate is delivered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the
period from the Effective Date through but excluding the date on which the Administrative Agent
first determines the Applicable Margin as set forth above, the Applicable Margin shall be
determined based on Level 1. Thereafter, such Applicable Margin shall be adjusted from time to
time as set forth in this definition. The provisions of this definition shall be subject to
Section 2.4.(c).
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of any entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
Assignee has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(b).
Assignment and Assumption means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement among a Lender, an
Eligible Assignee and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, without duplication, (a) in respect of any
Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease
Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant
lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such
Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or
instrument were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) all Synthetic Debt of such Person.
Bankruptcy Code means the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
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Base Rate means the LIBOR Market Index Rate; provided, that if for any reason the LIBOR
Market Index Rate is unavailable, Base Rate shall mean the per annum rate of interest equal to the
Federal Funds Rate plus one and one-half of one percent (1.50%).
Base Rate Loan means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
Benefit Arrangement means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section
3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
Borrower has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include
the Borrowers successors and permitted assigns.
Borrower Information has the meaning given that term in Section 2.4.(c).
Business Day means (a) a day of the week (but not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday) on which
the offices of the Administrative Agent in San Francisco, California are open to the public for
carrying on substantially all of the Administrative Agents business functions, and (b) if such day
relates to a LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollars are carried
on in the London interbank market. Unless specifically referenced in this Agreement as a Business
Day, all references to days shall be to calendar days.
Capital Lease, as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Capital Reserves means, for any period and with respect to any manufactured home or
recreational vehicle site which is then leased on an annual basis, an amount equal to (a) $200,
times (b) the number of days in such period, divided by (c) 365. If the term Capital Reserves is
used without reference to any specific Property, then it shall be determined on an aggregate basis
with respect to all manufactured home and recreational vehicle sites then leased on an annual basis
and the applicable Ownership Shares of all such manufactured home and recreational vehicle of all
Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Capitalization Rate means six and one-half per cent (6.50%).
Cash Collateralize means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Liabilities
or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Liabilities, cash
or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank shall agree in
their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank. Cash Collateral shall
have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral
and other credit support.
Cash Equivalents means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the federal government of the United States of America or issued by an agency thereof
and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing
within 1 year after the date of acquisition thereof; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by
any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within 90 days after the date of acquisition thereof and,
at the time of acquisition, having one of
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the two highest ratings obtainable from any two nationally recognized rating services
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (c) domestic corporate bonds, other than
domestic corporate bonds issued by the Parent or any of its Affiliates, maturing no more than 2
years after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at
least A or the equivalent from two nationally recognized rating services reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent; (d) variable-rate domestic corporate notes or medium term corporate
notes, other than notes issued by the Parent or any of its Affiliates, maturing or resetting no
more than 1 year after the date of acquisition thereof and having a rating of at least AA or the
equivalent from two nationally recognized rating services reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent; (e) commercial paper (foreign and domestic) or master notes, other than
commercial paper or master notes issued by the Parent or any of its Affiliates, and, at the time of
acquisition, having a long-term rating of at least A or the equivalent from a nationally recognized
rating service reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and having a short-term rating of
at least A-1 and P-1 from S&P and Moodys, respectively (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moodys
shall be rating such obligations, then the highest rating from such other nationally recognized
rating services reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); (f) domestic and Eurodollar
certificates of deposit or domestic time deposits or Eurotime deposits or bankers acceptances
(foreign or domestic) that are issued by a bank (i) which has, at the time of acquisition, a
long-term rating of at least A or the equivalent from a nationally recognized rating service
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) if a domestic bank, which is a member of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (g) overnight securities repurchase agreements, or
reverse repurchase agreements secured by any of the foregoing types of securities or debt
instruments, provided that the collateral supporting such repurchase agreements shall have a value
not less than 101% of the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest.
Commitment means, as to each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender), such Lenders
obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.1., to issue (in the case of the Issuing
Bank) and to participate in (in the case of the other Lenders) Letters of Credit pursuant to
Section 2.2.(i), and to participate in Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3.(e), in an amount up
to, but not exceeding the amount set forth for such Lender on Schedule I as such Lenders
Commitment Amount, as set forth in the applicable Assignment and Assumption, as the same may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11., or increased or reduced as appropriate to
reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with Section 12.6..
Commitment Percentage means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a)
the amount of such Lenders Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all
Lenders hereunder; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have
been terminated or been reduced to zero, the Commitment Percentage of each Lender shall be the
Commitment Percentage of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or
reduction.
Compliance Certificate has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.
Continue, Continuation and Continued each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan
from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.8.
Contractual Obligation, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any Securities
issued by that Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, contract, undertaking,
document or instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound, or to which it or any of its properties is subject (including without limitation any
restrictive covenant affecting such Person or any of its properties).
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Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting
power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Convert, Conversion and Converted each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type
into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.9.
Credit Event means either of the following: (a) the making (or deemed making) of any Loan
and (b) the issuance of a Letter of Credit.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar Applicable Laws relating to the relief of debtors in the
United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., whether or not there has been
satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, in each case, as
set forth in such Section.
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 3.9.(f), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i)
fund all or any portion of its Loans within 2 Business Days of the date such Loans were required to
be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in
writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders determination that one or more conditions
precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default,
shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit
or Swingline Loans) within 2 Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend
to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect
(unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders obligation to fund a Loan
hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenders determination that a condition
precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be
specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed,
within 3 Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, 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 shall cease to be a Defaulting
Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i)
become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a
receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or
similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in
such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the
ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent
company thereof by a Governmental Authority 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 of
America 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. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent
manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section
3.9.(f)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank,
the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
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Derivatives Contract means (a) any transaction (including any master agreement, confirmation
or other agreement with respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) which is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis
swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, forward commodity contract,
equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond or bond price or bond index swaps
or options, forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index swaps or options, interest
rate option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot
contracts, credit derivative transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit
default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase
transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending
transaction, weather index transaction or forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or
other financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of these
transactions), whether or not any such transactions are governed by or subject to any master
agreement or (ii) which is a type of transaction that is similar to any transaction referred to in
clause (i) above that is currently, or in the future becomes, recurrently entered into in the
financial markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and
which is a forward, swap, future, option or other derivative on one or more rates, currencies,
commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or other debt
instruments, economic indices or measures of economic risk or value, or other benchmarks against
which payments or deliveries are to be made, and (b) any combination of these transactions.
Derivatives Support Document means (a) any Credit Support Annex comprising part of (and as
defined in) any Specified Derivatives Contract, and (b) any document or agreement pursuant to which
cash, deposit accounts, securities accounts or similar financial asset collateral are pledged to or
made available for set-off by, a Specified Derivatives Provider, including any bankers lien or
similar right, securing or supporting Specified Derivatives Obligation.
Derivatives Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Derivatives Contracts,
after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement or provision
relating thereto, (a) for any date on or after the date such Derivatives Contracts have been
terminated or closed out, the termination amount or value determined in accordance therewith, and
(b) for any date prior to the date such Derivatives Contracts have been terminated or closed out,
the then-current mark-to-market value for such Derivatives Contracts, determined based upon one or
more mid-market quotations or estimates provided by any recognized dealer in Derivatives Contracts
(which may include the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Specified Derivatives Provider or any
Affiliate of any of them).
Designated Use Property means a property owned and operated primarily (a) for the purpose of
leasing sites to individuals on which such individuals place manufactured homes or recreational
vehicles for the purpose of occupying such manufactured homes or recreational vehicles, (b) as a
daily stay campground, membership interest campground or park model community, or (c) for the
purpose of renting cabins, manufactured homes or recreational vehicles on such property to
individuals.
Designated Use Property Ownership Interests means partnership, joint venture, membership or
other Equity Interests issued by any Person engaged primarily in the business of developing,
owning, and managing Designated Use Properties.
Development Activity means construction in process, that is being performed by or at the
direction of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate, at any Designated Use
Property that will be owned and operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated
Affiliate upon completion of construction, including construction in process at Designated Use
Properties
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not owned by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate but which the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate has the contractual obligation to purchase.
Development Activity shall not include construction in process for the purpose of expanding
Designated Use Properties owned by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Dollars or $ means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
EBITDA means, for any period and without duplication (a) Net Income for such period, plus
(b) depreciation and amortization expense and other non-cash items deducted in the calculation of
Net Income for such period, plus (c) Interest Expense deducted in the calculation of Net Income for
such period, plus (d) Income Taxes deducted in the calculation of Net Income for such period, minus
(e) the gains (and plus the charges) from extraordinary or unusual items or asset sales or
write-ups (or non-cash write-downs) or forgiveness of indebtedness included in the calculation of
Net Income, for such period, minus (f) earnings of Subsidiaries for such period distributed to
third parties, plus (g) the amount of deferred revenues less deferred expenses relating to
membership sales by the Parent and its Subsidiaries during such period deducted in the calculation
of Net Income for such period, minus (h) interest income for such period from Mezzanine Debt
Investments, plus (i) the Parents Ownership Share of EBITDA of its Unconsolidated Affiliates for
such period.
Effective Date means the later of (a) the Agreement Date and (b) the date on which all of
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1. shall have been fulfilled or waived by all of
the Lenders.
Eligible Assignee means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and
(d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by the Administrative Agent (such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing,
Eligible Assignee shall not include the Parent, the Borrower, or any of the Parents Affiliates
or Subsidiaries.
Environmental Laws means any Applicable Law relating to environmental protection or the
manufacture, storage, remediation, disposal or clean-up of Hazardous Materials including, without
limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et
seq.; regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, any applicable rule of common law and any
judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the environment or Hazardous Materials, and
any analogous or comparable state or local laws, regulations or ordinances that concern Hazardous
Materials or protection of the environment.
Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase
or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or
profit interests in) such Person whether or not certificated, any security convertible into or
exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such
shares (or such other interests), and any other ownership or profit interest in such Person
(including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or
otherwise existing on any date of determination.
Equity Issuance means any issuance or sale by a Person of any Equity Interest in such Person
and shall in any event include the issuance of any Equity Interest upon the conversion or exchange
of any
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security constituting Indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable, or is being converted or
exchanged, for Equity Interests.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to
time.
ERISA Event means, with respect to the ERISA Group, (a) any reportable event as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice
period is waived); (b) the withdrawal of a member of the ERISA Group from a Plan subject to Section
4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section
4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the incurrence by a member of the ERISA Group of any liability with respect
to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any
member of the ERISA Group of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination
of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan or
Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any member of the ERISA Group to make when due
required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days
or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard; (g) any other event or condition that
might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the imposition
of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the receipt by any member of the ERISA
Group of any notice or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any member of the ERISA Group of
any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of
ERISA), in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), or in critical status
(within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (i) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any member of the ERISA Group or the imposition of any
Lien in favor of the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA; or (j) a determination that a Plan is, or is
reasonably expected to be, in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Internal
Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA).
ERISA Group means the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled
group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common
control, which, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Event of Default means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., provided that any
requirement for notice or lapse of time (including the expiration of any applicable cure period) or
any other condition has been satisfied, in each case, as specified in such Section.
Excluded Subsidiary means any Subsidiary (a) holding title to assets that are or are to
become collateral for any Non-Recourse Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and (b) that is prohibited
from Guarantying the Indebtedness of any other Person pursuant to (i) any document, instrument, or
agreement evidencing such Non-Recourse Indebtedness or (ii) a provision of such Subsidiarys
organizational documents which provision was included in such Subsidiarys organizational documents
as a condition to the extension of such Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Excluded Taxes has the meaning given that term in Section 3.10.
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Existing Credit Agreement has the meaning given such term in the first WHEREAS
clause of this Agreement.
Fair Market Value means, (a) with respect to a security listed on a national securities
exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, the price of such security as reported on such exchange or
market by any widely recognized reporting method customarily relied upon by financial institutions
and (b) with respect to any other property, the price which could be negotiated in an arms-length
free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer.
FASB ASC means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
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 arranged by Federal funds brokers, 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 which is
a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent.
Fee Letter means that certain fee letter dated as of April 15, 2011, by and among the
Parent, the Borrower, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent.
Fees means, without duplication, the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in
Section 3.5. and any other fees payable by the Borrower hereunder, under any other Loan Document or
under the Fee Letter.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to a Person and for a given period, the sum of (a) the
Interest Expense of such Person for such period, plus (b) the aggregate of all regularly scheduled
principal payments on Indebtedness made by such Person during such period (excluding balloon,
bullet or similar payments of principal that repays such Indebtedness in full), plus (c)
the aggregate of all Preferred Dividends paid in cash by such Person during such period. The
Parents Ownership Share of the Fixed Charges of its Unconsolidated Affiliates will be included in
the calculation of Fixed Charges.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other
than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the
Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lenders Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit
Liabilities other than Letter of Credit Liabilities as to which such Defaulting Lenders
participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance
with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenders
Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such
Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course of its business.
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Funds from Operations means Funds from Operations as defined in, and calculated consistent
with, the White Paper on Funds from Operations dated April 2002 issued by the National Association
of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc., but without giving effect to any supplements, amendments or
other modifications promulgated after the Agreement Date.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (including Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, The
FASB Accounting Standards Codification) or in such other statements by such other entity as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States of America,
which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
Governmental Approvals means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and
exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
Governmental Authority means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or
foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental,
judicial, administrative, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau,
commission, board, department or other entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central
bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.
Guarantor means each of the Parent, MHC Trust and T1000 Trust.
Guaranty, Guaranteed, Guarantying or to Guarantee as applied to any obligation means
and includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection
in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of
such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or
not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance
(or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation
whether by: (i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as
lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of
enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment
of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation,
or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any
other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts
drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit (including Letters of Credit), or (v) the
supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Persons
obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such
Person against any part or all of such obligation. As the context requires, Guaranty shall also
mean the guaranty executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.1. and substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
Hazardous Materials means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or
listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as hazardous
substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or any other formulation
intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as
ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, TCLP toxicity, or
EP toxicity; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids
or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the
exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (c) any
flammable substances or explosive substances or
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any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any form; and (e) electrical equipment which
contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of
fifty parts per million.
Income Taxes means all federal, state, local and foreign income and gross receipts taxes.
Indebtedness, as applied to any Person (and without duplication), means all of the
following, whether or not considered indebtedness or liabilities under GAAP: (a) all indebtedness,
obligations or other liabilities (whether secured, unsecured, recourse, non-recourse, direct,
senior or subordinate) of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all indebtedness, obligations or
other liabilities of such Person evidenced by Securities or other similar instruments; (c) all
reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with
respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued for such Persons account or other
similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreement
and capital maintenance agreements) for which a contingent liability exists, in each case whether
or not the same have been presented for payment; (d) net obligations under any Derivatives Contract
(which shall be deemed to have an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof at such
time but in no event shall be less than zero); (e) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services; (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of
Capital Leases and all Synthetic Lease Obligations and Synthetic Debt of such Person; (g) all
Accommodation Obligations of such Person; (h) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities of
such Person or others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are assumed by, or are a personal liability of, such
Person; and (i) ERISA obligations of such Person currently due and payable. For purposes of this
definition, (x) the amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall
be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date and (y)
contingent obligations of a Person in respect of Non-Recourse Exceptions shall not shall not give
rise to Indebtedness unless and until such obligations are no longer contingent.
Intellectual Property has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(q).
Interest Expense means, for any period and without duplication, total interest expense,
whether paid, accrued or capitalized (including letter of credit fees, the interest component of
Capital Leases and amortization of deferred financing costs, but excluding interest expense covered
by an interest reserve established under a loan facility) of the Parent, on a consolidated basis
and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Period means, with respect to each LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date
such LIBOR Loan is made, or in the case of the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan the last day of the
preceding Interest Period for such Loan, and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
first, second, third or sixth calendar month thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a Notice of
Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month) shall
end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the
foregoing: (a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Date, such Interest
Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (b) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on
a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such
immediately following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding
Business Day).
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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Investment means, with respect to any Person, any acquisition or investment (whether or not
of a controlling interest) by such Person, by means of any of the following: (a) the purchase or
other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another Person, (b) a loan, advance or extension of
credit to, capital contribution to, Guaranty of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition
of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such
other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute the business or a division or operating
unit of another Person. Any irrevocable commitment to make an Investment in any other Person, as
well as any option of another Person to require an Investment in such Person, shall constitute an
Investment. Except as expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with
any covenant contained in a Loan Document, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.
Issuing Bank means Wells Fargo in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit pursuant
to Section 2.2.
L/C Commitment Amount has the meaning given to that term in Section 2.2.(a).
L/C Disbursement has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.9.(b).
Lender means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a Lender;
together with its respective successors and permitted assigns, and (a) as the context requires,
includes the Swingline Lender, but (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall exclude
any Lender (or its Affiliates) in its capacity as a Specified Derivatives Provider.
Lending Office means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office of such Lender
specified in such Lenders Administrative Questionnaire or in the applicable Assignment and
Assumption, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may notify the Administrative Agent
in writing from time to time.
Letter of Credit has the meaning given that term in Section 2.2.(a).
Letter of Credit Collateral Account means a special deposit account maintained by the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders, and under its sole dominion and control.
Letter of Credit Documents means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, collectively, any
application therefor, any certificate or other document presented in connection with a drawing
under such Letter of Credit and any other agreement, instrument or other document governing or
providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at risk with respect to
such Letter of Credit or (b) any collateral security for any of such obligations.
Letter of Credit Liabilities means, without duplication, at any time and in respect of any
Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (b) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower at such time due
and payable in respect of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Lender (other than the Lender then acting as Issuing Bank) shall be deemed to hold a
Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its participation interest under Section 2.2. in
the related Letter of Credit, and the Lender then acting as the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to
hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related Letter
of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by the
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Lenders (other than the Lender then acting as the Issuing Bank) of their participation interests
under such Section.
Level has the meaning given that term in the definition of the term Applicable Margin.
LIBOR means, for the Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate of interest, rounded up to
the nearest whole multiple of one-hundredth of one percent (0.01%), obtained by dividing (i) the
rate of interest, rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of one-hundredth of one percent
(0.01%), referred to as the BBA (British Bankers Association) LIBOR rate as set forth by any
service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rate for
deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central time, two (2) Business Days prior to the
date of commencement of such Interest Period for purposes of calculating effective rates of
interest for loans or obligations making reference thereto, for an amount approximately equal to
the applicable LIBOR Loan and for a period of time approximately equal to such Interest Period
by (ii) 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if
any, required to be maintained with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
Eurocurrency liabilities) as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference
to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any applicable category of extensions of
credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States
of America). Any change in such maximum rate shall result in a change in LIBOR on the date on
which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective.
LIBOR Loan means a Revolving Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) bearing interest at a rate
based on LIBOR.
LIBOR Market Index Rate means, for any day, LIBOR as of that day that would be applicable
for a LIBOR Loan having a one-month Interest Period determined at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central
time for such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
The LIBOR Market Index Rate shall be determined on a daily basis.
Lien means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, encumbrance (including, but not limited to, easements,
rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and the like), lien (statutory or other), preference, priority
or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without limitation any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital
Lease, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing,
and the filing of any financing statement (other than a financing statement (a) filed by a true
lessor pursuant to Section 9-408 of the Uniform Commercial Code or (b) the filing of which was not
authorized pursuant to Section 9-509 of the Uniform Commercial Code) naming the owner of the asset
to which such Lien relates as debtor, under the Uniform Commercial Code or other comparable law of
any jurisdiction.
Loan means a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan.
Loan Document means this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty, each Letter of Credit Document
and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Loan Party in
connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement (other than the Fee Letter and any
Specified Derivatives Contract).
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Loan Party means each of the Borrower, the Parent, each other Guarantor and each other
Person who guarantees all or a portion of the Obligations and/or who pledges any collateral to
secure all or a portion of the Obligations.
Manufactured Home Inventory Value means with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, as of
any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the total cost to the Parent or its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, of all manufactured home units, which have never been occupied (other than for short
periods in the ordinary course of the Parents and its Subsidiaries customary sales practices),
then owned by the Parent or any Subsidiary that were acquired new from the manufacturers of such
units, or from Persons who acquired such units new from such manufacturers, within the one-year
period immediately preceding the date of determination and (b) $35,000,000.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a materially adverse change in, or a materially adverse
effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or
financial condition of the Parent, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a
material impairment of (i) the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents or (ii) the ability of the Parent, the
Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its respective obligations under the Loan Documents to
which such Loan Party is a party; or (c) a materially adverse effect on the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
Mezzanine Debt Investments mean any mezzanine or subordinated mortgage loans made by the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries any of its Unconsolidated Affiliates to entities that own
commercial real estate (or to Persons holding Equity Interests in such entities), which real estate
has a Fair Market Value in excess of the aggregate amount of such mortgage loans and any senior
Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such real estate on the date when such mortgage loan was made or
acquired by the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such Unconsolidated Affiliate and which has been
designated by the Parent as a Mezzanine Debt Investment in its most recent Compliance
Certificate; provided, however, that if any such mortgage loans are owed by a
Subsidiary or an Unconsolidated Affiliate, then the amount of Mezzanine Debt Investments
attributable to such mortgage loans shall be limited to the Parents Ownership Share of such
Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate, as the case may be.
MHC Trust means MHC Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, together with its
successors and permitted assigns.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
Mortgage Receivable means a promissory note secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to
secure debt or similar security instrument made by a Person owning an interest in real estate
granting a Lien on such interest in real estate as security for the payment of Indebtedness of
which the Parent, the Borrower or another Subsidiary is the holder and retains the rights of
collection of all payments thereunder.
Multiemployer Plan means at any time a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation
to make contributions or has within the preceding six plan years made contributions, including for
these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such six year
period.
Negative Pledge means, with respect to a given asset, any provision of a document,
instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document or Specified Derivatives Contract) which
prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security
for Indebtedness of the Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that an
agreement that conditions a
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Persons ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that
limit such Persons ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the
encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute a Negative
Pledge.
Net Income means, for any period, the net income (or loss) after Income Taxes of the Parent,
on a consolidated basis, for such period calculated in conformity with GAAP; provided, however,
that Net Income shall not include the net income (or loss) of Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Net Operating Income means, for any Qualifying Unencumbered Property and for a given period,
the sum of the following (without duplication and determined on a consistent basis with prior
periods): (a) rents and other revenues received in the ordinary course from such Property
(including proceeds from rent loss or business interruption insurance but excluding pre-paid rents
and revenues and security deposits except, in each case, to the extent applied in satisfaction of
tenants obligations for rent) minus (b) all expenses paid (excluding interest but
including an appropriate accrual for property taxes and insurance) related to the ownership,
operation or maintenance of such Property, including but not limited to, property taxes,
assessments and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping
expenses, marketing expenses, management fees and general and administrative expenses (including an
appropriate allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing, management fees and other
expenses incurred in connection with such Property, but specifically excluding general overhead
expenses of the Parent, MHC Trust or the Borrower).
Net Price means, with respect to any Property purchased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
without duplication, (a) cash and Cash Equivalents paid as consideration for such Property, plus
(b) the principal amount of any note or other deferred payment obligation delivered in connection
with such purchase (except as described in clause (d) below), plus (c) the value of any other
consideration delivered in connection with such purchase (including, without limitation, shares in
the Parent and operating partnership units or preferred operating partnership units in the
Borrower) (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent), minus (d) the value of any
consideration deposited into escrow or subject to disbursement or claim upon the occurrence of any
event, minus (e) reasonable costs of sale and taxes paid or payable in connection with such
purchase.
Net Proceeds means with respect to an Equity Issuance by a Person, the aggregate amount of
all cash and the Fair Market Value of all other property (other than securities of such Person
being converted or exchanged in connection with such Equity Issuance) received by such Person in
respect of such Equity Issuance net of investment banking fees, legal fees, accountants fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred by
such Person in connection with such Equity Issuance.
Net Worth means, at any time, (a) Total Asset Value minus (b) the sum, without
duplication, of (i) all Indebtedness of the Parent on a consolidated basis, plus (ii) all
other items which, in accordance with GAAP, would be included as liabilities on the liability side
of the balance sheet of the Parent, on a consolidated basis, and in any event shall include
recourse and non-recourse mortgage debt, letters of credit, purchase obligations, forward equity
sales, repurchase obligations, unsecured debt, accounts payable, lease obligations (including
ground leases) to the extent required, in accordance with GAAP, to be classified as capital leases
on the balance sheet of the Parent, guarantees of indebtedness, subordinated debt and unfunded
obligations plus (iii) the Borrowers Ownership Share of Indebtedness of its Unconsolidated
Affiliates; provided, however, that Total Liabilities shall not include dividends
declared by the Parent, MHC Trust or the Borrower which are permitted under Section 9.1.(f) but not
yet paid.
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at
such time.
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Non-Recourse Exceptions means, with respect to Non-Recourse Indebtedness, exceptions for
fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities and
other circumstances customarily excluded by institutional lenders from exculpation provisions
and/or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financing of real estate.
Non-Recourse Indebtedness means any single loan with respect to which recourse for payment
is limited to specific assets related to a particular Property or group of Properties encumbered by
a Lien securing such Indebtedness; provided, however, that personal recourse to the Parent, MHC
Trust, the Borrower or any Subsidiary by a holder of any such loan for Non-Recourse Exceptions
shall not, by itself, prevent such loan from being characterized as Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Note means a Revolving Note or a Swingline Note.
Notice of Borrowing means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C (or such other
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in
such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) evidencing
the Borrowers request for a borrowing of Revolving Loans.
Notice of Continuation means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit D (or such other
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in
such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.8. evidencing the
Borrowers request for the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.
Notice of Conversion means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit E (or such other
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in
such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.9. evidencing the
Borrowers request for the Conversion of a Loan from one Type to another Type.
Notice of Swingline Borrowing means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F (or such
other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information
required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.3.(b)
evidencing the Borrowers request for a Swingline Loan.
Obligations means, individually and collectively: (a) the aggregate principal balance of,
and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans; (b) all Reimbursement Obligations and all other
Letter of Credit Liabilities; and (c) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties owing to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and
indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due,
contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any promissory
note. For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations shall not include Specified Derivatives
Obligations.
OFAC has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(v).
Ownership Share means, except as otherwise provided in Section 1.3.(b), with respect to any
Subsidiary of a Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) or any Unconsolidated Affiliate of a
Person, the greater of (a) such Persons relative nominal direct and indirect ownership interest
(expressed as a percentage) in such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate or (b) subject to
compliance with Section 8.4.(j), such Persons relative direct and indirect economic interest
(calculated as a percentage) in
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such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the declaration of trust, articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of organization,
partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other applicable organizational document of such
Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Parent has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include the
Parents successors and permitted assigns.
Participant has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(d).
Partnership Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
dated as of March 15, 1996 for the Borrower.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any asset or property of a Person, (a)(i) Liens
securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority
(excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any
Environmental Laws) or (ii) the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or
landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business,
which, if unpaid, might become a Lien on any properties of such Person but excluding such claims
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the collection
thereof and for which adequate reserves have been established on the books of such Person, in
accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to
secure payment of, obligations under workers compensation, unemployment insurance or similar
Applicable Laws, the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in the case of each of
the foregoing, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not otherwise securing
Indebtedness; (c) Liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements,
and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract
from the value of such property or impair the intended use thereof in the business of such Person;
(d) the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of
business of such Person; and (e) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the
benefit of the Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Specified Derivatives Providers.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership,
joint stock company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture,
association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization,
whether or not a legal entity, or any other nongovernmental entity, or any Governmental Authority.
Plan means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412
of the Internal Revenue Code and either (a) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the
ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the
preceding six years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a
member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA
Group.
Post-Default Rate means (a) with respect to any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement
Obligation that is not paid when due, the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation plus an additional two percent (2.0%) per annum and (b) with
respect to any other Obligation that is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration, by mandatory
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prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time
plus the Applicable Margin plus two percent (2.0%).
Preferred Dividends means, for any period and without duplication, all Restricted Payments
paid during such period on Preferred Stock issued by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
Preferred Dividends shall not include dividends or distributions (a) paid or payable solely in
Equity Interests (other than Equity Interest convertible into Indebtedness) payable to holders of
such class of Equity Interests, (b) paid or payable to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(c) constituting or resulting in the redemption of Preferred Stock, other than scheduled
redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions in full.
Preferred Stock means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of, or other
Equity Interests in, such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other
capital stock of, or other Equity Interest in, such Person in respect of the payment of dividends
or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Principal Office means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 608 2nd
Avenue South, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 or any other subsequent office
that the Administrative Agent shall have specified by written notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders as the Principal Office.
Property means a parcel (or group of related parcels) of real property developed (or to be
developed) by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any
Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Qualified Plan means a Benefit Arrangement that is intended to be tax-qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Qualifying Unencumbered Property means (a) the Properties listed on Schedule 1.1. and (b)
any Property designated by Borrower from time to time pursuant to Section 8.8. which satisfies all
of the following requirements: (i) such Property is a Designated Use Property; (ii) such Property
is owned in fee simple entirely by the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(iii) such Property is located in a state of the United States of America, in the District of
Columbia, in Canada or in Mexico; (iv) regardless of whether such Property is owned by the Borrower
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower has the right directly, or indirectly
through a Subsidiary, to take the following actions without the need to obtain the consent of any
Person: (A) to create Liens on such Property as security for Indebtedness of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as applicable, and (B) to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Property; (v)
neither such Property, nor if such Property is owned by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower,
any of the Borrowers direct or indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary, is subject to (A)
any Lien other than Permitted Liens or (B) any Negative Pledge; and (vi) such Property is free of
all structural defects, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters except for
defects, conditions or matters which do not materially detract from the value of such Property or
impair the intended use thereof in the business of the applicable Qualifying Unencumbered Property
Owner. A Property (including any Property set forth on Schedule 1.1.) shall cease to be a
Qualifying Unencumbered Property at such time as it fails to satisfy any of the conditions set
forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of this definition. In addition, the Borrower may, upon at least
15 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, designate that any Qualifying
Unencumbered Property shall no longer be considered a Qualifying Unencumbered Property (and upon
such designation, such Property shall no longer be a Qualifying Unencumbered Property).
