Exhibit 1.1
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
$500,000,000 Series C Medium-Term Notes
Due 9 Months or More from Date of Issue
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
August 10, 2006
August 10, 2006
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
PNC Capital Markets LLC
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Dear Ladies and Gentleman:
AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
Operating Partnership
), confirms its
agreement with each of you with respect to the issue and sale from time to time by the Operating
Partnership of up to $500,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or
composite currencies) aggregate initial public offering price of Series C medium-term notes due
from 9 months or more from date of issue (the
Notes
), which amount may be increased from time to
time in accordance with the Indenture (as defined below). The Notes are guaranteed (the
Guarantees
) by AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation and the sole general partner of
the Operating Partnership (the
Guarantor
). The Notes will be issued pursuant to the provisions
of an Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 10, 2006 (together, the
Indenture
), and each by and among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as
trustee (the
Trustee
), and will have the maturities, interest rates, redemption provisions, if
any, and other terms as set forth in supplements to the Basic Prospectus referred to below.
As used herein, the
Company
shall include the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and each
of the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor which is a significant subsidiary
as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities
Act
) (each, a
Subsidiary
, and, collectively, the
Subsidiaries
).
The Operating Partnership hereby appoints Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (
Morgan Stanley
)
and each other agent set forth on
Schedule I
hereto (individually, an
Agent
and
collectively, the
Agents
) as its agents, subject to Section 8 and the other terms and conditions
herein set forth, for the purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase Notes from the
Operating Partnership by others and, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Agent agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to solicit and receive offers to purchase Notes upon terms
acceptable to the Operating Partnership at such times and in such amounts as the
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Operating Partnership shall from time to time specify. In addition, any Agent may also
purchase Notes as principal pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement relating to such sale in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. The Operating Partnership reserves the
right to sell Notes through one or more additional agents or directly to or through certain
investment banking firms as underwriters for resale to the public. The Operating Partnership has
additionally reserved the right to sell Notes to investors on its own behalf in those jurisdictions
where it is authorized to do so. No commission will be payable to the Agents on any Notes sold as
described in the immediately preceding two sentences.
The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the
Commission
) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-135210 ), including
a prospectus, relating to debt securities of the Operating Partnership and guarantees of the debt
securities by the Guarantor. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as
amended at the Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined), including the documents incorporated
therein by reference and the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement
at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, but excluding the
statement of eligibility of the trustee on Form T-1, is hereinafter referred to as the
Registration Statement
. The Operating Partnership proposes to file with the Commission from time
to time, pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act
Rule 424
), supplements to the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement that will describe certain terms of the Notes. The
prospectus covering the Notes in the form first used to confirm each sale of the Notes (or in the
form first made available by the Operating Partnership and Guarantor to meet requests of Purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the
Basic
Prospectus
. The term
Prospectus
means the Basic Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus
supplement filed by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor pursuant to Rule 424 on August 10,
2006, and any other prospectus supplements and/or the pricing supplements issued from time to time
(each such supplement a
Prospectus Supplement
) specifically relating to or setting forth the
terms of the Notes, as filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424. The term preliminary prospectus means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. The term
Free Writing Prospectus
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The term
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433
under the Securities Act (
Rule 433
), relating to the Notes, including a Term Sheet (as defined
below), if any, that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a
road show that constitutes a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i),
whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to
Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Notes or of the offering that does not
reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission
or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule
433(g). The term
Time of Sale
in respect of the Notes means any time at or prior to the
confirmation of any sales of any such Notes. The term
Time of Sale Prospectus
means the Basic
Prospectus, each Prospectus Supplement and/or Term Sheet (as defined below), if any, and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, that has been prepared by or on behalf of the Operating
Partnership or Guarantor relating to such Notes as of such Time of Sale. As used herein, the terms
Registration Statement
,
Basic
Prospectus,
Prospectus,
preliminary prospectus
and
Time of Sale Prospectus
shall
include, in each case, the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms
supplement
,
amendment
and
amend
as used herein with respect to
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the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, Prospectus, preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein that are filed subsequent to the date of the Basic Prospectus by the Operating Partnership
or the Guarantor with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the
Exchange Act
).
1.
Representations and Warranties
.
The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor,
jointly and severally, represent and warrant to and agree with each Agent as of the Commencement
Date, as of each date on which an Agent solicits offers to purchase Notes, as of each date on which
the Operating Partnership accepts an offer to purchase Notes (including any purchase by an Agent as
principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement), as of each date the Operating Partnership issues and
delivers Notes and as of each date the Registration Statement or the Basic Prospectus is amended or
supplemented, as follows (it being understood that such representations, warranties and agreements
shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus,
each as amended or supplemented to each such date):
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such
purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor, threatened by the Commission.
(b) Except for statements in such documents which do not constitute part of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to Rule 412 of Regulation C under the
Securities Act, (i) each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act
and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or Time of Sale Prospectus complied or will
comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement,
when such part became effective, did not contain and each such part, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
complied when originally filed, comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will
comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (iv) the Prospectus and the Time of Sale
Prospectus do not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except that (A) the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph
1(b) do not apply to (1) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Agent furnished to
the Operating Partnership in writing by such Agent expressly for use
therein, which are the names of the Agents in the first paragraph,
the second, third, fourth and fifth sentences of the third
paragraph, the first sentence of the fifth paragraph, beginning with
the language but have been advised...., the sixth
paragraph
and the last paragraph (it being understood that Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC shall be solely responsible for the contents of this last paragraph)
under the heading Supplemental Plan of Distribution, or (2) that
part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1)
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
Trust Indenture Act
), of the
Trustee and (B) the representations and warranties set forth in clauses 1(b)(iii) and
1(b)(iv) above, when made as of the Commencement Date or as of any date on which an Agent
solicits offers to purchase Notes or on which
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the Operating Partnership accepts an offer to purchase Notes, shall be deemed not to
cover information concerning an offering of particular Notes to the extent such information
will be set forth in a supplement to the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement.
(c) Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor
is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be,
filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor complies or will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. In connection with any offering of Notes, except for any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses each furnished to the Agents offering or purchasing such Notes before
first use, neither the Operating Partnership nor the Guarantor has prepared, used or
referred to, and will not, without the prior written consent of each such Agent, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld, prepare, use or refer to, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
(d) The Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and has all power and authority
necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it
is engaged or proposes to engage as described in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale
Prospectus, if applicable, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Distribution Agreement, the Guarantees, the Indenture and any applicable Written Terms
Agreement (as hereinafter defined). The Guarantor is duly qualified or registered as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in California and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the
failure so to qualify or be registered or to be in good standing in such other jurisdiction
would not result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position,
results of operations or business of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their
subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a
Material Adverse Effect
).
(e) The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly formed and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing under the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act with partnership power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties, to conduct the business in which it is engaged or
proposes to engage as described in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if
applicable, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Distribution Agreement,
the Notes, the Indenture, the Calculation Agency Agreement between the Operating Partnership
and the Trustee (the
Calculation Agency Agreement
) and any applicable Written Terms
Agreement. The Operating Partnership is duly qualified or registered as a foreign
partnership and is in good standing in California and is in good standing in each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration is required, whether by reason of
the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
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except where the failure so to qualify or be registered or to be in good standing in
such other jurisdiction would not have Material Adverse Effect. The Guarantor is the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership and owns the percentage interest in the
Operating Partnership as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the
Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable.
(f) Each Subsidiary has been, as the case may be, duly incorporated or organized, is
validly existing as a partnership, corporation or limited liability company in good standing
under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, has the corporate,
partnership or other power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable. Each Subsidiary
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock
or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus and Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, are owned directly
or indirectly by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims.
(g) Each of the joint venture partnerships or limited liability companies that is
consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor or that is listed in
the Guarantors or the Operating Partnerships most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and/or, if it contains a more recent list or supplemental list of such joint venture
partnerships or limited liability companies, most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the
Joint Ventures
) has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership or
limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its state of organization, with
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct the business in
which it is engaged, except where the failure to be duly formed, validly existing or in good
standing or where to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct business would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Joint Venture is duly qualified or registered as a
foreign limited partnership or limited liability company to transact business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration is required, whether by reason of
the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so
to qualify or be registered would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor or a subsidiary of
the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor owns the percentage of the partnership or other
equity interest in each of the Joint Ventures as set forth in the Guarantors or the
Operating Partnerships most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or, if it contains a more
recent list or supplemental list of such joint venture partnerships or limited liability
companies, most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the
Joint Venture Interests
), and
each of the Joint Venture Interests is validly issued and fully paid and free and clear of
any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except for any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity which would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Operating Partnership and
the Guarantor
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have no other interests in joint venture partnerships or limited liability companies in
which unrelated third parties have interests which are, individually or in the aggregate material to the consolidated financial position,
results of operations or business of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than as set forth in the Guarantors or
the Operating Partnerships most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or as reflected in the financial statements and schedules therein.
(h) This Distribution Agreement, the Calculation Agency Agreement and any applicable
Written Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor and constitute the valid and binding agreement of each of
them, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors
rights generally and general principles of equity.
(i) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and
is a valid and binding agreement of each of them, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors rights generally and general principles of equity.
(j) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
purchasers thereof, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and
binding obligations of the Operating Partnership, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and general principles of equity.
(k) The Guarantees have been duly authorized and, when executed and the Notes are
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and general
principles of equity.
(l) The Notes, the Guarantees and the Indenture will conform in all material respects
to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and Time of Sale
Prospectus, if applicable, and will be in substantially the respective forms filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement.
(m) All of the issued and outstanding partnership units of the Operating Partnership
(the
Units
) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and conform to the
description thereof contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and
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Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable. The Units owned by the Guarantor are owned
directly by the Guarantor, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(n) The execution and delivery by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor of, and
the performance by each of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor of its respective
obligations under, this Distribution Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture,
the Calculation Agency Agreement and any applicable Written Terms Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (i) conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture
agreement, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, except for such conflicts, breaches
or violations which would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws, certificate of
limited partnership, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the
Operating Partnership, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (iii) result
in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, except where such
noncompliance or violation of any such statute, order, rule or regulation would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the execution and delivery by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor of,
and the performance by each of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor of its respective
obligations under, this Distribution Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture,
the Calculation Agency Agreement and any applicable Written Terms Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (A) the
registration of the Notes under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under the Securities Act, Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act, or the
rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable state and foreign securities laws in
connection with issuance, offer and sale of the Notes or (B) consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, filings or registrations that will be completed on or prior to the
Commencement Date or in connection with the issuance of Notes.
(o) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, to which the Company is a party or to which any of the properties of
the Company is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, and are not so described or
incorporated by reference, or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described, incorporated by reference
or filed as required.
(p) None of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary is, and after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds
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thereof as described in the Prospectus, none will be, an investment company as such
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(q) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business or operations of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable. Subsequent to the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus or a document incorporated therein
by reference, (i) the Company has not incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, nor entered into any transaction not in the ordinary course of business that is
material with respect to the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; and (ii) there has not been any change in the capital stock or increase in
the short-term debt or long-term debt that is, in either case, material with respect to the
Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole (excluding
Notes issued under the medium-term note program established by this Distribution Agreement
and excluding debt resulting from a draw down on the credit facilities of the Operating
Partnership, the Guarantor or any of their subsidiaries).
(r) Except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Time of
Sale Prospectus, if applicable, the Guarantor, the Operating Partnership and their
respective subsidiaries each has good and marketable title to, or valid and enforceable
leasehold estates in, all items of real and personal property referred to therein as owned
or leased by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security
interests and defects, other than those referred to therein or which would not materially
affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made by them.
(s) Except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, and the Time of
Sale Prospectus, if applicable: The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor each has no
knowledge of any of the following which could have a Material Adverse Effect: (1) the
unlawful presence of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, toxic substances or
waste materials (collectively,
Hazardous Materials
) on any of the properties currently
owned by it or any of its subsidiaries or any of the properties previously owned by it or
any of its subsidiaries for which it retains any liability with respect to Hazardous
Materials or (2) any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous
Materials that have occurred or are presently occurring off such properties as a result of
any construction on or operation and use of such properties. In connection with the
construction on or operation and use of the properties owned by the Operating Partnership,
the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor each represents that it has no knowledge of any material failure to comply with
all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws, regulations, ordinances and
administrative and judicial orders relating to the generation, recycling, reuse, sale,
storage, handling, transport and disposal of any Hazardous Materials.
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(t) The independent auditors of the Company, who have certified certain financial
statements in the Registration Statement, whose report appears in the Prospectus, are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder during the periods covered by the financial
statements on which they reported contained in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable.
(u) The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in
which they are engaged; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and the Company does not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, or in a document incorporated by reference therein.
(v) The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate Federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its
businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations and
permits would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, except as described
in or contemplated by the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, or in a document incorporated by reference therein.
(w) The Company has filed all Federal, state, and local income tax returns which have
been required to be filed and has paid all taxes required to be paid and any other
assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is
due and payable, except, in all cases, for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is
being contested in good faith and except in any case in which the failure to so file or pay
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The financial statements (including the notes thereto) included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, present fairly
in all material respects the financial position of the respective entity or entities
presented therein at the respective dates indicated and the results of their operations for
the respective periods specified, and except as otherwise stated or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, said financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (
GAAP
) applied on a consistent
basis. The supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in
all material respects the information required to be stated or incorporated by reference
therein. The financial information and data included in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, present fairly in all material
respects the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with
that of the books and records of the respective entities presented therein. Pro forma
financial information included or incorporated by reference
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in
the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, if applicable, has been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Rules 11-01 and 11-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and the necessary pro
forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of
such information, and, in managements opinion, the assumptions used in the preparation
thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to
the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(y) The Company is currently in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of
the Americans with Disabilities Act, except for such noncompliance which would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and no failure of the Company to comply
with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(z) The Guarantor has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code
), commencing with its taxable year
ended December 31, 1997; the Guarantor has qualified and expects that it will continue to
qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code beginning with its taxable year
ended December 31, 1997, and will continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust
under the Code after consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus; and
the Guarantors present and contemplated operations, assets and income will enable it to
meet the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Code.
2.
Solicitations as Agent; Purchases as Principal
.
(a)
Solicitations as Agent
. In connection with an Agents actions as agent hereunder,
such Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase Notes
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented.
The Operating Partnership reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct the
Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the solicitation of
offers to purchase Notes. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one
business day after written notice from the Operating Partnership, the Agents will forthwith
suspend solicitations of offers to purchase Notes from the Operating Partnership until such
time as the Operating Partnership has advised the Agents that such solicitation may be
resumed. While such solicitation is suspended, the Company shall not be required to deliver
any certificates, opinions or letters in accordance with Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c);
provided, however
, that if the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or
supplemented during the period of suspension (other than by an amendment or supplement
providing solely for a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions, amortization
schedules or maturities offered on the Notes or for a change the Agents deem to be
immaterial), no Agent shall be required to resume soliciting offers to purchase Notes until
the Company has delivered such certificates, opinions and letters as such Agent may request.
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The Operating Partnership agrees to pay to each Agent, as consideration for the sale of
each Note resulting from a solicitation made or an offer to purchase received by such Agent,
a commission in the form of a discount from the purchase price of such Note equal to the
percentage set forth below of the purchase price of such Note:
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Term
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Commission Rate
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From 9 months to less than 1 year
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.125%
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From 1 year to less than 18 months
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.150%
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From 18 months to less than 2 years
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.200%
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From 2 years to less than 3 years
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.250%
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From 3 years to less than 4 years
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.350%
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From 4 years to less than 5 years
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.450%
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From 5 years to less than 6 years
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.500%
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From 6 years to less than 7 years
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.550%
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From 7 years to less than 10 years
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.600%
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From 10 years to less than 15 years
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.625%
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From 15 years to less than 20 years
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.700%
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From 20 years to less than 30 years
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.750%
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From 30 years and beyond
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To be Negotiated
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Each Agent shall communicate to the Operating Partnership, orally or in writing, each
offer to purchase Notes received by such Agent as agent that in its judgment should be
considered by the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership shall have the sole
right to accept offers to purchase Notes and may reject any offer in whole or in part. Each
Agent shall have the right to reject any offer to purchase Notes that it, in its reasonable
discretion, considers to be unacceptable, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a
breach of its agreements contained herein. Each Agent shall make commercially reasonable
efforts to assist the Operating Partnership in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose
offer to purchase Notes has been solicited by such Agent and accepted by the Operating
Partnership. The procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Notes sold by the
Agents as agents and the payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative
Procedures (as hereinafter defined). All Notes sold through an Agent as agent will be sold
at 100% of their principal amount, unless otherwise agreed to by the Operating Partnership
and such Agent or provided in the applicable Note or pricing supplement.