Qualifying Unencumbered Property Owner means any Subsidiary of the Parent which owns a
Qualifying Unencumbered Property.
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Recourse Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, Indebtedness which is not
Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Register has the meaning given that term in Section 12.6.(c).
Regulatory Change means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the
Agreement Date in Applicable Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any
interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or
under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to
comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory
authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Regulatory
Change, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Reimbursement Obligation means the absolute, unconditional and irrevocable obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any drawing honored by the Issuing Bank under a Letter
of Credit.
REIT means a Person qualifying for treatment as a real estate investment trust under the
Internal Revenue Code.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons
Affiliates.
Requisite Lenders means, as of any date, (a) Lenders having more than 50.0% of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated or reduced
to zero, Lenders holding more than 50.0% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans
and Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided that (i) in determining such percentage at any given
time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded, and (ii) at all times
when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term
Requisite Lenders shall in no event mean less than two Lenders. For purposes of this definition,
a Lender shall be deemed to hold a Swingline Loan or a Letter of Credit Liability to the extent
such Lender has acquired a participation therein under the terms of this Agreement and has not
failed to perform its obligations in respect of such participation.
Responsible Officer means with respect to the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the
chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any senior vice president, any
executive vice president and any vice president of the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
Restricted Payment means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on
account of any Equity Interest of the Parent, the Borrower, or any other Subsidiary now or
hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of Equity Interests
to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any
Equity Interest of the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary now or hereafter outstanding;
and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the
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surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests of
the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary now or hereafter outstanding.
Revolving Credit Exposure means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal
amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Revolving Lenders participation in
Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swingline Loans at such time.
Revolving Loan means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.(a).
Revolving Note means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
G, payable to the order of a Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of such Lenders
Commitment.
Secured Debt means Indebtedness, the payment of which is secured by a Lien on any property;
provided, however, that, except for the purposes of clause (z) of Section 2.12. and
the representation contained in the last sentence of Section 6.1.(g) any Indebtedness that is
secured only by a pledge of Equity Interests shall not be considered to be Secured Debt.
Securities means any stock, partnership interests, shares, shares of beneficial interest,
voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or
unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as
securities, or any certificates of interest, shares, or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire
any of the foregoing, but shall not include any evidence of the Obligations.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with
all rules and regulations issued thereunder.
Solvent means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair
salable value of its assets (taken as a going concern) are each in excess of the fair valuation of
its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light
of all facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably
be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is generally able to pay
its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has
capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be
engaged.
Specified Derivatives Contract means any Derivatives Contract, together with any Derivatives
Support Document relating thereto, that is made or entered into at any time, or in effect at any
time now or hereafter, whether as a result of an assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the
Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary and any Specified Derivatives
Provider.
Specified Derivatives Obligations means all indebtedness, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary
under or in respect of any Specified Derivatives Contract, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or not due, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any written
confirmation.
Specified Derivatives Provider means any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender that is a
party to a Derivatives Contract at the time such Derivatives Contract is entered into.
S&P means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
and its successors.
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Stated Amount means the amount available to be drawn by a beneficiary under a Letter of
Credit from time to time, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in
accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
Subsidiary means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity of which at least a majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other individuals performing
similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned
or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are
consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.
Supermajority Lenders means, as of any date, (a) Lenders having more than 60.0% of the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated
or reduced to zero, Lenders holding more than 60.0% of the principal amount of the aggregate
outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided that (i) in determining such
percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and
excluded, and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party
to this Agreement, the term Supermajority Lenders shall in no event mean less than two Lenders.
For purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to hold a Swingline Loan or a Letter of
Credit Liability to the extent such Lender has acquired a participation therein under the terms of
this Agreement and has not failed to perform its obligations in respect of such participation.
Swingline Commitment means the Swingline Lenders obligation to make Swingline Loans
pursuant to Section 2.3. in an amount up to, but not exceeding the amount set forth in the first
sentence of Section 2.3.(a), as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof.
Swingline Lender means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, together with its respective
successors and assigns.
Swingline Loan means a loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.3.
Swingline Maturity Date means the date which is 5 Business Days prior to the Termination
Date.
Swingline Note means the promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit H, payable to the order of the Swingline Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount
of the Swingline Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.
Synthetic Debt means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof,
all obligations of such Person in respect of transactions entered into by such Person that are
intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds (including any minority interest
transactions that function primarily as a borrowing) but are not otherwise included in the
definition of Indebtedness or as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
Synthetic Lease Obligation means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called
synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession
of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do
not appear
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on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to
such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to
accounting treatment).
T1000 Trust means MHC T1000 Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, together with
its successors and permitted assigns.
Taxes has the meaning given that term in Section 3.10.
Termination Date means September 18, 2015, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section
2.12.
Titled Agent has the meaning given that term in Section 11.9.
Total Asset Value means as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) (i) EBITDA for any
period of 12 consecutive calendar months ending during the term of this Agreement divided by (ii)
the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) the value of all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents then
owned by the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries plus (c) Parents Ownership
Share of all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of its Unconsolidated Affiliates, plus (d)
Manufactured Home Inventory Value, at such time, plus (e) the GAAP book value of all Mezzanine Debt
Investments (i) for which payments by the obligor thereof are not more than 90 days past due and
(ii) the obligor of which is not subject to any proceeding of the types described in Section
10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f).
Total Indebtedness means all Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, determined on
a consolidated basis, plus the Parents Ownership Share of all Indebtedness of its Unconsolidated
Affiliates.
Transfer Authorizer Designation Form means a form substantially in the form of Exhibit I to
be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1., as the same may be amended,
restated or modified from time to time with the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.
Type with respect to any Revolving Loan, refers to whether such Loan or portion thereof is a
LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan.
Unconsolidated Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person in whom such
Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such
Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under
GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such
Person.
Unencumbered Net Operating Income means for any fiscal quarter, Net Operating Income for
such period from each Qualifying Unencumbered Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
purposes of determining Unencumbered Net Operating Income, to the extent the amount of the Net
Operating Income attributable to Qualifying Unencumbered Properties located in Canada and Mexico
exceeds 20% of Unencumbered Net Operating Income, such excess shall be excluded.
Unimproved Land means, as of any date, land on which no development (other than improvements
that are not material and that are temporary in nature) has occurred and for which no development
is scheduled in the 12 months following such date.
Unsecured Debt means, as of any date of determination and without duplication, all
Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary, which is not Secured Debt,
but in any event shall exclude (a) all accounts payable of the Parent, the Borrower or any Wholly
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Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) all advance rents received and (c) all
accrued interest payable.
Unsecured Interest Expense means Interest Expense payable in respect of Unsecured Debt.
Wells Fargo means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect of which all of the
Equity Interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors qualifying shares) are at
the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability means any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from a Multiemployer Plan as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.2. General; References to Central time.
Unless otherwise indicated, all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted
or determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if at any time
any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement (including in
any affirmative or negative covenant) set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or
the Requisite Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent
thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Requisite Lenders);
provided further that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Parent shall provide to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP; provided, further, to the extent that any change in GAAP after the Agreement Date results in
leases which are, or would have been, classified as operating leases under GAAP as it exists on the
Agreement Date being classified as Capital Leases under GAAP as revised, such change in
classification of leases from operating leases to Capital Leases shall be disregarded for purposes
of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the calculation of liabilities shall
not include any fair value adjustments to the carrying value of liabilities to record such
liabilities at fair value pursuant to electing the fair value option election under FASB ASC
825-10-25 (formerly known as FAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities) or other FASB standards allowing entities to elect fair value option for financial
liabilities, and the effects of FAS 141(R) in respect of fees and expenses in connection with a
business combination shall be disregarded. References in this Agreement to Sections, Articles,
Exhibits and Schedules are to sections, articles, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto
unless otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement
(a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all
documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent
permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or
predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time to
the extent not otherwise stated herein or prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time.
Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural
shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter
gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth to
the contrary, a reference to Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Parent or a Subsidiary of such
Subsidiary and a reference to an Affiliate means a reference to an Affiliate of the Borrower.
Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and neither limit
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nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time
are references to Central time.
Section 1.3. Financial Attributes of Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when determining compliance by the Parent or
the Borrower with any financial covenant contained in any of the Loan Documents (a) only the
Ownership Share of the Parent or the Borrower, as applicable, of the financial attributes of a
Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included and (b) the Parents Ownership
Share of the Borrower shall be deemed to be 100.0%.
Article II. Credit Facility
Section 2.1. Revolving Loans.
(a) Making of Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, including without limitation, Section 2.14., each Lender severally and not jointly
agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower during the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding up to, but not exceeding, such Lenders Commitment. Each borrowing of Base Rate Loans
shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess
thereof. Each borrowing and Continuation under Section 2.8. of, and each Conversion under Section
2.9. of Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum of $1,000,000 and
integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
two sentences but subject to Section 2.14., a borrowing of Revolving Loans may be in the aggregate
amount of the unused Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
(b) Requests for Revolving Loans. Not later than 12:00 p.m. Central time at least 1
Business Day prior to a borrowing of Base Rate Loans and not later than 12:00 p.m. Central time at
least 3 Business Days prior to a borrowing of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing shall specify the aggregate
principal amount of the Revolving Loans to be borrowed, the date such Revolving Loans are to be
borrowed (which must be a Business Day), the use of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans, the Type
of the requested Revolving Loans, and if such Revolving Loans are to be LIBOR Loans, the initial
Interest Period for such Revolving Loans. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable once given
and binding on the Borrower. Prior to delivering a Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower may (without
specifying whether a Revolving Loan will be a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan) request that the
Administrative Agent provide the Borrower with the most recent LIBOR available to the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall provide such quoted rate to the Borrower on
the date of such request or as soon as possible thereafter.
(c) Funding of Revolving Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing under
the immediately preceding subsection (b), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
proposed borrowing. Each Lender shall deposit an amount equal to the Revolving Loan to be made by
such Lender to the Borrower with the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately
available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. Central time on the date of such proposed Revolving
Loans. Subject to fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth herein, the Administrative
Agent shall make available to the Borrower in the account specified in the Transfer Authorizer
Designation Form, not later than 2:00 p.m. Central time on the date of the requested borrowing of
Revolving Loans, the proceeds of such amounts received by the Administrative Agent.
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(d) Assumptions Regarding Funding by Lenders. With respect to Revolving Loans to be
made after the Effective Date, unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any
Lender that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent a Revolving Loan to be
made by such Lender in connection with any borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender will make the proceeds of such Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with this Section, and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower the amount of such Revolving Loan to
be provided by such Lender. In such event, if such Lender does not make available to the
Administrative Agent the proceeds of such Revolving Loan, then such Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent on demand the amount of such Revolving Loan with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Revolving Loan is made available to
the Borrower but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a
payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by
the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and
(ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay the amount of such interest to the Administrative
Agent for the same or overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the
Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays to
the Administrative Agent the amount of such Revolving Loan, the amount so paid shall constitute
such Lenders Revolving Loan included in the borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be
without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to
make available the proceeds of a Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender.
Section 2.2. Letters of Credit.
(a) Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including without limitation, Section 2.14., the Issuing Bank, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to
issue for the account of the Borrower during the period from and including the Effective Date to,
but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the Termination Date, one or more standby letters of
credit (each a Letter of Credit) up to a maximum aggregate Stated Amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed $30,000,000 as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof (the L/C Commitment Amount).
(b) Terms of Letters of Credit. At the time of issuance, the amount, form, terms and
conditions of each Letter of Credit, and of any drafts or acceptances thereunder, shall be subject
to approval by the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may
(i) the expiration date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond the date that is 10 days prior to the
Termination Date, or (ii) any Letter of Credit have an initial duration in excess of one year;
provided, however, a Letter of Credit may contain a provision providing for the automatic extension
of the expiration date in the absence of a notice of non-renewal from the Issuing Bank but in no
event shall any such provision permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit
beyond the date that is 10 days prior to the Termination Date. The initial Stated Amount of each
Letter of Credit shall be at least $50,000 (or such lesser amount as the Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower may agree).
(c) Requests for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall give the Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent written notice at least 5 Business Days prior to the requested
date of issuance of a Letter of Credit, such notice to describe in reasonable detail the proposed
terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions or obligations proposed to be
supported by such Letter of Credit, and in any event shall set forth with respect to such Letter of
Credit the proposed (i) initial Stated Amount, (ii) beneficiary, and (iii) expiration date. The
Borrower shall also execute and deliver such customary applications and agreements for standby
letters of credit, and other forms as requested from time to time
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by the Issuing Bank. Provided the Borrower has given the notice prescribed by the first sentence
of this subsection and delivered such applications and agreements referred to in the preceding
sentence, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the satisfaction
of any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article 5.2., the Issuing Bank shall issue the
requested Letter of Credit on the requested date of issuance for the benefit of the stipulated
beneficiary but in no event prior to the date 5 Business Days following the date after which the
Issuing Bank has received all of the items required to be delivered to it under this subsection.
The Issuing Bank shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance
would conflict with, or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exceed any limits imposed
by, any Applicable Law. References herein to issue and derivations thereof with respect to
Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of
Credit, unless the context otherwise requires. Upon the written request of the Borrower, the
Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Borrower a copy of each issued Letter of Credit within a
reasonable time after the date of issuance thereof. To the extent any term of a Letter of Credit
Document is inconsistent with a term of any Loan Document, the term of such Loan Document shall
control.
(d) Reimbursement Obligations. Upon receipt by the Issuing Bank from the beneficiary
of a Letter of Credit of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the amount to be paid by the Issuing
Bank as a result of such demand and the date on which payment is to be made by the Issuing Bank to
such beneficiary in respect of such demand; provided, however, that the Issuing Banks failure to
give, or delay in giving, such notice shall not discharge the Borrower in any respect from the
applicable Reimbursement Obligation. The Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees to pay and reimburse the Issuing Bank for the amount of each payment under such
Letter of Credit in accordance with clause (e) below, without presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities of any kind. Upon receipt by the Issuing Bank of any payment in respect of any
Reimbursement Obligation, the Issuing Bank shall promptly pay to each Lender that has acquired a
participation therein under the second sentence of the immediately following subsection (i) such
Lenders Commitment Percentage of such payment.
(e) Manner of Reimbursement. Upon receipt by the Issuing Bank from the beneficiary of
a Letter of Credit of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, then (i) if the
applicable conditions contained in Article V. would permit the making of Revolving Loans, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing of Revolving Loans (which shall be Base Rate
Loans) in an amount equal to the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation and the Administrative Agent shall
give each Lender prompt notice of the amount of the Revolving Loan to be made available to the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon Central time on the Business Day immediately
following the date that the Administrative Agent receives such notice from the Issuing Bank and
(ii) if such conditions would not permit the making of Revolving Loans, the provisions of
subsection (j) of this Section shall apply. The limitations set forth in the second sentence of
Section 2.1.(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of Base Rate Loans under this subsection.
(f) Effect of Letters of Credit on Commitments. Upon the issuance by the Issuing Bank
of any Letter of Credit and until such Letter of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, the
Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes of this Agreement in an
amount equal to the product of (i) such Lenders Commitment Percentage and (ii) the sum of (A) the
Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (B) without duplication, any related
Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding.
(g) Issuing Banks Duties Regarding Letters of Credit; Unconditional Nature of
Reimbursement Obligations. In examining documents presented in connection with drawings under
Letters of Credit and making payments under such Letters of Credit against such documents, the
Issuing Bank shall only be required to use the same standard of care as it uses in connection with
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documents presented in connection with drawings under letters of credit in which it has not sold
participations and making payments under such letters of credit. The Borrower assumes all risks of
the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of
such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, none of the Issuing
Bank, Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall be responsible for, and the Borrowers
obligations in respect of Letters of Credit shall not be affected in any manner by (i) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any
party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under any
Letter of Credit even if such document should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit, or the rights
or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply
fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, facsimile,
electronic mail, telecopy or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds
thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds of
any drawing under any Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the
control of the Issuing Bank, Administrative Agent or the Lenders. None of the above shall affect,
impair or prevent the vesting of any of the Issuing Banks or Administrative Agents rights or
powers hereunder. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing Bank under or in
connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable
judgment), shall not create against the Issuing Bank any liability to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender. In this connection, the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the Issuing Bank for any drawing made under any Letter of Credit, and to repay any
Revolving Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e),
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and any other applicable Letter of Credit Document under all circumstances
whatsoever, including without limitation, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit Document or any term or provisions therein; (B) any
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the Letter of Credit
Documents; (C) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may
have at any time against the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any beneficiary
of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or in the Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(D) any breach of contract or dispute between the Borrower, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any other Person; (E) any demand, statement or any other document presented
under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect
or any statement therein or made in connection therewith being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
whatsoever; (F) any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or
of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (G) payment by the Issuing Bank under
any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (H) any other act, omission to act, delay or
circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or
equitable defense to or discharge of the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligations. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section or Section 12.10., but not in limitation of the
Borrowers unconditional obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any drawing made under a
Letter of Credit as provided in this Section and to repay any Revolving Loan made pursuant to the
second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), the Borrower shall have no obligation
to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of any liability
incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender arising solely out of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person or such Persons Related Parties in respect
of a Letter of Credit as
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determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, nothing in this Section shall affect any rights the Borrower
may have with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties with respect to any Letter
of Credit.
(h) Amendments, Etc. The issuance by the Issuing Bank of any amendment, supplement or
other modification to any Letter of Credit shall be subject to the same conditions applicable under
this Agreement to the issuance of new Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, that the
request therefor be made through the Issuing Bank), and no such amendment, supplement or other
modification shall be issued unless either (i) the respective Letter of Credit affected thereby
would have complied with such conditions had it originally been issued hereunder in such amended,
supplemented or modified form or (ii) the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders required
by Section 12.7. shall have consented thereto. In connection with any such amendment, supplement
or other modification, the Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable under the last sentence of
Section 3.5.(c).
(i) Lenders Participation in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance by the
Issuing Bank of any Letter of Credit each Lender shall be deemed to have absolutely, irrevocably
and unconditionally purchased and received from the Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an
undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lenders Commitment Percentage of the
liability of the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit and each Lender thereby shall
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and shall
be unconditionally obligated to the Issuing Bank to pay and discharge when due, such Lenders
Commitment Percentage of the Issuing Banks liability under such Letter of Credit. In addition,
upon the making of each payment by a Lender to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Bank in respect of any Letter of Credit pursuant to the immediately following subsection
(j), such Lender shall, automatically and without any further action on the part of the Issuing
Bank, Administrative Agent or such Lender, acquire (i) a participation in an amount equal to such
payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to the Issuing Bank by the Borrower in respect of
such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a percentage equal to such Lenders Commitment
Percentage in any interest or other amounts payable by the Borrower in respect of such
Reimbursement Obligation (other than the Fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to the second
and the last sentences of Section 3.5.(c)).
(j) Payment Obligation of Lenders. Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, on demand in immediately available funds
in Dollars the amount of such Lenders Commitment Percentage of each drawing paid by the Issuing
Bank under each Letter of Credit to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower
pursuant to the immediately preceding subsection (d); provided, however, that in respect of any
drawing under any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount that any Lender shall be required to fund,
whether as a Revolving Loan or as a participation, shall not exceed such Lenders Commitment
Percentage of such drawing. If the notice referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.2.(e) is
received by a Lender not later than 11:00 a.m. Central time, then such Lender shall make such
payment available to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. Central time on the date of
demand therefor; otherwise, such payment shall be made available to the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. Central time on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Lenders obligation to
make such payments to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, and the Administrative
Agents right to receive the same for the account of the Issuing Bank, shall be absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected in any way by any circumstance whatsoever,
including without limitation, (i) the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under this
subsection, (ii) the financial condition of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, (iii) the
existence of any Default or Event of Default, including any Event of Default described in Section
10.1.(e) or (f) or (iv) the termination of the Commitments. Each such payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or deduction whatsoever.
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(k) Information to Lenders. Promptly following any change in Letters of Credit
outstanding, the Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly deliver
the same to each Lender and the Borrower, a notice describing the aggregate amount of all Letters
of Credit outstanding at such time. Upon the request of any Lender from time to time, the Issuing
Bank shall deliver any other information reasonably requested by such Lender with respect to each
Letter of Credit then outstanding. Other than as set forth in this subsection, the Issuing Bank
shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or other matters regarding Letters
of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of the Issuing Bank to perform its requirements under this
subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations under the immediately preceding
subsection (j).
Section 2.3. Swingline Loans.
(a) Swingline Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including without
limitation Section 2.14., the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower,
during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Swingline Maturity Date, in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, $30,000,000, as
such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. If at any time
the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time exceeds the
Swingline Commitment in effect at such time, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 1
Business Day of demand, pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender the
amount of such excess. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may
borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans hereunder. The borrowing of a Swingline Loan shall not
constitute usage of any Lenders Commitment for purposes of calculation of the fee payable under
Section 3.5.(b).
(b) Procedure for Borrowing Swingline Loans. The Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender notice pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing or
telephonic notice of each borrowing of a Swingline Loan. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall
be delivered to the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00 p.m. Central time on the proposed date of
such borrowing. Any telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written
Notice of Swingline Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant
to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing sent to the Swingline Lender by telecopy on the same day of the
giving of such telephonic notice. Not later than 3:30 p.m. Central time on the date of the
requested Swingline Loan and subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article 5.2. for such borrowing, the Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan
available to the Borrower in Dollars, in immediately available funds, at the account specified by
the Borrower in the Notice of Swingline Borrowing.
(c) Interest. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin or at such other rate
or rates as the Borrower and the Swingline Lender may agree from time to time in writing. Interest
on Swingline Loans is solely for the account of the Swingline Lender (except to the extent a Lender
acquires a participating interest in a Swingline Loan pursuant to the immediately following
subsection (e)). All accrued and unpaid interest on Swingline Loans shall be payable on the dates
and in the manner provided in Section 2.4. with respect to interest on Base Rate Loans (except as
the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may otherwise agree in writing in connection with any
particular Swingline Loan).
(d) Swingline Loan Amounts, Etc. Each Swingline Loan shall be in the minimum amount
of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, or such other minimum amounts
agreed to by the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Any voluntary prepayment of a Swingline Loan
must be in integral multiples of $100,000 or the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Swingline Loans (or such other minimum amounts upon which the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may
agree) and in
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connection with any such prepayment, the Borrower must give the Swingline Lender and the
Administrative Agent prior written notice thereof no later than 12:00 noon Central time on the day
prior to the date of such prepayment. The Swingline Loans shall, in addition to this Agreement, be
evidenced by the Swingline Note.
(e) Repayment and Participations of Swingline Loans. The Borrower agrees to repay
each Swingline Loan within one Business Day of demand therefor by the Swingline Lender and, in any
event, within 5 Business Days after the date such Swingline Loan was made; provided, that the
proceeds of a Swingline Loan may not be used to pay a Swingline Loan. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but
unpaid interest on, the Swingline Loans on the Swingline Maturity Date (or such earlier date as the
Swingline Lender and the Borrower may agree in writing). In lieu of demanding repayment of any
outstanding Swingline Loan from the Borrower, the Swingline Lender may, on behalf of the Borrower
(which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), request a borrowing
of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans from the Lenders in an amount equal to the principal
balance of such Swingline Loan. The amount limitations contained in the second sentence of Section
2.1.(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of such Revolving Loans made pursuant to this subsection.
The Swingline Lender shall give notice to the Administrative Agent of any such borrowing of
Revolving Loans not later than 11:00 a.m. Central time at least one Business Day prior to the
proposed date of such borrowing. Promptly after receipt of such notice of borrowing of Revolving
Loans from the Swingline Lender under the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Not later than 11:00 a.m. Central time on the
proposed date of such borrowing, each Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent at the
Principal Office for the account of the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the
proceeds of the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall pay the
proceeds of such Revolving Loans to the Swingline Lender, which shall apply such proceeds to repay
such Swingline Loan. If the Lenders are prohibited from making Revolving Loans required to be made
under this subsection for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, the occurrence of
any of the Defaults or Events of Default described in Sections 10.1.(e) or (f), each Lender shall
purchase from the Swingline Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation to the extent of such Lenders Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan, by
directly purchasing a participation in such Swingline Loan in such amount and paying the proceeds
thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. A Lenders obligation to purchase such a participation in a Swingline
Loan shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including without limitation, (i) any claim of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against the Administrative Agent, the
Swingline Lender or any other Person whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuation of a Default
or Event of Default (including without limitation, any of the Defaults or Events of Default
described in Sections 10.1.(e) or (f)), or the termination of any Lenders Commitment, (iii) the
existence (or alleged existence) of an event or condition which has had or could have a Material
Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of any Loan Document by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact made available to
the Swingline Lender by any Lender, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount
on demand from such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of
demand thereof, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon
the Swingline Lenders demand therefor, and until such time as such Lender makes the required
payment, the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swingline Loans in
the amount of such unpaid participation obligation for all purposes of the Loan Documents (other
than those provisions requiring the other Lenders to purchase a participation therein). Further,
such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on
its Revolving Loans, and any other amounts due it hereunder, to the Swingline Lender to fund
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Swingline Loans in the amount of the participation in Swingline Loans that such Lender failed to
purchase pursuant to this Section until such amount has been purchased (as a result of such
assignment or otherwise).
Section 2.4. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.
(a) Rates. The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the
period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan
shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:
(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in
effect from time to time), plus the Applicable Margin; and
(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for such Loan for the
Interest Period therefor, plus the Applicable Margin.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, while an Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender and the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
interest at the Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan made by such
Lender, on all Reimbursement Obligations and on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder
or under the Notes held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without
limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law);
provided, however, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default under
Section 10.1.(a)(in which event the following notice shall not be required), the Borrower shall not
be required to pay interest at the Post-Default Rate unless the Administrative Agent, at the
direction of the Requisite Lenders, shall have notified the Borrower that interest shall be payable
at the Post-Default Rate.
(b) Payment of Interest. All accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal
amount of each Loan shall be payable (i) monthly in arrears on the first day of each month,
commencing with the first full calendar month occurring after the Effective Date and (ii) on any
date on which the principal balance of such Loan is due and payable in full (whether at maturity,
due to acceleration or otherwise). Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable from
time to time on demand. All determinations by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate
hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(c) Borrower Information Used to Determine Applicable Interest Rates. The parties
understand that the applicable interest rate for the Obligations and certain fees set forth herein
may be determined and/or adjusted from time to time based upon certain financial ratios and/or
other information to be provided or certified to the Lenders by the Borrower (the Borrower
Information). If it is subsequently determined that any such Borrower Information was incorrect
(for whatever reason, including without limitation because of a subsequent restatement of earnings
by the Borrower) at the time it was delivered to the Administrative Agent, and if the applicable
interest rate or fees calculated for any period were lower than they should have been had the
correct information been timely provided, then, such interest rate and such fees for such period
shall be automatically recalculated using correct Borrower Information. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing of any additional interest and fees due because of
such recalculation, and the Borrower shall pay such additional interest or fees due to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, within 5 Business Days of receipt of such
written notice. Any recalculation of interest or fees required by this provision shall survive the
termination of this Agreement, and this provision shall not in any way limit any of the
Administrative Agents, the Issuing Banks, or any Lenders other rights under this Agreement.
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Section 2.5. Number of Interest Periods.
There may be no more than 5 different Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans outstanding at the same
time.
Section 2.6. Repayment of Revolving Loans.
The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but
unpaid interest on, the Revolving Loans on the Termination Date.
Section 2.7. Prepayments.
(a) Optional. Subject to Section 4.4., the Borrower may prepay any Loan at any time
without premium or penalty. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least 3 Business
Days prior written notice of the prepayment of any Loan. Each voluntary prepayment of Revolving
Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $25,000 in
excess thereof or the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans.
(b) Mandatory. If at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans,
together with the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, exceeds the aggregate
amount of the Commitments, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 1 Business Day of
demand, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders the amount of such excess.
Amounts paid under the preceding sentence shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal
outstanding on the Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2.
and if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at such time, the remainder, if any, shall be
deposited into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account for application to any Reimbursement
Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans by reason of this
Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all
amounts due under Section 4.4.
Section 2.8. Continuation.
So long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower may on any Business Day, with respect to
any LIBOR Loan, elect to maintain such LIBOR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBOR Loan by
selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan. Each Continuation of a LIBOR Loan shall be in
an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that
amount, and each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last day of
the immediately preceding Interest Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made
by the Borrower giving to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 12:00
p.m. Central time on the third Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation. Such
notice by the Borrower of a Continuation shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar
form of communication in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of
such Continuation, (b) the LIBOR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c)
the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is
necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of
Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given. Promptly after
receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
proposed Continuation. If the Borrower shall fail to select in a timely manner a new Interest
Period for any LIBOR Loan in accordance with this Section, such Loan will automatically, on the
last day of the current Interest Period therefor, continue as a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period
of one month; provided, however that if an Event of Default exists, such Loan will automatically,
on the last day
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of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first
sentence of Section 2.9. or the Borrowers failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section.
Section 2.9. Conversion.
The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon the Borrowers giving of a Notice of Conversion to
the Administrative Agent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of communication,
Convert all or a portion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type; provided, however, a
Base Rate Loan may not be Converted into a LIBOR Loan if a Default or Event of Default exists.
Each Conversion of Base Rate Loans into LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Each Notice of Conversion
shall be given not later than 12:00 p.m. Central time 3 Business Days prior to the date of any
proposed Conversion. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the proposed Conversion. Subject to the restrictions specified above,
each Notice of Conversion shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of
communication in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such
Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to be
Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is
into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of
Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.
Section 2.10. Notes.
(a) Notes. Except in the case of a Lender that has requested not to receive a
Revolving Note, the Revolving Loans made by each Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, also
be evidenced by a Revolving Note, payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal
to the amount of its Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed. The
Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower shall, in addition to this Agreement,
also be evidenced by a Swingline Note payable to the order of the Swingline Lender.
(b) Records. The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods
(if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account
of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be
binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that (i) the failure of a Lender
to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan
Documents and (ii) if there is a discrepancy between such records of a Lender and the statements of
accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.8., in the absence of
manifest error, the statements of account maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 3.8. shall be controlling.
(c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes. Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i)
written notice from a Lender that a Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated, and (ii)(A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of
indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense
execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Note.
Section 2.11. Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment.
The Borrower shall have the right to terminate or reduce the aggregate unused amount of the
Commitments (for which purpose use of the Commitments shall be deemed to include the aggregate
amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities and the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Swingline Loans) at any time and from time to time without penalty or premium upon not less than 5
Business Days
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prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of each such termination or reduction, which
notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount of any such reduction (which in the
case of any partial reduction of the Commitments shall not be less that $10,000,000 and integral
multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount in the aggregate) and shall be irrevocable once
given and effective only upon receipt by the Administrative Agent (Commitment Reduction Notice);
provided, however, the Borrower may not reduce the aggregate amount of the Commitments below
$100,000,000 unless the Borrower is terminating the Commitments in full. Promptly after receipt of
a Commitment Reduction Notice the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed
termination or Commitment reduction. The Commitments, once reduced or terminated pursuant to this
Section, may not be increased or reinstated.
Section 2.12. Extension of Termination Date.
The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to request that the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders extend the Termination Date to May 18, 2016 (the Extended Termination
Date). The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the
Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the current Termination
Date, a written request for such extension (the Extension Request). The Administrative Agent
shall notify the Lenders if it receives the Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof.
Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended to the
Extended Termination Date effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of payment of the fee
referred to in the following clause (x): (w) immediately prior to such extension and immediately
after giving effect thereto, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (B) the
representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan
Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all
material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in
which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of
the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except
to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date
(in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material
respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which
case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such
earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted
under the Loan Documents, (x) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 3.5.(d),
(y) at the time of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Extension Request, the Borrower shall
have received binding commitments reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
which financial institutions have agreed to provide financing in an aggregate principal amount
sufficient to refinance at least (A) 50.0% of the outstanding principal amount of Non-Recourse
Indebtedness of the Borrowers Subsidiaries as of the Agreement Date scheduled to mature during the
2015 calendar year minus (B) the amount of such Secured Debt that has been defeased, satisfied or
refinanced prior to the Borrowers delivery of the Extension Request to the Administrative Agent
and (z) no later than 10 Business Days prior to the current Termination Date, the Borrower shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of the binding commitments descried in clause (y)
above. At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative
Agents request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the
chief executive officer, chief financial officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent
certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (x)(A) and (x)(B).
Section 2.13. Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Commitment Termination.
If on the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero (whether voluntarily, by
reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise), there are any Letters of Credit
outstanding hereunder, the Borrower shall, on such date, pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
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benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, an amount of money sufficient to cause the balance of
available funds on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to equal the aggregate Stated
Amount of such Letters of Credit for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.
Section 2.14. Amount Limitations.
Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender shall
be required to make any Loan, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue a Letter of Credit,
and no reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11. shall take effect, if immediately
after the making of such Loan, the issuance of such Letter of Credit or reduction in the
Commitments the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans, together with the aggregate
amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, would exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments at
such time.
Section 2.15. Reserved.
Section 2.16. Funds Transfer Disbursements.
(a) Generally. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse
the proceeds of any Loan made by the Lenders or any of their Affiliates pursuant to the Loan
Documents as requested by an authorized representative of the Borrower to any of the accounts
designated in the Transfer Authorizer Designation Form. The Borrower agrees to be bound by any
transfer request: (i) authorized or transmitted by the Borrower; or (ii) made in the Borrowers
name and accepted by the Administrative Agent in good faith and in compliance with these transfer
instructions, even if not properly authorized by the Borrower. The Borrower further agrees and
acknowledges that the Administrative Agent may rely solely on any bank routing number or
identifying bank account number or name provided by the Borrower to effect a wire of funds transfer
even if the information provided by the Borrower identifies a different bank or account holder than
named by the Borrower. The Administrative Agent is not obligated or required in any way to take
any actions to detect errors in information provided by the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent
takes any actions in an attempt to detect errors in the transmission or content of transfer
requests or takes any actions in an attempt to detect unauthorized funds transfer requests, the
Borrower agrees that no matter how many times the Administrative Agent takes these actions the
Administrative Agent will not in any situation be liable for failing to take or correctly perform
these actions in the future and such actions shall not become any part of the transfer disbursement
procedures authorized under this provision, the Loan Documents, or any agreement between the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to notify the Administrative Agent of
any errors in the transfer of any funds or of any unauthorized or improperly authorized transfer
requests within 14 days after the Administrative Agents confirmation to the Borrower of such
transfer.
(b) Funds Transfer. The Administrative Agent will, in its sole discretion, determine
the funds transfer system and the means by which each transfer will be made. The Administrative
Agent may delay or refuse to accept a funds transfer request if the transfer would: (i) violate the
terms of this authorization; (ii) require use of a bank unacceptable to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender or prohibited by any Governmental Authority; (iii) cause the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to violate any Federal Reserve or other regulatory risk control program or guideline; or
(iv) otherwise cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to violate any Applicable Law or
regulation.
(c) Limitation of Liability. None of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or
the Lenders shall be liable to the Borrower or any other parties for (i) errors, acts or failures
to act of others, including other entities, banks, communications carriers or clearinghouses,
through which the Borrowers transfers may be made or information received or transmitted, and no
such entity shall be deemed an agent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender,
(ii) any loss, liability or delay caused
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by fires, earthquakes, wars, civil disturbances, power surges or failures, acts of government,
labor disputes, failures in communications networks, legal constraints or other events beyond the
control of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, or (iii) any special,
consequential, indirect or punitive damages, whether or not (x) any claim for these damages is
based on tort or contract or (y) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or the
Borrower knew or should have known the likelihood of these damages in any situation. None of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders makes any representations or warranties other
than those expressly made in this Agreement.
Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General Provisions
Section 3.1. Payments.
(a) Payments by Borrower. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all
payments of principal, interest, Fees and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this
Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available
funds, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at the Principal
Office, not later than 1:00 p.m. Central time on the date on which such payment shall become due
(each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next
succeeding Business Day). Subject to Section 10.5., the Borrower shall, at the time of making each
payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, specify to the Administrative Agent the
amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note
shall be paid promptly to such Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance
with the wiring instructions provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent from time to time,
for the account of such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender. Each payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement shall
be paid promptly to the Issuing Bank by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance
with the wiring instructions provided by the Issuing Bank to the Administrative Agent from time to
time, for the account of the Issuing Bank. In the event the Administrative Agent fails to pay such
amounts to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, within one Business Day of receipt
of such amounts, the Administrative Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate
per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the due date of any
payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not
a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall
continue to accrue at the rate, if any, applicable to such payment for the period of such
extension.
(b) Presumptions Regarding Payments by Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance
upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount
due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or
the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on
demand that amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, 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.
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Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.
Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a) each borrowing from the Lenders under
Section 2.1.(a), 2.2.(e) and 2.3.(e) shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of the fees under
Section 3.5.(b), the first sentence of 3.5.(c) and Section 3.5.(d) shall be made for the account of
the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.11.
shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of
their respective Commitments; (b) each payment or prepayment of principal of Revolving Loans shall
be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal
amounts of the Revolving Loans held by them, provided that, subject to Section 3.9., if immediately
prior to giving effect to any such payment in respect of any Revolving Loans the outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance
with their respective Commitments in effect at the time such Loans were made, then such payment
shall be applied to the Revolving Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is
practicable, in the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans being held by the Lenders
pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; (c) each payment of interest on Revolving
Loans shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of
interest on such Revolving Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; (d) the making,
Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions
provided for by Sections 4.1.(c) and 4.5.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to
the amounts of their Loans and the then current Interest Period for each Lenders portion of each
Loan of such Type shall be coterminous; (e) the Lenders participation in, and payment obligations
in respect of, Swingline Loans under Section 2.3., shall be in accordance with their respective
Commitment Percentages; and (f) the Lenders participation in, and payment obligations in respect
of, Letters of Credit under Section 2.2., shall be in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages. All payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts in respect of the
Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender only (except to the extent any
Lender shall have acquired a participating interest in any such Swingline Loan pursuant to Section
2.3.(e), in which case such payments shall be pro rata in accordance with such participating
interests).
Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.
If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to
the Borrower under this Agreement or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party through the exercise of any right of set-off, bankers lien,
counterclaim or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or
other payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to a Lender (other than
any payment in respect of Specified Derivatives Obligations) not in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders in accordance with Section
3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders
participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the
Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts,
and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the
Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may actually
be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) in accordance with the
requirements of Section 3.2. or Section 10.5., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders shall
make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise)
if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so
purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such
other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, bankers lien, counterclaim or similar rights
with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the
amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any
such right or shall affect
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the right of any Lender to exercise and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with
respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.
Section 3.4. Several Obligations.
No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to
perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the
failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by
it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform
any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.
Section 3.5. Fees.
(a) Closing Fee. On the Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender all loan fees as have been agreed to in writing by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which are then due and payable.
(b) Facility Fee. During the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the
Termination Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders a facility fee equal to the daily aggregate amount of the Commitments (whether or not
utilized) times a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Facility Fee. Such fee shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July and October during the term of
this Agreement and on the Termination Date or any earlier date of termination of the Commitments or
reduction of the Commitments to zero. The Borrower acknowledges that the fee payable under this
subsection is a bona fide commitment fee and is intended as reasonable compensation to the Lenders
for committing to make funds available to the Borrower as described herein and for no other
purposes.
(c) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin times the daily average Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit for the period from and
including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (x) to and including the date such Letter
of Credit expires or is cancelled or (y) to but excluding the date such Letter of Credit is drawn
in full. The fees provided for in this subsection shall be nonrefundable and payable, in the case
of the fee provided for in the first sentence, in arrears (i) quarterly on the first day of
January, April, July and October, (ii) on the Termination Date, (iii) on the date the Commitments
are terminated or reduced to zero and (iv) thereafter from time to time on demand of the
Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing Bank from time to time on
demand all commissions, charges, costs and expenses in the amounts customarily charged or incurred
by the Issuing Bank from time to time in like circumstances with respect to the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any other transaction relating thereto.
(d) Extension Fee. If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the Termination Date
in accordance with Section 2.12., the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a fee equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the amount of such
Lenders Commitment (whether or not utilized).
(e) Administrative and Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and
other fees of the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers as provided in the Fee Letter
and as may be otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
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Section 3.6. Computations.
Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any
other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual
number of days elapsed.
Section 3.7. Usury.
In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations
exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by
the Borrower or any other Loan Party or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be
credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in
writing that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the
express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive,
directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully
paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law. The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the
only charge imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and
shall be the interest specifically described in Section 2.4.(a)(i) and (ii) and, with respect to
Swingline Loans, in Section 2.3.(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further
agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, closing fees, facility fees, letter of
credit fees, underwriting fees, default charges, funding or breakage charges, increased cost
charges, attorneys fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, are charges made to compensate the Administrative Agent or any such Lender for
underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be
performed or incurred, by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with this
Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. All
charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.
Section 3.8. Statements of Account.
The Administrative Agent will account to the Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans,
accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and such account rendered by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon
the Borrower absent manifest error. The failure of the Administrative Agent to deliver such a
statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrower from any of its obligations
hereunder.
Section 3.9. Defaulting Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law:
(a) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove
any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in
the definition of Requisite Lenders.
(b) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, Fees or other
amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether
voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article X. or otherwise) or received by the
Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.3. shall be applied at such
time or times as may be determined
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by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such
Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro
rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks Fronting Exposure with
respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with subsection (e) below; fourth, as the
Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan
in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by
this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in
order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to
Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks future Fronting Exposure
with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this
Agreement, in accordance with subsection (e) below; sixth, to the payment of any amounts
owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations
under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the
payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting
Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x)
such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or amounts owing by such Defaulting
Lender under Section 2.2.(j) in respect of Letters of Credit (such amounts L/C Disbursements), in
respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such
Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set
forth in Article V. were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans
of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being
applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until
such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Liabilities and
Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages (determined without giving effect to the immediately following subsection (d)). Any
payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or
held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this
subsection shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender
irrevocably consents hereto.
(c) Certain Fees.
(i) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Fee payable under Section
3.5.(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower
shall not be required to pay any such Fee that otherwise would have been required to have
been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(ii) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive payable under Section 3.5.(c)
for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable
to its Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has
provided Cash Collateral pursuant to the immediately following subsection (e).
(iii) With respect to any Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant
to the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the Borrower shall (x) pay to each
Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting
Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in Letter of Credit
Liabilities or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender
pursuant to the immediately
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following subsection (d), (y) pay to each Issuing Bank and
Swingline Lender, as applicable, the
amount of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable
to such Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender,
and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such Fee.
(d) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of
such Defaulting Lenders participation in Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swingline Loans shall be
reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages (determined without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the
extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Article V. are satisfied at the time of such
reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at
such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are
satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lenders Commitment. No
reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder
against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including
any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure
following such reallocation.
(e) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans.
(i) If the reallocation described in the immediately preceding subsection (d) above
cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any
right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in
an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash
Collateralize the Issuing Banks Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this subsection.
(ii) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within 1 Business Day
following the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks
Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to
the immediately preceding subsection (d) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting
Lender) in an amount not less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Bank with
respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time.
(iii) The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such
Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing
Bank, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral
as security for the Defaulting Lenders obligation to fund participations in respect of
Letter of Credit Liabilities, to be applied pursuant to the immediately following clause
(iv). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to
any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank as
herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the aggregate
Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued and
outstanding at such time, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative
Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount
sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided
by the Defaulting Lender).
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash
Collateral provided under this Section in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to
the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lenders obligation to fund participations in respect of
Letter of Credit Liabilities (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting
Lender, any interest
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accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any
other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(v) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Issuing
Banks Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant
to this subsection following (x) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure
(including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (y)
the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank that there exists excess
Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to the immediately preceding subsection (b),
the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Issuing Bank may agree that Cash Collateral
shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations and
provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided
by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted
pursuant to the Loan Documents.
(f) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline
Lender and the Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the
Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date
specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include
arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable,
purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions
as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and
unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders
in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages (determined without giving effect to the
immediately preceding subsection (d)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender;
provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to Fees accrued or
payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and
provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the
affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or
release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting
Lender.
(g) New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is
satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and
(ii) the Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit
unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
Section 3.10. Taxes; Foreign Lenders.
(a) Taxes Generally. All payments by the Borrower of principal of, and interest on,
the Loans and all other Obligations shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
present or future excise, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions,
withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but
excluding the following (collectively, Excluded Taxes): (i) franchise taxes, (ii) any taxes
(other than withholding taxes) that would not be imposed but for a connection between the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or a Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such taxes (other
than a connection arising solely by virtue of the activities of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or such Lender pursuant to or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document), (iii) any taxes imposed on or measured by the Issuing Banks or any Lenders assets,
net income, receipts or branch profits, (iv) any taxes arising after the Agreement Date solely as a
result of or attributable to a Lender changing its designated Lending Office after the date such
Lender becomes a party hereto, (v) any taxes imposed by Sections 1471 through Section 1474 of the
Internal Revenue Code (including any official interpretations thereof, collectively FATCA) on any
withholdable payment payable to such recipient as a result of the failure of such recipient to
satisfy the
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applicable requirements as set forth in FATCA after December 31, 2012 and (vi) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 4.6.),
any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such
Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to
such Foreign Lenders failure or inability (other than as a result of a Regulatory Change) to
comply with Section 3.10.(c), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if
any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section
3.10.(c) (all excise, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions,
withholdings or other charges other than Excluded Taxes, being collectively called Taxes). If
any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder is required in
respect of any Taxes pursuant to any Applicable Law, then the Borrower will:
(i) pay directly to the relevant Governmental Authority the full amount required to be
so withheld or deducted;
(ii) promptly forward to the Administrative Agent an official receipt or other
documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment to such
Governmental Authority; and
(iii) pay to the Administrative Agent for its account or the account of the applicable
Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as is
necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or such Lender will equal the full amount that the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been
required.
(b) Tax Indemnification. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the
appropriate Governmental Authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent, for its account
or the account of the Issuing Bank or respective Lender, as the case may be, the required receipts
or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender as a result of any such
failure. For purposes of this Section, a distribution hereunder by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to or for the account of any Lender shall be deemed a payment by the Borrower.
(c) Tax Forms. Prior to the date that any Lender or Participant organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is a resident for tax purposes becomes
a party hereto, such Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such
certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the Internal Revenue Code or Treasury
Regulations issued pursuant thereto (including Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI and W-8BEN, as
applicable, or appropriate successor forms), properly completed, currently effective and duly
executed by such Lender or Participant establishing that payments to it hereunder and under the
Notes are (i) not subject to United States Federal backup withholding tax and (ii) not subject to
United States Federal withholding tax under the Internal Revenue Code. Each such Lender or
Participant shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, (x) deliver further copies of such forms or
other appropriate certifications on or before the date that any such forms expire or become
obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form delivered
to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and (y) obtain such extensions of the time for filing,
and renew such forms and certifications thereof, as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall not be required to pay any amount pursuant to the
last sentence of subsection (a) above to any Lender or Participant that is organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is a resident for tax purposes or the
Administrative Agent, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United
States of America, if such
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Lender, such Participant or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, fails to comply with the
requirements of this subsection. If any such Lender or Participant, to the extent it may lawfully
do so, fails to deliver the above forms or other documentation, then the Administrative Agent may
withhold from such payment to such Lender such amounts as are required by the Internal Revenue
Code. If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold
or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the
account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all
penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal
services and all disbursements of internal counsel) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of
the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all
Obligations and the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent.
(d) Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or any Issuing Bank determines, in
its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified
by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 3.10., it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent
of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with
respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing
Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or
Issuing Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank is required to
repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank to make available its tax returns (or any
other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other
Person.
(e) USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance. In order for the Administrative Agent to
comply with the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), prior to any Lender or Participant
that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America becoming
a party hereto, the Administrative Agent may request, and such Lender or Participant shall provide
to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other
identification information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with
federal law.
Article IV. Yield Protection, Etc.
Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a) Capital Adequacy. If any Lender or any Participant determines that compliance
with any law or regulation or with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount
of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or such Participant, or any
corporation controlling such Lender or such Participant, as a consequence of, or with reference to,
such Lenders Commitments or its making or maintaining Loans or participating in Letters of Credit
below the rate which such Lender or such Participant or such corporation controlling such Lender or
such Participant could have achieved but for such compliance (taking into account the policies of
such Lender or such Participant or such corporation with regard to capital), then the Borrower
shall, from time to time, within 30 days after written demand by such Lender or such Participant,
pay to such Lender or such Participant additional amounts sufficient to
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compensate such Lender or such Participant or such corporation controlling such Lender or such
Participant to the extent that such Lender or such Participant determines such increase in capital
is allocable to such Lenders or such Participants obligations hereunder.
(b) Additional Costs. In addition to, and not in limitation of the immediately
preceding subsection (a), the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to
compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it determines are attributable to
its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder,
any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents in respect of any of such LIBOR Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such
Lender of capital in respect of its LIBOR Loans or its Commitments (such increases in costs and
reductions in amounts receivable being herein called Additional Costs), resulting from any
Regulatory Change that: (i) changes the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect of
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any such LIBOR Loans or its
Commitments (except for Taxes covered by Section 3.10. and the imposition of, or any change in the
rate of, any Excluded Taxes payable by such Lender), or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve,
special deposit or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or other similar reserve requirement applicable to any other category of
liabilities or category of extensions of credit or other assets by reference to which the interest
rate on LIBOR Loans is determined to the extent utilized when determining LIBOR for such Loans)
relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities
of, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by such Lender (or its parent
corporation), or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the Commitments of
such Lender hereunder) or (iii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
capital of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such
Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lenders policies with respect to capital
adequacy).
(c) Lenders Suspension of LIBOR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions
of the immediately preceding subsection (a) and (b), if by reason of any Regulatory Change, any
Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified
level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this
Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR
Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or
assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert Base
Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be
in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall apply).
(d) Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit. Without limiting the
obligations of the Borrower under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without
duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital guideline or other
requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed,
modified or deemed applicable any tax (other than an Excluded Tax), reserve, special deposit,
capital adequacy or similar requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference to
Letters of Credit and the result shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Bank of issuing (or
any Lender of purchasing participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or
purchase participations in) any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by the Issuing
Bank or any Lender hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by the Issuing
Bank or such Lender, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 1 Business Day of demand,
pay to the Issuing Bank or, in the case of such Lender, to the Administrative Agent for the account
of such Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, such
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additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Bank or such Lender for such
increased costs or reductions in amount.
(e) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs. Each of the Administrative
Agent, Issuing Bank, each Lender, and each Participant, as the case may be, agrees to notify the
Borrower of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Participant to compensation under any of the preceding
subsections of this Section as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that the failure of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Participant to give such notice shall not
release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the
Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender and each
Participant, as the case may be, agrees to furnish to the Borrower (and in the case of the Issuing
Bank, a Lender or a Participant to the Administrative Agent as well) a certificate setting forth
the basis and amount of each request for compensation under this Section. Determinations by the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, such Lender, or such Participant, as the case may be, of
the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(f) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or
Issuing Banks right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required
to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 4.1. for any increased costs
incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Regulatory Change giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions, and of such Lenders or Issuing Banks intention to claim
compensation therefor (except that, if the Regulatory Change giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 180 days period referred to above shall be extended to include
the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of LIBOR
for any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that
quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of
LIBOR are not being provided in the relevant amounts or for the relevant maturities for
purposes of determining rates of interest for LIBOR Loans as provided herein or is otherwise
unable to determine LIBOR, or
(b) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that
the relevant rates of interest referred to in the definition of LIBOR upon the basis of
which the rate of interest for LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period is to be determined are
not likely to adequately cover the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans
for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so
long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to, and shall
not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans and the
Borrower shall, on the last day of each current Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Loan,
either prepay such Loan or Convert such Loan into a Base Rate Loan
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Section 4.3. Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall determine (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding) that it is unlawful for such Lender to honor its
obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the
Borrower thereof (with a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) and such Lenders
obligation to make or Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBOR Loans shall be
suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBOR Loans (in which case the
provisions of Section 4.5. shall be applicable).
Section 4.4. Compensation.
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, such amount or amounts as the Administrative Agent shall
determine in its sole discretion shall be sufficient to compensate such Lender for any loss, cost
or expense attributable to:
(a) any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or
Conversion of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including, without
limitation, acceleration) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such
Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the
failure of any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Article 5.2. to be
satisfied, but excluding any failure resulting from the operating of Section 4.2.) to borrow
a LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan
into a LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or
Continuation.
Not in limitation of the foregoing, such compensation shall include, without limitation, an amount
equal to the then present value of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued on such LIBOR
Loan for the remainder of the Interest Period at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loan, less (B)
the amount of interest that would accrue on the same LIBOR Loan for the same period if LIBOR were
set on the date on which such LIBOR Loan was repaid, prepaid or Converted or the date on which the
Borrower failed to borrow, Convert or Continue such LIBOR Loan, as applicable, calculating present
value by using as a discount rate LIBOR quoted on such date. Upon the Borrowers request, the
Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower with a statement setting forth the basis for
requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof. Any such statement
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 4.5. Treatment of Affected Loans.
If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate
Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(c), Section 4.2. or Section
4.3. then such Lenders LIBOR Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate Loans on the
last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion
required by Section 4.1.(c), Section 4.2., or Section 4.3. on such earlier date as such Lender may
specify to the Borrower with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and, unless and until such Lender
gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1., Section 4.2. or
Section 4.3. that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:
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(a) to the extent that such Lenders LIBOR Loans have been so Converted, all payments
and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lenders LIBOR Loans
shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(b) all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as LIBOR Loans
shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such
Lender that would otherwise be Converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
If such Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the
circumstances specified in Section 4.1.(c) or 4.3. that gave rise to the Conversion of such
Lenders LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do
promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders
are outstanding, then such Lenders Base Rate Loans shall be automatically Converted, on the first
day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR Loans, to the extent
necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans
and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest Periods) in
accordance with their respective Commitments.
Section 4.6. Affected Lenders.
If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.10. or 4.1., and the Requisite
Lenders are not also doing the same, or (b) the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to
Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section
4.1.(b) or 4.3. but the obligation of the Requisite Lenders shall not have been suspended under
such Sections, or (c) a Lender does not vote in favor of any amendment, modification or waiver to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document which, pursuant to Section 12.7., requires the vote of
such Lender, and the Requisite Lenders shall have voted in favor of such amendment, modification or
waiver then, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may
demand that such Lender (the Affected Lender), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall
promptly, assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12.6.(b) for a purchase price equal to (x) the aggregate principal balance of
all Loans then owing to the Affected Lender, plus (y) the aggregate amount of payments
previously made by the Affected Lender under Section 2.2.(j) that have not been repaid,
plus (z) any accrued but unpaid interest and accrued but unpaid fees owing to the Affected
Lender, or any other amount as may be mutually agreed upon by such Affected Lender and Eligible
Assignee. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Affected Lender shall reasonably cooperate in
effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under this Section, but at no time shall the
Administrative Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender nor any Titled Agent be obligated
in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible
Assignee. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this Section shall be at the Borrowers
sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Administrative Agent, the Affected Lender or
any of the other Lenders. The terms of this Section shall not in any way limit the Borrowers
obligation to pay to any Affected Lender compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to
this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 3.10., 4.1. or 4.4.) with
respect to any period up to the date of replacement.
Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.
Each Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy
and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to any
of its Loans affected by the matters or circumstances described in Sections 3.10., 4.1. or 4.3. to
reduce the liability of the Borrower or avoid the results provided thereunder, so long as such
designation is not disadvantageous
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to such Lender as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, except that such Lender shall
have no obligation to designate a Lending Office located in the United States of America.
Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.
Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Article shall be made as though such
Lender had actually funded LIBOR Loans through the purchase of deposits in the relevant market
bearing interest at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the
LIBOR Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however,
that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing
assumption shall be used only for calculation of amounts payable under this Article.
Article V. Conditions Precedent
Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.
The obligation of the Lenders to effect or permit the occurrence of the first Credit Event
hereunder, whether as the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;
(ii) Revolving Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each Lender (other than any
Lender that has requested that it not receive a Revolving Note) and complying with the terms
of Section 2.10.(a) and the Swingline Note executed by the Borrower;
(iii) the Guaranty executed by the Parent and each of the other Guarantors;
(iv) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, addressed to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and covering the matters set forth in Exhibit J;
(v) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, articles of
organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable
organizational instrument (if any) of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State of the state of formation of such Loan Party;
(vi) a certificate of good standing (or certificate of similar meaning) with respect to
each Loan Party issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of
formation of each such Loan Party and certificates of qualification to transact business or
other comparable certificates issued as of a recent date by each Secretary of State (and any
state department of taxation, as applicable) of each state in which such Loan Party is
required to be so qualified and where failure to be so qualified could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) a certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or
other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of
the officers of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to
which such Loan Party is a party, and in the case of the Borrower, authorized to execute and
deliver on behalf
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of the Borrower Notices of Borrowing, Notices of Swingline Borrowing, requests for Letters
of Credit, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;
(viii) copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual
performing similar functions) of each Loan Party of (A) the by-laws of such Loan Party, if a
corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership
agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of
any other form of legal entity and (B) all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary
action taken by such Loan Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(ix) a Compliance Certificate calculated as of March 31, 2011 giving pro forma effect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including termination of the Existing
Credit Agreement;
(x) a Transfer Authorizer Designation Form effective as of the Agreement Date;
(xi) evidence that the Fees, if any, then due and payable under Section 3.5., together
with all other fees, expenses and reimbursement amounts due and payable to the
Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders, including without limitation, the fees and
expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, have been paid; and
(xii) such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent, or
any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request; and
(b) In the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent:
(i) since December 31, 2010, there shall not have occurred or become known to the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders any event or condition that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or
judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (A)
result in a Material Adverse Effect or (B) restrain or enjoin, or otherwise materially and
adversely affect, the ability of the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill
its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(iii) the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries shall
have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all
necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation
of (A) any Applicable Law or (B) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Loan
Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for
such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of
which could not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain
or enjoin, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Parent, the
Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party; and
(iv) the Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall have provided all
information requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in order to comply with
the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall give notice (which may be by electronic mail or other
similar means of electronic communication) to the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon is
determination that all of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section shall have been
fulfilled or waived by all of the Lenders.
Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit.