(b)
Purchases as Principal
. Each sale of Notes to an Agent as principal shall be made
in accordance with the terms of this Distribution Agreement. In connection with each such
sale, the Operating Partnership will enter into a Terms Agreement that will provide for the
sale of such Notes to and the purchase thereof by such Agent. Each
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Terms Agreement will take the form of either (i) a written agreement between such Agent
and the Operating Partnership, which, unless otherwise agreed by the Operating Partnership
and such Agent, may be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto (a
Written
Terms Agreement
), or (ii) an oral agreement between such Agent and the Operating
Partnership confirmed in writing by such Agent to the Operating Partnership.
An Agents commitment to purchase Notes as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement
shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor herein contained and shall be subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of
Notes to be purchased by such Agent pursuant thereto, the maturity date of such Notes, the
price to be paid to the Operating Partnership for such Notes, the interest rate and interest
rate formula, if any, applicable to such Notes and any other terms of such Notes. Each
purchase of Notes by an Agent as principal, unless otherwise agreed, shall be at a discount
from the principal amount of each such Note equivalent to the applicable commission set
forth in Section 2(a) above. Each such Terms Agreement may also specify any requirements
for officers certificates, opinions of counsel and letters from the independent public
accountants of the Company pursuant to Section 4 hereof. A Terms Agreement may also specify
certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Notes by such Agent.
Each Terms Agreement shall specify the time and place of delivery of and payment for
such Notes. Unless otherwise specified in a Terms Agreement, the procedural details
relating to the issue and delivery of Notes purchased by an Agent as principal and the
payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedures. Each date of
delivery of and payment for Notes to be purchased by an Agent as principal pursuant to a
Terms Agreement is referred to herein as a
Settlement Date
.
Unless otherwise specified in a Terms Agreement, if an Agent is purchasing Notes as
principal it may resell such Notes to other dealers. Any such sales may be at a discount,
which shall not exceed the amount set forth in the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus
relating to such Notes.
(c)
Administrative Procedures
. The Agents and the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor agree to perform their respective duties and obligations specifically provided to
be performed in the Medium-Term Notes Administrative Procedures (attached hereto as
Exhibit B
) (the
Administrative Procedures
), as amended from time to time. The
Administrative Procedures may be amended only by written agreement of the Operating
Partnership, the Guarantor and the Agents.
(d)
Delivery
. The documents required to be delivered by Section 4 of this Distribution
Agreement as a condition precedent to each Agents obligation to begin soliciting offers to
purchase Notes as an agent of the Operating Partnership shall be delivered at the office of
Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, not later
than 9:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the date hereof, or at such other time and/or place
as the Agents and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor may agree upon in writing, but
in no event later than the day prior to the earlier
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of (i) the date on which the Agents begin soliciting offers to purchase Notes and (ii)
the first date on which the Operating Partnership accepts any offer by an Agent to purchase
Notes as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement. The date of delivery of such documents is
referred to herein as the
Commencement Date
.
(e)
Free Writing Prospectus
. With respect to any offering of the Notes, the Agents will
furnish to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor any Operating Partnership information
or Guarantor information that the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor would be required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, and the Agents
will not use or refer to any such information to which the Operating Partnership or the
Guarantor objects.
(f)
Obligations Several
. The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor acknowledge that
the obligations of the Agents under this Distribution Agreement are several and not joint.
3.
Agreements
.
The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor agree with each Agent
that:
(a) With respect to any offering of Notes, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor
will furnish to each Agent offering or purchasing such Notes a copy of each proposed Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor relating to such offering of Notes and neither the
Operating Partnership nor the Guarantor will use or refer to any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus to which the Agents object.
(b) Neither Operating Partnership nor the Guarantor will take any action that would
result in an Agent, the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor being required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by an Agent or on an Agents behalf that such Agent would otherwise not have been
required to file thereunder.
(c) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy Notes at a
time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of
which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the
Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel to the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor or counsel to the Agents, it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor will forthwith prepare, file with the Commission and furnish,
at the Operating Partnership and Guarantors expense, to each Agent and to any dealer upon
request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the
statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so
that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no
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longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented will comply with applicable law.
(d) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Distribution
Agreement or pursuant to any Terms Agreement, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor
will not file any Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement (including any pricing
supplement) relating to the Notes or any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to
the Notes unless the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have previously furnished to
the Agents copies thereof for their review and will not file any such proposed supplement or
amendment to which the Agents reasonably object;
provided, however
, that (i) the foregoing
requirement shall not apply to any of the Companys filings with the Commission required to
be filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 13(f), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and (ii)
any Prospectus Supplement that merely sets forth the terms or a description of particular
Notes shall only be reviewed and approved by the Agent or Agents offering or purchasing such
Notes. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will
promptly cause each Prospectus Supplement to be filed with or transmitted for filing to the
Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor will promptly advise the Agents (A) of the filing of any
amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus (except that notice of the filing of an
amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus that merely sets forth the terms or a
description of particular Notes shall only be given to the Agent or Agents offering or
purchasing such Notes and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall not be required
to so advise the Agents of the filing of its filings with the Commission required to be
filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 13(f), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act), (B) of the
filing and effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, except for the
filing of its filings with the Commission required to be filed pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 13(f), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (C) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Basic
Prospectus or for any additional information, (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (E) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will use best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order or notice of suspension of qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon
as possible the withdrawal thereof. If the Basic Prospectus is amended or supplemented as a
result of the filing under the Exchange Act of any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, no Agent shall be obligated to solicit offers to purchase Notes so long as it is
not reasonably satisfied with such document.
(e) If, at any time when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in
Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) relating to the Notes is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include an untrue statement of a material
fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
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in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act), as then amended or supplemented, is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of the Agents or in the
opinion of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, it is necessary at any time to amend
or supplement the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, to comply with applicable
law, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will immediately notify the Agents by
telephone (with confirmation in writing) to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Notes
and, if so notified by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, the Agents shall
forthwith suspend such solicitation and cease using the Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented. If the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall decide to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, it
shall so advise the Agents promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and, at its
expense, shall prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
satisfactory in all respects to the Agents, that will correct such statement or omission or
effect such compliance and will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Agents
in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If the documents, certificates, opinions
and letters furnished to the Agents pursuant to Sections 3(g), 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) hereof in
connection with the preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement are satisfactory
in all respects to the Agents, upon the filing with the Commission of such amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration
Statement, the Agents will resume the solicitation of offers to purchase Notes hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, until the distribution of any Notes
an Agent may own as principal has been completed, if any event described above in this
paragraph occurs, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will, at their own expense,
forthwith prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
satisfactory in all respects to such Agent and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor,
will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to such Agent in such quantities as it
may reasonably request and shall furnish to such Agent pursuant to Sections 3(g), 5(a), 5(b)
and 5(c) hereof such documents, certificates, opinions and letters specified therein in
connection with the preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement.
(f) Each of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will make generally available
to its respective security holders and to the Agents as soon as practicable earning
statements that satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder covering twelve month periods beginning, in
each case, not later than the first day of the Operating Partnerships and the Guarantors
respective fiscal quarter next following the effective date (as defined in Rule 158 under
the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement with respect to each sale of Notes. If
such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter of the Operating Partnerships and the
Guarantors respective fiscal year, such earning statement shall be made available not later
than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and in all other cases shall be
made available not later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby.
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(g) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will furnish without charge, (i) to
each Agent, a signed copy of the Registration Statement, including exhibits and all
amendments thereto, and as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by
reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Agent may reasonably
request and (ii) to each Agent that purchases Notes as principal pursuant to a Terms
Agreement or solicits an offer to purchase Notes that is accepted by the Operating
Partnership, as many copies of the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented (including
the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes to be
purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement or accepted offer), as such Agent may reasonably
request.
(h) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will endeavor to qualify the Notes and
the Guarantees for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Agents shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications for
as long as the Agents shall reasonably request.
(i) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall furnish to the Agents such
relevant documents and certificates of officers of the Company relating to the business,
operations and affairs of the Company, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
amendments or supplements thereto, any Time of Sale Prospectus, the Indenture, the Notes,
this Distribution Agreement, the Administrative Procedures, any Terms Agreement and the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder as the Agents may from
time to time reasonably request.
(j) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, as applicable, shall notify the Agents
promptly in writing of any downgrading, or of its receipt of any notice of any intended or
potential downgrading or of any review for possible change that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company, any of the Operating
Partnerships or the Guarantors securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act.
(k) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will, whether or not any sale of Notes
is consummated or this Distribution Agreement or any Terms Agreement is terminated, pay all
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Distribution Agreement
and any Terms Agreement, including: (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Operating Partnership or the
Guarantor and all amendments and supplements thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the Notes and the Guarantees, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Companys
counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel, (iv) the qualification of the
Notes and Guarantees under securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Agents in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky or
Legal Investment Memoranda, (v) the printing and delivery to the Agents in quantities as
hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and of
the Prospectus and any
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amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Agents of
copies of any Blue Sky or Legal Investment Memoranda, (vii) any fees charged by rating
agencies for the rating of the Notes, (viii) any expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with a road show presentation to potential investors, (ix) the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Agents incurred in connection with the offering and
sale of the Notes, including any opinions to be rendered by such counsel hereunder, and (x)
any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents;
provided
that any advertising expenses
incurred by the Agents shall have been approved by the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor.
(l) During the period beginning the date of any Terms Agreement in connection with the
purchase of Notes by an Agent as principal and continuing to and including the Settlement
Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, neither the Operating Partnership nor the
Guarantor will, without such Agents prior written consent, offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or
warrants to purchase debt securities of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor
substantially similar to such Notes (other than (i) the Notes that are to be sold pursuant
to such Terms Agreement, (ii) Notes previously agreed to be sold by the Operating
Partnership or the Guarantor and (iii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of
business), except as may otherwise be provided in such Terms Agreement.
(m) Unless otherwise notified by the Agents, the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor will prepare a final term sheet (a
Term Sheet
) relating to each offering of the
Notes, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Notes or the
offering, in a form consented to by the Agents, and will file such Term Sheet within the
period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final
terms have been established for the Notes.
4.
Conditions of the Obligations of the Agents
.
Each Agents obligation to solicit
offers to purchase Notes as agent of the Operating Partnership, each Agents obligation to purchase
Notes as principal pursuant to any Terms Agreement and the obligation of any other purchaser to
purchase Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Companys officers made in each certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the
performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its
part to be performed and observed (in the case of an Agents obligation to solicit offers to
purchase Notes, at the time of such solicitation, and, in the case of an Agents or any other
purchasers obligation to purchase Notes, at the time the Operating Partnership accepts the offer
to purchase such Notes and at the time of issuance and delivery) and (in each case) to the
following additional conditions precedent when and as specified:
(a) Prior to such solicitation or purchase, as the case may be:
(i) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and their
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale
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Prospectus, as amended or supplemented (including by incorporation by
reference) at the time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase
was made, that, in the judgment of the relevant Agent, is material and adverse and
that makes it, in the judgment of such Agent, impracticable to market the Notes on
the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus, as so
amended or supplemented;
(ii) there shall not have occurred any (A) suspension or material limitation of
trading generally on or by the New York Stock Exchange or a material disruption in
securities settlement or clearance services, (B) suspension of trading of any
securities of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (C) declaration of a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities in New York by either Federal or New York State authorities or
(D) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or
any calamity or crisis, including, without limitation, an act of terrorism, that, in
the judgment of the relevant Agent, is material and adverse and, in the case of any
of the events described in clauses 4(a)(ii)(A) through 4(a)(ii)(D), such event,
singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the judgment of such
Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery or
marketing of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Time of
Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented (including by incorporation by
reference) at the time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase
was made; and
(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have
been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible
change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating
accorded the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor or any of their respective
securities or the rating outlook for any of them by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(A) except, in each case described in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(ii) or
4(a)(iii) above, as disclosed to the relevant Agent in writing by the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor prior to such solicitation or, in
the case of a purchase of Notes, as disclosed to the relevant Agent before
the offer to purchase such Notes was made; or
(B) unless in each case described in Section 4(a)(ii) above, the
relevant event shall have occurred and been known to the relevant Agent
before such solicitation or, in the case of a purchase of Notes, before the
offer to purchase such Notes was made.
(b) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any Terms Agreement , on the
corresponding Settlement Date, the relevant Agents shall have received:
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(i) An opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, of Latham & Watkins LLP,
special counsel for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agents and substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C-1.
(ii) An opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, of Latham & Watkins LLP,
special tax counsel for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agents and substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C-2.
(iii) A letter, dated as of such date, of Latham & Watkins LLP, special counsel
for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agents and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3.
(iv) An opinion, dated as of such date, of Tamra D. Browne, General Counsel to
the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agents and substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D
.
(v) An opinion, dated as of such date, of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll,
LLP, Maryland corporate counsel for the Guarantor, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agents and substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E
.
(vi) An opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLP, counsel for the Agents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents.
The opinions of Latham & Watkins LLP, the General Counsel to the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor and Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP described
in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above shall be rendered to the Agents at the
request of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and shall so state therein.
(c) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any Terms Agreement with respect to
the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, on the corresponding Settlement Date, the
relevant Agents shall have received a certificate, dated the Commencement Date or such
Settlement Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Agents and signed by an executive officer of the Guarantor, on behalf of the Guarantor and
on behalf of the Guarantor as sole General Partner of the Operating Partnership, to the
effect set forth in Sections 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(iii) and to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor contained in
this Distribution Agreement are true and correct as of such date and that the Company has
complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied on or
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before such date. The officers signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon
the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(d) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any Terms Agreement with respect to
the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, on the corresponding Settlement Date, the
relevant Agents shall have received from the Companys independent public accountants, a
letter or letters, dated the Commencement Date or such Settlement Date, as the case may be,
in form and substance satisfactory to such Agents containing statements and information of
the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect
to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated
by reference into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented; provided that each letter so furnished shall
use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to the date of such letter.
(e) On the Commencement Date and on each Settlement Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the relevant Agents such appropriate further information, certificates and
documents as they may reasonably request.
5.
Additional Agreements of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor
.
(a) Each time the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or supplemented
(including the filing of documents which are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, but excluding (i) amendments, supplements or the incorporation by
reference of documents relating to the terms of a particular issue of the Notes or an
offering of securities other than the Notes, (ii) pricing supplements, (iii) amendments or
supplements providing solely for a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions,
amortization schedules, maturities or similar changes with respect to the Notes, (iv) the
filing by the Guarantor of a proxy statement for an annual or special meeting of
shareholders, (v) the filing by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor of a Current
Report on Form 8-K, unless in the Agents reasonable judgment, the information contained in
such report is of such a character that an officers certificate should be furnished and the
Agents so specify in writing, or (vi) amendments or supplements reflecting a change that the
Agents and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor deem to be immaterial) or if
specified in a Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as
principal, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will deliver or cause to be delivered
as soon as reasonably practicable to each Agent a certificate signed by an executive officer
of the Guarantor, on behalf of the Guarantor and on behalf of the Guarantor as sole general
partner of the Operating Partnership, dated the date of such amendment, supplement or filing
of such incorporated document, or the date of delivery specified pursuant to a Terms
Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, as the case may
be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, to the effect that the statements
contained in the certificate referred to in Section 4(c) hereof are true and correct in all
material respects as of the time of such amendment, supplement or filing or specified
delivery (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such
certificate) or, in lieu of such certificate, a
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certificate signed by an executive officer of the Guarantor, on behalf of the Guarantor
and on behalf of the Guarantor as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, dated
the date of such amendment, supplement or filing or specified delivery, as the case may be,
in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, of the same tenor as the certificate referred
to in Section 4(c) modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such amendment, supplement or filing or
specified delivery.
(b) Each time the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor furnish a certificate
pursuant to Section 5(a) (excluding the filing of documents which are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus as a result of the filing by the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless any Agent
shall otherwise request in writing, and excluding the filing of documents which are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus as a result of the
filing by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor of a Current Report on Form 8-K, unless
any Agent shall otherwise reasonably request in writing,) or if specified in a Terms
Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor will furnish or cause to be furnished as soon as reasonably
practicable to each Agent written opinions of independent and corporate counsel for the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor. Any such opinions shall be dated the delivery date
of such opinion or the date of delivery specified pursuant to a Terms Agreement with respect
to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, as the case may be, shall be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and shall be of the same tenor as the opinions
referred to in Sections 4(b)(i), (ii) and (iii), but modified as necessary to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of
delivery of such opinions and with such other changes as are reasonably acceptable to the
Agents. In lieu of such opinions, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to an Agent may
furnish to each Agent a letter to the effect that such Agent may rely on such last opinion
to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements
in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter).
(c) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented
to set forth amended or supplemental financial information or such amended or supplemental
information is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or if
specified in a Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as
principal, the Operating Partnership and Guarantor shall cause its independent public
accountants to as soon as reasonably practicable furnish each Agent with a letter, dated the
date of such amendment, supplement, or filing or the date of delivery specified pursuant to
a Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, as the
case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, of the same tenor as the letter
referred to in Section 4(d), with regard to the amended or supplemental financial
information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter; provided that each letter
so furnished shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to the date of
such letter.
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6.
Indemnity and Contribution
.
(a) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each person, if any, who controls any Agent
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act and each of your affiliates within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) arising out of or caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereof, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as
defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Operating Partnership information or
Guarantor information that the Operating Partnership or Guarantor has filed, or is required
to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented ), or arising out of or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
based upon information relating to any Agent furnished to the Operating Partnership and the
Guarantor in writing by such Agent expressly for use therein and as set forth in Section
1(b) hereof.
(b) Each Agent agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, the Guarantors directors and the officers who sign
the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Operating Partnership
or the Guarantor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnities from the Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor to such Agent, but only with reference to information relating
to such Agent furnished to the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor in writing by such
Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto
and as set forth in Section 1(b) hereof.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be
instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
either Section 6(a) or 6(b) above, such person (the
Indemnified Party
) shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
Indemnifying Party
) in
writing and the Indemnifying Party, upon request of the Indemnified Party, shall retain
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party
and any others the Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding,
any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of
such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and representation of
both parties by the same counsel would be
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inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
Indemnified Party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing
by the Agents, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a), and by the
Guarantor, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b). The Indemnifying
Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any loss
or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party in
writing to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated
by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such Indemnifying
Party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed
the Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 6(a) or 6(b) is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party under such
paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the one hand and the
Agents on the other hand from the offering of the Notes to which such losses, claims damages
or liabilities relates or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 6(d)(i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause 6(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Agents on the other hand
in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the one hand and the
Agents on the other hand in connection with such offering of the Notes shall be deemed to be
in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from such offering of the Notes
(before deducting expenses) received by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor bear to
the total discounts and commissions received by the Agents in respect thereof as set forth
in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the
one hand and the Agents on the other hand shall be determined by
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reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor or by the Agents and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Agents respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 6 are several in the proportion that the principal amount of the
Notes the sale of which by or through such Agent gave rise to such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes the sale of which by or
through any Agent gave rise to such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, and not joint.
(e) The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and the Agents agree that it would not
be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 6(d) shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Agent shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Notes referred to in Section 6(d) that were offered and sold to the public through such
Agent exceeds the amount of any damages that such Agent has otherwise been required to pay
by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
Indemnified Party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 6 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in or made
pursuant to this Distribution Agreement or any Terms Agreement shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Distribution Agreement or
any such Terms Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent or any
person controlling any Agent or by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors officers or
directors or any person controlling the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor and (iii)
acceptance of and payment for any of the Notes.
7.
Position of the Agents
.
In acting under this Distribution Agreement and in
connection with the sale of any Notes by the Operating Partnership (other than Notes sold to an
Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement), each Agent is acting solely as agent of the
Operating Partnership and does not assume any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust
with any purchaser of Notes. An Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist the
Operating Partnership in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes has
been solicited by such Agent and accepted by the Operating Partnership, but such Agent shall not
have any liability to the Operating Partnership or the Company in the event
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any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Operating Partnership shall
default in its obligations to deliver Notes to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the
Operating Partnership shall hold the relevant Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or
liability arising from or as a result of such default and shall, in particular, pay to such Agent
the commission it would have received had such sale been consummated.
8.
Termination
.
This Distribution Agreement may be terminated at any time by the
Operating Partnership or, as to any Agent, by the Operating Partnership or such Agent upon the
giving of written notice of such termination to the other parties hereto, but without prejudice to
any rights, obligations or liabilities of any party hereto accrued or incurred prior to such
termination. In the event of such termination with respect to any Agent, this Distribution
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to any Agent as to which such
termination has not occurred. The termination of this Distribution Agreement shall not require
termination of any Terms Agreement, and the termination of any such Terms Agreement shall not
require termination of this Distribution Agreement. If this Distribution Agreement is terminated,
the provisions of the third paragraph of Section 2(a), Section 2(e), the last sentence of Section
3(e), and Sections 3(f), 3(k), 6, 7, 9, 10 and 13 hereof shall survive;
provided
that if at the
time of termination an offer to purchase Notes has been accepted by the Operating Partnership but
the time of delivery to the purchaser or its agent of such Notes has not occurred, the provisions
of Sections 1, 2(b), 2(c), 3(d), 3(g), 3(h), 3(i), 3(j), 4 and 5 hereof shall also survive until
such delivery has been made.
9.
Notices
.
All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, with respect to any party hereto, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and
confirmed as follows:
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to Morgan Stanley at:
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1585 Broadway, 4th Floor
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New York, New York, 10036
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Attention: Manager, Financing
Products Group
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Telefax number: 212-761-1928
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with a copy to:
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1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
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New York, New York, 10036
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Attention: Investment Banking
Department
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Telefax number: 212-761-6691
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to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. at:
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Joyce Opinsky
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A.G. Edwards
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One North Jefferson
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St. Louis, MO 63103
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to Banc of America Securities LLC at:
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Banc of America Securities LLC
40 West 57th Street
NY1-040-27-03
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New York, NY 10019
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Attention: High Grade Transaction
Management/Legal
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to Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. at:
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Scotia Capital
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One Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway-25th Floor
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New York, NY 10006
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to
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. at:
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Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
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Attn: Debt Capital Markets
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2 World Financial Center, 31st
fl.
New York, NY 10028
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to Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC at:
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Wachovia Securities
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Attn: Debt Capital Markets
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301 S. College St.
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NC0602
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Charlotte, NC 28288
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to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at:
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270 Park Avenue, 7
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Floor
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New York, NY 10017
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Attn: Transaction Executive Group
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to
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at:
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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600 California St., Ste. 1600
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San Francisco, CA 94107
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to
PNC Capital Markets LLC at:
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PNC Capital Markets LLC
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249 Fifth Avenue, 26th
Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Mr. Andrew J. Alexander
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if to an Agent, with a copy to:
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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One Montgomery Street
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31
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Floor
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San Francisco, CA 94104
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Attention: Douglas D. Smith, Esq.
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Telefax number: (415) 986-5309
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to the Company at:
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Pier 1, Bay 1
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San Francisco, California 94111
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Attention: General Counsel
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Telefax number: (415) 394-9000
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with a copy to:
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Latham & Watkins LLP
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505 Montgomery St. Suite 2000
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San Francisco, California 94111
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Attention: Laura L. Gabriel and
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Keith Benson
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Telefax number: (415) 395-8095
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10.
Successors
.
This Distribution Agreement and any Terms Agreement with respect to
the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors and controlling
persons referred to in Section 6 and the purchasers of Notes (to the extent expressly provided in
Section 4), and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
11.
Amendments
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This Distribution Agreement may be amended or supplemented if, but
only if, such amendment or supplement is in writing and is signed by the Operating Partnership, the
Guarantor and each Agent;
provided
that the Operating Partnership may from time to time amend this
Distribution Agreement to add as a party hereto one or more additional firms registered under the
Exchange Act without prior notice to or the consent of any Agent or the signature of any Agent on
any such amendment, whereupon each such firm shall become an Agent hereunder on the same terms and
conditions as the other Agents that are parties hereto. The Operating Partnership shall notify the
Agents of any such amendment to add one or more additional firms on or before the Settlement Date
to which such amendment relates.
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12.
No Fiduciary Duty
.
The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Notes: 1) the Agents have acted at arms length, are not the
agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or any other
person, 2) the Agents owe the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor only those duties and obligations
set forth in this agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this agreement), if any, and 3) the
Agents may have interests that differ from those of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor. The Operating
Partnership and the Guarantor each waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may
have against the Agents arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Notes.
13.
Counterparts
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This Distribution Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.
14.
Applicable Law
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This Distribution Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
15.
Headings
.
The headings of the sections of this Distribution Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Distribution
Agreement.
[Signature Page Follows]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement between the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and you.
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Very truly yours,
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AMB PROPERTY L.P.
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By:
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AMB Property Corporation,
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its sole general partner
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By:
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
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Name: Michael P. Brown
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Title: Vice President, Capital Markets
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AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
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Name: Michael P. Brown
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Title: Vice President, Capital Markets
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[Signature page to Distribution Agreement]
The foregoing Distribution Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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By:
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/s/ Michael Fusco
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Name: Michael Fusco
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Title: Executive Director
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A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Douglas D. Rubenstein
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Name: Douglas D. Rubenstein
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Title: Managing Director
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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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By:
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/s/ Peter J. Carbone
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Name: Peter J. Carbone
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Title: Vice President
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SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
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By:
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/s/ Greg Woynarski
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Name: Greg Woynarski
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Title: Managing Director
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COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Katja Boerger
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Name: Katja Boerger
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Title: Head of Capital Markets, North America
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By:
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/s/ Robert Lord
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Name: Robert Lord
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Title: General Counsel and Secretary
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[Signature page to Distribution Agreement]
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WACHOVIA CAPITAL
MARKETS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Teresa Hee
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Name: Teresa Hee
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Title: Managing Director
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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By:
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/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner
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Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
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Title: Vice President
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WELLS FARGO
SECURITIES, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Erik Lai
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Name: Erik Lai
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Title: VP, Compliance Officer
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PNC CAPITAL MARKETS
LLC
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By:
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/s/ Andrew J. Alexander
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Name: Andrew J. Alexander
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Title: Director
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[Signature page to Distribution Agreement]
Schedule I
AGENTS
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
PNC Capital Markets LLC
EXHIBIT A
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
SERIES C MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
TERMS AGREEMENT
[Date]
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
Pier 1, Bay 1
San Francisco, California 94556
Attention: General Counsel
Re: Distribution Agreement dated August 10, 2006 (the
Distribution Agreement
)
The undersigned agrees to purchase as principal your Series C Medium-Term Notes (the
Notes
) having the following terms set forth below. The offering of the Notes will be made
pursuant to a Base Prospectus dated July 21, 2006, as amended by a Prospectus Supplement dated
August 10, 2006, and Pricing Supplement No. ___, which we expect to be dated on or about
, [and an issuer free writing prospectus, which we expect to be dated on or about
], and a Term Sheet, which we expect to be dated on or about
(collectively, the
Time of Sale Prospectus
). The Notes are expected to have the terms set forth
below, but the final terms of the Notes will be those set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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All Notes:
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Principal Amount:
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Settlement Date and Time
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(Original Issue Date):
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Specified Currency:
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Maturity Date:
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Principal Financial Center:
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Trade Date:
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Form:
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Agents Commission or Discount:
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Exchange Rate Agent:
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Net Proceeds to Issuer:
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Interest Payment Dates:
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Authorized Denomination:
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Redemption:
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Redemption Commencement Date:
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Initial Redemption Percentage:
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Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:
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Regular Record Dates:
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Discount Note:
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Repayment:
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All Notes:
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Issue Price:
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Total Amount of OID:
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Yield to Maturity:
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Repayment Price:
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Fixed Rate Notes:
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Floating Rate Notes:
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Interest Rate:
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Initial Interest Rate:
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Calculation Agent:
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Interest Rate Basis:
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Index Maturity:
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Interest Reset Frequency:
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Initial Interest Reset Date:
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Interest Reset Date(s):
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Interest Determination Date(s):
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Maximum Interest Rate:
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Minimum Interest Rate:
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Spread:
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Spread Multiplier:
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Interest Category:
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The provisions of Sections 1, 2(b), 2(c), 3 through 6, and 9 through 14 of the
Distribution Agreement and the related definitions are incorporated by reference herein and shall
be deemed to have the same force and effect as if set forth in full herein.
This Terms Agreement may be terminated at any time by any party upon the giving of written
notice of such termination to the other parties hereto, but without prejudice to any rights,
obligations or liabilities of any party hereto accrued or incurred prior to such termination. The
termination of the Distribution Agreement shall not require termination of this Terms Agreement,
and the termination of this Terms Agreement shall not require termination of the Distribution
Agreement. This Agreement is also subject to termination on the terms incorporated by reference
herein. If this Agreement is terminated, the provisions of Sections 3(k), 6, 9, 10 and 13 of the
Distribution Agreement shall survive for the purposes of this Agreement.
Exhibit A Page 3
The following information, opinions, certificates, letters and documents referred to in
Section 4 of the Distribution Agreement will be required:
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NAME OF RELEVANT AGENT(S)
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Name:
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Title:
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Accepted:
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AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
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By:
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AMB Property Corporation,
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its General Partner
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Exhibit A Page 4
EXHIBIT B
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
SERIES C MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Explained below are the administrative procedures and specific terms of the offering of Series
C Medium-Term Notes (the
Notes
), on a continuous basis by AMB Property L.P. (the
Operating
Partnership
) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2006 (the
Distribution Agreement
) among the Operating Partnership, AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland
corporation, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and guarantor of the Notes (the
Guarantor
) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and each other Agent set forth on
Schedule
I
to the Distribution Agreement (the
Agents
). The Notes will be issued under an Indenture
and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 10, 2006 (together, the
Indenture
), and
each by and among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, a
national association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as
successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee (the
Trustee
). In the Distribution Agreement, the Agents have agreed to use reasonable best efforts
to solicit purchases of the Notes, and the administrative procedures explained below will govern
the issuance and settlement of any Notes sold through an Agent, as agent of the Operating
Partnership. An Agent, as principal, may also purchase Notes for its own account, and if requested
by such Agent, the Operating Partnership and such Agent will enter into a terms agreement (a
Terms
Agreement
), as contemplated by the Distribution Agreement. The administrative procedures
explained below will govern the issuance and settlement of any Notes purchased by an Agent, as
principal, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Terms Agreement.
The Trustee will initially be the Registrar, Calculation Agent, Authenticating Agent, Exchange
Rate Agent and Paying Agent for the Notes and will perform the duties specified herein. The
Operating Partnership may from time to time name other or additional Registrars, Calculation
Agents, Authenticating Agents, Exchange Rate Agents and Paying Agents. Each Note will be
represented by either a Global Security (as defined below) delivered to the Trustee, as agent for
The Depository Trust Company (
DTC
), and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC (a
Book-Entry Note
) or a certificate delivered to the holder thereof or a person designated by such
holder (a
Certificated Note
). Except as set forth in the Indenture, an owner of a Book-Entry
Note will not be entitled to receive a Certificated Note.
Book-Entry Notes, which may be payable only in U.S. dollars, will be issued in accordance with
the administrative procedures set forth in Part I hereof as they may subsequently be amended as the
result of changes in DTCs operating procedures. Certificated Notes will be issued in accordance
with the administrative procedures set forth in Part II hereof. Unless otherwise defined in the
Indenture, the Notes or any prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, capitalized terms used
herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Distribution Agreement.
Unless otherwise specified by the Operating Partnership, the Agents are to communicate with
the Chief Financial Officer regarding offers to purchase Notes and the related settlement details.
PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR BOOK-ENTRY NOTES
In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Notes for eligibility in the book-entry
system maintained by DTC, the Trustee will perform the custodial, document control and
administrative functions described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a
Letter of Representations from the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and the Trustee to DTC,
dated as of August 10, 2006, and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee and
DTC, dated November 6, 2003 (the
MTN Certificate Agreement
), and its obligations as a participant
in DTC, including DTCs Same-Day Funds Settlement System (
SDFS
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Issuance:
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On any date of settlement (as defined under
Settlement
below) for one or more Book-Entry Notes, the Operating
Partnership will issue a single global security in fully
registered form without coupons (a
Global Security
)
representing up to U.S. $500,000,000 principal amount of
all such Notes that have the same Original Issue Date,
Maturity Date and other terms. Each Global Security will
be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by
the Trustee. Each Global Security will bear an
Interest
Accrual Date
, which will be (i) with respect to an
original Global Security (or any portion thereof), its
original issuance date and (ii) with respect to any Global
Security (or any portion thereof) issued subsequently upon
exchange of a Global Security, or in lieu of a destroyed,
lost or stolen Global Security, the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for on the predecessor Global Security (or if no
such payment or provision has been made, the original
issuance date of the predecessor Global Security),
regardless of the date of authentication of such
subsequently issued Global Security. Book-Entry Notes may
be payable only in U.S. dollars. No Global Security will
represent any Certificated Note.
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Denominations:
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Book-Entry Notes will be issued in principal amounts of
U.S. $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an
integral multiple of U.S. $1,000. Global Securities will
be denominated in principal amounts not in excess of U.S.
$500,000,000. If one or more Book-Entry Notes having an
aggregate principal amount in excess of $500,000,000 would,
but for the preceding sentence, be represented by a single
Global Security, then one Global Security will be issued to
represent each U.S. $500,000,000 principal amount of such
Book-Entry Note or Notes and an additional Global Security
will be issued to represent any remaining principal amount
of such Book-Entry Note or Notes. In such a case, each of
the Global Securities representing such Book-Entry Note or
Notes shall be assigned the same CUSIP number.
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Preparation of
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Pricing
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Exhibit B Page 2
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Supplement:
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If any offer to purchase a Book-Entry Note is accepted by or on behalf of
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the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership will prepare a free
writing prospectus and/or Term Sheet, as applicable, and a pricing supplement
(a
Pricing Supplement
) reflecting the terms of such Note. The Operating
Partnership (i) will arrange to file with the Commission such Term Sheet and
Pricing Supplement in accordance with, in the case of any free writing
prospectus and/or Term Sheet, as applicable, Rule 433 under the Securities Act
and, in the case of the Pricing Supplement, the applicable paragraph of Rule
424(b) under the Act and (ii) will, with respect to each of the free writing
prospectus and/or Term Sheet, as applicable, and the Pricing Supplement, as
soon as possible and in any event not later than the date on which the
applicable document is filed with the Commission, deliver the number of copies
of such free writing prospectus, Term Sheet and/or Pricing Supplement to the
relevant Agent as such Agent shall reasonably request.
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In each instance that a Pricing Supplement is
prepared, the relevant Agent will affix the Pricing
Supplement to Prospectuses prior to their use.
Outdated free writing prospectus, Term Sheets,
Pricing Supplements, and the Prospectuses to which
they are attached (other than those retained for
files), will be destroyed.
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Settlement:
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The receipt by the Operating Partnership of
immediately available funds in payment for a
Book-Entry Note and the authentication and issuance
of the Global Security representing such Note shall
constitute settlement with respect to such Note.
All offers accepted by the Operating Partnership will
be settled on the third Business Day next succeeding
the date of acceptance pursuant to the timetable for
settlement set forth below, unless the Operating
Partnership and the purchaser agree to settlement on
another day, which shall be no earlier than the next
Business Day.
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Settlement
Procedures:
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Settlement Procedures with regard to each Book-Entry Note sold
by the Operating Partnership to or through an Agent (unless
otherwise specified pursuant to a Terms Agreement with respect
to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal) shall be
as follows:
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A.
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The relevant Agent will advise the Operating
Partnership by telephone that such Note is a Book-Entry Note and of the
following settlement information:
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Principal amount.
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2.
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Settlement date and time (Original Issue
Date).
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Specified Currency and Principal
Financial Center.
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Maturity Date.
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Trade Date.
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Exchange Rate Agent (if other than and
U.S. Bank National Association)
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Agents commission or discount (if any)
determined as provided in the Distribution Agreement.
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Net Proceeds to Issuer.
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9.
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Authorized Denomination (if other than
$1,000 or integral multiples thereof).
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Interest Payment Date(s).
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Regular Record Dates.
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Redemption or repayment provisions (if
any).
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13.
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Whether the Note is an Original Issue
Discount Note (an
OID Note
), and if it is an OID Note, the total
amount of OID, the yield to maturity, the initial accrual period
OID.
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In the case of a Fixed Rate Note:
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In the case of a Floating Rate Note:
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(a)
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the Initial Interest Rate (if known at such time).
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(b)
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Calculation Agent (if other than
and U.S. Bank National Association).
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(c)
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Interest Rate Basis which may
include:
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CD Rate
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LIBOR
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Treasury Rate
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Other
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Index Maturity.
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(e)
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Interest Reset Frequency.
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Maximum Interest Rate.
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(g)
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Minimum Interest Rate.
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Initial Interest Reset Date.
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Interest Reset Date(s).
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(j)
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Interest Determinations Date.
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(k)
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Spread and/or Spread Multiplier
(if any).
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(l)
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whether the Note is:
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a Regular Floating Rate Note
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a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note (in which case the
fixed rate commencement date and the fixed interest rate
shall be specified) or
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an Inverse Floating Rate Note (in which case the
fixed interest rate shall be specified).
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Any other applicable terms including the
applicability of an Addendum or Other Additional Provisions.
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B.
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The Operating Partnership will advise the Trustee by telephone or electronic transmission
(confirmed in writing at any time on the same date) of the information set forth in Settlement
Procedure A above. The Trustee will then assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security
representing such Note and will notify the Operating Partnership and the relevant Agent of
such CUSIP number by telephone as soon as practicable.
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C.
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The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through DTCs Participant Terminal System,
providing the following settlement information to DTC, the relevant Agent and Standard &
Poors Corporation:
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1.
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The information set forth in Settlement Procedure A.
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2.
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The Initial Interest Payment Date for such Note, the number of days by which
such date succeeds the related DTC Record Date (which in the case of Floating Rate
Notes which reset daily or weekly, shall be the date five calendar days
immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date and, in the case of other
Notes, shall be the Record Date as defined in the Note) and, if known, the amount of
interest payable on such Initial Interest Payment Date.
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3.
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The CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Note.
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4.
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Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Note (to the
extent known at such time).
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5.
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The number of participant accounts to be maintained by DTC on behalf of the
relevant Agent and the Trustee.
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D.
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The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security representing such Note.
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E.
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DTC will credit such note to the Trustees participant account at DTC.
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F.
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The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTCs participant Terminal System
instructing DTC to (i) debit such Note to the Trustees participant account and credit such
Note to the relevant Agents participant account and (ii) debit such Agents settlement
account and credit the Trustees settlement account for an amount equal to the price of such
Note less such Agents commission (if any). The entry of such a deliver order shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Trustee to DTC that (a) the Global Security
representing such Book-Entry Note has been issued and authenticated and (b) the Trustee is
holding such Global Security pursuant to the MTN Certificate Agreement.
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G.
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Unless the relevant Agent is the end purchaser of such Note, such Agent will enter an SDFS
deliver order through DTCs Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note
to such Agents participant account and credit such Note to the participant accounts of the
Participants with respect to such Note and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such
Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for an amount equal to the price
of such Note.
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H.
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Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in Settlement Procedures
F and G will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the
settlement date.
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I.
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The Trustee will credit to the account of the Operating Partnership maintained at
Bank of
America, Dallas, Texas, ABA #026009593, Account # 3750785562, Account Name: AMB Property, LP
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or such other account as the Operating Partnership may from time to time direct, in
immediately available funds the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with
Settlement Procedure F.
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J.
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Unless the relevant Agent is the end purchaser of such Note, such Agent will confirm the
purchase of such Note to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with
respect to such Note a confirmation order or orders through DTCs institutional delivery
system or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser.
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K.
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Monthly, the Trustee will send to the Operating Partnership, a statement setting forth the
principal amount of Notes outstanding as of that date under the Indenture and setting forth a
brief description of any sales of which the Operating Partnership has advised the Trustee that
have not yet been settled.
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Settlement
Procedures
Timetable:
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For Sales by the Operating Partnership of Book-Entry Notes to
or through an Agent (unless otherwise specified pursuant to a
Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any
Agent as principal) for settlement on the first Business Day
after the sale date, Settlement Procedures A through
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J set forth above shall be completed as soon as possible but not later than the respective times
in New York City set forth below:
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Settlement
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Procedure
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Time
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A
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11:00 A.M. on sale date
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12:00 Noon on sale date
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2:00 P.M. on sale date
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9:00 A.M. on settlement date
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10:00 A.M. on settlement date
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F-G
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2:00 P.M. on settlement date
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4:45 P.M. on settlement date
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5:00 P.M. on settlement date
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If a sale is to be settled more than one (1)
Business Day after the sale date, Settlement
Procedures A, B and C shall be
completed as soon as practicable but no
later than 11:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon and 2:00
P.M., respectively, on the first Business
Day after the sale date. If the Initial
Interest Rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry
Note has not been determined at the time
that Settlement procedure A is completed,
Settlement Procedures B and C shall be
completed as soon as such rate has been
determined but no later than 12:00 Noon and
2:00 P.M., respectively, on the first
Business Day before the settlement date.
Settlement Procedure H is subject to
extension in accordance with any extension
of Fedwire closing deadlines and in the
other events specified in the SDFS operating
procedures in effect on the settlement date.
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If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is
rescheduled or canceled, the Trustee, after
receiving notice from the Operating
Partnership or the relevant Agent, will
deliver to DTC, through DTCs Participant
Terminal System, a cancellation message to
such effect by no later than 2:00 P.M. on
the Business Day immediately proceeding the
scheduled settlement date.
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If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS
deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry
Note pursuant to Settlement Procedure F,
the Trustee may deliver to DTC, through
DTCs Participant Terminal System, as soon
as practicable a withdrawal message
instructing DTC to debit such Note to the
Trustees participant account, provided that
the Trustees participant account contains a
principal amount of the Global Security
representing such Note that is at least
equal to the principal amount to be debited.
If a withdrawal message is processed with
respect to all the Book-Entry Notes
represented by a Global Security, the
Trustee will mark such Global Security
canceled, make appropriate entries in the
Trustees records and send such canceled
Global Security to the Operating
Partnership. The CUSIP number assigned to
such Global Security shall, in accordance
with the procedures of the CUSIP Service
Bureau of Standard & Poors Corporation, be
canceled and not immediately reassigned. If
a withdrawal message is processed with
respect to
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one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry
Notes represented by a Global Security, the
Trustee will exchange such Global Security
for two Global Securities, one of which
shall represent such Book-Entry Note or
Notes and shall be canceled immediately
after issuance and the other of which shall
represent the remaining Book-Entry Notes
previously represented by the surrendered
Global Security and shall bear the CUSIP
number of the surrendered Global Security.
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If the purchase price for any Book-Entry
Note is not timely paid to the Participants
with respect to such Note by the beneficial
purchaser thereof (or a person, including an
indirect participant in DTC, acting on
behalf of such purchaser), such Participants
and, in turn, the relevant Agent may enter
SDFS deliver orders through DTCs
Participant Terminal System reversing the
orders entered pursuant to Settlement
Procedures F and C, respectively.
Thereafter, the Trustee will deliver the
withdrawal message and take the related
actions described in the preceding
paragraph.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any
failure to settle with respect to a
Book-Entry Note, DTC may take any actions in
accordance with its SDFS operating
procedures then in effect.
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In the event of a failure to settle with
respect to one or more, but not all, of the
Book-Entry Notes to have been represented by
a Global Security, the Trustee will provide,
in accordance with Settlement procedures D
and F, for the authentication and issuance
of a Global Security representing the
Book-Entry Notes to be represented by such
Global Security and will make appropriate
entries in its records.
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PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES
The Trustee will serve as Registrar in connection with the Certificated Notes.
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Issuance:
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Each Certificated Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its
authentication by the Trustee. Each Certificated Note will bear an
Original Issue Date, which will be (i) with respect to an original
Certificated Note (or any portion thereof), its original issuance date
(which will be the settlement date) and (ii) with respect to any
Certificated Note (or portion thereof) issued subsequently upon transfer
or exchange of a Certificated Note or in lieu of a destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificated Note, the original issuance date of the predecessor
Certificated Note, regardless of the date of authentication of such
subsequently issued Certificated Note.
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Preparation
of Pricing
Supplement:
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If any offer to purchase a Certificated Note is accepted by or on behalf of
of the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership will prepare a
Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Note. The Operating
Partnership (i) will arrange to file such Pricing Supplement with the
Commission in accordance with the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b)
under the Act and (ii) will, as soon as possible and in any event not
later than the date on which such Pricing Supplement is filed with the
Commission, deliver the number of copies of such Pricing Supplement to the
relevant Agent as such Agent shall request.
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In each instance that a Pricing Supplement is prepared, the relevant Agent
will affix the Pricing Supplement to Prospectuses prior to their use.
Outdated Pricing Supplements, and the Prospectuses to which they are
attached (other than those retained for files), will be destroyed.
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Settlement:
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The receipt by the Operating Partnership of immediately available funds in
exchange for an authenticated Certificated Note delivered to the relevant
Agent and such Agents delivery of such Note against receipt of
immediately available funds shall constitute settlement with respect to
such Note. All offers accepted by the Operating Partnership will be
settled on the third Business Day next succeeding the date of acceptance
pursuant to the timetable for settlement set forth below, unless the
Operating Partnership and the purchaser agree to settlement on another
date, which date shall be no earlier than the next Business Day.
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Settlement
Procedures:
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Settlement Procedures with regard to each Certificated Note sold by the
Operating Partnership to or through an Agent (unless otherwise specified
pursuant to a Terms Agreement with respect to the purchase of Notes by any
Agent as principal) shall be as follows:
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A.
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The relevant Agent will advise the Operating Partnership by telephone
that such Note is a Certificated Note and of the following settlement
information:
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1.
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Name in which such Note is to be registered (
Registered Holder
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2.
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Address of the Registered Holder and address for payment of principal and
interest.
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3.
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Taxpayer identification number of the Registered Holder (if available).
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4.
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Principal amount.
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5.
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Settlement date and time (Original Issue Date).
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6.
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Specified Currency and Principal Financial Center.
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7.
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Maturity Date.
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8.
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Trade Date.
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9.
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Exchange Rate Agent (if other than and U.S. Bank National Association).
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10.
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Agents commission or discount (if any) determined as provided in the
Distribution Agreement.
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11.
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Authorized Denomination (if other than $1,000 or integral multiples thereof).
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12.
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Interest Payment Date(s).
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13.
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Regular Record Dates
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14.
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Redemption or repayment provisions (if any).
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15.
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Whether the Note is an Original Issue Discount Note (an
OID Note
), and if it
is an OID Note, the total amount of OID, the yield to maturity, the initial accrual
period OID.
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16.
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In the case of a Fixed Rate Note:
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In the case of a Floating Rate Note:
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(a)
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the Initial Interest Rate (if known at such time).
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(b)
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Calculation Agent (if other than U.S. Bank National
Association).
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(c)
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Interest Rate Basis which may include:
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CD Rate
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Commercial Paper Rate
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Exhibit B Page 10
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CMT Rate
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EURIBOR
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Federal Funds Rate
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LIBOR
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Prime Rate
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Treasury Rate
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Other
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(d)
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Index Maturity.
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Interest Reset Frequency.
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(f)
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Maximum Interest Rate.
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(g)
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Minimum Interest Rate.
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(h)
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Initial Interest Reset Date.
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(i)
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Interest Reset Date(s).
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(j)
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Interest Determinations Date.
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(k)
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Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (if any).
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(l)
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whether the Note is:
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a Regular Floating Rate Note
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a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note (in which case the fixed rate
commencement date and the fixed interest rate shall be specified) or
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an Inverse Floating Rate Note (in which case the fixed interest
rate shall be specified).
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(m)
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Any other applicable terms including the applicability of an
Addendum or Other/Additional Provisions.
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B.
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The Operating Partnership will advise the Trustee by telephone or electronic transmission
(confirmed in writing at any time on the same date) of the information set forth in Settlement
Procedure A above.
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C.