The obligations of (i) Lenders to make any Loans and (ii) the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of
Credit, are each subject to the further conditions precedent that: (a) no Default or Event of
Default shall exist as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of
Credit or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, and no violation of the limits
described in Section 2.14. would occur after giving effect thereto; (b) the representations and
warranties made or deemed made by the Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan
Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such
representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of the
making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit with the same force and effect as
if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties
expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or
warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and
correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for of changes in factual
circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder and (c) in the case of the borrowing
of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received a timely Notice of Borrowing, or
in the case of the borrowing of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall have received a timely
Notice of Swingline Borrowing. Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrower
to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of notice
relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In
addition, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders at the time any Loan is made or any Letter of Credit is issued that all conditions to the
making of such Loan or issuing of such Letter of Credit contained in this Article V., and not
waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, have been satisfied. Unless
set forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its initial Loan by a Lender shall constitute a
certification by such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders that the conditions
precedent for initial Loans set forth in Sections 5.1. and 5.2. that have not previously been
waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement have been satisfied.
Article VI. Representations and Warranties
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Administrative Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and
to make Loans and, in the case of the Issuing Bank, to issue Letters of Credit, each of the Parent
and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each
Lender as follows:
(a) Organization; Power; Qualification. Each of the Parent, the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties is a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, duly organized or formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has
the power and authority to own or lease its respective properties and to carry on its respective
business as now being and hereafter
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proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation,
partnership or other legal entity, and authorized to do business, in each jurisdiction in which the
character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification or
authorization unless the failure to be so qualified or authorized could not reasonably be expected
to have, in each instance, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Ownership Structure. Part I of Schedule 6.1.(b) is, as of May 10, 2011, a
complete and correct list of (i) each Person holding any Equity Interest in the Borrower, (ii) the
percentage of ownership of such Person in the Borrower and (iii) the jurisdiction of organization
of each Loan Party. Except as disclosed on such Schedule, there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including, without
limitation, any stockholders or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or
voting of, or outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of
any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in the Borrower. To Borrowers
and the Parents knowledge, all of the Equity Interests in Borrower have been issued in compliance
with all Applicable Law. As of the Agreement Date, Part II of Schedule 6.1.(b) correctly sets
forth all Unconsolidated Affiliates of the Parent, including the correct legal name of such Person,
the type of legal entity which each such Person is, and all Equity Interests (and the Ownership
Share) in such Person held directly or indirectly by the Parent.
(c) Authorization of Loan Documents and Borrowings. The Borrower has the right and
power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to borrow and obtain the other
extensions of credit hereunder. The Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party has the right
and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to execute, deliver and perform each
of the Loan Documents and the Fee Letter to which it is a party in accordance with their respective
terms and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Loan Documents and
the Fee Letter to which the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party have been duly
executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of such Person and each is a legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its
respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies for the
enforcement of certain obligations contained herein or therein and as may be limited by equitable
principles generally.
(d) Compliance of Loan Documents with Laws. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any Loan Party is a party and of the Fee
Letter in accordance with their respective terms and the borrowings and other extensions of credit
hereunder do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both: (i) require
any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law (including all Environmental Laws) relating
to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute a default under the organizational documents of the Parent, the Borrower or any other
Loan Party, or any material indenture, material agreement or other material instrument to which the
Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its respective
properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party other than in
favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing
Bank.
(e) Compliance with Applicable Law; Governmental Approvals. Each of the Parent, the
Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary is in compliance with each Governmental
Approval and all other Applicable Laws relating to it except for noncompliances which, and
Governmental Approvals the failure to possess which, could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(f) Title to Properties. Each of the Parent, the Borrower, each other Loan Party and
each other Subsidiary has good, marketable and legal title to, or a valid leasehold interest in,
its respective assets to the extent necessary to conduct their respective businesses.
(g) Certain Indebtedness. As of the Agreement Date, no default or event of default
has occurred with respect to the payment of interest or principle on any Indebtedness of the
Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary having an aggregate outstanding
principal amount of $5,000,000 or more and, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the
Parent or the Borrower, none of the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or the other
Subsidiaries has received any notice of default or event of default, or event or condition which
with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or event of
default, with respect to any such Indebtedness. Schedule 6.1.(g) is, as of the Agreement Date, a
complete and correct listing of all outstanding Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrowers
Subsidiaries scheduled to mature during the 2015 calendar year.
(h) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1.(h), there are no actions, suits
or proceedings pending (nor, to the knowledge of the Parent or the Borrower, are there any actions,
suits or proceedings threatened) against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting the
Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective
property in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any other Governmental
Authority which, (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) in any
manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the Fee Letter.
There are no strikes, slow downs, work stoppages or walkouts or other labor disputes in progress or
threatened relating to, any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Taxes. All material federal, state and other tax returns of the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary required by Applicable Law to be filed have
been duly filed, and all material federal, state and other taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges or levies upon the Parent, the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary and their respective properties, income, profits and assets which are due and payable
have been paid, except any such nonpayment or non-filing which is at the time permitted under
Section 7.6. As of the Agreement Date, none of the United States income tax returns of the Parent,
the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is under audit. All charges, accruals
and reserves on the books of the Parent, the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.
(j) Financial Statements. The Parent has furnished to each Lender copies of (i) the
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2010, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders equity and cash flow for the fiscal year ended on such date, with the opinion thereon
of Ernst & Young LLP, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders equity and cash flow of the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended on such date. Such financial statements
(including in each case related schedules and notes) are complete and correct in all material
respects and present fairly, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at their respective dates and the results of operations and the cash
flow for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end
audit adjustments and absence of footnotes).
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(k) No Material Adverse Change; Solvency. Since December 31, 2010, there has been no
event, change, circumstance or occurrence that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties is Solvent and the Parent, the Borrower and their
respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
(l) ERISA.
(i) Except as could not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, each Benefit Arrangement is in compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other Applicable Laws. Except
with respect to Multiemployer Plans, each Qualified Plan (A) has received a favorable
determination from the Internal Revenue Service applicable to such Qualified Plans current
remedial amendment cycle (as defined in Revenue Procedure 2007-44 or 2007-44 for short),
(B) has timely filed for a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
during its staggered remedial amendment cycle (as defined in 2007-44) and such application
is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service, (C) had filed for a
determination letter prior to its GUST remedial amendment period (as defined in 2007-44)
and received such determination letter and the staggered remedial amendment cycle first
following the GUST remedial amendment period for such Qualified Plan has not yet expired, or
(D) is maintained under a prototype plan and may rely upon a favorable opinion letter issued
by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such prototype plan. To the best knowledge
of the Parent and the Borrower, nothing has occurred which could reasonably be expected to
result in the revocation of a Qualified Plans favorable determination letter or opinion
letter.
(ii) With respect to any Benefit Arrangement that is a retiree welfare benefit
arrangement, all amounts have been accrued on the applicable ERISA Groups financial
statements in accordance with FASB ASC 715. The benefit obligation of all Plans does not
exceed the fair market value of plan assets for such Plans by more than $20,000,000 all as
determined by and with such terms defined in accordance with FASB ASC 715.
(iii) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is expected to occur;
(ii) there are no pending, or to the best knowledge of the Parent and the Borrower,
threatened, claims, actions or lawsuits or other action by any Governmental Authority, plan
participant or beneficiary with respect to a Benefit Arrangement; (iii) there are no
violations of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Benefit Arrangement;
and (iv) no member of the ERISA Group has engaged in a non-exempt prohibited transaction,
as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, in
connection with any Plan, that would subject any member of the ERISA Group to a tax on
prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(m) Absence of Default. None of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
other Subsidiary is in default under its certificate or articles of incorporation or formation,
bylaws, partnership agreement or other similar organizational documents, and no event has occurred,
which has not been remedied, cured or waived: (i) which constitutes a Default or an Event of
Default; or (ii) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or
both, would constitute, a default or event of default by, the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan
Party or any other Subsidiary under any agreement (other than this Agreement) or judgment, decree
or order to which any such Person is a party or by which any such Person or any of its respective
properties may be bound where such default or event of default could, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Environmental Laws. In the ordinary course of business, each of the Parent, the
Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary causes reviews to be conducted of its
respective operations or properties, to the extent applicable, for compliance with Environmental
Laws. Each of the Parent, the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary: (i) is in
compliance with all Environmental Laws applicable to its business, operations and the Properties,
(ii) has obtained all Governmental Approvals which are required under Environmental Laws, and each
such Governmental Approval is in full force and effect, and (iii) is in compliance with all terms
and conditions of such Governmental Approvals, where with respect to each of the immediately
preceding clauses (i) through (iii) the failure to obtain or to comply could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for any of the following matters that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Parent, the Borrower, any
other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary has any knowledge of, nor has the Parent, the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary received written notice of, any past, present, or
pending releases, events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, facts,
occurrences, actions, or plans that, with respect to the Parent, the Borrower, such other Loan
Party or such other Subsidiary, their respective businesses, operations or with respect to the
Properties, may: (x) cause or contribute to an actual or alleged violation of or noncompliance
with Environmental Laws, (y) cause or contribute to any other potential claim or other liability
under any Environmental Law, or (z) cause any of the Properties to become subject to any
restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law or require
the filing or recording of any notice, approval or disclosure document under any Environmental Law.
There is no civil, criminal, or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice, or
demand letter, mandate, order, lien, request, investigation, or proceeding pending or, to the
Parents knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, against the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan
Party or any other Subsidiary relating in any way to Environmental Laws which, reasonably could be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Properties is listed on or proposed for
listing on the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and its implementing regulations, or any
comparable state or local priority list promulgated pursuant to any analogous state or local law.
To Parents knowledge, no Hazardous Materials generated at or transported from the Properties are
or have been transported to, or disposed of at, any location that is listed or proposed for listing
on the National Priority List or any comparable state or local priority list, or any other location
that is or has been the subject of a clean-up, removal or remedial action pursuant to any
Environmental Law, except to the extent that such transportation or disposal could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Investment Company. None of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
other Subsidiary is (i) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) subject to
any other Applicable Law which purports to restrict its ability to borrow money or obtain other
extensions of credit or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to perform
its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.
(p) Margin Stock. None of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of
extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying
margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
(q) Intellectual Property. Each of the Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary owns or
has the right to use, under valid license agreements or otherwise, all patents, licenses,
franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, service marks, service mark rights, trade names, trade
name rights, trade secrets and copyrights (collectively, Intellectual Property) necessary to the
conduct of its businesses, without
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known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trademark right, service mark,
service mark right, trade secret, trade name, copyright, or other proprietary right of any other
Person except for such Intellectual Property, the absence of which, and for conflicts which, could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties and each
other Subsidiary has taken all such steps as it deems reasonably necessary to protect its
respective rights under and with respect to such Intellectual Property. No material claim has been
asserted by any Person with respect to the use of any such Intellectual Property by the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, or challenging or questioning the validity
or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property. The use of such Intellectual Property by the
Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries does not infringe on the
rights of any Person, subject to such claims and infringements as do not, in the aggregate , give
rise to any liabilities on the part of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Business. As of the Agreement Date, the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan
Parties and the other Subsidiaries are engaged in (i) the business of owing, operating, managing
and developing Designated Use Properties and the provision of services incidental thereto, (ii) the
brokerage, purchase and sale of manufactured home units, (iii) making Investments permitted under
Section 9.1.(g) and (iv) other business activities reasonably incidental to the foregoing.
(s) Brokers Fees. No brokers or finders fee, commission or similar compensation
will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. No other similar fees or
commissions will be payable by any Loan Party for any other services rendered to the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(t) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All written information, reports and
other papers and data (other than (i) financial projections, budgets, forecasts, pro forma
financial statements and other forward looking statements and (ii) general industry information)
furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the
Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary were, at the time the same were
so furnished and taken as a whole with all other written information, reports and other papers and
data furnished substantially contemporaneously therewith, complete and correct in all material
respects, to the extent necessary to give the recipient a true and accurate knowledge of the
subject matter, or, in the case of financial statements (other than (x) financial projections,
budgets, forecasts, pro forma financial statements and other forward looking statements and (y) the
financial statements covered in Section 6.1.(j)), are complete and correct in all material respects
and present fairly, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, the consolidated financial position of the Persons involved as at
their respective dates and the results of operations for such periods (subject, as to interim
statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of full
footnote disclosure). All financial projections, budgets, forecasts, pro forma financial
statements and other forward looking statements prepared by or on behalf of the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary that have been or may hereafter be made
available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on
assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation thereof. No fact is known to any
Loan Party which has had, or may in the future have (so far as any Loan Party can reasonably
foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.1.(j) or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. No document furnished or written
statement made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation,
preparation or execution of, or pursuant to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
(other than (i) financial projections, budgets, forecasts, pro forma financial statements and other
forward looking statements and (ii) general industry information) contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a
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material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein not misleading.
(u) Not Plan Assets; No Prohibited Transactions. None of the assets of the Parent,
the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary constitutes plan assets within the
meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder.
Assuming that no Lender funds any amount payable by it hereunder with plan assets, as that term
is defined in 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and the extensions of credit and repayment of amounts hereunder, do not
and will not constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code.
(v) OFAC. None of the Parent, the Borrower, any of the other Loan Parties, any of the
other Subsidiaries, or any other Affiliate of the Borrower: (i) is a person named on the list of
Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Department of the
Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/index.shtml or as otherwise published from time to
time; (ii) is (A) an agency of the government of a country, (B) an organization controlled by a
country, or (C) a person resident in a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on
the list maintained by OFAC and available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/index.shtml, or as otherwise published from time to
time, as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or person; or (iii) derives
any of its assets or operating income from investments in or transactions with any such country,
agency, organization or person; and none of the proceeds from any Loan, and none of the Letters of
Credit, will be used to finance any operations, investments or activities in, or make any payments
to, any such country, agency, organization, or person.
(w) REIT Status. Each Guarantor qualifies as, and has elected to be treated as, a
REIT and is in compliance with all requirements and conditions imposed under the Internal Revenue
Code to allow such Guarantor to maintain its status as a REIT.
(x) Qualifying Unencumbered Properties. Each Property included in a given calculation
of the Unencumbered Net Operating Income satisfied, at the time of such calculation, all of the
requirements contained in the definition of Qualifying Unencumbered Property.
Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.
All statements contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered
by or on behalf of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection
with any amendment thereto or any statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or
other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
other Subsidiary prior to the Agreement Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the underwriting or closing the transactions contemplated hereby but
excluding financial projections, budgets, forecasts, pro forma financial statements and other
forward looking statements and general industry information) shall constitute representations and
warranties made by the Borrower under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be made at and as of the
Agreement Date, the Effective Date, the date on which any extension of the Termination Date is
effectuated pursuant to Section 2.12. and as of the date of the occurrence of each Credit Event,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all
material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in
which
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case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such
earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances expressly and specifically permitted
hereunder. All such representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit.
Article VII. Affirmative Covenants
For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Parent and the Borrower shall comply with the
following covenants:
Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.
Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9.6., the Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall
cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain its respective
existence, rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation and qualify and remain qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in
which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and
authorization unless the failure to be so authorized and qualified could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law.
The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary to, comply with all Applicable Laws, including the obtaining of all Governmental
Approvals, the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.
In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Parent and the
Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, (a) protect
and preserve, and maintain in good repair, working order and condition, all of its respective
material properties, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted, and (b) from
time to time make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements
and additions to such properties, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times.
Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.
Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9.6., the Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall
cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, carry on its respective businesses as
described in Section 6.1.(r) and not enter into any line of business not otherwise described in
such Section.
Section 7.5. Insurance.
In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Parent and the
Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, maintain
insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such
amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required
by Applicable Law. The Borrower shall from time to time deliver to the Administrative Agent upon
reasonable request a detailed list, together with reasonable evidence of the insurance then in
effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the
dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.
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Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes.
The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary to, pay and discharge when due all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges
or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any properties belonging to it
which, if unpaid, might become a Lien on any properties of such Person; provided, however, that
this Section shall not require the payment or discharge of any such tax, assessment, charge or levy
which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the
collection thereof and for which adequate reserves have been established on the books of such
Person, in accordance with GAAP.
Section 7.7. Books and Records; Inspections.
The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in
all material respects in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made. The Parent and
the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, permit
representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of their
respective properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records
and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers,
employees and independent public accountants (in the presence of an officer of the Borrower), all
at such reasonable times during business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested and so
long as no Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice. The Borrower shall be obligated
to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for their costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the exercise of their rights under this Section only if such exercise occurs while
a Default or Event of Default exists. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Parent and the
Borrower shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial affairs of the Parent, the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary with its accountants; provided that an officer of the
Borrower shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be present for any discussions with any such
accountants.
Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds.
The Borrower will use the proceeds of Loans only (a) to finance acquisitions permitted under
this Agreement; (b) to finance capital expenditures and (c) to provide for the general working
capital needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and for other general corporate purposes of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall only use Letters of Credit for the same purposes
for which it may use the proceeds of Loans. The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, use any part of such proceeds to purchase
or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock.
Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.
The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary to, comply with all Environmental Laws the failure with which to comply could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Parent and the Borrower shall comply, and shall
cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to comply, and the Parent and the Borrower
shall use, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to use, commercially
reasonable efforts to cause all other Persons occupying, using or present on the Properties to
comply, with all Environmental
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Laws the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other
Subsidiary to, promptly take all actions and pay or arrange to pay all costs necessary for it and
for the Properties to comply with all Environmental Laws and all Governmental Approvals, including
actions to remove and dispose of all Hazardous Materials and to clean up the Properties as required
under Environmental Laws, in each case, the failure with which to comply could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Nothing in this Section shall impose any obligation or
liability whatsoever on the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Section 7.10. Further Assurances.
At the Borrowers cost and expense and upon request of the Administrative Agent, the Parent
and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary to, duly
execute and deliver or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such
further instruments, documents and certificates, and do and cause to be done such further acts that
may be reasonably necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to
carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Section 7.11. REIT Status.
The Parent shall, and shall cause each other Guarantor to, maintain its status as, and
election to be treated as, a REIT.
Section 7.12. Exchange Listing.
The Parent shall maintain at least one class of common shares of the Parent having trading
privileges on the New York Stock Exchange or other nationally recognized securities exchange.
Article VIII. Information
For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall furnish (including by
electronic means as provided in Section 8.5.) to each Lender (or to the Administrative Agent if so
provided below):
Section 8.1. Quarterly Financial Statements.
Within 50 days after the end of each of the first, second and third fiscal quarters of the
Parent, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders
equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding periods of the
previous fiscal year (if any), all of which shall be certified by the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent, in his or her opinion, to
present fairly, in accordance with GAAP in all material respects and consistently applied, the
consolidated financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the
results of operations for such period (subject, in each case, to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of full footnote disclosure).
Section 8.2. Year-End Statements.
Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
audited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Parent
and its
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Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures as at the end of
and for the previous fiscal year (if any), all of which shall be (a) certified by the chief
executive officer, chief financial officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent, in his or her
opinion, to present fairly, in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied, the financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the
result of operations for such period and (b) accompanied by the report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP
or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, whose report shall be unqualified as to going concern (and other like
qualifications or exceptions) and to scope.
Section 8.3. Compliance Certificate.
At the time the financial statements are furnished pursuant to Sections 8.1. and 8.2., a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K (a Compliance Certificate) executed on behalf
of the Parent by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or vice president-treasurer
of the Parent (a) setting forth in reasonable detail as of the end of such quarterly accounting
period or fiscal year, as the case may be, the calculations required to establish whether the
Parent was in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 9.1. and (b) stating that no
Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is not the case, specifying such Default or Event
of Default and its nature, when it occurred and the steps being taken by the Parent with respect to
such event, condition or failure.
Section 8.4. Other Information.
(a) Promptly upon the Administrative Agents request, copies of all reports, if any, submitted
to the Parent or its Board of Directors by its independent public accountants including, without
limitation, any management report;
(b) Within 5 Business Days of the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements
(excluding the exhibits thereto (unless requested by the Administrative Agent) and any registration
statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent), reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their
equivalents) and all other periodic reports which the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or
any other Subsidiary shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental
Authority substituted therefor) or any national securities exchange;
(c) Promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Parent generally, copies of
all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed and promptly upon the issuance
thereof copies of all press releases issued by the Parent, the Borrower any other Loan Party or any
other Subsidiary;
(d) At the time financial statements are furnished pursuant to Sections 8.1. and 8.2., (i) a
statement of Funds From Operations certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent; and (ii) a report of newly acquired Properties, in form and detail
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which shall include, without limitation, the
Net Operating Income of such Property, the cost of acquisition of such Property and the amount, if
any, of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such Property;
(e) No later than 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Parent ending prior
to the Termination Date, projected balance sheets, operating statements, profit and loss
projections and cash flow budgets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for
such fiscal year, all itemized in reasonable detail;
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(f) If any ERISA Event shall occur that individually, or together with any other ERISA Event
that has occurred and is continuing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, a certificate of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or vice
president-treasurer of the Parent setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if
any, which the Parent or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;
(g) To the extent the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary is
aware of the same, prompt notice of the commencement of any proceeding or investigation by or
before any Governmental Authority and any action or proceeding in any court or other tribunal or
before any arbitrator against or in any other way relating to, or affecting, the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective properties,
assets or businesses which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) Prompt notice of the occurrence of any event which has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) Prompt notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(j) Promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, evidence of the Parents
calculation of the Ownership Share with respect to a Subsidiary (other than a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary) or an Unconsolidated Affiliate, such evidence to be in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(k) Promptly, upon each request, information identifying the Parent, the Borrower or any other
Loan Party as a Lender may request in order to comply with the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.
L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001));
(l) Promptly, and in any event within 3 Business Days after the Parent or the Borrower obtains
knowledge thereof, written notice of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any violation of
or noncompliance with any Environmental Law has or may have been committed; (ii) the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice that any administrative
or judicial complaint, order or petition has been filed or other proceeding has been initiated, or
is about to be filed or initiated against any such Person alleging any violation of or
noncompliance with any Environmental Law or requiring any such Person to take any action in
connection with the release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials; (iii) the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive any notice from a Governmental
Authority or private party alleging that any such Person may be liable or responsible for any costs
associated with a response to, or remediation or cleanup of, a release or threatened release of
Hazardous Materials or any damages caused thereby; or (iv) the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan
Party or any other Subsidiary shall receive notice of any other fact, circumstance or condition
that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an environmental claim, and in the case of
any of the foregoing, such matters, whether individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) Prompt notice of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting
practices by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary; and
(n) From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data, certificates, reports,
statements, documents or further information regarding any Property or the business, assets,
liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender
may reasonably request.
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Section 8.5. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information.
(a) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents may be delivered by
electronic communication and delivery, including, the Internet, e-mail or intranet websites to
which the Administrative Agent and each Lender have access (including a commercial, third-party
website such as www.Edgar.com <http://www.Edgar.com> or a website sponsored or hosted by the
Administrative Agent or the Parent (including, without limitation, on the Parents website))
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) notices to any Lender (or the Issuing Bank)
pursuant to Article II. and (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent and the
Parent that it cannot or does not want to receive electronic communications. The Administrative
Agent, the Parent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic delivery pursuant to procedures approved by it for all
or particular notices or communications. Documents or notices delivered electronically shall be
deemed to have been delivered 24 hours after the date and time on which the Administrative Agent,
the Parent or the Borrower posts such documents or the documents become available on a commercial
website and the Administrative Agent, the Parent or the Borrower notifies each Lender of said
posting and provides a link thereto; provided if such notice or other communication is not sent or
posted during the normal business hours of the recipient, said posting date and time shall be
deemed to have occurred as of 11:00 a.m. Central time on the opening of business on the next
business day for the recipient. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the
Parent shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificate required by Section 8.3. to the
Administrative Agent and shall deliver paper copies of any documents to the Administrative Agent or
to any Lender that requests such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper
copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. Except for the certificates required
by Section 8.3., the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to
maintain paper copies of the documents delivered electronically, and in any event shall have no
responsibility to monitor compliance by the Parent or the Borrower with any such request for
delivery. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it of paper copies
and maintaining its paper or electronic documents.
(b) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Article II. may be delivered electronically
to a website provided for such purpose by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the procedures
provided to the Parent or the Borrower by the Administrative Agent.
Section 8.6. Public/Private Information.
The Parent and the Borrower shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent in connection with
the publication of certain materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Parent or
the Borrower. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be delivered
by or on behalf of the Parent or the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(collectively, Information Materials) pursuant to this Article and the Parent or the Borrower
shall designate Information Materials that are either available to the public or not material with
respect to Parent, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities
for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws, as Public Information. All such
Information Materials not so designated as Public Information shall be deemed to be Private
Information.
Section 8.7. USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance.
The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) and federal regulations issued with respect
thereto require all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record certain information that
identifies individuals or business entities which open an account with such financial
institution. Consequently, a Lender (for itself and/or as Administrative Agent for all Lenders
hereunder) may from time-to-time
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request, and the Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause the other Loan Parties to, provide
to such Lender, such Loan Partys name, address, tax identification number and/or such other
identification information as shall be necessary for such Lender to comply with federal law. An
account for this purpose may include, without limitation, a deposit account, cash management
service, a transaction or asset account, a credit account, a loan or other extension of credit,
and/or other financial services product.
Section 8.8. Qualifying Unencumbered Properties.
The Borrower may from time to time but no more frequently than quarterly deliver notice to the
Administrative Agent stating that the Borrower intends to designate a Property to become a
Qualifying Unencumbered Property. Such notice shall (a) set forth the name of such Property (or,
if such Property has no name, such notice shall otherwise identify such Property), and (b) be
accompanied by a statement of income, certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent, for each such Property for the then most
recently completed fiscal quarter (or, if such statement of income is unavailable, a pro forma
financial statement setting forth the Net Operating Income with respect to such Property for the
then current fiscal quarter). If any such Property meets the requirements set forth in the
definition of Qualifying Unencumbered Properties and the Administrative Agent fails to deliver
written notice to the Borrower stating that the Requisite Lenders have disapproved the designation
of such Property as a Qualifying Unencumbered Property (it being understood that such notice shall
provide the Borrower with information regarding why such designation was disapproved by the
Requisite Lenders and that the Requisite Lenders will not unreasonably disapprove such designation)
within 20 days after receipt of such information by the Administrative Agent, such Property shall
become a Qualifying Unencumbered Property.
Article IX. Negative Covenants
For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Parent and the Borrower, as applicable, shall
comply with the following covenants:
Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.
(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Parent shall not permit the ratio of (i) Total
Indebtedness to (ii) Total Asset Value, to exceed 0.60 to 1.00 at any time.
(b) Maximum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Parent shall not permit the ratio of (i)
Adjusted EBITDA for any period of 12 consecutive calendar months ending during the term of this
Agreement to (ii) Fixed Charges of the Parent and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis for such period, to be less than 1.40 to 1.00 at any time.
(c) Minimum Unencumbered Debt Yield. The Parent shall not permit the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) of (i) Unencumbered Net Operating Income for any period of 12 consecutive calendar
months ending during the term of this Agreement to (ii) Unsecured Debt to be less than 12.50% at
any time.
(d) Minimum Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio. The Parent shall not permit the
ratio of (i) Unencumbered Net Operating Income any fiscal quarter ending during the term of this
Agreement to (ii) Unsecured Interest Expense for such fiscal quarter, to be less than 2.00 to 1.00
at any time.
(e) Minimum Net Worth. The Parent shall not permit Net Worth at any time to be less
than (i) $1,600,000,000 plus (ii) 75% of the Net Proceeds of all Equity Issuances effected
at any time after the Agreement Date by the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Unconsolidated
Affiliate to any Person other
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than the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, the amount of any
increase under clause (ii) resulting from Equity Issuances effected by an Unconsolidated Affiliate
shall be limited to the Parents Ownership Share of such Unconsolidated Affiliate.
(f) Dividends and Other Restricted Payments. The Parent and the Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any of the other Subsidiaries to, declare or make any Restricted Payment;
provided, however, that the Parent, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries may declare and make
the following Restricted Payments:
(i) the Borrower may pay cash dividends to the Parent and other holders of partnership
interests in the Borrower with respect to any fiscal year to the extent necessary for the
Parent to distribute, and the Parent may so distribute, cash dividends to its shareholders
in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) the amount required to be
distributed for the Parent to remain in compliance with Section 7.11. or (y) 95.0% of Funds
From Operations;
(ii) the Borrower may pay cash dividends to the Parent and other holders of
partnership interests in the Borrower with respect to any fiscal year ending during the
term of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the Parent to distribute, and the Parent
may so distribute cash distributions to its shareholders of capital gains resulting from
gains from certain asset sales to the extent necessary to avoid payment of taxes on such
asset sales imposed under Sections 857(b)(3) and 4981 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(iii) the Parent may repurchase Equity Interest in the Parent so long as (x)
immediately prior thereto, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence, including, without limitation, a
Default or Event of Default resulting from a breach of any of the covenants contained in
Section 9.1.; (y) Net Worth immediately after giving pro forma effect to such repurchase
would not be less than (1) $1,800,000,000 plus (2) 75% of the Net Proceeds of all
Equity Issuances effected at any time after the Agreement Date by the Parent, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Unconsolidated Affiliate to any Person other than the Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries (with the amount of any increase under clause (2) resulting from Equity
Issuances effected by an Unconsolidated Affiliate being limited to the Parents Ownership
Share of such Unconsolidated Affiliate) and (z) at least 5 Business Days before such
repurchase (or in the case of a repurchase program approved by the Parents board of
directors, 5 Business Days before the first repurchase effected under such program), the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each of the
Lenders a Compliance Certificate, calculated on a pro forma basis, evidencing the continued
compliance by the Loan Parties with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including without limitation, the covenants contained in Section 9.1., after
giving pro forma effect to such repurchase (or in the case of a repurchase program approved
by the Parents board of directors, 5 Business Days before the first repurchase effected
under such program); and
(iv) so long as no Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, Restricted
Payments (x) resulting from repurchases of Equity Interests in the Parent deemed to occur
upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise
price of such options or (y) made for purposes of permitting, directly or indirectly, the
repurchase of Equity Interests in the Parent from present or former officers, directors,
consultants, agents or employees (or their estates, trusts, family members or former
spouses) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such
Restricted Payments in the case of both clauses (x) and (y) does not exceed $10,000,000 in
the aggregate in any fiscal year.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1.(a) exists or if as
a result of the occurrence of any other Event of Default any of the Obligations have been
accelerated, the Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Subsidiary to,
make any Restricted Payments to any Person except that the Borrower may declare and make cash
distributions to the Parent and other holders of partnership interests in the Borrower with respect
to any fiscal year to the extent necessary for the Parent to distribute, and the Parent may so
distribute, an aggregate amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary for the Parent to remain
in compliance with Section 7.11. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section,
Subsidiaries may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary at any time.