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The Operating Partnership will have delivered to the Trustee a pre-printed four-ply packet
for such Note, which packet will contain the following documents in forms that have been
approved by the Operating Partnership, the relevant Agent and the Trustee:
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1.
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Note with customer confirmation.
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2.
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Stub One For the Trustee.
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Exhibit B Page 11
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3.
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Stub Two For the relevant Agent.
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4.
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Stub Three For the Operating Partnership.
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D.
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The Trustee will complete such Note and authenticate such Note and deliver it (with the
confirmation) and Stubs One and Two to the relevant Agent, and such Agent will acknowledge
receipt of the Note by stamping or otherwise marking Stub One and returning it to the Trustee.
Such delivery will be made only against such acknowledgment of receipt and evidence that
instructions have been given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Operating
Partnership at
Bank of America, Dallas, Texas, ABA #026009593, Account # 3750785562, Account
Name: AMB Property, LP
, or to such other account as the Operating Partnership shall have
specified to such Agent and the Trustee, in immediately available funds, of an amount equal to
the price of such Note less such Agents commission (if any). In the event that the
instructions given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Operating Partnership are
revoked, the Operating Partnership will as promptly as possible wire transfer to the account
of such Agent an amount of immediately available funds equal to the amount of such payment
made.
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E.
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Unless the relevant Agent is the end purchaser of such Note, such Agent will deliver such
Note (with confirmation) to the customer against payment in immediately available funds. Such
Agent will obtain the acknowledgment of receipt of such Note by retaining Stub Two.
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F.
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The Trustee will send Stub Three to the Operating Partnership by first-class mail. Monthly,
the Trustee will also send to the Operating Partnership a statement setting forth the
principal amount of the Notes outstanding as of that date under the Indenture and setting
forth a brief description of any sales of which the Operating Partnership has advised the
Trustee that have not yet been settled.
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Settlement
Procedures
Timetable:
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For sales by the Operating Partnership of Certificated
Notes to or through an Agent (unless otherwise
specified pursuant to a Terms Agreement with respect
to the purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal),
Settlement Procedures A through F set forth above
shall be completed on or before the respective times
in New York City set forth below:
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Settlement
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Procedure
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Time
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2:00 P.M. on day before settlement date
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B
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3:00 P.M. on day before settlement date
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C-D
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2:15 P.M. on settlement date
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E
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3:00 P.M. on settlement date
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F
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5:00 P.M. on settlement date
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Failure to
Settle:
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If a purchaser fails to accept delivery of and make
payment for any Certificated Note, the relevant Agent
will notify the Operating Partnership and the Trustee
by telephone and return such Note to the Trustee.
Upon
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Exhibit B Page 12
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receipt of such notice, the Operating Partnership will
immediately wire transfer to the account of such Agent
an amount equal to the amount credited to the account
of the Operating Partnership in accordance with
Settlement Procedure D. Such wire transfer will be
made on the settlement date, if possible, and in any
event not later than the Business Day following the
settlement date. If the failure shall have occurred
for any reason other than a default by such Agent in
the performance of its obligations hereunder and under
the Distribution Agreement, then the Operating
Partnership will reimburse such Agent or the Trustee,
as appropriate, on an equitable basis for its loss of
the use of the funds during the period when they were
credited to the account of the Operating Partnership.
Immediately upon receipt of the Certificated Note in
respect of which such failure occurred, the Trustee
will mark such Note cancelled, make appropriate
entries in the Trustees records and send such Note to
the Operating Partnership.
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Exhibit B Page 13
Exhibit 4.1
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
AMB Property Corporation,
as Parent Guarantor and
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.,
as Trustee
Debt Securities
Guarantees
Indenture
Dated as of June 30, 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 101.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION 102.
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS
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10
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SECTION 103.
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FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE
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11
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SECTION 104.
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ACTS OF HOLDERS
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11
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SECTION 105.
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NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
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SECTION 106.
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NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER
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13
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SECTION 107.
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EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
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14
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SECTION 108.
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SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
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14
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SECTION 109.
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SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
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14
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SECTION 110.
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BENEFITS OF INDENTURE
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14
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SECTION 111.
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GOVERNING LAW
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14
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SECTION 112.
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS
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14
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SECTION 113.
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COUNTERPARTS
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14
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ARTICLE TWO
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SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 201.
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FORM OF SECURITIES
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15
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SECTION 202.
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FORM OF TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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15
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SECTION 203.
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SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM
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16
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ARTICLE THREE
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THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 301.
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AMOUNT UNLIMITED, ISSUABLE IN SERIES
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17
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SECTION 302.
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DENOMINATIONS
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SECTION 303.
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EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING
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18
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SECTION 304.
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TEMPORARY SECURITIES
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19
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SECTION 305.
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REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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20
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SECTION 306.
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MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES
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22
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SECTION 307.
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PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED
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23
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SECTION 308.
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PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
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24
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SECTION 309.
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CANCELLATION
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25
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SECTION 310.
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COMPUTATION OF INTEREST
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25
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ARTICLE FOUR
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 401.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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25
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SECTION 402.
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APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS
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26
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ARTICLE FIVE
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REMEDIES
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SECTION 501.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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26
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SECTION 502.
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ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT
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28
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SECTION 503.
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COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE
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29
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SECTION 504.
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TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM
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30
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SECTION 505.
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TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
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31
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SECTION 506.
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APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED
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31
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SECTION 507.
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LIMITATION ON SUITS
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31
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SECTION 508.
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UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST
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33
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SECTION 509.
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RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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33
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SECTION 510.
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RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
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33
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SECTION 511.
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DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER
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33
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SECTION 512.
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CONTROL BY HOLDERS
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33
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SECTION 513.
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WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS
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34
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SECTION 514.
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WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS
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35
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SECTION 515.
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UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
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35
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ARTICLE SIX
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THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601.
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NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
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35
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SECTION 602.
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CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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35
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SECTION 603.
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NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
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37
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SECTION 604.
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MAY HOLD SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES
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37
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SECTION 605.
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MONEY HELD IN TRUST
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37
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SECTION 606.
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COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT
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37
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SECTION 607.
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CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS
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38
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SECTION 608.
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RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
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SECTION 609.
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ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR
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40
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SECTION 610.
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MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS
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42
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SECTION 611.
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APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT
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42
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
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SECTION 701.
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DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS
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44
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SECTION 702.
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REPORTS BY TRUSTEE
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44
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SECTION 703.
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OPERATING PARTNERSHIP TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS
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44
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ARTICLE EIGHT
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
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SECTION 801.
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CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
AND SALES, LEASES AND CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS
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45
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SECTION 802.
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RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR PERSON
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45
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SECTION 803.
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OFFICERS CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL
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45
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ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 901.
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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46
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SECTION 902.
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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47
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SECTION 903.
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EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 904.
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EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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49
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SECTION 905.
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CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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49
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SECTION 906.
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REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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49
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ARTICLE TEN
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001.
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PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST
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49
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SECTION 1002.
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MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY
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50
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Page
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SECTION 1003.
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MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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50
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SECTION 1004.
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AGGREGATE DEBT TEST
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52
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SECTION 1005.
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DEBT SERVICE TEST
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52
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SECTION 1006.
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SECURED DEBT TEST
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53
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SECTION 1007.
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MAINTENANCE OF TOTAL UNENCUMBERED ASSETS
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53
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SECTION 1008.
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EXISTENCE
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53
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SECTION 1009.
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MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES
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53
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SECTION 1010.
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INSURANCE
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53
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SECTION 1011.
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PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS
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54
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SECTION 1012.
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PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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54
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SECTION 1013.
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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55
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SECTION 1014.
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WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS
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55
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SECTION 1015.
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STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE
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55
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101.
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APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
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55
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SECTION 1102.
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ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
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56
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SECTION 1103.
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SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED
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56
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SECTION 1104.
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NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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56
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SECTION 1105.
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DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE
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57
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SECTION 1106.
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SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE
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57
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SECTION 1107.
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SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART
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58
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 1201.
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OPERATING PARTNERSHIPS OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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58
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SECTION 1202.
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DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
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58
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SECTION 1203.
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COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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59
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SECTION 1204.
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CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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59
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SECTION 1205.
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DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD
IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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61
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SECTION 1206.
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REINSTATEMENT
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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MEETING OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 1301.
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PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED
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62
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SECTION 1302.
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CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS
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62
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SECTION 1303.
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PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS
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63
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SECTION 1304.
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QUORUM; ACTION
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63
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SECTION 1305.
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DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS
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64
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SECTION 1306.
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COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS
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65
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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THE GUARANTEES
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SECTION 1401.
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GUARANTEES
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65
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SECTION 1402.
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PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE GUARANTORS
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68
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SECTION 1403.
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GUARANTEES FOR BENEFIT OF HOLDERS
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69
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SECTION 1404.
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MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF GUARANTORS
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69
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SECTION 1405.
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ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS
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69
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v
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
Reconciliation
and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the TIA) and Indenture dated as
of June 30, 1998.
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TIA SECTION
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INDENTURE SECTION
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Section 310
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(a)(1)
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607
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(a)(2)
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607
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(b)
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604, 608
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Section 312
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(b)
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701
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(c)
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701
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Section 313
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(a)
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702
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(c)
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601, 702, 703
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Section 314
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(a)
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703
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1012
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102
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102
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102
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Section 315
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303
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608
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Section 316
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101 (Outstanding)
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104
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Section 317
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503
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504
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111
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111
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the TIA, which provides that the
provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the TIA are a part of and govern every qualified
indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
INDENTURE (the Indenture), dated as of June 30, 1998, is among AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter called the Operating Partnership), having its principal
office at 505 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111, AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the Parent Guarantor), having its principal office at
505 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111 and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A. a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the Trustee), having its Corporate
Trust Office at 633 West Fifth Street, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071.
RECITALS OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
WHEREAS, the Operating Partnership deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes its unsecured and unsubordinated securities (the Securities) in one or more
series, and it has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear interest at
the rates or formulas, to mature at such times and to have such other terms and conditions as shall
be fixed as hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, the Parent Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
and its guarantee of the Securities (the Parent Guarantees and together with the guarantees, if
any, of the Securities executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors in the future, the Guarantees) as
provided herein; and
WHEREAS, this Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions; and
WHEREAS all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Operating
Partnership and the Parent Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms cash
transaction and self-liquidating paper, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the TIA;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with GAAP; and
(4) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain terms used principally in Article Three, Article Five, Article Six and Article Ten are
defined in those Articles.
Acquired Debt means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person is merged or
consolidated with or into, or becomes a Subsidiary of, the Operating Partnership or (ii) assumed by
the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of assets
from such Person. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date the acquired Person is
merged or consolidated with or into, or becomes a Subsidiary of, the Operating Partnership or the
date of the related acquisition, as the case may be.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Annual Debt Service Charge means, for any period, the interest expense of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period (including, without duplication, (i) all
amortization of debt discount and premiums, (ii) all accrued interest, (iii) all capitalized
interest and (iv) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations), determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Authenticating Agent means any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 611.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper, printed in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of
general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial
community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are required to be made in
Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different
Authorized Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any
Business Day.
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Bankruptcy Law has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the General Partner or, if the Operating
Partnership shall be succeeded by a corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the
board of directors of the Operating Partnerships corporate successor or any committee of such
applicable board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect hereunder.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the General Partner or, if the Operating Partnership shall be succeeded by a
corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, of the Operating Partnerships corporate
successor, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on
which banking institutions in the States of California or New York are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after execution
of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it
under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to Securities of any series to be redeemed,
the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term of such Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized,
at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues
of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.
Comparable Treasury Price means with respect to any Redemption Date (i) the average of the
two remaining Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations from the four selected, or (ii) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations.
Consolidated Income Available For Debt Service for any period means Consolidated Net Income
of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus amounts which have been
deducted and minus amounts which have been added for (without duplication) (i) interest expense on
Debt, (ii) provision for taxes based on income, (iii) amortization of debt discount, premium and
deferred financing costs, (iv) provisions for gains and losses on sales or other dispositions of
properties and other investments, (v) property depreciation and amortization, (vi) the effect of
any non-cash items, and (vii) amortization of deferred charges, all determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated Net Income for any period means the amount of net income (or loss) of the
Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period, excluding (without duplication) (i)
extraordinary items and (ii) the portion of net income (but not losses) of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the
extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by the Operating
Partnership or one of its Subsidiaries, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at 633 West Fifth Street, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071.
Corporation or corporation includes corporations, associations, and business trusts
provided, however, that for purposes of Article Eight, the term corporation shall not include
associations or business trusts.
Custodian has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Debt means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent, in respect of (i) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by such Person,
but only to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (y) the fair
market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person, or in the case of
a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of such partnership, in the case of a
limited liability company, the managing member of such limited liability company, and, in the case
of the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary, by the Board of Directors ) of the property subject
to such Lien, (iii) reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any
letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable, or (iv) any lease of property by such Person as lessee which is required to be reflected
on such Persons balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, and also includes,
to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of
business), Debt of the types referred to above of another Person (it being understood that Debt
shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person whenever such Person shall create, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
Defaulted
Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307.
Dollar
or $ means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States of
America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company and any successor to DTC in its capacity as
depositary for any Securities.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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GAAP mean generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time as used
in the United States of America applied on a consistent basis.
General Partner means AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation until a successor
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
General Partner shall mean such successor corporation.
Government Obligations means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii)
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantors means the Parent Guarantor and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Guarantees means each Guarantee executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Holder means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, the Person in whose name a
Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof).
Independent Investment Banker means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated or, if such firm is
unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking
institution of national standing appointed by the Operating Partnership after consultation with the
Trustee.
Interest Payment Date when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in
such Security on which an installment of interest on such Security is due and payable.
Lien means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, charge, pledge, security interest, security
agreement or other encumbrance of any kind.
Maturity when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein
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provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of
redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman, the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the General Partner, or (ii) any two of the Chairman, the President or Vice Presidents
of the General Partner and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee, provided that if the Operating
Partnership shall be succeeded by a corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
Officers Certificate shall mean a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman, the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of such successor corporation, or (ii) any two of the Chairman, the President or Vice
Presidents of such successor corporation and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee.
Operating Partnership means the Person named as the Operating Partnership in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Operating Partnership shall mean such successor
person.
Operating Partnership Request and Operating Partnership Order mean, respectively, a
written request or order signed in the name of the Operating Partnership by the General Partner by
(i) its Chairman, any Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or (ii) any two of the Chairman, the
President or Vice Presidents of the General Partner and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee,
provided that if the Operating Partnership shall be succeeded by a corporation pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, Operating Partnership Request and Operating Partnership Order
shall mean respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of such successor
corporation by (i) its Chairman, any Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or (ii) any two of the
Chairman, the President or Vice Presidents of such successor corporation and, in each case,
delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Operating
Partnership or the General Partner or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Operating
Partnership or the General Partner and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment at the Maturity thereof money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited (other than pursuant to Article
Twelve hereof) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Operating Partnership)
in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Operating Partnership (if the Operating
Partnership shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
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Securities, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory
to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1202 and 1203, with respect
to which the Operating Partnership has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as
provided in Article Twelve; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall
have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Operating
Partnership;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of
making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Securities owned by the Operating Partnership
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Operating Partnership or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Operating Partnership or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Operating Partnership or of such other obligor.
Parent Guarantor means AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation, until a successor
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
Parent Guarantor shall mean such successor person.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Operating Partnership to pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Operating Partnership.
Person means any individual, corporation, business trust, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series means the
place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are
payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security and for
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the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to Section 1102.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means an amount
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii)
the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon
(exclusive of interest accrued to such Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate
plus 25 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount
being redeemed to such Redemption Date.
Reference Treasury Dealer means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any additional Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee
after consultation with the Operating Partnership and its successors; provided, however, that if
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or such
additional Reference Treasury Dealer and their successors shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Operating
Partnership will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer provided one exists.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301,
whether or not a Business Day.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or
vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee
of the board of directors, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust
officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any reference herein to such Act or a particular provision or section thereof shall mean, unless
otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, such Act, provision or section, as
the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time.
Security has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more
particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
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provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under
this Indenture, Securities with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall
have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of
any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership which is a
significant subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as in effect on January 1, 1998).
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of or within
any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof, means the date specified in such Security or pursuant to this Indenture as the fixed date
on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal is due and payable.
Subsidiary means (i) a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or
other Person the majority of the shares, if any, of the non-voting capital stock or other
equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors qualifying shares) are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by the Operating Partnership and/or any other Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent
ownership interests of which (except directors qualifying shares) are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Operating Partnership, any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and (ii) any
other Person the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the Operating Partnership.
Subsidiary Guarantors has the meaning specified in Section 1013.
Total Assets means the sum of (without duplication) (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and
(ii) all other assets (excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of the Operating Partnership
and its Subsidiaries, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Total Unencumbered Assets means the sum of (without duplication) (i) those Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets which are not subject to a Lien securing Debt and (ii) all other assets
(excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries
not subject to a Lien securing Debt, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the heading
which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant
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maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to
the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Stated
Maturity of principal, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if
such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation
date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield
to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price
for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day
preceding the Redemption Date.
Trust Indenture Act or TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any
reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or the TIA or a particular provision thereof shall mean
such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as
supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in
furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets means, as of any date, the cost (original cost plus capital
improvements) of real estate assets of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries on such date,
before depreciation and amortization, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Unsecured Debt means Debt of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries which is
not secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Operating Partnership or any of its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. Upon any application or request by the
Operating Partnership to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Operating Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
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(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such condition or covenant has been satisfied or complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been satisfied or complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such
Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the General Partner, any Guarantor, any general
partner or manager of any Guarantor or any corporate successor of the Operating Partnership or any
Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel
or certificate or representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the General Partner,
any Guarantor, any general partner or manager of any Guarantor or any corporate successor of the
Operating Partnership or any Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the information as to such
factual matters is in the possession of the General Partner, any Guarantor, any general partner or
manager of any Guarantor or any corporate successor of the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor,
as applicable, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations as to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the outstanding
Securities of any series or all series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
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expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Operating
Partnership. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Operating Partnership and any agent of the Trustee or the Operating
Partnership, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other reasonable
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient in its reasonable discretion.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) If the Operating Partnership shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Operating Partnership
may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for
the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Operating Partnership shall have no
obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the
record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not
earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding
Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it
shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven
months after the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the
Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered
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to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any
Authenticating Agent or the Operating Partnership in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Operating Partnership shall be sufficient upon
receipt for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or
(2) the Operating Partnership by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient upon
receipt for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Operating Partnership addressed to
it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, marked for the attention of the Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the
General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Operating Partnership.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event
to Holders by the Operating Partnership or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving
of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the
manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, whether or not such Holder actually receives such
notice.
If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification to
Holders as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
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SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, all
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantors shall
bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any
Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject
to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repayment Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security), payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be,
provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case
may be.
SECTION 113. COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 201. FORM OF SECURITIES. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the
forms as shall be established in or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall
have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
the Operating Partnership may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may
be listed, or to conform to usage.
The definitive Securities (and Guarantees) shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officer executing such Securities
(and Guarantees), as evidenced by his or her execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Subject to Section 611, the
Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM. The Securities shall be initially issuable
only in permanent global form (without coupons) in one or more global Securities. Beneficial
owners of interests in the permanent global Securities may exchange such interests for Securities
of like tenor or any authorized form and denomination only in the manner provided in Section 305.
DTC shall be the depositary with respect to the permanent global Securities. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 302, any such global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from
time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in
global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by or at the direction of the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions
given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or pursuant to Section 301 or in the
Operating Partnership Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject
to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and
redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified therein or pursuant to Section 301 or in the applicable Operating
Partnership Order. If an Operating Partnership Order pursuant to Section 304 or 305 has been or is
delivered, any instructions by the Operating Partnership with respect to endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by
a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Operating Partnership
and the Operating Partnership delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with
written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Security in global form
shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Operating Partnership, any agent of the Operating Partnership and the Trustee shall
treat the Holder of a global Security as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by such global Security.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED, ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities shall be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or
more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and set
forth or established in or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following as applicable:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of such series from all other series of Securities);
(2) the limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined, on
which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which
such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any
Security on any Interest Payment Date;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest payable in
respect of, Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the
Operating Partnership in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be
served;
(6) the obligation, if any, of the Operating Partnership to redeem, repay or purchase
Securities of the series at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within
which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(7) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent;
(8) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the
series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
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(9) any deletions from, modifications of, or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants of the Operating Partnership with respect to Securities of the series, whether or
not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or
covenants set forth herein;
(10) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; and
(11) any other terms of the series and any deletions from or modifications or additions
to this Indenture in respect of such Securities (whether or not consistent with the other
provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the Guarantees appertaining to any Securities of such
series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided by the Operating Partnership in the Board Resolution, or pursuant to the Board Resolution
and set forth in the Officers Certificate, or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, as the case may be, pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms
of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or
written order of persons designated in or pursuant to the relevant Board Resolution, Officers
Certificate or supplemental indenture, as the case may be (telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent
with such Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture, as the case may be,
such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Board
Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture, as the case may be. All Securities of
any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided in the applicable
supplemental indenture, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuance
of additional Securities of such series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS . The Securities of any series shall be issuable in denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. The Securities shall be executed
on behalf of the Operating Partnership by its General Partner by such General Partners Chairman,
President or any Vice President. If a Guarantor is a corporation its Guarantee shall be executed
on behalf of such Guarantor by its Chairman, President or any Vice President and if a Guarantor is
a partnership or a limited liability company its Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of such
Guarantor by the Chairman, President or any Vice President of its general partner or manager, as
applicable. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or Guarantees, if any, may be
manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities or the Guarantees.
The Guarantees or Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Operating Partnerships General Partner, the
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(or the general partner or manager of such Guarantor) or any corporate successor of the Operating
Partnership or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind the Operating Partnership or the applicable
Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or Guarantees or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Securities or Guarantees.
Each Security and Guarantee shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security or Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of
an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Operating
Partnership, and the Operating Partnership shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply
with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security
has never been issued and sold by the Operating Partnership, for all purposes of this Indenture
such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall
never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Operating Partnership may execute, and upon Operating Partnership Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of
the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing
such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In
the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Operating Partnership will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall
be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Operating Partnership in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series, the Operating Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of
the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.
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SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The Operating Partnership
shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency of
the Operating Partnership in a Place of Payment a register for any series of Securities (the
registers maintained in such office or in any such office or agency of the Operating Partnership in
a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the Security Register) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Operating Partnership shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Securities. The
Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office and at the
office of its affiliate in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York at the address set forth
in Section 1002 (or at such other address at which the Trustees affiliates New York office may
subsequently be located), is hereby initially appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities on such Security Register as
herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at all
reasonable times.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Security of any series at any office or agency of the Operating Partnership in a Place of
Payment for that series, the Operating Partnership shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and
provisions. Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, at the option of the Holder, Securities
of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms
and provisions, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency.
Whenever any such Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Operating Partnership shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If
the depositary for any permanent global Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such global
Security expressly permit such global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive
Securities, a global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to a nominee of
DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for such global Security selected or
approved by the Operating Partnership or to a nominee of such successor to DTC. If at any time (i)
DTC notifies the Operating Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for
the applicable global Security or Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 if so required by applicable law or
regulation, and, in either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Operating
Partnership within 90 days after the Operating Partnership receives such notice or becomes aware of
such ineligibility, (ii) the Operating Partnership in its sole discretion determines that such
global Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities or (iii) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default under this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of any series and beneficial owners representing a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities represented by such global Securities advise DTC to cease
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depositary, then the Operating Partnership shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security or Securities. If
any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent global Security is otherwise entitled to
exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of
another authorized form and denomination, as specified by Board Resolution and the applicable
supplemental indenture as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any applicable notice
provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but
in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the
Operating Partnership shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, definitive
Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owners
interest in such permanent global Security. On or after the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or
such other depositary as shall be specified in the Operating Partnership Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Operating Partnerships agent for such
purpose. If a Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after
the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) any special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, Interest or Defaulted Interest, as
the case may be, such interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date
for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Security, but will be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest
in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Operating Partnership, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or
redemption shall (if so required by the Operating Partnership or the Security Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Operating Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107.
The Operating Partnership or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be required (i) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among those selected for
redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before selection of the
Securities to be redeemed under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of the
mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
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Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) if applicable, to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the
option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. If any mutilated Security or a
Security with a Guarantee appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee or the Operating
Partnership, together with, in proper cases, indemnity as may be required by the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee to save each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the
Operating Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Guarantees corresponding to the Guarantees appertaining to the surrendered
Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Operating Partnership and to the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or Guarantee, and (ii) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Operating Partnership or the Trustee that such
Security or Guarantee has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Operating Partnership shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or
stolen Guarantee appertains, a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding with
Guarantees corresponding to the Guarantees appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen Guarantee appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Operating
Partnership in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Operating Partnership may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Operating Partnership, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities or Guarantees.
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SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED. Except as otherwise specified
with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest
on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at
the office or agency of the Operating Partnership maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002; provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Security may at the Operating
Partnerships option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register
or (ii) wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, interest, if any, payable on any
permanent global Security on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to DTC, with respect to that
portion of such permanent global Security held for its account by Cede & Co. (or by another nominee
of DTC or by DTC) for the purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in
respect of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the
provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Security of any series that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted
Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Operating Partnership, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Operating Partnership may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Operating
Partnership shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall
not be less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time
the Operating Partnership shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Operating Partnership of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Operating Partnership, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
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each Holder of such series at his
address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. The Trustee shall, in the name and at the expense of the Operating
Partnership, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper
in each Place of Payment, but such publications shall not be a condition precedent to the
establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Operating Partnership may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Operating Partnership to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other
Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration
of transfer, the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any),
and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Operating Partnership, the
Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or
for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall
prevent the Operating Partnership, the Trustee, or any agent of the Operating Partnership or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such
depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of
such global Security.
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SECTION 309. CANCELLATION. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at
the option of the Holder, or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The Operating
Partnership may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Operating Partnership may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Operating Partnership has
not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. If
the Operating Partnership shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. Canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of such
destruction to the Operating Partnership, unless by a Operating Partnership Order the Operating
Partnership directs their return to it.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Interest on the Securities of any series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This Indenture shall upon Operating
Partnership Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
specified in such Operating Partnership Request (except as hereinafter provided in this Section
401). The Trustee, upon receipt of an Operating Partnership Order, and at the expense of the
Operating Partnership, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture as to such series when:
(1) either:
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series (x):
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Operating Partnership, are to
be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Operating Partnership,
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and (y) the Operating Partnership, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust, an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities, for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Operating Partnership has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Operating Partnership; and
(3) the Operating Partnership has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been
complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Operating Partnership to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations
of the Operating Partnership to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have
been deposited with and held by the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this
Section, the obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 402, 1002 and 1003, shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Operating Partnership acting
as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been
deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Event of Default, means, with respect to any series of
Securities, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether or not it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series, when such
interest becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
or
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(2) default in the payment of any principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity (whether at Stated Maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise); or
(3) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Operating
Partnership in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
Section specifically dealt with or included herein solely for the benefit of a series of
Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Operating
Partnership by the Trustee or to the Operating Partnership and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(4) (a) default by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership in the payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, upon required
prepayment or otherwise), beyond any period of grace provided therefor, of any principal of
or interest on any bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness, or (b) any other
breach or default (or other event or condition) shall occur under any agreement, indenture
or instrument relating to any such bond, Security, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness beyond any cure period provided therefor, if as a result thereof the holder or
holders of any such bond, Security, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or a person
on behalf of such holder or holders) has the immediate right to cause (upon the giving of
notice, if required) any such bond, Security, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness to
become or be declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid, redeemed, purchased or
defeased (or an offer of prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance be made), prior to
its stated maturity (other than by a scheduled mandatory prepayment), which in the aggregate
under (a) and (b) have a principal amount equal to or greater than $20,000,000 without such
bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness having been discharged, or such
breach or default having been cured, within a period of 10 days after there has been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Operating Partnership by the Trustee or to the
Operating Partnership and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such breach or default and requiring
such bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness to be discharged, or such
breach or default to be cured and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default
hereunder; or
(5) Intentionally Omitted
(6) the Operating Partnership, the General Partner or any Significant Subsidiary
pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding,
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(B) consents to the entry of an order or decree for relief against it in an
involuntary case or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian (as defined below) of it or for
any substantial part of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Operating Partnership, the General Partner or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case,
(B) adjudges the Operating Partnership, the General Partner or any Significant
Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent,
(C) approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Operating Partnership, the General
Partner or any Significant Subsidiary,
(D) appoints a Custodian of the Operating Partnership, the General Partner or
any Significant Subsidiary or for all or any substantial part of the property of the
Operating Partnership, the General Partner or any Significant Subsidiary, or
(E) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Operating Partnership, the
General Partner or any Significant Subsidiary.
and the order or decree described in this clause (7) remains unstayed and in effect for 60
days.
As used in this Section 501, the term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term Custodian means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in
every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal of all the Securities of that
series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Operating Partnership (and
to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon the delivery of any such declaration to the
Operating Partnership such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and
payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
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obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Operating Partnership has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Outstanding Securities of that
series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of
that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration
and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in
such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE. The Operating
Partnership covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of
any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of any series at its Maturity,
then the Operating Partnership will, upon demand of the Trustee and provided that such default has
not been cured, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, with interest upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of
interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto,
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such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel.
If the Operating Partnership fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding
for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce the same against the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor or any
other obligor upon such Securities or Guarantees of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Operating
Partnership or Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities or Guarantees of such series,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series and any related Guarantees by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the pendency of any receivership,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Operating Partnership, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon
the Securities or the property of the Operating Partnership, any Guarantor or of such other
obligor, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor for
the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as
may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities or Guarantees and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of
the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable
on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of such series and
Guarantees to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any
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predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any
predecessor Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or Guarantees or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES. All rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities or Guarantees may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or Guarantees or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities or Guarantees in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee
and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities or Guarantees, or any thereof, and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and
Guarantees for principal (and premium, if any) and interest in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and
Guarantees for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Operating Partnership.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any
right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
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SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND
INTEREST. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall
have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security on the due date
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and (subject to
Section 507) to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted
any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to
such Holder, then and in every such case, the Operating Partnership, each Guarantor, the Trustee
and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Guarantees in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
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(3) the Trustee need not take any action which, in its reasonable determination might
involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of such series not
joining therein.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or payable
in respect of any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
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SECTION 514. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Operating Partnership covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Operating Partnership (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of
any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any
party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or
to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities and
Interest Payment Dates expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the
extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice to Holders of such default hereunder actually known
to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines, that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of such Holders; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities, no such notice to Holders shall be
given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the
term default means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through
315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
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request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Security, coupon or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Operating Partnership mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Operating Partnership Request or an Operating Partnership Order
(other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant
to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution
of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders Securities
of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Security, coupon or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such reasonable further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may reasonably determine, and if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Operating Partnership, personally or by agent
or attorney reasonably related to such inquiry;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder; and
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
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its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. The recitals contained herein
and in the Securities and Guarantees, except the Trustees certificate of authentication, shall be
taken as the statements of the Operating Partnership and each Guarantor, as applicable, and neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or the Guarantees, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations
hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Operating Partnership of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Operating Partnership, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and Guarantees and, subject to
TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing
with the Operating Partnership.
SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Operating Partnership agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence or willful misconduct; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
its own part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
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claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(6) or Section 501(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Operating Partnership under this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien for payment of the Trustees fees and expenses prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) with respect to the Securities.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS. There shall at all
times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1)
and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 (or which trust company
shall have an ultimate parent holding company with a combined capital and surplus of at least
$100,000,000). If such corporation (or ultimate parent holding company, as the case may be)
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation (or ultimate parent
holding company, as the case may be) shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more
series by giving written notice thereof to the Operating Partnership. If an instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series
by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Operating Partnership.