(g) Permitted Investments Generally. The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any
Loan Party or other Subsidiary to, make an Investment in or otherwise own the following items which
would cause the aggregate value of such holdings of such Persons (determined in accordance with
GAAP) to exceed 30.0% of Total Asset Value at any time:
(i) Properties that are not Designated Use Properties;
(ii) Unimproved Land;
(iii) Development Activity;
(iv) Mortgage Receivables and other notes receivable;
(v) Designated Use Property Ownership Interests in Persons that are not Subsidiaries or
Unconsolidated Affiliates; and
(vi) Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates and in Subsidiaries that are not Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries.
(h) Permitted Investments of Parent and MHC Trust. Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding subsection (g), (i) the Parent shall not have or make any Investment in any Person, or
own any other assets, except Equity Interests in MHC Trust, the Borrower and the Borrowers
Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates and (ii) MHC Trust shall not have or make any Investment
in any Person, or own any other assets, except Equity Interests in the Borrower and the Borrowers
Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates.
For purposes of calculating compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section
9.1. and the other covenants contained in this Article IX., each of the following transactions, in
each case not prohibited by the Loan Documents, that occurred during the period for which such
financial covenant is to be calculated, shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that each
such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period (and taking into account (i) cost
savings to the extent same would be permitted to be reflected in pro forma financial information
complying with the requirements of GAAP and Article XI of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and (ii) such other adjustments as may be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent in
writing, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed): (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of (i) property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a
business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, (ii) a Property or (iii) Equity
Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary of such Person
(including as a result of a merger or consolidation); (b) the sale, transfer, license, lease or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale or issuance of Equity
Interests in a Subsidiary) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer
or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
claims associated
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therewith; and (c) any incurrence (including by assumption or Guaranty) or repayment (including by
redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) of any Indebtedness. All pro forma
calculations pursuant to this Section shall be made in good faith by the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer or vice president-treasurer of the Parent.
Section 9.2. Indebtedness.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain
directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) guaranties of the Obligations described in the immediately preceding subsection (a);
(c) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, trade debt incurred in the normal course
of business;
(d) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, amounts owing under intercompany leases) owing between Subsidiaries; and
(e) Indebtedness which, after giving effect thereto, may be incurred or may remain outstanding
without giving rise to an Event of Default or Default, including without limitation any Default or
Event of Default resulting from noncompliance with any of the terms of Article IX.; provided,
however, that the Parent and the Borrower shall not (i) and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, guarantee or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect
to the Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate, and (ii) permit any Subsidiary to create,
incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any
Recourse Indebtedness, in an aggregate amount collectively for both clauses (i) and (ii), in excess
of (A) $10,000,000 for any such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate at any time or (B)
$30,000,000 in the aggregate for all Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates at any time.
Section 9.3. Liens.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or
with respect to any of its Property, except:
(a) Permitted Liens;
(b) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred and remain outstanding pursuant to
Section 9.2.(d) and (e);
(c) lawful claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen and landlords for labor,
materials, supplies and rentals which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
which operate to suspend the collection thereof and for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP;
(d) with respect to a Property, items listed on Schedule B to the owners title insurance
policy of the Borrower or a Subsidiary with respect to such Property, which do not materially
detract from
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the value of such Property or impair the intended use thereof in the business of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as applicable;
(e) Liens in favor of counterparties in respect of any Derivative Contracts;
(f) Liens securing judgments and awards for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default under Section 10.1.(h);
(g) bankers Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with
respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more of accounts maintained by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the
bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with
respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled
accounts and netting arrangements; provided that in no case shall any such Liens secure
(either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Indebtedness;
(h) licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not
(i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole and (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(i) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on
the items in the course of collection;
(j) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(k) Liens imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any Environmental
Laws not otherwise resulting in a Default or Event of Default; and
(l) other Liens securing obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) outstanding in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time.
Section 9.4. Negative Pledge.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to, enter into, assume or otherwise be bound by any
Negative Pledge except for a Negative Pledge contained in (i) an agreement (x) evidencing
Indebtedness which (A) the Parent, the Borrower, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary may create,
incur, assume, or permit or suffer to exist without violation of this Agreement and (B) is secured
by a Lien permitted to exist under the Loan Documents (including Liens permitted under Section
9.3.), and (y) which prohibits the creation of any other Lien on only the property securing such
Indebtedness as of the date such agreement was entered into; (ii) an agreement relating to the sale
of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale, provided that in any such case the Negative Pledge
applies only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale or proceeds or
contract related to such sale; (iii) any document or instrument relating to any Lien permitted
under subsections (b), (e), (g), (h), (j) or (k) of Section 9.3. or any Lien referred to in clause
(b) of the definition of the term Permitted Lien, provided that in any such case the Negative
Pledge applies only to the assets that are subject to such Lien; or (iv) any Loan Document or
Specified Derivatives Contract.
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Section 9.5. Restrictions on Intercompany Transfers.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any
Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiarys capital
stock or other equity interests owned by the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (b) pay
any Indebtedness owed to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (c) make loans or
advances to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; or (d) transfer any of its property
or assets to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; other than (i) with respect to the
preceding clauses (a) through (d), those encumbrances or restrictions contained in any Loan
Document, (ii) with respect to clause (d), customary provisions restricting assignment of any lease
or other agreement entered into by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (iii) with respect to the preceding clauses (a), (c)
and (d), which are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements
applicable to joint ventures permitted hereunder and applicable solely to such joint venture
entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) with respect to clause (d), customary
restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted
hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto.
Section 9.6. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.
(a) The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any
other Subsidiary to, (w) enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation, reorganization or
recapitalization; (x) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution); (y) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its business or assets, or the
Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; or (z) acquire all or
substantially all of the assets of, or Equity Interests in, any other Person; provided, however,
that:
(i) any Subsidiary (A) may merge with a Loan Party so long as such Loan Party is the
survivor (and in any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the survivor) and (B)
that is not a Loan Party may merge with any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(ii) any Subsidiary (A) may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets to a Loan
Party and (B) that is not a Loan Party may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets
to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in each case, including any disposition
that is by its nature a liquidation;
(iii) (A) a Loan Party (other than the Parent, the Borrower or any Qualifying
Unencumbered Property Owner) and any Subsidiary that is not (and is not required to be) a
Loan Party may convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a
series of transactions, all or substantially all of its business or assets, or the capital
stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower or a
Qualifying Unencumbered Property Owner), and (B) any Loan Party and any other Subsidiary
may, directly or indirectly, acquire (whether by purchase, acquisition of Equity Interests
of a Person, or as a result of a merger or consolidation) all or substantially all of the
assets of, or acquire Equity Interests in, any other Person, so long as, in the case of each
of clause (A) and (B), (1) immediately prior thereto, and immediately thereafter and after
giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence,
including, without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a breach of any
of the covenants contained in Section 9.1.; (2) to the extent such sale, transfer,
disposition or acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or Equity Interest of
any
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Subsidiary (other than the Borrower, a Loan Party or a Qualifying Unencumbered Property
Owner) and the consideration of such transaction is $75,000,000 or more: (x) the Borrower
shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 15-days prior written
notice of such conveyance, sale, transfer, disposition, acquisition, purchase, merger or
consolidation, specifying the nature of the transaction in reasonable detail; and (y) at the
time the Borrower gives notice pursuant to clause (2)(x) of this subsection, the Borrower
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each of the Lenders a
Compliance Certificate, calculated on a pro forma basis, evidencing the continued compliance
by the Loan Parties with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, including without limitation, the covenants contained in Section 9.1., after
giving pro forma effect to such conveyance, sale, transfer, disposition, acquisition,
purchase, merger or consolidation; and (3) in the case of a consolidation or merger
involving the Parent, the Borrower or a Qualifying Unencumbered Property Owner, the Parent,
the Borrower or such Qualifying Unencumbered Property Owner, as the case may be, shall be
the survivor thereof; and
(iv) the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries may
lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in
the ordinary course of their business.
Section 9.7. Plan Assets.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary to, permit any of its respective assets to become or be deemed to be plan assets
within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Section 9.8. Fiscal Year.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or other
Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year from that in effect as of the Agreement Date.
Section 9.9. Modifications of Organizational Documents.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary to, amend, supplement, restate or otherwise modify its certificate or articles of
incorporation or formation, by-laws, operating agreement, declaration of trust, partnership
agreement or other applicable organizational document if such amendment, supplement, restatement or
other modification (a) would materially and adversely affect the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Lenders or their respective rights and remedies under the Loan Documents or (b) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.10. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not permit to exist or enter into, and shall not permit any
other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to permit to exist or enter into, any transaction
(including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service)
with any Affiliate, except (a) as set forth on Schedule 9.10., (b) transactions solely among the
Loan Parties, or (c) transactions in the ordinary course of business of the Parent, the Borrower,
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary and upon fair and reasonable terms which are no less favorable
to the Parent, the Borrower, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a
comparable arms length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no payments may be made with respect
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to any items set forth on such Schedule 9.10. if a Default or Event of Default exists or would
result therefrom.
Section 9.11. Environmental Matters.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party, any other
Subsidiary or any other Person to, use, generate, discharge, emit, manufacture, handle, process,
store, release, transport, remove, dispose of or clean up any Hazardous Materials on, under or from
the Properties in violation of any Environmental Law, or in a manner that could reasonably be
expected to lead to any claim under Environmental Law or pose a risk to human health, safety or the
environment, in each case, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Nothing in this Section shall impose any obligation or liability whatsoever on the Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
Section 9.12. Derivatives Contracts.
The Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary to, enter into or become obligated in respect of, Derivatives Contracts, other than
Derivatives Contracts entered into by the Parent, the Borrower, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business and which are intended to establish an effective hedge in
respect of liabilities, commitments or assets held or reasonably anticipated by such Person.
Article X. Default
Section 10.1. Events of Default.
Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of Applicable Law or
pursuant to any judgment or order of any Governmental Authority:
(a) Default in Payment.
(i) The Borrower shall fail to pay when due under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (whether upon demand, at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) the
principal of any of the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation;
(ii) The Borrower shall fail to pay when due under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (whether upon demand, at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) any
interest on any of the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation and in the case of this
subsection (a)(ii) only, such failure shall continue for a period of 5 days; or
(iii) The Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to pay when due under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (whether upon demand, at maturity, by reason of
acceleration or otherwise) any other payment Obligations owing by the Borrower or such Loan
Party under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Fee Letter and in the case of
this subsection (a)(iii) only, such failure shall continue for a period of 5 days after the
earlier of (x) the date upon which a Responsible Officer of the Parent, the Borrower or such
other Loan Party obtains knowledge of such failure or (y) the date upon which the Parent or
the Borrower has received written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent.
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(b) Default in Performance.
(i) Any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or
agreement on its part to be performed or observed and contained in Section 7.8., Section
8.4.(i), Section 9.1., any of Sections 9.4 through Section 9.9. or Section 9.12; or
(ii) Any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party and
not otherwise mentioned in this Section, and in the case of this subsection (b)(ii) only,
such failure shall continue for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (x) the date upon
which a Responsible Officer of the Parent, the Borrower or such other Loan Party obtains
knowledge of such failure or (y) the date upon which the Parent or the Borrower has received
written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent.
(c) Misrepresentations. Any written statement, representation or warranty (other than
(i) financial projections, budgets, forecasts, pro forma financial statements and other forward
looking statements and (ii) general industry information) made or deemed made by or on behalf of
any Loan Party under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, or any amendment hereto or
thereto at any time furnished by, or at the direction of, any Loan Party to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect or misleading
in any material respect when furnished or made or deemed made.
(d) Indebtedness Cross- Default.
(i) The Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall fail
to make any payment when due and payable in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and any Indebtedness in respect to any Derivatives
Contract) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (individually or in the aggregate
with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists) of $10,000,000 or more (or
$100,000,000 or more in the case of Non-Recourse Indebtedness) (all such Indebtedness being
Material Indebtedness); or
(ii) (x) The maturity of any Material Indebtedness shall have been accelerated in
accordance with the provisions of any indenture, contract or instrument evidencing,
providing for the creation of or otherwise concerning such Material Indebtedness or (y) any
Material Indebtedness shall have been required to be prepaid or repurchased prior to the
stated maturity thereof; or
(iii) Any other event shall have occurred and be continuing which, with or without the
passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise, would permit any holder or holders of
any Recourse Indebtedness having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (individually or
in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists) of
$50,000,000 or more (other than the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and any Indebtedness
in respect to any Derivatives Contract), any trustee or agent acting on behalf of such
holder or holders or any other Person, to accelerate the maturity of any such Recourse
Indebtedness or require any such Recourse Indebtedness to be prepaid or repurchased prior to
its stated maturity; or
(iv) The Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary shall fail
to pay when due (after giving effect to all applicable notice and cure rights) payments in
respect of Derivatives Contracts in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or more.
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(e) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. The Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other Subsidiary shall: (i) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other
federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect); (ii) file a petition seeking to take
advantage of any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts; (iii) consent to, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any petition filed against it in an involuntary case
under such bankruptcy laws or other Applicable Laws or consent to any proceeding or action
described in the immediately following subsection (f); (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a
receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property,
domestic or foreign; (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) make a conveyance
fraudulent as to creditors under any Applicable Law; or (viii) take any corporate or partnership
action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other proceeding shall be commenced
against the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary in any court of
competent jurisdiction seeking: (i) relief under the Bankruptcy Code or other federal bankruptcy
laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of
debts; or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such
Person, or of all or any substantial part of the assets, domestic or foreign, of such Person, and
in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed or
unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days, or an order granting the remedy or other relief
requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such
Bankruptcy Code or such other federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.
(g) Revocation of Loan Documents. Any Loan Party shall (or shall attempt to) disavow,
revoke or terminate (except as a result of the express terms thereof) any Loan Document or the Fee
Letter to which it is a party or shall otherwise challenge or contest in any action, suit or
proceeding in any court or before any Governmental Authority the validity or enforceability of any
Loan Document or the Fee Letter or any Loan Document or the Fee Letter shall cease to be in full
force and effect (except as a result of the express terms thereof).
(h) Judgment. A judgment or order for the payment of money or for an injunction or
other non-monetary relief shall be entered against the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other Subsidiary by any court or other tribunal and (i) such judgment or order shall
continue for a period of 30 days without being paid, stayed or dismissed through appropriate
appellate proceedings and (ii) either (A) the amount of such judgment or order for which insurance
has not been acknowledged in writing by the applicable insurance carrier (or the amount as to which
the insurer has denied liability) exceeds, individually or together with all other such judgments
or orders entered against the Loan Parties, $10,000,000 or (B) in the case of an injunction or
other non-monetary relief, such injunction or judgment or order could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Attachment. A warrant, writ of attachment, execution or similar process shall be
issued against any property of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, which
exceeds, individually or together with all other such warrants, writs, executions and processes,
$10,000,000 in amount and such warrant, writ, execution or process shall not be paid, discharged,
vacated, stayed or bonded for a period of 30 days.
(j) ERISA.
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(i) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred that results or could reasonably be expected to
result in liability to any member of the ERISA Group aggregating in excess of $20,000,000;
or
(ii) The benefit obligation of all Plans exceeds the fair market value of plan
assets for such Plans by more than $20,000,000, all as determined, and with such terms
defined, in accordance with FASB ASC 715.
(k) Loan Documents. An Event of Default (as defined therein) shall occur under any of
the other Loan Documents.
(l) Change of Control.
(i) Any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act))(other then Sam Zell), is
or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange
Act, except that a Person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities
that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or
only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 30.0% of the total
voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the Parent; or
(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive months ending after the Agreement Date,
individuals who at the beginning of any such 12-month period constituted the Board of
Directors of the Parent (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or
whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Parent was approved by a vote of a
majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved but
excluding any director whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a director
occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the
election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a
solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the Board of
Directors) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Parent then in office; or
(iii) the Parent shall cease to own and control, directly or indirectly, more than (A)
50% of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and (B) 50% of the outstanding
Equity Interests of MHC Trust or T1000;
(iv) the Parent shall cease to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all
management and control over MHC Trust;
(v) MHC Trust shall cease to be the sole general partner of the Borrower or shall cease
to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all management and control over the
Borrower; or
(vi) the Borrower shall cease to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all
management and control over T1000.
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Section 10.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default.
While an Event of Default shall exist, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities.
(i) Automatic. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), (1)(A) the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the
Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, (B) an amount equal to the Stated Amount of all
Letters of Credit outstanding as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default for
deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and (C) all of the other Obligations,
including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents shall become
immediately and automatically due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, or other
notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Parent and the Borrower on
behalf of themselves and the other Loan Parties, and (2) the Commitments and the Swingline
Commitment, and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder,
shall all immediately and automatically terminate.
(ii) Optional. While any other Event of Default shall exist, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Requisite Lenders shall: (1) declare
(A) the principal of, and accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time
outstanding, (B) an amount equal to the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding
as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default for deposit into the Letter of
Credit Collateral Account and (C) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited
to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement,
the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the
same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Parent and the Borrower on
behalf of themselves and the other Loan Parties, and (2) terminate the Commitments and the
Swingline Commitment and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit
hereunder.
(b) Loan Documents. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Administrative Agent to, and
the Administrative Agent if so directed shall, exercise any and all of its rights under any and all
of the other Loan Documents.
(c) Applicable Law. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Administrative Agent to, and
the Administrative Agent if so directed shall, exercise all other rights and remedies it may have
under any Applicable Law.
(d) Appointment of Receiver. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the
assets and properties of the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other
Subsidiaries, without notice of any kind whatsoever and without regard to the adequacy of any
security for the Obligations or the solvency of any party bound for its payment, to take possession
of all or any portion of the property and/or the business operations of the Parent, the
Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the other Subsidiaries and to exercise such power as the court
shall confer upon such receiver.
(e) Specified Derivatives Contract Remedies. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement or other Loan Document, each Specified Derivatives Provider shall have the right,
with prompt notice to the Administrative Agent, but without the approval or consent of or other
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Administrative Agent or the Lenders, and without limitation of other remedies available to such
Specified Derivatives Provider under contract or Applicable Law, to undertake any of the following:
(a) to declare an event of default, termination event or other similar event under any Specified
Derivatives Contract and to create an Early Termination Date (as defined therein) in respect
thereof, (b) to determine net termination amounts in respect of any and all Specified Derivatives
Contracts in accordance with the terms thereof, and to set off amounts among such contracts, (c) to
set off or proceed against deposit account balances, securities account balances and other property
and amounts held by such Specified Derivatives Provider to the extent permitted under any
applicable Specified Derivatives Contract or Applicable Law, and (d) to prosecute any legal action
against the Borrower, any Loan Party or other Subsidiary to enforce or collect net amounts owing to
such Specified Derivatives Provider pursuant to any Specified Derivatives Contract.
Section 10.3. Remedies Upon Default.
Upon the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 10.1.(e), the Commitments shall
immediately and automatically terminate.
Section 10.4. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.
None of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Specified Derivatives
Provider shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any
other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations or the Specified Derivatives
Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any Specified Derivatives Provider, or the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any Specified Derivatives Provider enforce their security
interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such
enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party
under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent
of such recovery, the Obligations or Specified Derivatives Obligations, or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or
setoff had not occurred.
Section 10.5. Allocation of Proceeds.
If an Event of Default exists, all payments received by the Administrative Agent under any of
the Loan Documents, in respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any other
amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied in the following order
and priority:
(a) amounts due to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in
respect of expenses due under Section 12.2. until paid in full, and then Fees;
(b) payments of interest on Swingline Loans;
(c) payments of interest on all other Loans and Reimbursement Obligations to be applied
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank;
(d) payments of principal of Swingline Loans;
(e) payments of principal of all other Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and other
Letter of Credit Liabilities, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the
Issuing
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Bank in such order and priority as the Lenders and the Issuing Bank may determine in
their sole discretion; provided, however, to the extent that any amounts available for
distribution pursuant to this subsection are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount
of an outstanding Letter of Credit, such amounts shall be paid to the Administrative Agent
for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account;
(f) amounts due to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 11.6.
and 12.10.;
(g) payments of all other Obligations and other amounts due under any of the Loan
Documents, if any, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; and
(h) any amount remaining after application as provided above, shall be paid to the
Borrower or whomever else may be legally entitled thereto.
Section 10.6. Letter of Credit Collateral Account.
(a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all Letter of Credit
Liabilities and the other Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders as
provided herein, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Letter
of Credit Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account (including the investments and reinvestments therein provided for below). The balances
from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any
Letter of Credit Liabilities until applied by the Issuing Bank as provided herein. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in this Section.
(b) Amounts on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be invested and
reinvested by the Administrative Agent in such Cash Equivalents as the Administrative Agent shall
determine in its sole discretion. All such investments and reinvestments shall be held in the name
of and be under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, provided, that all earnings
on such investments will be credited to and retained in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.
The Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such
care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative
Agent accords other funds deposited with the Administrative Agent, it being understood that the
Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve
rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account.
(c) If a drawing pursuant to any Letter of Credit occurs on or prior to the expiration date of
such Letter of Credit, the Borrower and the Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to use the
monies deposited in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to reimburse the Issuing Bank for the
payment made by the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary with respect to such drawing or the payee with
respect to such presentment.
(d) If an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent may (and, if instructed by the
Requisite Lenders, shall) in its (or their) discretion at any time and from time to time elect to
liquidate any such investments and reinvestments and apply the proceeds thereof to the Obligations
in accordance with Section 10.5.
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(e) So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, and to the extent amounts on deposit in
or credited to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account exceed the aggregate amount of the Letter of
Credit Liabilities then due and owing, the Administrative Agent shall, from time to time, at the
request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower within 10 Business Days after the Administrative
Agents receipt of such request from the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse,
warranty or representation whatsoever, such amount of the credit balances in the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account as exceeds the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities at such time.
When all of the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full (other than contingent
indemnification obligations in respect of which no claims have been asserted) and no Letters of
Credit remain outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, against receipt
but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, the balances remaining in the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account.
(f) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent from time to time such fees as the
Administrative Agent normally charges for similar services in connection with the Administrative
Agents administration of the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and investments and reinvestments
of funds therein.
Section 10.7. Rescission of Acceleration by Supermajority Lenders.
If at any time after acceleration of the maturity of the Loans and the other Obligations, the
Borrower shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on account of principal of the
Obligations which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on principal
and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified in this
Agreement) and all Events of Default and Defaults (other than nonpayment of principal of and
accrued interest on the Obligations due and payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall become
remedied or waived to the satisfaction of the Supermajority Lenders, then by written notice to the
Borrower, the Supermajority Lenders may elect, in the sole discretion of such Supermajority
Lenders, to rescind and annul the acceleration and its consequences. The provisions of the
preceding sentence are intended merely to bind all of the Lenders to a decision which may be made
at the election of the Supermajority Lenders, and are not intended to benefit the Borrower and do
not give the Borrower the right to require the Lenders to rescind or annul any acceleration
hereunder, even if the conditions set forth herein are satisfied.
Section 10.8. Performance by Administrative Agent.
If the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to perform any covenant, duty
or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may, after notice to
the Borrower, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of the
Parent, the Borrower or such other Loan Party, as applicable, after the expiration of any cure or
grace periods set forth herein. In such event, the Borrower shall, at the request of the
Administrative Agent, promptly pay any amount reasonably expended by the Administrative Agent in
such performance or attempted performance to the Administrative Agent, together with interest
thereon from the date of such expenditure until paid at the interest rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans or at the Post-Default Rate if then applicable under Section 2.4.(a). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability or
responsibility whatsoever for the performance of any obligation of the Borrower under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 10.9. Rights Cumulative.
The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank under
this Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter shall be cumulative and not
exclusive
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of any rights or remedies which any of them may otherwise have under Applicable Law. In exercising
their respective rights and remedies the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank may
be selective and no failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Bank
in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any power or right preclude its other or further exercise or the exercise of any other power or
right.
Article XI. The Administrative Agent
Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization.
Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
action as contractual representative on such Lenders behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by
the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not
in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to
enter into the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby agrees that,
except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Requisite Lenders
of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Nothing herein shall
be construed to deem the Administrative Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on
the Administrative Agent duties or obligations other than those expressly provided for herein.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the terms Agent, Administrative
Agent, agent and similar terms in the Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent
is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under
agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, use of such terms is merely a matter of market
custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
independent contracting parties. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender, promptly
upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, copies of each of the financial statements,
certificates, notices and other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article
VIII. that the Parent or the Borrower is not otherwise required to deliver directly to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent will furnish to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender, a copy (or,
where appropriate, an original) of any document, instrument, agreement, certificate or notice
furnished to the Administrative Agent by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
other Affiliate of the Parent, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document not already
delivered to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document.
As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation,
enforcement or collection of any of the Obligations), 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 Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any other
provision of this Agreement), and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all
holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which
exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or Applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative
Agent may exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Loan Document upon the
occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Requisite Lenders have directed the
Administrative Agent otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of
action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting
or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance
with the instructions of the Requisite Lenders, or where applicable, all the Lenders.
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Section 11.2. Wells Fargo as Lender.
Wells Fargo, as a Lender or as a Specified Derivatives Provider, as the case may be, shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document and under any
Specified Derivatives Contract, as the case may be, as any other Lender or Specified Derivatives
Provider and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the term
Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Wells Fargo in each case
in its individual capacity. Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain
deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of,
serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Affiliate thereof as if it were any other bank and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank. Further, the
Administrative Agent and any Affiliate may accept fees and other consideration from the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary for services in connection with this
Agreement or any Specified Derivatives Contract, or otherwise without having to account for the
same to the Lenders. The Issuing Bank and the Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such
activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Parent, the
Borrower, other Loan Parties, other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates (including information that
may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the
Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.
Section 11.3. Approvals of Lenders.
All communications from the Administrative Agent to any Lender requesting such Lenders
determination, consent, approval or disapproval (a) shall be given in the form of a written notice
to such Lender, (b) shall be accompanied by a description of the matter or issue as to which such
determination, approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise such Lender where
information, if any, regarding such matter or issue may be inspected, or shall otherwise describe
the matter or issue to be resolved, (c) shall include, if reasonably requested by such Lender and
to the extent not previously provided to such Lender, written materials and, as appropriate, a
brief summary of all oral information provided to the Administrative Agent by the Parent or the
Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved, and (d) shall include the Administrative
Agents recommended course of action or determination in respect thereof. Unless a Lender shall
give written notice to the Administrative Agent that it specifically objects to the recommendation
or determination of the Administrative Agent (together with a reasonable written explanation of the
reasons behind such objection) within 10 Business Days (or such lesser or greater period as may be
specifically required under the express terms of the Loan Documents) of receipt of such
communication, such Lender shall be deemed to have conclusively approved of or consented to such
recommendation or determination; provided, however, the provisions of this sentence shall not apply
to any amendment, waiver or consent subject to the terms of Section 12.7.(b) or (c).
Section 11.4. Notice of Events of Default.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of
a Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or
the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing with reasonable specificity such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. If any Lender (excluding
the Lender which is also serving as the Administrative Agent) becomes aware of any Default or Event
of Default, it shall promptly send to the Administrative Agent such a notice of default.
Further, if the Administrative Agent receives such a notice of default, the Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.
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Section 11.5. Administrative Agents Reliance.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel shall be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in
connection with its duties expressly set forth herein or therein as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including its own counsel or
counsel for the Parent, the Borrower or any other 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. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel: (a)
makes any warranty or representation to any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person or shall
be responsible to any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person for any statement, warranty or
representation made or deemed made by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Person in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (b) shall have any duty
to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the satisfaction of any conditions
precedent under this Agreement or any Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or other Persons or
to inspect the property, books or records of the Borrower or any other Person; (c) shall be
responsible to any Lender or the Issuing Bank for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (d) shall have any liability in respect of
any recitals, statements, certifications, representations or warranties contained in any of the
Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, agreement, certificate or statement delivered in
connection therewith; and (e) shall incur any liability under or in respect of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or
writing (which may be by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail) believed by it to be genuine and
signed, sent or given by the proper party or parties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of
its duties under the Loan Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall
not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it
selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.
Section 11.6. Indemnification of Administrative Agent.
Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the
Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) pro rata in accordance with
such Lenders respective Commitment Percentage, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on,
incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent
but not as a Lender) in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents, any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under the
Loan Documents (collectively, Indemnifiable Amounts); provided, however, that no Lender shall be
liable for any portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent resulting from the
Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; provided, however, that no action
taken in accordance with the directions of the Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders, if
expressly required hereunder) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct
for purposes of this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees
to reimburse the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without
limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) promptly upon demand for its
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ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the
counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement (whether through negotiations,
legal proceedings, or otherwise) of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities
of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any suit or action brought by the Administrative Agent to
enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any lender liability suit
or claim brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought
against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such
out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of
the Administrative Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Administrative Agent is
not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Administrative
Agent that the Administrative Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent is not so entitled to
indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the termination of this
Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount
following payment by any Lender to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount
pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable
basis with each Lender making any such payment.
Section 11.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.
Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel,
attorneys-in-fact or other Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to the Issuing
Bank or such Lender and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or
Affiliate, shall be deemed to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Administrative
Agent to the Issuing Bank or any Lender. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank acknowledges
that it has made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents or counsel, and based on the financial statements of the
Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates, and
inquiries of such Persons, its independent due diligence of the business and affairs of the Parent,
the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Persons, its review of the
Loan Documents, the legal opinions required to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own
counsel and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Lenders
and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on such review, advice, documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in
taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not be
required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Parent, the Borrower or
any other Loan Party of the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for
therein or to inspect the properties or books of, or make any other investigation of, the Parent,
the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary. Except for notices, reports and other
documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or the Issuing Bank
with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and
other condition or creditworthiness of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Affiliate thereof which may come into possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or other Affiliates. Each of the Lenders
and the Issuing
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Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agents legal counsel in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement is only acting as counsel to the Administrative Agent and is not
acting as counsel to any Lender or the Issuing Bank.
Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign at any time as Administrative Agent under the Loan
Documents by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent
which appointment shall, provided no Event of Default exists, be subject to the Borrowers
approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrower
shall, in all events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and any of its Affiliates as a
successor Administrative Agent). If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed
in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the current Administrative Agents giving of notice of resignation, then the
current Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve,
and otherwise shall be an Eligible Assignee. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the current Administrative Agent, and the current Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. Such successor Administrative
Agent shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding
at the time of such succession or shall make other arrangements satisfactory to the current
Administrative Agent, in either case, to assume effectively the obligations of the current
Administrative Agent with respect to such Letters of Credit. After any Administrative Agents
resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI. shall continue to
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Administrative Agent may assign its rights and duties under the Loan Documents to any
of its Affiliates by giving the Borrower and each Lender prior written notice.
Section 11.9. Titled Agents.
Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agent and the Managing Agent (each a Titled Agent) in each such respective
capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation hereunder, including, without limitation, for
servicing, enforcement or collection of any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for
the Lenders. The titles given to the Titled Agents are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary
responsibility on the part of the Titled Agents to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Bank, the Borrower or any other Loan Party and the use of such titles does not impose on
the Titled Agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the
Titled Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.
Article XII. Miscellaneous
Section 12.1. Notices.
Unless otherwise provided herein (including without limitation as provided in Section 8.5.),
communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied, or
delivered as follows:
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If to the Parent or the Borrower:
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
or
MHC Operating Limited Partnership
130 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Kenneth Kroot, General Counsel
Telecopy: (312) 279-1653
Telephone: (312) 279-1652
with a copy to:
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
or
MHC Operating Limited Partnership
130 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Paul Seavey, Vice-President and Treasurer
Telecopy: (312) 279-1710
Telephone: (312).279-1488
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
191 N. Wacker Drive
30th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Attention: Louis R Hernandez and Daniel Perlman
Telecopy: (312) 499-6100
Telephone: (312) 499-6000
If to the Administrative Agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
123 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
If to the Administrative Agent under Article II.:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Minneapolis Loan Center
608 2nd Avenue South, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: Teresa Mager, Syndications Administrator
Telecopier: 877-410-5027
Telephone: 612-667-4507
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If to the Issuing Bank:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
123 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
If to any other Lender:
To such Lenders address or telecopy number as set forth in the applicable
Administrative Questionnaire
or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Section; provided, a Lender or the Issuing
Bank shall only be required to give notice of any such other address to the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, upon
the first to occur of receipt or the expiration of three (3) days after the deposit in the United
States Postal Service mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the address of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and Lenders at the addresses specified; (ii) if telecopied,
when transmitted; (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered; or (iv) if
delivered in accordance with Section 8.5. to the extent applicable; provided, however, that, in the
case of the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), non-receipt of any communication as
of the result of any change of address of which the sending party was not notified or as the result
of a refusal to accept delivery shall be deemed receipt of such communication. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, all notices or communications to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender under Article II. shall be effective only when actually received. None
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender shall incur any liability to any Loan
Party (nor shall the Administrative Agent incur any liability to the Issuing Bank or the Lenders)
for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a
Person authorized to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder. Failure
of a Person designated to get a copy of a notice to receive such a copy shall not affect the
validity of notice properly given to another Person.
Section 12.2. Expenses.
The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, any of the Loan Documents
(including due diligence expense and reasonable travel expenses related to closing), and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and all costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent in connection with the use of IntraLinks, SyndTrak or other similar
information transmission systems in connection with the Loan Documents, (b) to pay to the Issuing
Bank all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for
payment thereunder, (c) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders for all their out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement
or preservation of any rights under the Loan Documents and the Fee Letter, including the reasonable
fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and any payments in indemnification or otherwise
payable by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, (d) to
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pay, and indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders
from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or
resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying, documentary, stamp, excise and other similar
taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution
and delivery of any of the Loan Documents, or consummation of any amendment, supplement or
modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and (e) to the
extent not already covered by any of the preceding subsections, to pay or reimburse the fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and any Lender incurred in
connection with the representation of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender in
any matter relating to or arising out of any bankruptcy or other proceeding of the type described
in Sections 10.1.(e) or 10.1.(f), including, without limitation (i) any motion for relief from any
stay or similar order, (ii) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of any document
relating to the Obligations and (iii) the negotiation and preparation of any debtor-in-possession
financing or any plan of reorganization of the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party,
whether proposed by the Parent, the Borrower, such Loan Party, the Lenders or any other Person, and
whether such fees and expenses are incurred prior to, during or after the commencement of such
proceeding or the confirmation or conclusion of any such proceeding. If the Borrower shall fail to
pay any amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent and/or
the Lenders may pay such amounts on behalf of the Borrower and such amounts shall be deemed to be
Obligations owing hereunder.
Section 12.3. Stamp, Intangible and Recording Taxes.
The Borrower will pay any and all stamp, excise, intangible, registration, recordation and
similar taxes, fees or charges and shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender against
any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in the payment or omission to
pay any such taxes, fees or charges, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection
with the execution, delivery, recording, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, the Notes
and any of the other Loan Documents, the amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of or
consent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or the perfection of any
rights or Liens under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents.
Section 12.4. Setoff.
Subject to Section 3.3. and in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under
Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Borrower hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender, each Affiliate of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank or any Lender, and each Participant, at any time or from time to time while an
Event of Default exists, without notice to the Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice
being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of the Issuing Bank, a Lender, an Affiliate of the
Issuing Bank or a Lender, or a Participant subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the
Requisite Lenders exercised in their sole discretion, to set off and to appropriate and to apply
any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by
certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but excluding trust accounts) and any other
indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, such Lender,
any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender, or such Participant, to
or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against and on account of any of the Obligations,
irrespective of whether or not any or all of the Loans and all other Obligations have been declared
to be, or have otherwise become, due and payable as permitted by Section 10.2., and to the extent
permitted under Applicable Law such Obligations as shall be contingent or unmatured.
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Section 12.5. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.
(a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE
PARENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS
WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND
EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE
LENDERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, THE PARENT, AND THE BORROWER HEREBY
WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT
OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE FEE LETTER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY COLLATERAL
OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THE
PARENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(b) EACH OF THE PARENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK AND
EACH LENDER HEREBY AGREES THAT THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND
ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO
HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS, ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE FEE LETTER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY COLLATERAL
OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THE
PARENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. THE PARENT, THE BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK AND EACH OF THE LENDERS EXPRESSLY SUBMIT AND CONSENT IN
ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH PARTY
FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM
AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION
SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING
BANK OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY WITH THE ADVICE OF
COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE
PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE
TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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Section 12.6. Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that none of the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party may
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately following subsection (b), (ii) by way of participation in
accordance with the provisions of the immediately following subsection (d) or (iii) by way of
pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of the immediately
following subsection (f) (and, subject to the last sentence of the immediately following subsection
(b), any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person
(other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in the immediately following subsection (d) and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible
Assignees (an Assignee) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it);
provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of an assigning
Lenders Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it, or in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned; and
(B) subject to Section 12.6.(b)(iii)(D), in any case not described in the
immediately preceding subsection (A), the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which
for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable
Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of
the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (in each case, determined as of
the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and
Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $15,000,000 in the case of
any assignment of a Commitment unless each of the Administrative Agent; provided,
however, that if after giving effect to such assignment, the amount of the
Commitment held by such assigning Lender or the outstanding principal balance of the
Loans of such assigning Lender, as applicable, would be less than $15,000,000, then
such assigning Lender shall assign the entire amount of its Commitment and the Loans
at the time owing to it.
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except:
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(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default shall exist at the time
of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender
or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to
any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the
Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of
Commitments or Loans if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an
Affiliate of such a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such a Lender;
(C) the consent of the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in
respect of a Commitment; and
(D) except as provided in Section 12.6.(b)(i)(A), the consent of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower
(each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), shall be required
for any assignment of Commitment (or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in
effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans), which is less than
$15,000,000 in an aggregate amount (unless such amount represents the entire amount
of the assigning Lenders Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it);
provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment
unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within
10 Business Days after having received notice thereof.
(iv) Assignment and Acceptance; Notes. The parties to each assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with
a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment, and the assignee, if it is
not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. If
requested by the transferor Lender or the Assignee, upon the consummation of any assignment,
the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate
arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the Assignee and such transferor Lender, as
appropriate.
(v) No Assignment to Parent or Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to
the Parent, the Borrower or any of the Parents Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a
natural person.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the immediately
following subsection (c), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.4., 12.2. and 12.10. and the other provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as provided in
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Section 12.11. with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of
such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement
as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with the
immediately following subsection (d).
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Principal Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection
by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Parent or the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other
than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii)
the Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement
or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to (i) increase such Lenders Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal
on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender, (iii) reduce the rate at which interest is
payable thereon or (iv) release any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty. Subject to
the immediately following subsection (e), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4. to the same extent as if it were a Lender
and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 12.4. as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section
3.3. as though it were a Lender. Upon request from the Administrative Agent, a Lender shall notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of the sale of any participation hereunder.
(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Sections 3.10. and 4.1. than the applicable Lender would have
been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the
sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent. A
Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.10. unless the Borrower is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to comply with Section 3.10.(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that
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assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such
pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) No Registration. Each Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner
or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in
respect of, any Loan or Note under the Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United
States of America or of any other jurisdiction.
Section 12.7. Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (i) any
consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be given
by the Lenders may be given, (ii) any provision of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document may
be amended, (iii) the performance or observance by the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party
or any other Subsidiary of any terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Document may be waived,
and (iv) the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written
consent of the Requisite Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of the
Requisite Lenders), and, in the case of an amendment to any Loan Document, the written consent of
each Loan Party which is party thereto.
(b) Consent of Lenders Directly Affected. In addition to the foregoing requirements,
no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing, and signed by each of the Lenders
directly and adversely affected thereby (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of
such Lenders), do any of the following:
(i) increase the Commitments of the Lenders (excluding any increase as a result of an
assignment of Commitments permitted under Section 12.6.) or subject the Lenders to any
additional obligations;
(ii) reduce the principal of, or interest that has accrued or the rates of interest
that will be charged on the outstanding principal amount of, any Loans or other Obligations
(other than the waiver of interest at the Post-Default Rate or retraction of the
implementation of interest at the Post-Default Rate);
(iii) reduce the amount of any Fees payable to the Lenders hereunder;
(iv) modify the definition of Termination Date (except in accordance with Section
2.12.), otherwise postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on,
any Loans or for the payment of Fees or any other Obligations, or extend the expiration date
of any Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date; provided, however, that any action to
rescind the acceleration of the Obligations may be effected in accordance with Section
10.7.;
(v) waive a Default or Event of Default under Section 10.1.(a); or
(vi) amend, or waive the Borrowers compliance with, Section 2.14.
(c) Consent of All Lenders. No amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing,
and signed by all of the Lenders (or the Administrative Agent at the written direction of all of
the Lenders), do any of the following:
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(i) waive the satisfaction of the conditions to the effectiveness of this Agreement
contained in Section 5.1.;
(ii) modify the definitions of Commitment Percentage or amend or otherwise modify the
provisions of Section 3.2.;
(iii) amend this Section or amend the definitions of the terms used in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this
Section;
(iv) modify the definition of the term Requisite Lenders, Supermajority Lenders or
modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any
determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof; or
(v) release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty.
(d) Amendment of Administrative Agents Duties, Etc. No amendment, waiver or consent
unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Lenders required
hereinabove to take such action, shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Any amendment, waiver or consent relating
to Section 2.3. or the obligations of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require the
written consent of the Swingline Lender. Any amendment, waiver or consent relating to Section 2.2.
or the obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, in
addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require the written consent of
the Issuing Bank. Any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any Loan Document that (i)
diminishes the rights of a Specified Derivatives Provider in a manner or to an extent dissimilar to
that affecting the Lenders or (ii) increases the liabilities or obligations of a Specified
Derivatives Provider shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action,
require the consent of the Lender that is (or having an Affiliate that is) such Specified
Derivatives Provider. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or
impair any right consequent thereon and any amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose set forth therein. No course of dealing or
delay or omission on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right
shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. Any Event of Default
occurring hereunder shall continue to exist until such time as such Event of Default is waived in
writing in accordance with the terms of this Section, notwithstanding any attempted cure or other
action by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person subsequent to the
occurrence of such Event of Default; provided, however, that any Event of Default
resulting solely from the failure of any Loan Parties to give notice of a Default pursuant as
required by Section 8.4.(i) shall be deemed to be waived upon the cure or waiver of such Default
without any further action hereunder. Except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein or in any
other Loan Document, no notice to or demand upon the Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to other
or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
Section 12.8. Nonliability of Administrative Agent and Lenders.
(a) The relationship between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders, the Issuing Bank
and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. None
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any fiduciary
responsibilities to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party and no provision in this
Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, and no course of dealing between or among any of
the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing by the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank or any Lender to any Lender, the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other
Loan Party. None of the
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Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Parent or
the Borrower to review or inform the Parent or the Borrower of any matter in connection with any
phase of the business or operations of the Parent or the Borrower.
(b) In connection with all aspects of the Loan Documents, the Borrower and the Parent
acknowledge and agree that: (i) this Agreement and each transaction contemplated hereby is an
arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of
evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) none of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in
the Borrowers, the Parents or their respective Affiliates favor with respect to any of the
transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and none of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the Parent or their respective Affiliates
with respect to the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents except those obligations
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, (iii) the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative
Agent and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve
interests that differ from the Borrower, the Parent and their respective Affiliates and none of the
Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent shall have any obligation to disclose any of
such interests, and (iv) none of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent has
provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and the Borrower, the Parent and their respective Affiliates have consulted
their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed
appropriate.
Section 12.9. Confidentiality.
Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and
each Lender shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below) in accordance
with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance
with safe and sound banking practices but in any event may make disclosure: (a) to its Affiliates
and to its and its Affiliates respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents,
advisors and other representatives (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); (b) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same
as (or at least as restrictive as) those of this Section, to (i) any actual or proposed Assignee,
Participant or other transferee in connection with a potential transfer of any Commitment or
participation therein as permitted hereunder, or (ii) any actual or prospective, direct or
indirect, counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Loan
Party and its obligations; (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or
representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or in connection with any legal proceedings, or
as otherwise required by Applicable Law (and prior to such disclosure, to the extent permitted
under Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or applicable Lender shall provide
written notice thereof to the Borrower); (d) to the Administrative Agents, Issuing Banks or such
Lenders independent auditors and other professional advisors (provided they shall be notified of
the confidential nature of the information); (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
under any Loan Document (or any Specified Derivatives Contract) or any action or proceeding
relating to any Loan Document (or any such Specified Derivatives Contract) or the enforcement of
rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section actually known by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender to be a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
from a source other than the Parent, the Borrower or any of their
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respective Affiliates; (g) to the extent requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any
nationally recognized rating agency or regulatory or similar authority (including any
self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) having or
purporting to have jurisdiction over it; (h) to bank trade publications, such information to
consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications; (i) to any
other party hereto; and (j) with the consent of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender, and their respective Affiliates may
disclose any such confidential information, without notice to the Parent, the Borrower or any other
Loan Party, to Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities (including, without
limitations, bank and securities examiners) having or claiming to have authority to regulate or
oversee any aspect of the respective businesses of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any
Lender or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with any regulatory examination of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender or in accordance with the regulatory
compliance policy of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate. As
used in this Section, the term Information means all information received from the Parent, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or Affiliate relating to any Loan Party or any
of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure
by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate. 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. The obligations of any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement but shall terminate on the date one year following the Termination Date.
Section 12.10. Indemnification.
(a) The Borrower shall and hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, each Affiliate of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank, and their respective directors, members, partners, officers,
shareholders, agents, employees and counsel (each referred to herein as an Indemnified Party)
from and against any and all of the following (collectively, the Indemnified Costs): actual
losses, costs, claims, penalties, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or out-of-pocket
expenses of every kind and nature (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court
costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any litigation,
investigation, claim or proceeding or any advice rendered in connection therewith, but excluding
Indemnified Costs indemnification in respect of which is specifically covered by Section 3.10. or
4.1. or expressly excluded from the coverage of such Sections) incurred by an Indemnified Party in
connection with, arising out of, or by reason of, any suit, cause of action, claim, arbitration,
investigation or settlement, consent decree or other proceeding (the foregoing referred to herein
as an Indemnity Proceeding) which is in any way related directly or indirectly to: (i) this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) the making of
any Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder; (iii) any actual or proposed use by the
Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit; (iv) the Administrative Agents, the
Issuing Banks or any Lenders entering into this Agreement; (v) the fact that the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders have established the credit facility evidenced hereby in
favor of the Borrower; (vi) the fact that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders are creditors of the Borrower and have or are alleged to have information regarding the
financial condition, strategic plans or business operations of the Parent, the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries; (vii) the fact that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are
material creditors of the Borrower and are alleged to influence directly or indirectly the business
decisions or affairs of the Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or their financial condition;
(viii) the exercise of any right or remedy the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the
Lenders may have under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (ix) any civil penalty
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or fine assessed by the OFAC against, and all costs and expenses (including out-of-pocket counsel fees and
disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender as a result of conduct of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other Subsidiary that violates a sanction administered or enforced by the OFAC; or (x) any
violation or non-compliance by the Parent, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Subsidiary of any Applicable Law (including any Environmental Law) including, but not limited to,
any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by (A) the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority or
(B) any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law, including any Indemnity
Proceeding commenced by a Governmental Authority or other Person seeking remedial or other action
to cause the Parent or its Subsidiaries (or its respective properties) (or the Administrative Agent
and/or the Lenders and/or the Issuing Bank as successors to the Borrower) to be in compliance with
such Environmental Laws; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify
any Indemnified Party for any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party in connection with
matters described in this subsection to the extent arising from the gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in
a final, non-appealable judgment.
(b) The Borrowers indemnification obligations under this Section shall apply to all Indemnity
Proceedings arising out of, or related to, the foregoing whether or not an Indemnified Party is a
named party in such Indemnity Proceeding. In this connection, this indemnification shall cover all
Indemnified Costs of any Indemnified Party in connection with any deposition of any Indemnified
Party or compliance with any subpoena (including any subpoena requesting the production of
documents). This indemnification shall, among other things, apply to any Indemnity Proceeding
commenced by other creditors of the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any shareholder of the
Parent or any Subsidiary (whether such shareholder(s) are prosecuting such Indemnity Proceeding in
their individual capacity or derivatively on behalf of the Borrower), any account debtor of the
Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or by any Governmental Authority.
(c) This indemnification shall apply to any Indemnity Proceeding arising during the pendency
of any bankruptcy proceeding filed by or against the Parent, the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.
(d) An Indemnified Party may conduct its own investigation and defense of, and may formulate
its own strategy with respect to, any Indemnity Proceeding covered by this Section and, as provided
above, all Indemnified Costs incurred by such Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed by the
Borrower. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by an Indemnified Party in investigating or
defending against any such Indemnity Proceeding shall vitiate or in any way impair the obligations
and duties of the Borrower hereunder to indemnify and hold harmless each such Indemnified Party;
provided, however, that if (i) the Borrower is required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant
hereto and (ii) the Borrower has provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Party that the Borrower has the financial wherewithal to reimburse such Indemnified Party for any
amount paid by such Indemnified Party with respect to such Indemnity Proceeding, such Indemnified
Party shall not settle or compromise any such Indemnity Proceeding without the prior written
consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party may settle or compromise any such Indemnity
Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Borrower where (x) no monetary relief is sought
against such Indemnified Party in such Indemnity Proceeding or (y) there is an allegation of a
violation of law by such Indemnified Party.
(e) If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower under this Section are
unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the
payment and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law.
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(f) The Borrowers obligations under this Section shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and are
in addition to, and not in substitution of, any of the other obligations set forth in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.
References in this Section 12.10. to Lender or Lenders shall be deemed to include such Persons
(and their Affiliates) in their capacity as Specified Derivatives Providers.
Section 12.11. Termination; Survival.
This Agreement shall terminate at such time as (a) all of the Commitments have been
terminated, (b) all Letters of Credit have terminated or expired or have been canceled, (c) none of
the Lenders is obligated any longer under this Agreement to make any Loans and the Issuing Bank is
no longer obligated to issue Letters of Credit under this Agreement and (d) all Obligations (other
than obligations which survive as provided in the following sentence) have been paid and satisfied
in full. The indemnities to which the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are
entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.10., 4.1., 4.4., 11.6., 12.2. and 12.10. and any other
provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the provisions of Section 12.5.,
shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the Lenders (i) notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or of the other Loan
Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii) at all times
after any such party ceases to be a party to this Agreement with respect to all matters and events
existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this Agreement.
Section 12.12. Severability of Provisions.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed
from the Loan Documents, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall remain in full force as though the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never
been part of the Loan Documents.
Section 12.13. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
Section 12.14. Counterparts.
To facilitate execution, this Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements
may be executed in any number of counterparts as may be convenient or required (which may be
effectively delivered by facsimile, in portable document format (PDF) or other similar electronic
means). It shall not be necessary that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the
signature of all persons required to bind any party, appear on each counterpart. All counterparts
shall collectively constitute a single document. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this
document to produce or account for more than a single counterpart containing the respective
signatures of, or on behalf of, each of the parties hereto.
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Section 12.15. Obligations with Respect to Loan Parties.
The obligations of the Parent and the Borrower to direct or prohibit the taking of certain
actions by the other Loan Parties as specified herein shall be absolute and not subject to any
defense the Parent or the Borrower may have that the Parent or the Borrower does not control such
Loan Parties.
Section 12.16. Independence of Covenants.
All covenants hereunder shall be given in any jurisdiction independent effect so that if a
particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be
permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not
avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition
exists.
Section 12.17. Limitation of Liability.
None of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, any Lender or any such Affiliate shall have any liability with respect to, and each
of the Parent and the Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any
claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by the
Parent or the Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this
Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Each of the Parent and the
Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank,
any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, attorney, or
agent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any such Affiliate for punitive
damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this
Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter, or any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or financed hereby.
Section 12.18. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter embody the final,
entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior commitments, agreements,
representations, and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof
and thereof and may not be contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or
subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. There are no oral agreements
among the parties hereto.
Section 12.19. Construction.
The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender, the Parent and the Borrower
acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been
afforded an opportunity to review this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its legal
counsel and agree that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed as if jointly
drafted by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender, the Parent and the Borrower.
Section 12.20. Headings.
The paragraph and section headings in this Agreement are provided for convenience of reference
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Section 12.21. No Novation.
THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT SOLELY TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE TERMS OF
THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY TO BE, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY THE BORROWER UNDER OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING
CREDIT AGREEMENT).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
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WELLS FARGO BANK, |
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, as Issuing Bank, as Swingline Lender and as a Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Maria S. Bergrin
Name:
Maria S. Bergrin |
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Title: Vice President |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Syndication Agent and as a Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Ann E. Superfisky
Name:
Ann E. Superfisky |
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Title: Vice President |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender |
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By:
|
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/s/ Curt M. Steiner
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Name: Curt M. Steiner |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Managing Agent and as a Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Michelle L. Lyles
Name:
Michelle L. Lyles |
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Title: Assistant Vice President |
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Mark Walton
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Name: Mark Walton |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Dan LePage
Name:
Dan LePage |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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with MHC Operating Limited Partnership]
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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A, as a Lender |
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By:
|
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/s/ Sherrese Clarke
Name:
Sherrese Clarke |
|
|
|
|
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Schedule I
Commitments
|
|
|
|
|
Lender |
|
Commitment Amount |
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
$ |
85,000,000.00 |
|
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
|
$ |
85,000,000.00 |
|
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
|
$ |
75,000,000.00 |
|
RBS CITIZENS, N.A. |
|
$ |
60,000,000.00 |
|
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
|
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
|
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. |
|
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
|
Total: |
|
$ |
380,000,000.00 |
|
Schedule 1.1
Qualifying Unencumbered Property
Currently Qualifying Unencumbered Properties
Appalachian
Arrowhead RV
Barrington Hills Sunburst Port Richey
Bay Lake Estates
Boulder Cascade
Breezy Hill
Bulow Plantation
Carefree Manor
Concord Cascade
Contempo Marin
Coquina Crossing
Coral Cay Plantation
Country Sunshine
Countryside at Vero Beach
Countryside RV
Date Palm Country Club
Fairview Manor
Foothill Village
Fort Myers Beach
Four Seasons
Fun n Sun RV Park
Glen Ellen
Golden Sun RV
Golden Terrace RV
Golden Terrace South
Golf Vistas
Grand Island Resort
Gulf Air
Hacienda Village
Harbor Lakes Encore Port Charlotte
Highland Wood Travel Park
Laguna Lake
Lake George Escape
Lake George Schroon Valley
Lake Magic
Lake Myers RV
Lakeside
Lakewood Sunburst Harlingen
Manatee
Meadowbrook
Mesa Verde RV
Mid-Florida Lakes Yacht Club
Mt. Hood
Nicholson Plaza
Old Chatham
Palm Shadows
Paradise Park
Paradise South
Pasco
Quail Hollow
Rancho Valley
Robin Hill
Paradise RV
Royal Coachman
Royal Holiday
Royal Oaks
San Francisco RV
Sea Oaks
Silk Oak
Southern Comfort
Southern Palms
Sun Valley
Sunshadow
Sunshine Holiday Encore Daytona Beach North
Sunshine RV Encore Harlingen
Sunshine Travel Encore Vero Beach
Tahoe Valley
The Arbors at Countrywood
The Lakes at CountryWood
The Mark (Seyena Vista)
The Meadows
The Meadows at CountryWood
The Oaks at Countrywood
Thousand Trails
Tobys RV
Tranquil Timbers
Twin Mills
Vacation Village
Westwinds
Willow Lake Estates
Winter Gardens
Yukon Trails
Properties to become Qualifying Unencumbered Properties as of 6/1/11
Apollo Village
Cabana
Casa Del Sol East III
Gulf View
Indian Oaks
Pickwick
Windmill Manor
Woodland Hills
Property to become a Qualifying Unencumbered Properties as of 7/1/11
Harbor View Mobile Manor
Schedule 6.1(b)
Ownership Structure
Part I
MHC Trust
Capital Ownership in MHC Operating Limited Partnership
As of 5/10/11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of OP Unit |
|
|
Value of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
equivalents |
|
|
partnership units |
|
|
5/10/2011 |
|
Partner OP Units |
|
5/10/2011 |
|
|
5/10/2011 |
|
|
Ownership |
|
MHC Trust preferred E |
|
|
1.00000 |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
0.0107 |
% |
MHC Trust preferred G |
|
|
1.00000 |
|
|
|
200,000,000 |
|
|
|
8.5713 |
% |
MHC Trust OP Units |
|
|
31,209,453 |
|
|
|
1,874,127,653 |
|
|
|
80.3185 |
% |
LP OP Units |
|
|
4,312,958 |
|
|
|
258,993,128 |
|
|
|
11.0995 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,522,413 |
|
|
|
2,333,370,781 |
|
|
|
100.0000 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total MHC Trust |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88.9005 |
% |
ELS NYSE closing price on 5/10/2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
60.0500 |
|
|
|
|
|
MHC Operating Partnership
Limited Partner Unit Ownership
As of 5/10/11
|
|
|
|
|
Partner Name |
|
# of Units |
SHELI Z ROSENBERG |
|
|
11,530 |
|
ARTHUR A GREENBERG |
|
|
8,314 |
|
GERALD A SPECTOR |
|
|
320 |
|
BARRY SHEIN |
|
|
9,482 |
|
JERRY PEZZELLA JR |
|
|
1,118 |
|
S CODY ENGLE |
|
|
500 |
|
Evan P Freed |
|
|
1,557 |
|
JAMES S HENERSON |
|
|
4,316 |
|
ALAN LIPMAN TTEE |
|
|
1,475 |
|
MARCIA MEYERSON TTEE, AUBREY & |
|
|
8,527 |
|
ROBERT & COLLEEN THOMAS TTEES OF |
|
|
1,557 |
|
PINE LAKES VENTURE |
|
|
20,730 |
|
BARBARA H TIPPETT REV TR |
|
|
2,937 |
|
BOND FAM 1996 REV LIV TR DTD 10/22/96 |
|
|
33,989 |
|
CHARLES S AND ALICE B KNIGHT |
|
|
7,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partner Name |
|
# of Units |
COLVIN REV TR, OLIVER P AND |
|
|
33,525 |
|
DAVID ASH JOHNSON LIV TR DTD |
|
|
10,800 |
|
DEEL REV TR BOYD B AND |
|
|
190,448 |
|
DONALD C CHRISTOPHER |
|
|
4,162 |
|
FA AND AN CHRISTOPHER TR, FRANK A & |
|
|
12,748 |
|
FRANK A CHRISTOPHER |
|
|
10,831 |
|
JERRY G BRASSFIELD LIV TR |
|
|
345,016 |
|
JO ANN BRASSFIELD LIV TR |
|
|
300,000 |
|
JULI LYNN CHRISTOPHER TRUST |
|
|
1,203 |
|
KAPP FAMILY TRUST |
|
|
14,000 |
|
LISA KAREN CHRISTOPHER TRUST ANNA |
|
|
1,203 |
|
LORI ANN CHRISTOPHER TRUST FRANK A |
|
|
1,203 |
|
MELISSA BRASSFIELD REV TR |
|
|
20,737 |
|
ROBIN J AND ROGER BEST |
|
|
12,264 |
|
WILLIAMS LIV TR DTD 09/26/86 |
|
|
10,000 |
|
REB BRASSFIELD REV TR |
|
|
94,410 |
|
ROBERT ANTHONY BRASSFIELD REV TR |
|
|
20,737 |
|
SHARON J ATTERMANN |
|
|
6,409 |
|
W SCOTT HROZA |
|
|
4,848 |
|
WILLIAM C AND MARJORIE A IVERSON |
|
|
27,122 |
|
SAMSTOCK LLC |
|
|
13,641 |
|
EGI HOLDINGS, INC |
|
|
579,873 |
|
EGIL INVESTMENTS, INC |
|
|
579,873 |
|
HERBERT C & KAREN E DRIVER |
|
|
808 |
|
MAHENDRA R PATEL 1985 REV TR |
|
|
1,317 |
|
MARIANNE C SNELL SURVIVORS TRUST |
|
|
38,460 |
|
RONDELL B HANSON TRUSTEE |
|
|
38,903 |
|
JAMES M KRUEGER TRUSTEE |
|
|
44,003 |
|
DAN G OLSEN |
|
|
5,750 |
|
HAROLD D AND LAEL N ARBON TRUSTEES |
|
|
21,889 |
|
CHARLES E. & CLAIRE JACOBSON,TTEES |
|
|
388,108 |
|
Corey C. & Jill A. Anderson |
|
|
12,264 |
|
G GERVAISE DAVIS III & |
|
|
20,000 |
|
DAVID ASH & ELIZABETH |
|
|
7,000 |
|
MONTE VISTA, LLC |
|
|
315,000 |
|
WILLIAMS FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST |
|
|
65,466 |
|
WINBY FAMILY TRUST C |
|
|
10,178 |
|
Realty Systems, Inc. |
|
|
670 |
|
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. |
|
|
10 |
|
MHC T1000 Trust |
|
|
10 |
|
MHC Financing Limited Partnership Two |
|
|
10 |
|
MHC MT. HOOD VILLAGE, L.L.C. |
|
|
10 |
|
BLUE RIBBON COMMUNITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
|
|
10 |
|
MHC BLAZING STAR, L.L.C. |
|
|
10 |
|
ROGER HOWARD |
|
|
13,495 |
|
STACY HOWARD |
|
|
11,000 |
|
ROGER W. A. HOWARD TRUST UA 6/22/01 |
|
|
9,000 |
|
DON & MICHELE PARMITER LIVING TR DTD 5/8/2009 |
|
|
48,427 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partner Name |
|
# of Units |
LINDSAY ANNE WESTON |
|
|
4,720 |
|
ELIN M. JOHNSON LIVING TRUST DTD OCTOBER 18, 2006 |
|
|
6,676 |
|
WINBY FAMILY TRUST |
|
|
981 |
|
WINBY FAMILY TRUST A UA 05/17/94 |
|
|
8,466 |
|
JOYCE R CARRIER TRUSTEE |
|
|
30,662 |
|
SZKT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
98,271 |
|
SZMT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
98,274 |
|
SZJT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
98,271 |
|
ZFTJT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
149,985 |
|
ZFTGT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
32,140 |
|
ZFTMT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
149,984 |
|
ZFTKT HOLDINGS, L.L.C. |
|
|
149,985 |
|
ZELL GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, INC |
|
|
12,033 |
|
SANFORD SHKOLNIK, TRUSTEE |
|
|
11,530 |
|
MHC-DeAnza Financing Limited Prshp |
|
|
10 |
|
MHC Date Palm, LLC |
|
|
10 |
|
|
Total Limited Partner Units |
|
|
4,312,958 |
|
Part II
Equity LifeStyle Properties
Schedule of Unconsolidated Affiliates
As of 5/6/2011
Entities that ELS has a direct or ownership interest in, but does not consolidate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legal Name |
|
Type of Entity |
|
Economic interest |
Home Associates, L.P.
|
|
Limited Partnership
|
|
|
65 |
% |
Kolb Investors, LLC
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Kolb Sales, LLC
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Long Neck Water Company, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
6 |
% |
Plantation Company, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Plantation Retail, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Trails Associates, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Trails West Retail, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Villa del Sol Associates, LP
|
|
Limited Partnership
|
|
|
65 |
% |
Voyager Kolb Land, L.L.C.
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
25 |
% |
Voyager Kolb Water, LLC
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
25 |
% |
Voyager RV Resort, LLC
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Voyager Sales, LLC
|
|
Limited Liability
Corporation
|
|
|
50 |
% |
Voyager Water Company
|
|
Chapter C Corporation
|
|
|
25 |
% |
Schedule 6.1(g)
Non-Recourse Indebtedness
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
2015 Debt Maturities
As of May 16, 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property |
|
Maturity Date |
|
|
Principal Balance |
|
Fremont |
|
|
1/1/2015 |
|
|
|
3,911,380 |
|
Alpine Lake |
|
|
7/8/2015 |
|
|
|
13,453,767 |
|
Brennan Beach |
|
|
7/8/2015 |
|
|
|
19,886,821 |
|
Sandy Beach |
|
|
7/8/2015 |
|
|
|
4,908,544 |
|
Spanish Oaks |
|
|
9/1/2015 |
|
|
|
12,479,741 |
|
Monte Del Lago |
|
|
9/1/2015 |
|
|
|
21,195,750 |
|
Mariners Cove |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
15,566,397 |
|
Whispering Pines |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
9,339,019 |
|
Highlands at Brentwd |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
10,322,215 |
|
Oak Bend |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
5,461,372 |
|
Lakewood Village |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
9,289,186 |
|
Lake Fairways |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
28,819,860 |
|
Waterford Estates |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
29,287,019 |
|
Shadowbrook |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
5,979,659 |
|
Falcon Wood |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
4,919,973 |
|
Coralwood |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
5,866,121 |
|
All Seasons |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
3,302,826 |
|
Bear Creek |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
4,617,195 |
|
Desert Skies |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
4,773,931 |
|
Whispering Palms |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
3,045,850 |
|
Aspen Meadows |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
5,317,567 |
|
McNicol |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
2,564,398 |
|
Sweetbriar |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
2,876,292 |
|
Rancho Mesa |
|
|
11/1/2015 |
|
|
|
9,083,027 |
|
Meadows of Chantilly |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
33,116,114 |
|
Holiday Village CO |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
11,214,138 |
|
Central Park |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
11,990,899 |
|
Casa del Sol Resort West |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
9,735,940 |
|
Golden Terrace |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
13,705,877 |
|
Eldorado Village |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
7,920,578 |
|
Bonanza |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
8,744,232 |
|
Hillcrest Village |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
25,885,115 |
|
Pueblo Grande |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
7,425,094 |
|
Winds of St. Armands North |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
19,223,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property |
|
Maturity Date |
|
|
Principal Balance |
|
Windmill Village Ft. Myers |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
16,323,326 |
|
Lake Haven |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
10,941,948 |
|
East Bay Oaks |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
11,508,533 |
|
Winds of St. Armands South |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
12,369,761 |
|
Country Place |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
15,343,261 |
|
Golden Terrace West |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
16,241,165 |
|
Oak Tree Village |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
9,358,005 |
|
Green Acres |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
29,106,547 |
|
Cimarron |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
15,227,277 |
|
Holiday Hills |
|
|
12/1/2015 |
|
|
|
35,787,568 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total: Maturity 2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
557,436,794 |
|
Schedule 6.1(h)
Litigation
1. |
|
Suit filed by a group of tenants at Parents property in Ceres, California filed a
complaint in California Superior Court for Stanislaus County, on December 1, 2006, alleging
Parent had failed to properly maintain the property and improperly reduced services
provided to the tenants, among other allegations. Trial began on July 27, 2010 and 6 out
of the 72 plaintiffs were awarded damages. Plaintiffs who were awarded nothing filed a
motion for a new trial or alternatively for judgment notwithstanding the jurys verdict,
which the Court denied on February 14, 2011. Parent is seeking an attorneys fee award of
approximately $2.06 million while plaintiffs memorandum of costs indicate an intention to
file a motion that seeks an attorneys fees award of approximately $1.09 million. |
2. |
|
Suit filed by a group of tenants at the Parents property in San Jose, California filed
a complaint on April 30, 2009 in California Superior Court for Santa Clara County, alleging
that the Parent failed to properly maintain the property and improperly reduced the
services provided to tenants, among other allegations. On October 8, 2009, the court
granted the Parents motion to compel arbitration and stayed the court proceedings pending
the outcome of the arbitration. Plaintiffs sought to overturn the trial courts
arbitration and stay orders, and filed a petition with the Court of Appeal and the oral
arguments were heard on February 22, 2011. |
3. |
|
Class action lawsuit filed by a single named plaintiff on October 16, 2008 in
California state court, alleging that when the Parent acquired substantially all of the
assets and certain liabilities of Privileged Access, LP on August 14, 2008, the Parent and
other named defendants willfully failed to pay former California employees of Privileged
Access and its affiliates (PA) who became employees of the Parent all of the
wages they earned during their employment with PA, including accrued violation time. The
complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory and statutory damages, restitution,
pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, attorneys fees, expenses and costs, penalties,
and exemplary and punitive damages, but does not specify a dollar amount. On February 15,
2011, the Court granted plaintiffs motion for class certification. |
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Class action lawsuit filed by a single named plaintiff on December 16, 2008 in
Washington state court by a single named plaintiff, represented by the same counsel as the
plaintiff in the litigation matter provided in item 2 above, asserting on behalf of a
putative class of Washington employees of PA who became employees of the Parent
substantially similar allegations as are alleged in the California class action in item 2
above. On April 3, 2009, the Court dismissed some causes of action but did not dismiss the
action for breach of contract, the duty of good faith and fair dealing and unjust
enrichment. On July 30, 2010, the named plaintiff in this case died as a result of
unrelated accident, and plaintiffs counsel may attempt to substitute a new plaintiff. |
Schedule 9.10
Transactions with Affiliates
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the Assignment and Assumption) is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] Assignor)
and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an]
Assignee). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the
Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement identified below (as amended, the Credit Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is
hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex
1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this
Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the
Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and
assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the
Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignors][the respective Assignors]
rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under
the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the
extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding
rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities
identified below (including without limitation any guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii)
to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action
and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in
their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising
under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered
pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any
of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations
sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by
[the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to
herein collectively as [the][an] Assigned Interest). Each such sale and assignment is without
recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
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Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL
BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
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[Consented to and]12 Accepted:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
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ANNEX 1
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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor[s]. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the
legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned
Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full
power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no
responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in
connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral
thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Parent, the Borrower, any of their respective
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv)
the performance or observance by the Parent, the Borrower, any of their respective Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has
full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a
Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an Eligible Assignee as
defined in the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under such
definition), (iii) from and after the Effective Date specified for this Assignment and Assumption,
it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the
extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder,
(iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the
Assigned Interest and either it, or the person exercising discretion in making its decision to
acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received
a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive
copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2., as
applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such]
Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase
[the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and
Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will,
independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents,
and (ii) it will perform in accordance with
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their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be
performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignee whether such amounts have accrued
prior to, on or after the Effective Date specified for this Assignment and Assumption. The
Assignor[s] and the Assignee[s] shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the
Administrative Agent for periods prior to such Effective Date or with respect to the making of this
assignment directly between themselves.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY dated as of May 19, 2011 executed and delivered by each of the undersigned and
the other Persons from time to time party hereto pursuant to the execution and delivery of an
Accession Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto (all of the undersigned, together with such other
Persons each a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wells Fargo) successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association,
in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders under that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 2011 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), by and among MHC
Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the Parent),
the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the
Lenders), Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender and the Administrative
Agent (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and the Issuing Bank, each
individually a Guarantied Party and collectively, the Guarantied Parties) and the other parties
thereto.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Guarantied Parties have agreed to make
available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in
the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain Guarantors previously executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent that
certain Guaranty dated as of June 29, 2006 (as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date
hereof, the Existing Guaranty);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, though separate legal entities, are mutually
dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an integrated operation
and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank through their collective efforts;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement and, accordingly, each Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrowers
obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank on the terms and
conditions contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Guaranty effected by each Guarantors
execution and delivery of this Guaranty is a condition to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
making, and continuing to make, such financial accommodations to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by each Guarantor, each Guarantor agrees that the Existing Guaranty is amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:
Section 1. Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and
unconditionally guaranties the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated
maturity, by
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acceleration or otherwise, of all of the following (collectively referred to as the Guarantied
Obligations): (a) all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party thereunder or in connection therewith; (b) any
and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments or substitutions of the foregoing; (c) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and
disbursements, that are incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the
enforcement of any of the foregoing or any obligation of such Guarantor hereunder; and (d) all
other Obligations.
Section 2. Guaranty of Payment and Not of Collection. This Guaranty is a guaranty of
payment, and not of collection, and a debt of each Guarantor for its own account. Accordingly, the
Guarantied Parties shall not be obligated or required before enforcing this Guaranty against any
Guarantor: (a) to pursue any right or remedy the Guarantied Parties may have against the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any other Person or commence any suit or other proceeding against the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person in any court or other tribunal; (b) to make any
claim in a liquidation or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; or
(c) to make demand of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person or to enforce or seek
to enforce or realize upon any collateral security held by the Guarantied Parties which may secure
any of the Guarantied Obligations.
Section 3. Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guarantied
Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing the
same, regardless of any Applicable Law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any
of such terms or the rights of the Guarantied Parties with respect thereto. The liability of each
Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional in accordance with
its terms and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released,
suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence
whatsoever, including without limitation, the following (whether or not such Guarantor consents
thereto or has notice thereof):
(a) (i) any change in the amount, interest rate or due date or other term of any of the
Guarantied Obligations, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of all or any
portion of the Guarantied Obligations, (iii) any amendment or waiver of, or consent to the
departure from or other indulgence with respect to, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document,
or any other document or instrument evidencing or relating to any Guarantied Obligations, or (iv)
any waiver, renewal, extension, addition, or supplement to, or deletion from, or any other action
or inaction under or in respect of, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any
other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Guarantied Obligations or any other
instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Guarantied Obligations or any
assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;
(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan
Documents or any other document, instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any
Guarantied Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;
(c) any furnishing to the Guarantied Parties of any security for the Guarantied Obligations,
or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or realization on, any collateral securing any of
the Obligations;
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(d) any settlement or compromise of any of the Guarantied Obligations, any security therefor,
or any liability of any other party with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, or any
subordination of the payment of the Guarantied Obligations to the payment of any other liability of
the Borrower or any other Loan Party;
(e) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution,
liquidation or other like proceeding relating to such Guarantor, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other Person, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver,
or by any court, in any such proceeding;
(f) any act or failure to act by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person which
may adversely affect such Guarantors subrogation rights, if any, against the Borrower to recover
payments made under this Guaranty;
(g) any nonperfection or impairment of any security interest or other Lien on any collateral,
if any, securing in any way any of the Obligations;
(h) any application of sums paid by the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person with
respect to the liabilities of the Borrower to the Guarantied Parties, regardless of what
liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;
(i) any defect, limitation or insufficiency in the borrowing powers of the Borrower or in the
exercise thereof;
(j) any defense, set off, claim or counterclaim (other than payment and performance in full of
the Guarantied Obligations) which any at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower,
any other Loan party or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied
Party;
(k) any change in corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other
Loan Party;
(l) any statement, representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document, or any amendment
hereto or thereto, proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any respect; or
(m) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, a Guarantor hereunder (other than payment and performance in full or release or
termination of the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder as provided by the terms of the Credit
Agreement).
Section 4. Action with Respect to Guarantied Obligations. The Guaranteed Parties
may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, and
without discharging any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, take any and all actions
described in Section 3. and may otherwise: (a) amend, modify, alter or supplement the terms of any
of the Guarantied Obligations, including, but not limited to, extending or shortening the time of
payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations or changing the interest rate that may accrue on any
of the Guarantied Obligations; (b) amend, modify, alter or supplement the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document; (c) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with all, or any part, of any
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securing any of the Guarantied Obligations; (d) release any Loan Party or other Person liable in
any manner for the payment or collection of the Guarantied Obligations; (e) exercise, or refrain
from exercising, any rights against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; and (f)
apply any sum, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the Guarantied Obligations in such order
as the Guarantied Parties shall elect.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes to the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties all of the representations and warranties
made by the Borrower with respect to or in any way relating to such Guarantor in the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as if the same were set forth herein in full.
Section 6. Covenants. Each Guarantor will comply with all covenants that which the
Borrower is to cause such Guarantor to comply with under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents.
Section 7. Waiver. Each Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Law, hereby waives notice of acceptance hereof or any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any
kind, and any other act or thing, or omission or delay to do any other act or thing, which in any
manner or to any extent might vary the risk of such Guarantor or which otherwise might operate to
discharge such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder.
Section 8. Inability to Accelerate Loan. If the Guarantied Parties or any of them
are prevented under Applicable Law or otherwise from demanding or accelerating payment of any one
of the Guarantied Obligations by reason of any automatic stay or otherwise, the Administrative
Agent and/or the other Guarantied Parties shall be entitled to receive from each Guarantor, upon
demand therefor, the sums which otherwise would have been due had such demand or acceleration
occurred.
Section 9. Reinstatement of Guarantied Obligations. If claim is ever made on the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party for repayment or recovery of any amount or
amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, and the
Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party repays all or part of said amount by reason of
(a) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, or
(b) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Administrative Agent or such
other Guarantied Party with any such claimant (including the Borrower or a trustee in bankruptcy
for the Borrower), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree,
order, settlement or compromise shall be binding on it, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or
the cancellation of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other instrument
evidencing any liability of the Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the
Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party for the amounts so repaid or recovered to the
same extent as if such amount had never originally been paid to the Administrative Agent or such
other Guarantied Party.
Section 10. Subrogation. Upon the making by any Guarantor of any payment hereunder
for the account of the Borrower, such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee
against the Borrower; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall not enforce any
right or receive any payment by way of subrogation or otherwise take any action in respect of any
other claim or cause of action such Guarantor may have against the Borrower arising by reason of
any payment or performance by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty, unless and until all of the
Guarantied Obligations have been paid and performed in full. If any amount shall be paid to such
Guarantor on account of or in
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respect of such subrogation rights or other claims or causes of action, such Guarantor shall hold
such amount in trust for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties and shall forthwith pay such amount
to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement or to be held by the
Administrative Agent as collateral security for any Guarantied Obligations existing with respect to
Letter of Credit Liabilities.
Section 11. Payments Free and Clear. All sums payable by each Guarantor hereunder,
whether of principal, interest, fees, expenses, premiums or otherwise, shall be paid in full,
without set-off or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever (including any Taxes,
subject to Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement), and if such Guarantor is required by Applicable
Law or by any Governmental Authority to make any such deduction or withholding, subject to Section
3.10. of the Credit Agreement, such Guarantor shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
such additional amount as will result in the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of
the full amount payable hereunder had such deduction or withholding not occurred or been required.
Section 12. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under any of
the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each
Guarantor hereby authorizes each Guarantied Party and each Participant, at any time while an Event
of Default exists, subject to and pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Credit Agreement, without any
prior notice to such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, but in the case of a Lender, the Issuing Bank or a Participant subject to receipt of the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders, exercised in their sole
discretion, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special,
including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured
or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, such Lender, or such Participant or any affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on
account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, although such obligations shall be contingent or
unmatured. Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that any
Participant may exercise rights of setoff or counterclaim and other rights with respect to its
participation as fully as if such Participant were a direct creditor of such Guarantor in the
amount of such participation, to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement.
Section 13. Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for
the benefit of the Guarantied Parties that all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to such
Guarantor of whatever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of
such Guarantor from the Borrower (collectively, the Junior Claims) shall be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all Guarantied Obligations. If an Event of Default shall exist, then
no Guarantor shall accept any direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities, by
setoff or otherwise) from the Borrower on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior
Claim until all of the Guarantied Obligations have been paid in full.
Section 14. Avoidance Provisions. It is the intent of each Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties that in any Proceeding, such Guarantors
maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not
otherwise cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such
Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor in
such Proceeding as a result of Applicable Law, including without limitation, (a) Section 548 of the
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1978, as amended (the Bankruptcy Code) and (b) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent
conveyance act or statute applied in such Proceeding, whether by virtue of Section 544 of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The Applicable Laws under which the possible avoidance or
unenforceability of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such
Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) shall be determined in any such Proceeding are referred to as
the Avoidance Provisions. Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of any Guarantor
hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, the maximum
Guarantied Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that
amount which, as of the time any of the Guarantied Obligations are deemed to have been incurred
under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (or any
other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties), to be subject to avoidance under
the Avoidance Provisions. This Section is intended solely to preserve the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties hereunder to the maximum extent that would
not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance
Provisions, and no Guarantor or any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section
as against the Guarantied Parties that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the
Avoidance Provisions.
Section 15. Right of Contribution. The Guarantors hereby agree as among themselves
that, if any Guarantor shall make an Excess Payment (as defined below), such Guarantor shall have a
right of contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantors
Contribution Share (as defined below) of such Excess Payment. The payment obligations of any
Guarantor under this Section shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
Obligations until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have
expired or terminated, and none of the Guarantors shall exercise any right or remedy under this
Section against any other Guarantor until such Obligations have been paid in full and the
Commitments have expired or terminated. This Section shall not be deemed to affect any right of
subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution that any Guarantor may have under Applicable
Law against the Borrower in respect of any payment of Guarantied Obligations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all rights of contribution against any Guarantor shall terminate from and after such
time, if ever, that such Guarantor shall cease to be a Guarantor in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Loan Documents. For purposes of this Section, the following terms have the
indicated meanings:
(a) Excess Payment means the amount paid by any Guarantor in excess of its Ratable Share of
any Guarantied Obligations.
(b) Ratable Share means, for any Guarantor in respect of any payment of Obligations, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of the date of such payment of Guarantied Obligations of (i)
the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all
assets and other properties of all of the Loan Parties exceeds the amount of all of the debts and
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but
excluding the obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder) of the Loan Parties; provided,
however, that, for purposes of calculating the Ratable Shares of the Guarantors in respect
of any payment of Obligations, any Guarantor that became a Guarantor subsequent to the date of any
such payment shall be deemed to have been a Guarantor on the date of such payment and the financial
information for such Guarantor as of the date such Guarantor became a Guarantor shall be utilized
for such Guarantor in connection with such payment.
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(c) Contribution Share means, for any Guarantor in respect of any Excess Payment made by any
other Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of the date of such Excess Payment of (i)
the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all
assets and other properties of the Loan Parties other than the maker of such Excess Payment exceeds
the amount of all of the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and
unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Loan Parties) of the Loan Parties
other than the maker of such Excess Payment; provided, however, that, for purposes
of calculating the Contribution Shares of the Guarantors in respect of any Excess Payment, any
Guarantor that became a Guarantor subsequent to the date of any such Excess Payment shall be deemed
to have been a Guarantor on the date of such Excess Payment and the financial information for such
Guarantor as of the date such Guarantor became a Guarantor shall be utilized for such Guarantor in
connection with such Excess Payment.
Section 16. Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and
keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and
of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any of the Guarantied Obligations
and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and
agrees that neither of the Administrative Agent nor any other Guarantied Party shall have any duty
whatsoever to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks.
Section 17. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE
FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY
ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN SUCH GUARANTOR,
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND
COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY,
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY
PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER
SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY GUARANTOR, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE
LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(B) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY
ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, HEREBY AGREES THAT THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN
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JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR AMONG THE GUARANTORS, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES, PERTAINING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO
THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING HEREFROM OR THEREFROM. EACH
GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE GUARANTIED PARTIES EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH
JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIMS OR
DISPUTES. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE
OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET
FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE
JURISDICTION.
(C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY WITH THE ADVICE OF
COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE
PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE
TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS GUARANTY.
Section 19. Loan Accounts. The Administrative Agent and each other Guarantied Party
may maintain books and accounts setting forth the amounts of principal, interest and other sums
paid and payable with respect to the Guarantied Obligations arising under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, and in the case of any dispute relating to any of the outstanding amount, payment
or receipt of any of such Guarantied Obligations or otherwise, the entries in such books and
accounts shall be deemed conclusive evidence of amounts and other matters set forth herein, absent
manifest error. The failure of the Administrative Agent or other Guarantied Party to maintain such
books and accounts shall not in any way relieve or discharge any Guarantor of any of its
obligations hereunder.
Section 20. Waiver of Remedies. No delay or failure on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the exercise of any right or remedy it may
have against any Guarantor hereunder or otherwise shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single
or partial exercise by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party of any such right or
remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right
or remedy.
Section 21. Termination. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the
contrary, except as provided in Section 9, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect with
respect to each Guarantor until payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations and the termination
of the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 12.11 thereof, in each case other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made, and the termination or
cancellation of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Section 22. Successors and Assigns. Each reference herein to the Administrative
Agent or any other Guarantied Party shall be deemed to include such Persons respective successors
and assigns (including, but not limited to, any holder of the Guarantied Obligations) in whose
favor the provisions of this Guaranty also shall inure, and each reference herein to each Guarantor
shall be deemed to include such Guarantors successors and assigns, upon whom this Guaranty also
shall be binding. The Guarantied Parties may, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Credit Agreement, assign, transfer or sell any Guarantied Obligation, or grant or sell
participations in any Guarantied Obligations, to any Person without the consent of, or notice to,
any Guarantor and without releasing, discharging or modifying any Guarantors obligations
hereunder. Subject to Section 12.9. of the Credit Agreement, each Guarantor hereby consents to the
delivery by the Administrative Agent and any other Guarantied Party to any Assignee or Participant
(or any prospective Assignee or Participant) of any financial or other information regarding the
Borrower or any Guarantor. No Guarantor may assign or transfer its obligations hereunder to any
Person without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any such assignment or other transfer
to which all of the Lenders have not so consented shall be null and void.
Section 23. Joint and Several Obligations. The Obligations of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be joint and several, and accordingly, each guarantor confirms that it is liable
for the full amount of the Guarantied Obligations and all of the obligations and liabilities of
each of the other Guarantors hereunder.
Section 24. Amendments. This Guaranty may not be amended except in writing signed by
the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor, subject to Section 12.7 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 25. Payments. All payments to be made by any Guarantor pursuant to this
Guaranty shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at
its Principal Office, not later than 1:00 p.m. Central time on the date of demand therefor.
Section 26. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing (including facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given (a) to each
Guarantor at its address set forth below its signature hereto, (b) to the Administrative Agent or
any other Guarantied Party at its respective address for notices provided for in the Credit
Agreement, or (c) as to each such party at such other address as such party shall designate in a
written notice to the other parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be
effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; or (iii) if hand
delivered, when delivered; provided, however, that any notice of a change of
address for notices shall not be effective until received.
Section 27. Severability. In case any provision of this Guaranty shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 28. Headings. Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction of this Guaranty.
Section 29. Limitation of Liability. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other
Guarantied Party, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party, shall have any liability with respect to, and
each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any
special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by a Guarantor in
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with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents,
or any of the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents. Each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative
Agent or any other Guarantied Party or any of the Administrative Agents or any other Guarantied
Partys affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in
respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty,
the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by
hereby or thereby.
Section 30. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information. Each Guarantor acknowledges
and agrees that information regarding the Guarantor may be delivered electronically pursuant to
Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 31. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of Section 14 of this Guaranty:
Proceeding means any of the following: (i) a voluntary or involuntary case
concerning any Guarantor shall be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended; (ii) a
custodian (as defined in such Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed
for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of any Guarantor; (iii) any
other proceeding under any Applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding-up or composition for adjustment of debts, whether now or hereafter in
effect, is commenced relating to any Guarantor; (iv) any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or
bankrupt; (v) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered
by a court of competent jurisdiction; (vi) any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors; (vii) any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or
shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (viii) any Guarantor shall call a
meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; (ix)
any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (x) any corporate action shall be taken by any Guarantor
for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
(b) Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective meanings given them
in the Credit Agreement.
Section 32. Novation. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE A NOVATION OF ANY
OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF ANY GUARANTOR UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING GUARANTY AS DEFINED
ABOVE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Amended and Restated
Guaranty as of the date and year first written above.
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ANNEX I
FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT
THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, ____, executed and delivered by
______________________, a _____________ (the New Guarantor) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wells Fargo), in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the Administrative
Agent) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May
19, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), Equity Lifestyle
Properties, Inc. (the Parent), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under
Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo, in its capacity as
Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and
the Issuing Bank, each individually a Guarantied Party and collectively, the Guarantied
Parties), and the other parties thereto.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantied Parties have agreed to make
available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in
the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the New Guarantor and the existing Guarantors, though separate legal
entities, are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an
integrated operation and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain
financing from the Guarantied Parties through their collective efforts;
WHEREAS, the New Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement and, accordingly, the New Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrowers
obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the New Guarantors execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties continuing to make such financial
accommodations to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by the New Guarantor, the New Guarantor agrees as follows:
Section 1. Accession to Guaranty. The New Guarantor hereby agrees that it is a
Guarantor under that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of May 19, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Guaranty), made by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of
Guarantied Parties and assumes all obligations of a Guarantor thereunder and agrees to be bound
thereby, all as if the New Guarantor had been an original signatory to the Guaranty. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby:
(a) irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance
when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Guarantied Obligations
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(b) makes to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties as of the date hereof
each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Guaranty and agrees to be
bound by each of the covenants contained in Section 6 of the Guaranty; and
(c) consents and agrees to each provision set forth in the Guaranty.
SECTION 2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
Section 3. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have their respective defined meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has caused this Accession Agreement to be duly executed
and delivered under seal by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Minneapolis Loan Center
608 2nd Avenue South, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19,
2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), the financial
institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), and the
other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their
respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
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The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date
hereof and as of the date of the making of the requested Loans and immediately after giving effect
thereto, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or shall exist, and (b) the representations and
warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to
which any of them is a party are and shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to
the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in
which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of such
earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan
Documents. In addition, the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that all
conditions to the making of the requested Loans contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement
will have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Loan
Documents) at the time such Loans are made.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Borrowing
as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Minneapolis Loan Center
608 2nd Avenue South, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19,
2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), the financial
institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), and the
other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their
respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2.8. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests a Continuation
of a borrowing of Loans under the Credit Agreement, and in connection with such a request, sets
forth below the information relating to such Continuation as required by such Section of the Credit
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The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date
hereof and as of the proposed date of the requested Continuation and after immediately giving
effect thereto, no Event of Default exists or will exist.
If notice of the requested Continuation was given previously by telephone, this notice is to
be considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.7. of the
Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of
Continuation as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION
____________, 20__
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Minneapolis Loan Center
608 2nd Avenue South, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19,
2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), the financial
institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), and the
other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their
respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2.9. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests a Conversion of
a borrowing of Loans of one Type into Loans of another Type under the Credit Agreement, and in
connection with such a request, sets forth below the information relating to such Conversion as
required by such Section of the Credit Agreement:
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hereof and as of the proposed date of the requested Continuation and immediately after giving
effect thereto, no [Default or]1 Event of Default exists or will exist.
If notice of the requested Conversion was given previously by telephone, this notice is to be
considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.8. of the Credit
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Conversion
as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF NOTICE OF SWINGLINE BORROWING
____________, 20__
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Minneapolis Loan Center
608 2nd Avenue South, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19,
2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), the financial
institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), and the
other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their
respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
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requests that the Swingline Lender make a Swingline Loan to the Borrower in an amount
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The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the
Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the date of the making of the requested Swingline Loan,
and immediately after making such Swingline Loan, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or
shall exist, and none of the limits specified in Section 2.3.(a) would be violated; and (b) the
representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the
Loan Documents to which any of them is a party are and shall be true and correct in all material
respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to
an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and
accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances or
transactions, in either event not prohibited under the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Borrower
certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that all conditions to the making of the
requested Swingline Loan contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement will have been satisfied
at the time such Swingline Loan is made.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Swingline
Borrowing as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF [AMENDED AND RESTATED] REVOLVING NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, MHC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership
formed under the laws of the State of Illinois (the Borrower) hereby unconditionally promises to
pay to the order of ___________________________ (the Lender), in care of Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), to Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, NorthStar East Building, MAC:N9303-110, 608 Second Avenue S., Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402, or at such other address as may be specified in writing by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower, the principal sum of ___________________ AND ___/100 DOLLARS
($_____________) (or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement (as herein defined)), on the
dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount owing hereunder, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit
Agreement.
The date, amount of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on
account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any
transfer of this Note, endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation
thereof, provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall
not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing under the
Credit Agreement or hereunder in respect of the Loans made by the Lender.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of May 19, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement), by and among the Borrower, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the Parent),
the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof, the
Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, and is subject to, and entitled to, all
provisions and benefits thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have
the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement, among other things, (a) provides for the making of Loans evidenced by
this Note by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at
any time outstanding the Dollar amount first above mentioned, (b) permits the prepayment of the
Loans evidenced by this Note by the Borrower subject to certain terms and conditions and (c)
provides for the acceleration of the maturity of the Loans evidenced by this Note upon the
occurrence of certain specified events.
Except as permitted by Section 12.6. of the Credit Agreement, this Note may not be assigned by
the Lender to any other Person.
[This Note is being issued in replacement of that certain Revolving Loan Note dated as of June
29, 2006, executed and delivered by Borrower party thereto and payable to the order of the Lender,
as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof. THIS NOTE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE,
AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment for payment, demand, notice of demand, notice of
non-payment, protest, notice of protest and all other similar notices.
Time is of the essence for this Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Note under seal as of the
date first written above.
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SCHEDULE OF LOANS
This Note evidences Loans made under the within-described Credit Agreement to the Borrower, on
the dates, in the principal amounts, bearing interest at the rates and maturing on the dates set
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SWINGLINE NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, MHC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited
partnership formed under the laws of the State of Illinois (the Borrower), hereby promises to pay
to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the Swingline Lender) to its address at
NorthStar East Building, MAC:N9303-110, 608 Second Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minnesota
55402, or at such other address as may be specified in writing by the Swingline Lender to the
Borrower, the principal sum of THIRTY MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($30,000,000) (or such lesser
amount as shall equal the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Swingline Loans made by the
Swingline Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement), on the dates and in the principal
amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount owing
hereunder, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.
The date, amount of each Swingline Loan, and each payment made on account of the
principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Swingline Lender on its books and, prior to any
transfer of this Note, endorsed by the Swingline Lender on the schedule attached hereto or any
continuation thereof, provided that the failure of the Swingline Lender to make any such
recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when
due of any amount owing under the Credit Agreement or hereunder in respect of the Swingline Loans.
This Note is the Swingline Note referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of May 19, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the Credit Agreement), by and among the Borrower, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the
Parent), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof
(the Lenders), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Administrative Agent, and the other
parties thereto, and evidences Swingline Loans made to the Borrower thereunder. Terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the
occurrence of certain events and for prepayments of Swingline Loans upon the terms and conditions
specified therein.
This Note is being issued in replacement of that certain Swingline Note dated as of June 29,
2006, executed and delivered by Borrower party thereto and payable to the order of the Lender, as
amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof. THIS NOTE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND
SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION
WITH SUCH OTHER SWINGLINE NOTE.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment for payment, demand, notice of demand, notice of
non-payment, protest, notice of protest and all other similar notices.
Time is of the essence for this Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Swingline Note under seal
as of the date first written above.
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SCHEDULE OF SWINGLINE LOANS
This Note evidences Swingline Loans made under the within-described Credit Agreement to the
Borrower, on the dates and in the principal amounts set forth below, subject to the payments and
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TRANSFER AUTHORIZER DESIGNATION
(For Disbursement of Loan Proceeds by Funds Transfer)
o NEW o REPLACE PREVIOUS DESIGNATION o ADD o CHANGE
o DELETE LINE NUMBER _____
The following representatives of MHC Operating Limited Partnership (Borrower) are
authorized to request the disbursement of Loan Proceeds and initiate funds transfers for Loan
Number 104239 assigned to the unsecured revolving credit facility evidenced by
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated May 19, 2011 among the Borrower, Equity
Lifestyle Properties, Inc., each of the financial institutions initially a signatory thereto
together with their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the Administrative
Agent) and the other parties thereto. The Administrative Agent is authorized to rely on
this Transfer Authorizer Designation until it has received a new Transfer Authorizer
Designation signed by Borrower, even in the event that any or all of the foregoing
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Date: ___________, 2011
MHC OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
[To Be Attached]
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
_____________________, 20__
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
123 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Scott Solis
Telecopy: (312) 782-0969
Telephone: (312) 269-4818
Each of the Lenders Party to the Credit Agreement referred to below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May
19, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), Equity
Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the Parent), the financial institutions party thereto and their
assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), and the other parties thereto.
Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings
given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies, in such
persons corporate and not individual capacity, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
1. The undersigned is the [Chief Executive Officer][Chief Financial Officer][Vice
President-Treasurer] of the Parent.
2. The undersigned has examined the books and records of the Parent and the Borrower and has
conducted such other examinations and investigations as are reasonably necessary to provide this
Compliance Certificate.
3. As of the date of this Compliance Certificate, to the best of my knowledge, information and
belief after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists and the Parent, the Borrower and
their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable covenants under the Credit
Agreement. [if such is not the case, specify such Default, Event of Default or covenant
non-compliance and its nature, when it occurred and whether it is continuing and the steps being
taken by the Borrower with respect to such event, condition or failure].
4. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are reasonably detailed calculations establishing whether
or not the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries were in compliance with the
covenants contained in Sections 9.1. of the Credit Agreement.
5. Attached hereto as Schedule 2 is a report setting forth a statement of Funds From
Operations as of the last day of the [fiscal [quarter/year]].
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6. Attached hereto as Schedule 3 is a report of newly acquired Properties of the Parent,
the Borrower and each of the other Subsidiaries, including their Net Operating Income of
such Property for the trailing four (4) fiscal quarters ending ________, the cost
of acquisition of such Property and the amount, if any, of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on
such Property
7. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties
contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any is a party, are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent
that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which
case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of such
earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Credit
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first
above written.
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Schedule 1
Financial Covenant Compliance
[Calculations to be Attached]
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Schedule 2
Funds From Operation
[Report to be Attached]
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Schedule 3
New Properties
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Exhibit 10.47
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY dated as of May 19, 2011 executed and delivered by each of the undersigned and
the other Persons from time to time party hereto pursuant to the execution and delivery of an
Accession Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto (all of the undersigned, together with such other
Persons each a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wells Fargo) successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association,
in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders under that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 2011 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), by and among MHC
Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (the Parent),
the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.6. thereof (the
Lenders), Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender and the Administrative
Agent (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and the Issuing Bank, each
individually a Guarantied Party and collectively, the Guarantied Parties) and the other parties
thereto.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Guarantied Parties have agreed to make
available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in
the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain Guarantors previously executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent that
certain Guaranty dated as of June 29, 2006 (as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date
hereof, the Existing Guaranty);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, though separate legal entities, are mutually
dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an integrated operation
and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank through their collective efforts;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement and, accordingly, each Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrowers
obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank on the terms and
conditions contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Guaranty effected by each Guarantors
execution and delivery of this Guaranty is a condition to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
making, and continuing to make, such financial accommodations to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by each Guarantor, each Guarantor agrees that the Existing Guaranty is amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:
Section 1. Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and
unconditionally guaranties the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all of the following (collectively referred to as the
Guarantied Obligations): (a) all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party thereunder or in connection therewith; (b) any
and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments or substitutions of the foregoing; (c) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and
disbursements, that are incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the
enforcement of any of the foregoing or any obligation of such Guarantor hereunder; and (d) all
other Obligations.
Section 2. Guaranty of Payment and Not of Collection. This Guaranty is a guaranty of
payment, and not of collection, and a debt of each Guarantor for its own account. Accordingly, the
Guarantied Parties shall not be obligated or required before enforcing this Guaranty against any
Guarantor: (a) to pursue any right or remedy the Guarantied Parties may have against the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any other Person or commence any suit or other proceeding against the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person in any court or other tribunal; (b) to make any
claim in a liquidation or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; or
(c) to make demand of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person or to enforce or seek
to enforce or realize upon any collateral security held by the Guarantied Parties which may secure
any of the Guarantied Obligations.
Section 3. Guaranty Absolute. Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guarantied
Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing the
same, regardless of any Applicable Law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any
of such terms or the rights of the Guarantied Parties with respect thereto. The liability of each
Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional in accordance with
its terms and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released,
suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence
whatsoever, including without limitation, the following (whether or not such Guarantor consents
thereto or has notice thereof):
(a) (i) any change in the amount, interest rate or due date or other term of any of the
Guarantied Obligations, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of all or any
portion of the Guarantied Obligations, (iii) any amendment or waiver of, or consent to the
departure from or other indulgence with respect to, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document,
or any other document or instrument evidencing or relating to any Guarantied Obligations, or (iv)
any waiver, renewal, extension, addition, or supplement to, or deletion from, or any other action
or inaction under or in respect of, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any
other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Guarantied Obligations or any other
instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Guarantied Obligations or any
assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;
(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan
Documents or any other document, instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any
Guarantied Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing;
(c) any furnishing to the Guarantied Parties of any security for the Guarantied Obligations,
or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or realization on, any collateral securing any of
the Obligations;
(d) any settlement or compromise of any of the Guarantied Obligations, any security therefor,
or any liability of any other party with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, or any
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subordination of the payment of the Guarantied Obligations to the payment of any other liability of
the Borrower or any other Loan Party;
(e) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution,
liquidation or other like proceeding relating to such Guarantor, the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other Person, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver,
or by any court, in any such proceeding;
(f) any act or failure to act by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person which
may adversely affect such Guarantors subrogation rights, if any, against the Borrower to recover
payments made under this Guaranty;
(g) any nonperfection or impairment of any security interest or other Lien on any collateral,
if any, securing in any way any of the Obligations;
(h) any application of sums paid by the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person with
respect to the liabilities of the Borrower to the Guarantied Parties, regardless of what
liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;
(i) any defect, limitation or insufficiency in the borrowing powers of the Borrower or in the
exercise thereof;
(j) any defense, set off, claim or counterclaim (other than payment and performance in full of
the Guarantied Obligations) which any at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower,
any other Loan party or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied
Party;
(k) any change in corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other
Loan Party;
(l) any statement, representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document, or any amendment
hereto or thereto, proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any respect; or
(m) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, a Guarantor hereunder (other than payment and performance in full or release or
termination of the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder as provided by the terms of the Credit
Agreement).
Section 4. Action with Respect to Guarantied Obligations. The Guaranteed Parties
may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, and
without discharging any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, take any and all actions
described in Section 3. and may otherwise: (a) amend, modify, alter or supplement the terms of any
of the Guarantied Obligations, including, but not limited to, extending or shortening the time of
payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations or changing the interest rate that may accrue on any
of the Guarantied Obligations; (b) amend, modify, alter or supplement the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document; (c) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with all, or any part, of any
collateral securing any of the Guarantied Obligations; (d) release any Loan Party or other Person
liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Guarantied Obligations; (e) exercise, or
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exercising, any rights against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person; and (f)
apply any sum, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the Guarantied Obligations in such order
as the Guarantied Parties shall elect.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes to the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties all of the representations and warranties
made by the Borrower with respect to or in any way relating to such Guarantor in the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as if the same were set forth herein in full.
Section 6. Covenants. Each Guarantor will comply with all covenants that which the
Borrower is to cause such Guarantor to comply with under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents.
Section 7. Waiver. Each Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Law, hereby waives notice of acceptance hereof or any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any
kind, and any other act or thing, or omission or delay to do any other act or thing, which in any
manner or to any extent might vary the risk of such Guarantor or which otherwise might operate to
discharge such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder.
Section 8. Inability to Accelerate Loan. If the Guarantied Parties or any of them
are prevented under Applicable Law or otherwise from demanding or accelerating payment of any one
of the Guarantied Obligations by reason of any automatic stay or otherwise, the Administrative
Agent and/or the other Guarantied Parties shall be entitled to receive from each Guarantor, upon
demand therefor, the sums which otherwise would have been due had such demand or acceleration
occurred.
Section 9. Reinstatement of Guarantied Obligations. If claim is ever made on the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party for repayment or recovery of any amount or
amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, and the
Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party repays all or part of said amount by reason of
(a) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, or
(b) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Administrative Agent or such
other Guarantied Party with any such claimant (including the Borrower or a trustee in bankruptcy
for the Borrower), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree,
order, settlement or compromise shall be binding on it, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or
the cancellation of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other instrument
evidencing any liability of the Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the
Administrative Agent or such other Guarantied Party for the amounts so repaid or recovered to the
same extent as if such amount had never originally been paid to the Administrative Agent or such
other Guarantied Party.
Section 10. Subrogation. Upon the making by any Guarantor of any payment hereunder
for the account of the Borrower, such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee
against the Borrower; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall not enforce any
right or receive any payment by way of subrogation or otherwise take any action in respect of any
other claim or cause of action such Guarantor may have against the Borrower arising by reason of
any payment or performance by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty, unless and until all of the
Guarantied Obligations have been paid and performed in full. If any amount shall be paid to such
Guarantor on account of or in respect of such subrogation rights or other claims or causes of
action, such Guarantor shall hold such amount in trust for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties
and shall forthwith pay such amount to the
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Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations, whether matured
or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement or to be held by the
Administrative Agent as collateral security for any Guarantied Obligations existing with respect to
Letter of Credit Liabilities.
Section 11. Payments Free and Clear. All sums payable by each Guarantor hereunder,
whether of principal, interest, fees, expenses, premiums or otherwise, shall be paid in full,
without set-off or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever (including any Taxes,
subject to Section 3.10. of the Credit Agreement), and if such Guarantor is required by Applicable
Law or by any Governmental Authority to make any such deduction or withholding, subject to Section
3.10. of the Credit Agreement, such Guarantor shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
such additional amount as will result in the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of
the full amount payable hereunder had such deduction or withholding not occurred or been required.
Section 12. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under any of
the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each
Guarantor hereby authorizes each Guarantied Party and each Participant, at any time while an Event
of Default exists, subject to and pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Credit Agreement, without any
prior notice to such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, but in the case of a Lender, the Issuing Bank or a Participant subject to receipt of the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders, exercised in their sole
discretion, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special,
including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured
or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, such Lender, or such Participant or any affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on
account of any of the Guarantied Obligations, although such obligations shall be contingent or
unmatured. Each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that any
Participant may exercise rights of setoff or counterclaim and other rights with respect to its
participation as fully as if such Participant were a direct creditor of such Guarantor in the
amount of such participation, to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement.
Section 13. Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for
the benefit of the Guarantied Parties that all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to such
Guarantor of whatever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of
such Guarantor from the Borrower (collectively, the Junior Claims) shall be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all Guarantied Obligations. If an Event of Default shall exist, then
no Guarantor shall accept any direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities, by
setoff or otherwise) from the Borrower on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior
Claim until all of the Guarantied Obligations have been paid in full.
Section 14. Avoidance Provisions. It is the intent of each Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties that in any Proceeding, such Guarantors
maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not
otherwise cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such
Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor in
such Proceeding as a result of Applicable Law, including without limitation, (a) Section 548 of the
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended (the Bankruptcy Code) and (b) any state fraudulent transfer
or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such Proceeding, whether by virtue of Section
544 of the
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Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The Applicable Laws under which the possible avoidance or
unenforceability of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such
Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties) shall be determined in any such Proceeding are referred to as
the Avoidance Provisions. Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of any Guarantor
hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, the maximum
Guarantied Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that
amount which, as of the time any of the Guarantied Obligations are deemed to have been incurred
under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (or any
other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guarantied Parties), to be subject to avoidance under
the Avoidance Provisions. This Section is intended solely to preserve the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties hereunder to the maximum extent that would
not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance
Provisions, and no Guarantor or any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section
as against the Guarantied Parties that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the
Avoidance Provisions.
Section 15. Right of Contribution. The Guarantors hereby agree as among themselves
that, if any Guarantor shall make an Excess Payment (as defined below), such Guarantor shall have a
right of contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantors
Contribution Share (as defined below) of such Excess Payment. The payment obligations of any
Guarantor under this Section shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
Obligations until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have
expired or terminated, and none of the Guarantors shall exercise any right or remedy under this
Section against any other Guarantor until such Obligations have been paid in full and the
Commitments have expired or terminated. This Section shall not be deemed to affect any right of
subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution that any Guarantor may have under Applicable
Law against the Borrower in respect of any payment of Guarantied Obligations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all rights of contribution against any Guarantor shall terminate from and after such
time, if ever, that such Guarantor shall cease to be a Guarantor in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Loan Documents. For purposes of this Section, the following terms have the
indicated meanings:
(a) Excess Payment means the amount paid by any Guarantor in excess of its Ratable Share of
any Guarantied Obligations.
(b) Ratable Share means, for any Guarantor in respect of any payment of Obligations, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of the date of such payment of Guarantied Obligations of (i)
the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all
assets and other properties of all of the Loan Parties exceeds the amount of all of the debts and
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but
excluding the obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder) of the Loan Parties; provided,
however, that, for purposes of calculating the Ratable Shares of the Guarantors in respect
of any payment of Obligations, any Guarantor that became a Guarantor subsequent to the date of any
such payment shall be deemed to have been a Guarantor on the date of such payment and the financial
information for such Guarantor as of the date such Guarantor became a Guarantor shall be utilized
for such Guarantor in connection with such payment.
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(c) Contribution Share means, for any Guarantor in respect of any Excess Payment made by any
other Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) as of the date of such Excess Payment of (i)
the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder) to (ii) the amount by which the aggregate present fair salable value of all
assets and other properties of the Loan Parties other than the maker of such Excess Payment exceeds
the amount of all of the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and
unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Loan Parties) of the Loan Parties
other than the maker of such Excess Payment; provided, however, that, for purposes
of calculating the Contribution Shares of the Guarantors in respect of any Excess Payment, any
Guarantor that became a Guarantor subsequent to the date of any such Excess Payment shall be deemed
to have been a Guarantor on the date of such Excess Payment and the financial information for such
Guarantor as of the date such Guarantor became a Guarantor shall be utilized for such Guarantor in
connection with such Excess Payment.
Section 16. Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and
keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and
of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any of the Guarantied Obligations
and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and
agrees that neither of the Administrative Agent nor any other Guarantied Party shall have any duty
whatsoever to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks.
Section 17. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE
FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY
ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN SUCH GUARANTOR,
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND
COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY,
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY
PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER
SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY GUARANTOR, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE
LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(B) EACH GUARANTOR, AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES BY
ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS HEREOF, HEREBY AGREES THAT THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW
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YORK, NEW YORK SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR
AMONG THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARANTIED PARTIES, PERTAINING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING
HEREFROM OR THEREFROM. EACH GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE GUARANTIED PARTIES EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND
CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIMS OR DISPUTES. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME.
THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER GUARANTIED PARTY OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY
OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.
(C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY WITH THE ADVICE OF
COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE
PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE
TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS GUARANTY.
Section 19. Loan Accounts. The Administrative Agent and each other Guarantied Party
may maintain books and accounts setting forth the amounts of principal, interest and other sums
paid and payable with respect to the Guarantied Obligations arising under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, and in the case of any dispute relating to any of the outstanding amount, payment
or receipt of any of such Guarantied Obligations or otherwise, the entries in such books and
accounts shall be deemed conclusive evidence of amounts and other matters set forth herein, absent
manifest error. The failure of the Administrative Agent or other Guarantied Party to maintain such
books and accounts shall not in any way relieve or discharge any Guarantor of any of its
obligations hereunder.
Section 20. Waiver of Remedies. No delay or failure on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party in the exercise of any right or remedy it may
have against any Guarantor hereunder or otherwise shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single
or partial exercise by the Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party of any such right or
remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right
or remedy.
Section 21. Termination. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the
contrary, except as provided in Section 9, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect with
respect to each Guarantor until payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations and the termination
of the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 12.11 thereof, in each case other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made, and the termination or
cancellation of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 22. Successors and Assigns. Each reference herein to the Administrative
Agent or any other Guarantied Party shall be deemed to include such Persons respective successors
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assigns (including, but not limited to, any holder of the Guarantied Obligations) in whose favor
the provisions of this Guaranty also shall inure, and each reference herein to each Guarantor shall
be deemed to include such Guarantors successors and assigns, upon whom this Guaranty also shall be
binding. The Guarantied Parties may, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Credit
Agreement, assign, transfer or sell any Guarantied Obligation, or grant or sell participations in
any Guarantied Obligations, to any Person without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor and
without releasing, discharging or modifying any Guarantors obligations hereunder. Subject to
Section 12.9. of the Credit Agreement, each Guarantor hereby consents to the delivery by the
Administrative Agent and any other Guarantied Party to any Assignee or Participant (or any
prospective Assignee or Participant) of any financial or other information regarding the Borrower
or any Guarantor. No Guarantor may assign or transfer its obligations hereunder to any Person
without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any such assignment or other transfer to which
all of the Lenders have not so consented shall be null and void.
Section 23. Joint and Several Obligations. The Obligations of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be joint and several, and accordingly, each guarantor confirms that it is liable
for the full amount of the Guarantied Obligations and all of the obligations and liabilities of
each of the other Guarantors hereunder.
Section 24. Amendments. This Guaranty may not be amended except in writing signed by
the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor, subject to Section 12.7 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 25. Payments. All payments to be made by any Guarantor pursuant to this
Guaranty shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at
its Principal Office, not later than 1:00 p.m. Central time on the date of demand therefor.
Section 26. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing (including facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given (a) to each
Guarantor at its address set forth below its signature hereto, (b) to the Administrative Agent or
any other Guarantied Party at its respective address for notices provided for in the Credit
Agreement, or (c) as to each such party at such other address as such party shall designate in a
written notice to the other parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be
effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted; or (iii) if hand
delivered, when delivered; provided, however, that any notice of a change of
address for notices shall not be effective until received.
Section 27. Severability. In case any provision of this Guaranty shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 28. Headings. Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction of this Guaranty.
Section 29. Limitation of Liability. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other
Guarantied Party, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the
Administrative Agent or any other Guarantied Party, shall have any liability with respect to, and
each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any
special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by a Guarantor in
connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty or any of the other Loan
Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement or any of
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Documents. Each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Administrative Agent
or any other Guarantied Party or any of the Administrative Agents or any other Guarantied Partys
affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in respect of
any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Guaranty, the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by hereby or
thereby.
Section 30. Electronic Delivery of Certain Information. Each Guarantor acknowledges
and agrees that information regarding the Guarantor may be delivered electronically pursuant to
Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 31. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of Section 14 of this Guaranty:
Proceeding means any of the following: (i) a voluntary or involuntary case
concerning any Guarantor shall be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended; (ii) a
custodian (as defined in such Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed
for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of any Guarantor; (iii) any
other proceeding under any Applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding-up or composition for adjustment of debts, whether now or hereafter in
effect, is commenced relating to any Guarantor; (iv) any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or
bankrupt; (v) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered
by a court of competent jurisdiction; (vi) any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors; (vii) any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or
shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (viii) any Guarantor shall call a
meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; (ix)
any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (x) any corporate action shall be taken by any Guarantor
for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
(b) Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective meanings given them
in the Credit Agreement.
Section 32. Novation. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE A NOVATION OF ANY
OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF ANY GUARANTOR UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING GUARANTY AS DEFINED
ABOVE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Amended and Restated
Guaranty as of the date and year first written above.
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130 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Kenneth Kroot, General Counsel
Telecopy: (312) 279-1653
Telephone: (312) 279-1652
Attention: Paul Seavey, Vice President and Treasurer
Telecopy: (312) 279-1710
Telephone: (312) 279-1488
ANNEX I
FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT
THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, ____, executed and delivered by
______________________, a _____________ (the New Guarantor) in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wells Fargo), in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the Administrative
Agent) for the Lenders under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May
__, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement), by and among MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the Borrower), Equity Lifestyle
Properties, Inc. (the Parent), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under
Section 12.6. thereof (the Lenders), Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo, in its capacity as
Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and
the Issuing Bank, each individually a Guarantied Party and collectively, the Guarantied
Parties), and the other parties thereto.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantied Parties have agreed to make
available to the Borrower certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in
the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the New Guarantor and the existing Guarantors, though separate legal
entities, are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses as an
integrated operation and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain
financing from the Guarantied Parties through their collective efforts;
WHEREAS, the New Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the Guarantied Parties making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement and, accordingly, the New Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrowers
obligations to the Guarantied Parties on the terms and conditions contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the New Guarantors execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties continuing to make such financial
accommodations to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by the New Guarantor, the New Guarantor agrees as follows:
Section 1. Accession to Guaranty. The New Guarantor hereby agrees that it is a
Guarantor under that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of May __, 2011 (as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Guaranty), made by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of
Guarantied Parties and assumes all obligations of a Guarantor thereunder and agrees to be bound
thereby, all as if the New Guarantor had been an original signatory to the Guaranty. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby:
(a) irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance
when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Guarantied Obligations
(as defined in the Guaranty);
(b) makes to the Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties as of the date hereof
each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Guaranty and agrees to be
bound by each of the covenants contained in Section 6 of the Guaranty; and
(c) consents and agrees to each provision set forth in the Guaranty.
SECTION 2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ACCESSION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
Section 3. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have their respective defined meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has caused this Accession Agreement to be duly executed
and delivered under seal by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.
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