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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section
310(b) after written request therefor by the Operating Partnership or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Operating Partnership
or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Operating Partnership by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or
(ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least
six months may, on behalf of such Holder and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a
vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of
one or more series, the Operating Partnership, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or
those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with
respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there
shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series; shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Operating Partnership and the retiring Trustee,
the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment,
become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that
extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Operating Partnership. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed
by the Operating Partnership or the Holders of Securities of such Series and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
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(f) The Operating Partnership shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series in the manner provided for notices to
the Holders in section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Operating Partnership and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of
the Operating Partnership or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien and claim, if any, provided for in
Section 606.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Operating Partnership, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, pursuant to Article Nine hereof,
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to and to vest
in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring
shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees as
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or
trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any
other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Operating Partnership or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
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property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Operating Partnership shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
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SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of
the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any Securities shall not have
been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and
deliver such Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full
force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the
Trustee.
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. At any time when any of the Securities
remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one
or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption or repayment thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Operating Partnership. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and
delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of authentication, such
reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the
Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the
Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Operating
Partnership and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing
business and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having (or whose
bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
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without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Operating Partnership. The Trustee
for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Operating Partnership.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Operating Partnership and shall give notice of such
appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions
of this Section.
The Operating Partnership agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under
this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustees
certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. Every Holder, by receiving and
holding the Securities, agrees with the Operating Partnership and the Trustee that neither the
Operating Partnership nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any
Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to
the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source
from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the
first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Holders as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such
May 15 if required by TIA Section 313(a).
SECTION 703. OPERATING PARTNERSHIP TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. The
Operating Partnership will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for interest
for any series of Securities, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of such series as of such Regular Record Date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Operating Partnership of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
provided, however, that, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be
required to be furnished.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND SALES, LEASES AND
CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. The Operating Partnership will not, in any
transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate with, or sell, lease, assign, transfer
or otherwise convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any other
Person unless (i) either the Operating Partnership shall be the continuing Person, or the successor
Person (if other than the Operating Partnership) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation
or merger or which shall have received the transfer of such assets shall be a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume,
by supplemental indenture executed by such successor Person and delivered by it to the Trustee
(which supplemental indenture shall comply with Article Nine hereof and shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee), the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest payable in respect of, all of the Outstanding Securities, according to their
tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the other covenants and
conditions contained in this Indenture and the Securities to be performed or observed by the
Operating Partnership; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
Debt (including Acquired Debt) which becomes an obligation of the Operating Partnership or any of
its Affiliates as a result thereof as having been incurred by the Operating Partnership or such
Affiliate at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and shall be continuing; and (iii) the
Operating Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee the Officers Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel required pursuant to Section 803 below. In the event that the Operating Partnership is not
the continuing Person then, for purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the successor
Person shall be deemed to be the Operating Partnership referred to in such clause (ii).
SECTION 802. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR PERSON. In case of any such consolidation, sale,
lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or merger and upon any such assumption by the successor,
such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for and may exercise every right and
power of the Operating Partnership, with the same effect as if it had been named as the Operating
Partnership herein; and the predecessor Person shall be released, except in the case of a lease,
from any further obligation under this Indenture and the Securities.
SECTION 803. OFFICERS CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL. Any consolidation, sale, lease,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or merger permitted under Section 801 is also subject to the
condition precedent that the Trustee receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that any such consolidation, sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or merger,
and the assumption by any successor Person, complies with the provisions of this Article and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. Without the consent of any
Holders, the Operating Partnership, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the
applicable Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Operating Partnership or any
Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Operating
Partnership herein and in the Securities or Guarantees; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any
such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular
period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in
the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or
may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add or change any provisions of this Indenture to facilitate the issuance of the
Securities in certificate form, provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect the
interest of the Holders of any Securities in any material respect; or
(5) to secure the Securities or Guarantees; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or
(7) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related Guarantees in
any material respect; or
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(8) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the discharge, defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the
case may be, of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1202 and 1203; provided
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of such series and any related Guarantees or any other series of Securities in any material
respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. With the consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series
affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Operating
Partnership, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Operating Partnership, when authorized by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
Guarantees under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of any Outstanding Security
affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any
installment of principal of, or premium, if any, or the Interest Payment Date with respect
to, any Security; or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest
thereon, or any premium payable thereon, or adversely affect any right of the Holder to
repayment of such Security at such Holders option, or change any Place of Payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity, or Interest Payment Date, as applicable, thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or that would be provable
in bankruptcy, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such series (or
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for
quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1013, except
to increase the percentage required to effect such action or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of any Outstanding Security affected thereby, or
(4) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to any such Security.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
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the substance thereof. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more
particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and
such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
theretofore authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then
in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Securities authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and
shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Operating Partnership shall so determine, new
Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Operating
Partnership, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Operating
Partnership and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST. The Operating Partnership
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of any series of Securities that it will duly
and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities and this Indenture.
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SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Operating Partnership shall maintain in
each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that
series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where Securities of that series
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Operating Partnership in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Operating
Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Operating Partnership shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands shall be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (and the Operating Partnership hereby appoints the Trustee
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands), and the Operating
Partnership hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Operating Partnership may from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all
of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Operating Partnership of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Operating Partnership will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of
any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect
to a series of Securities, the Operating Partnership hereby designates as the Place of Payment for
any series of Securities the office or agency of the Operating Partnership in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee, at the office of its
affiliate, State Street Bank and Trust Company, which on the date of this Indenture are located at
61 Broadway, 15
th
Floor, New York, New York 10006 in such city and as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands and appoints the Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office and at the office of its affiliate, State Street Bank and Trust Company, in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The
Operating Partnership may subsequently appoint a different office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York and a different Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the
Securities of any Series.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. If the Operating Partnership
shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of any Securities, it
will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto the sum in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever the Operating Partnership shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the
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principal (and premium, if any) and interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium and interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Operating Partnership will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
The Operating Partnership will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Operating Partnership (or any other
obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of principal (or premium, if
any) or interest; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Operating Partnership may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Operating Partnership Order direct
any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Operating Partnership or such
Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such
sums were held by the Operating Partnership or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such sums.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or held by the Operating
Partnership, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or premium, if
any), or interest has become due and payable shall, if such money was then on deposit with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent, be paid to the Operating Partnership upon Operating Partnership
Request or (if then held by the Operating Partnership) shall be discharged from such trust, and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Operating Partnership and the Guarantors for payment of such principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on, such Security and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Operating Partnership as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Operating Partnership cause to be published
once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Operating Partnership.
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SECTION 1004. AGGREGATE DEBT TEST. The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including, without limitation, Acquired Debt) if,
immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds
therefrom on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) is greater than 60% of
the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiaries as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter and (ii) the
aggregate purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the
aggregate amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not
used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the
Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including
the proceeds obtained from the incurrence of such additional Debt, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the foregoing Debt shall be deemed to be incurred
by the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary whenever the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiary
shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
SECTION 1005. DEBT SERVICE TEST. The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including, without limitation, Acquired Debt) if the ratio
of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the period
consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which
such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1 on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and
calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt (including without limitation,
Acquired Debt) incurred by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day
of such four-quarter period had been incurred, and the application of the proceeds therefrom
(including to repay or retire other Debt) had occurred, on the first day of such period, (ii) the
repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries
since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period
(except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility,
line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such
Debt during such period), and (iii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Operating
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets, in any such case with a
fair market value (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) in excess of $1 million,
since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale or asset
purchase or sale or otherwise, such acquisition or disposition had occurred as of the first day of
such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being
included in such pro forma calculation. If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing
calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period
bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge,
the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed on a pro forma basis by applying the average daily
rate which would have been in effect during the entire such four-quarter period to the greater of
the amount of such Debt outstanding at the end of such period or the average amount of Debt
outstanding during such period. For purposes of the foregoing Debt shall be deemed to be
incurred by the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary whenever the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
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SECTION 1006. SECURED DEBT TEST. The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including, without limitation, Acquired Debt) secured by
any Lien on any property or assets of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, whether
owned on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, if, immediately after giving effect to
the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the
aggregate principal amount (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) of all
outstanding Debt of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries which is secured by any Lien on
any property or assets of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40%
of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiaries as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter and (ii) the
aggregate purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the
aggregate amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not
used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the
Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including
the proceeds obtained from the incurrence of such additional Debt, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the foregoing Debt shall be deemed to be incurred
by the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary whenever the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiary
shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
SECTION 1007. MAINTENANCE OF TOTAL UNENCUMBERED ASSETS. The Operating Partnership will not
have at any time Total Unencumbered Assets of less than 150% of the aggregate principal amount of
all outstanding Unsecured Debt of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 1008. EXISTENCE. Subject to Article Eight, the Operating Partnership will do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership will not
be required to preserve any right or franchise if the applicable Board of Directors determines that
the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1009. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. The Operating Partnership will cause all of its
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Operating Partnership may be necessary so that
the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times.
SECTION 1010. INSURANCE. The Operating Partnership will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to keep in force upon all of its properties and operations policies of insurance
carried with responsible companies in such amounts and covering all such risks as shall be
customary in the industry in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability.
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SECTION 1011. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Operating Partnership will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the
income, profits or property of the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the
property of the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Operating
Partnership will not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1012. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The Operating Partnership will:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Operating Partnership or the
General Partner is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Operating Partnership or the General Partner may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934; or, if the Operating Partnership or the General Partner is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to any of such Sections, then it will file with
the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and
reports with respect to compliance by the Operating Partnership and the General Partner with
the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such
rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to the Holders, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of
any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Operating Partnership and
the Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
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SECTION 1013. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES. (a) The Operating Partnership will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to guarantee or secure through the granting of Liens, the payment of any Debt of
the Company or any Guarantor and (b) the Operating Partnership will not and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to pledge any intercompany notes representing obligations of any of its
Subsidiaries, to secure the payment of any debt of the Operating Partnership or any Guarantor, in
each case unless such Subsidiary (a Subsidiary Guarantor), the Operating Partnership and the
Trustee execute and deliver a supplemental indenture evidencing such Subsidiarys Guarantee
(providing for the unconditional Guarantee by such Subsidiary, on a senior basis, of the
Securities). If any Subsidiary Guarantor is released from all of its obligations described in
clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall also be released from
its unconditional Guarantee of the Securities pursuant to such supplemental indenture and Article
XIV hereof.
SECTION 1014. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Operating Partnership may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to
1012, inclusive if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1015. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Operating Partnership will deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from its General
Partners principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
as to his or her knowledge of the Operating Partnerships compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance specifying such noncompliance
and the nature and status thereof, provided that if the Operating Partnership has been succeeded to
by a corporate successor pursuant to the provisions hereof such certificate will be from such
successors principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer. For purposes of this Section 1015, such compliance shall be determined without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Securities of any series which are redeemable before
their Stated Maturity shall be, unless set forth otherwise in the supplemental indenture applicable
to such series, redeemable, in whole or in part, before their Stated Maturity at the option of the
Operating Partnership on any date (a Redemption Date) at the Redemption Price.
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SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The election of the Operating
Partnership to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Operating Partnership of less than all of the
Securities of any series, the Operating Partnership shall, at least 45 days prior to the giving of
the notice of redemption referred to in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of
Securities of such series to be redeemed.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. If less than all the
Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption (excluding any such Outstanding
Securities held by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination
larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar (if
other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 106 and may be further specified in an indenture supplemental hereto, not less
than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder to be redeemed, but
failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or portion
thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106, if any,
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(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the
particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice shall state that on
and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive,
without a charge, a new Security or Securities of such series of authorized denominations
for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the
Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, will become due and payable upon each
such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, maturing after the Redemption
Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, and
(7) the CUSIP number and series of such Security.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. At or prior to 12:00 noon (New York Time) on any
Redemption Date, the Operating Partnership shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent
(or, if the Operating Partnership is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. Notice of redemption having been given
as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest to the Redemption
Date), and from and after such date (unless the Operating Partnership shall default in the payment
of the Redemption Price or accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice such Security shall be
paid by the Operating Partnership at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date.
Installments of interest on Securities which are due and payable on an Interest Payment Date
falling on or prior to the relevant Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date
according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate borne by or provided in the Security.
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SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part
(pursuant to the provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor
(with, if the Operating Partnership or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Operating Partnership and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Operating
Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1201. OPERATING PARTNERSHIPS OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. The
Operating Partnership may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to any
series of Securities elect to have Section 1202 or Section 1203 be applied to such Outstanding
Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. The Operating
Partnerships right, if any, to elect defeasance pursuant to Section 1202 or covenant defeasance
pursuant to Section 1203 may only be exercised with respect to all of the Outstanding Securities of
any series.
SECTION 1202. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. Upon the Operating Partnerships exercise of the
above option applicable to this Section 1202 with respect to any Securities of or within a series,
the Operating Partnership shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect
to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied
(hereinafter defeasance). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Operating Partnership
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding
Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the purposes of Section
1205 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) through (D) below, and to
have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Operating Partnership, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such outstanding
Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set
forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Operating Partnerships obligations with
respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (C) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including, without limitation, those in
Section 606 hereof) and (D) this Article Twelve. Subject to compliance with this Article Twelve
the Operating Partnership may exercise its option under this Section 1202 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 1203 with respect to such Securities.
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SECTION 1203. COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Upon the Operating Partnerships exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section 1203 with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Operating Partnership shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004 to 1012,
inclusive, (except that the Operating Partnership shall remain subject to the covenant set forth in
Section 1008 to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, except as
permitted under Article Eight) and its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such
Outstanding Securities appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter, covenant defeasance), and such Securities shall
thereafter be deemed to be not Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections
1004 to 1012, inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for
all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that with respect
to such Outstanding Securities the Operating Partnership may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such
other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any
such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall
not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(3) or otherwise, as the case may
be, provided, however, that except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1204. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. The following shall be the
conditions to application of Section 1202 or Section 1203 to any Outstanding Securities of or
within a series:
(a) The Operating Partnership shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607
who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Twelve applicable to it) funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (1) an amount as is then specified as payable at Stated Maturity and on Interest Payment
Dates, as applicable, or, if such defeasance or covenant defeasance is to be effected in
compliance with subsection (f) below, on the relevant Redemption Date, as the case may be,
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities which through the scheduled payment
of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide,
not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on such Securities, money in an amount as is then specified as payable at
Stated Maturity and on Interest Payment Dates, as applicable, or, if such defeasance or
covenant defeasance is to be effected in compliance with subsection (f) below on the
relevant Redemption Date, as the case may be, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in
an amount sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and
interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge,
and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Outstanding Securities on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
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principal, Interest Payment Dates, on
the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute, a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Operating Partnership is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 501(6) and 501(7) are
concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91
st
day after the date of
such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until
the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under Section 1202, the Operating Partnership shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Operating Partnership
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under Section 1203, the Operating Partnership shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof as the case may be,
deposited under subsection (a) above are sufficient to pay the principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on such Securities provided such Securities are redeemed on a particular
Redemption Date, the Operating Partnership shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and to provide notice of such redemption
to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
(g) The Operating Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance under Section 1202 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1203 (as the case may
be) have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as a result of a
deposit pursuant to subsection (a) above and the related exercise of the Operating
Partnerships option under Section 1202 or Section 1203 (as the case may be), registration
is not required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by
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the Operating
Partnership, with respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for
such trust funds.
SECTION 1205. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1205, the Trustee) pursuant
to Section 1204 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Operating Partnership
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Operating Partnership shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 606, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Operating Partnership from time to time upon Operating Partnership
Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by
it as provided in Section 1204 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or
covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.
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SECTION 1206. REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204 in accordance with this Indenture or the
Securities of the applicable series by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Operating Partnerships obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 1204 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply such
money in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities of such series: provided, however, that
if the Operating Partnership makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Security of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Operating Partnership
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from
the cash and Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETING OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. A meeting of Holders of Securities
of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make,
give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in The
City of New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner
provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for
the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Operating Partnership, pursuant to a Board Resolution or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of such series for any
purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first
publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or
shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Operating Partnership or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York,
for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
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SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding
Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders.
The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel,
any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, any representatives of the Guarantors and their
counsel and any representatives of the Operating Partnership and its counsel.
SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of
Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting
with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the
Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage which is less or more than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a
quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be
dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence
of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a
period of not
less
than
10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior
to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not
less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice
of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided
above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute
a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders
of a specified percentage, which is less or more than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such
series, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1304, if any action is to be taken at
a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount
of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or by the Holders of a specified percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and each other series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that are
entitled to vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been
made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1305. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such
reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of a series in
regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of
proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission
and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such
other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 104.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Operating Partnership or by
Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Operating Partnership or the
Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like
manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the
meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of Securities of such series or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any
meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security
of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section
1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to
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time by Persons entitled to
vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented
at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS. The vote upon any resolution
submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on
which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities
of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint
two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution
and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of
each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the
meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes
on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the
fact, setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified
by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be
delivered to the Operating Partnership and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee,
the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
THE GUARANTEES
SECTION 1401. GUARANTEES. The provisions of this Article Fourteen shall be applicable to the
Securities and Guarantees. Each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under this
Indenture and any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 1013 of this Indenture) for
consideration received hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a
senior basis (each a Guarantee, and collectively, the Guarantees) to the Holders from time to
time of the Securities (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium, if any,
on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the maturity thereof, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on any
Security when and as the same shall become due and payable. Each and every default in the payment
of the principal of or interest or any premium on any Security shall give rise to a separate cause
of action hereunder, and separate suits may be brought hereunder as each cause of action arises.
The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be evidenced by Guarantees accompanying the
Securities issued hereunder.
An Event of Default under this Indenture or the Securities shall constitute an event of
default under the Guarantees, and shall entitle the Holders to accelerate the obligations of the
Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the Company.
Subject to Section 1013 with respect to Subsidiary Guarantors, the obligations of the
Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and
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until the entire principal and interest and any premium on the Securities shall have been paid or
provided for in accordance with provisions of this Indenture, and, unless as otherwise expressly
set forth in this Article, such obligations shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the
happening from time to time of any event, including without limitation any of the following,
whether or not with notice to, or the consent of, the Guarantors:
(a) the failure to give notice to the Guarantors of the occurrence of an Event of
Default;
(b) the waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release or termination of the
payment, performance or observance by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantors of any or
all of the obligations, covenants or agreements of either of them contained in this
Indenture or the Securities;
(c) the acceleration, extension or any other changes in the time for payment of any
principal of or interest or any premium on any Security or for any other payment under this
Indenture or of the time for performance of any other obligations, covenants or agreements
under or arising out of this Indenture or the Securities;
(d) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any obligation,
covenant or agreement set forth in this Indenture or the Securities;
(e) the taking or the omission of any of the actions referred to in this Indenture and
in any of the actions under the Securities;
(f) any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the Trustee to enforce, assert
or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on the Trustee in this Indenture, or any
other action or acts on the part of the Trustee or any of the Holders from time to time of
the Securities;
(g) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of
all or substantially all the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership,
insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition with creditors or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings
affecting the Guarantors or the Operating Partnership or any of the assets of any of them,
or any allegation or contest of the validity of the Guarantee in any such proceedings;
(h) to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the
Guarantors from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture;
(i) to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the
Operating Partnership from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture;
(j) the default or failure of the Operating Partnership or the Trustee fully to perform
any of its obligations set forth in this Indenture or the Securities;
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(k) the invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Indenture or the
Securities or any part of any thereof;
(l) any judicial or governmental action affecting the Operating Partnership or any
Securities or consent or indulgence granted by the Operating Partnership by the Holders or
by the Trustee; or
(m) the recovery of any judgment against the Operating Partnership or any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstance which might constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of a surety or guarantor.
The Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any
petition be filed by or against the Operating Partnership for liquidation or reorganization of the
Operating Partnership, should the Operating Partnership become insolvent or make an assignment for
the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant
part of the Operating Partnerships assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment in
respect of the Securities is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities, whether as a voidable
preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. In
the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the
Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by
such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
For purposes of this Article 14, each Subsidiary Guarantors liability (a Subsidiary
Guarantors Base Guaranty Liability) shall be that amount from time to time equal to the
aggregate liability of a Guarantor hereunder, but shall be limited to the lesser of (A) the
aggregate amount of the obligation as stated in the second sentence of this Section 1401 with
respect to the Securities, and (B) the amount, if any, which would not have (i) rendered such
Subsidiary Guarantor insolvent (as such term is defined in Section 101(29) of the Federal
Bankruptcy Code and in Section 271 of the Debtor and Creditor Law of the State of New York, as each
is in effect at the date of this Indenture) or (ii) left it with unreasonably small capital at the
time its Guarantee of the Securities was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of
existing Debt immediately prior to such time, provided that, it shall be a presumption in any
lawsuit or other proceeding in which a Subsidiary Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed
is the amount set forth in (A) above unless a creditor or representative of creditors of such
Subsidiary Guarantor or a trustee in bankruptcy of the Subsidiary Guarantor, as debtor in
possession, otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Subsidiary
Guarantor is limited to the amount set forth in (B). In making any determination as to the
solvency or sufficiency of capital of a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the previous sentence, the right of such Subsidiary Guarantor to contribution from other Guarantors to
subrogation pursuant to the next paragraph and any other rights such Subsidiary Guarantor may have
contractual or otherwise, shall be taken into account.
The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long
as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.
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The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is
not affixed to any particular Security.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 1401 shall remain
in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such
Guarantee.
If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security or at any time thereafter,
such Guarantors Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder shall
constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
SECTION 1402. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE GUARANTORS. In the event of a default in the payment of
principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the
Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a
default in the payment of any interest on any Security when and as the same shall become due, the
Trustee shall have the right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantors under this
Indenture without first proceeding against the Operating Partnership or exhausting any other
remedies which it may have and without resorting to any other Security held by the Trustee.
The Trustee shall have the right, power and authority to do all things it deems necessary or
otherwise advisable to enforce the provisions of this Indenture relating to the Guarantees and
protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities and, in the event of a default in payment of
the principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at
the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of
a default in the payment of any interest on any Security when and as the same shall become due, the
Trustee may institute or appear in such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of its rights and the rights of the Holders, whether for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture relating to the Guarantee
or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a default in payment of the
principal of or interest or any premium on any Security when due, the Trustee may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such
proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Guarantors and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Guarantors, wherever situated.
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SECTION 1403. GUARANTEES FOR BENEFIT OF HOLDERS. The Guarantees contained in this Indenture
are entered into by the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the
Securities. Such provisions shall not be deemed to create any right in, or to be in whole or in
part for the benefit of, any person other than the Trustee, the Guarantors, the Holders from time
to time of the Securities, and their permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 1404. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF GUARANTORS. Each Guarantor will not, in any
transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate with, or sell, lease, assign, transfer
or otherwise convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any other
Person unless (i) either such Guarantor shall be the continuing Person, or the successor Person (if
other than such Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or which
shall have received the transfer of such assets is a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture
executed by such successor corporation and delivered by it to the Trustee (which supplemental
indenture shall comply with Article Nine hereof and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee), all of such Guarantors obligations with respect to Outstanding Securities and the
observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained in this Indenture and its Guarantee to
be performed or observed by the Guarantor; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and shall be continuing; and (iii) such
Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee the Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
required pursuant to below. In the event that such Guarantor is not the continuing corporation,
then, for purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the successor corporation shall be
deemed to be such Guarantor referred to in such clause (ii). Any consolidation, merger, sale,
lease, assignment, transfer or conveyance permitted under Section 1404 is also subject to the
condition precedent that the Trustee receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, assignment, transfer or conveyance,
and the assumption by any successor corporation, complies with the provisions of this Article and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
SECTION 1405. ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS. Any Person may become a Guarantor by executing and
delivering to the Trustee (a) a supplemental indenture in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, which subjects such person to the provisions of this Indenture as a Guarantor, and (b) an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized and
executed by such person and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
such person (subject to such customary exceptions concerning fraudulent conveyance laws, creditors
rights and equitable principles as may be acceptable to the Trustee in its discretion).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as
of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 4.2
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 10, 2006 (this
Seventh Supplemental
Indenture
), by and among AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
Operating
Partnership
), AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation and the sole general partner of the
Operating Partnership (the
Parent Guarantor
), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as
successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A. (the
Predecessor
Trustee
), as trustee hereunder (the
Trustee
).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, by and among the
Operating Partnership, the Parent Guarantor and the Predecessor Trustee (the
Base Indenture
) (as
supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture
).
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Board Resolution or authority granted thereby, the Operating
Partnership has authorized the issuance of up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its
Series C Medium Term Notes due nine months or more from the date of issuance, as a new series of
Securities under the Indenture (the
Notes
).
WHEREAS, the Operating Partnership desires to establish the terms of the Notes in accordance
with Section 301 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Notes in accordance with
Section 201 of the Base Indenture.
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of
the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Base
Indenture have been done.
NOW THEREFORE, the Operating Partnership and the Trustee hereby deliver this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture as follows:
ARTICLE I.
TERMS
SECTION 101. TERMS OF SECURITIES. There is hereby established and authorized for issuance by
the Operating Partnership a series of Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture), the terms of
which shall be as follows:
(1) The Securities of the series shall be designated Series C Medium-Term Notes.
(2) The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture from time to time (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 304,
305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture) shall be up to $500,000,000 or the equivalent thereof
in other currencies, which amount may be increased from time to time by a
Board Resolution or a supplemental indenture to the Indenture or an Officers Certificate, in
either case, pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution, and in accordance with Section
301 of the Base Indenture.
(3) Each Note shall mature on a date which shall be nine months or more from the date of issue
of such Note and shall be specified by an officer of the Parent Guarantor, as general partner of
the Operating Partnership, to the Trustee in writing or by telephone (telephonic instructions to be
promptly confirmed in writing) and specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing
supplement.
(4) The interest rate or rates or the method of determination thereof, if any, the date or
dates or the method of determination thereof from which such interest shall accrue, the date or
dates on which such interest shall be payable, and the regular record date for the interest payable
on any interest payment date, in each case for a particular Note, shall each be as specified by an
officer of the Parent Guarantor, as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, to the
Trustee in writing or by telephone (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing);
provided, however, the interest rate or rates shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate
permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
(5) Unless stated to the contrary in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing
supplement , the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes on any day,
if the Holder of such Notes is The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (or its nominee
or other depository, a
Depository
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such written agreement between the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and the Depository as may be
in effect from time to time. Otherwise payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Notes shall be payable, and Notes may be surrendered for the registration of transfer or
exchange, at the place or places maintained by the Operating Partnership for that purpose, which
shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association, 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York
10005, unless the Holder is notified otherwise;
provided
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however
, that at the option of the
Operating Partnership, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Operating Partnerships security register or by wire
transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. Unless the Holder is
notified otherwise, the place where notices or demands to or upon the Operating Partnership in
respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be U.S. Bank National Association, 100
Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005.
(6) To receive payment of a U.S. Dollar denominated Note upon redemption, if applicable, or at
maturity, a Holder must make presentation and surrender of such Note on or before the Redemption
Date or Maturity Date, if any, as specified on the face of any Note and in the applicable
prospectus supplement or pricing supplement. To receive payment of a Note denominated in a Foreign
Currency (as hereinafter defined) or composite currency upon redemption or at maturity, a Holder
must make presentation and surrender of such Note not less than two Business Days (as defined in
the Notes) prior to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, if any, as specified on the face of any
Note and in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement. Upon presentation and
surrender of a Note denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency at any time after the
date two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date or
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Maturity Date, if any, as specified on the
face of any Note and in the applicable prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement, the Operating Partnership will pay the principal amount (and
premium, if any) of such Note, and any interest due upon redemption or at maturity (unless the
Redemption Date or Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date, as specified on the face of the Note
and in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement), two Business Days after such
presentation and surrender.
(7) Unless stated to the contrary on the face of any Note and in the applicable prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement, a Note will not be subject to redemption prior to its Maturity
Date. If stated on the face of a Note and in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing
supplement, such Note will be redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Operating
Partnership, in accordance with Article Eleven of the Base Indenture and the terms set forth in
such Note and the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement.
(8) Unless stated to the contrary on the face of any Note and in the applicable prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement, such Note will not be subject to repayment prior to its Maturity
Date. If stated on the face of a Note and in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing
supplement, such Note will be repayable by the Operating Partnership in whole or in part at the
option of the Holder in accordance with the terms set forth in such Note and the applicable
prospectus supplement or pricing supplement.
(9) Unless stated to the contrary on the face of a Note and in the applicable prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement, Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of (i) if the
Notes are denominated in U.S. Dollars, $1,000 and in any larger amount in integral multiples of
$1,000 and (ii) if the Notes are denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars (a
Foreign
Currency
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currency determined in accordance with the Market Exchange Rate (as defined in the Notes) for such
Foreign Currency or composite currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which
the Operating Partnership accepts an offer to purchase the Note, of $1000 (rounded to an integral
multiple of 1,000 units of the Foreign Currency or composite currency), and in any larger amount in
integral multiples of 1,000 units. The principal amount of any particular Note shall be determined
by an officer of the Parent Guarantor, as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, and
specified to the Trustee in writing or by telephone (telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing).
(10) Initially, unless otherwise stated to the contrary on the face of any Note and in the
applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, the Trustee shall be the registrar,
transfer agent, authenticating agent, exchange rate agent, calculation agent and paying agent for
the Notes. The Operating Partnership may from time to time name other or additional registrars,
paying agents, authenticating agents, exchange rate agents, calculation agents or transfer agents.
(11) Unless stated to the contrary on the face of a Note and in the applicable prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement, such Note shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in book-entry form, represented by one or more global notes recorded in the book-entry
system maintained by The Depository Trust Company. If specified on the face thereof, Notes may be
issued in certificated form issued to, and registered in the name of, the beneficial owner or its
nominee.
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(12) The Notes are not convertible into any other security of the Operating Partnership or the
Parent Guarantor. The Notes shall constitute senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of
the Operating Partnership and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Operating Partnership from time to time outstanding.
(13) There are no restrictive covenants pertaining to the Notes other than those contained in
the Indenture. Unless stated to the contrary on the face of any Note and in the applicable
prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, the holders of the Notes shall have no special rights
in addition to those provided in the Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events. The
Notes shall have no additional Events of Default in addition to the Events of Default set forth in
Article Five of the Base Indenture.
(14) The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by the Parent
Guarantor and, if required by Section 1013 of the Base Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 102. FORM OF NOTES. The Notes shall be in the form of, and shall have the terms set
forth in, the specimens thereof attached hereto as
EXHIBITS A
and
B
in fully
registered fixed rate and floating rate form, respectively, with applicable blank terms completed
and additional terms added to reflect settlement and other specific information, which terms shall
be specified by an officer of the Parent Guarantor, as general partner of the Operating Partnership
to the Trustee in writing or by telephone (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in
writing) and specified in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement.
SECTION 103. FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE. The form of the Subsidiary Guarantee which shall
be executed if required pursuant to Section 1013 of the Base Indenture is attached hereto as
EXHIBIT C
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SECTION 104. FORM OF GUARANTEES. There are hereby authorized for issuance by the Parent
Guarantor Guarantees (as defined in the Indenture) of the Notes, which Guarantees shall be in the
form of, and shall have the terms set forth in, the specimen of Parent Guarantee endorsed on the
specimen Notes attached hereto as
EXHIBITS A
and
B
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SECTION 105. PROCEDURES. The Trustee is hereby instructed to authenticate and deliver from
time to time the Notes, with Guarantees endorsed thereon, pursuant to the following procedures:
(a) the procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedures attached as
EXHIBIT B
to the Distribution Agreement, as amended from time to time; and
(b) each advice of settlement information with respect to any of the Notes issued pursuant to
(a) above will be deemed an instruction by the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor to
authenticate and deliver such Notes and Guarantees.
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ARTICLE II.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 201. DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
SECTION 202. EFFECTIVENESS. Upon the execution of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall
form a part of the Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of the Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 203. CONFIRMATION. The Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended by this
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture
and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument. The First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, the Second Supplemental
Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998,
the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 2000, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of May 7, 2002 and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 11, 2005, by and
among the Operating Partnership, the Parent Guarantor and either the Predecessor Trustee or the
Trustee, shall not be binding on, and shall have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes (as
defined herein).
SECTION 204. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee assumes no duties, responsibilities or
liabilities by reason of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the
Indenture and, in carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, shall have all of the rights,
protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture.
SECTION 205. GOVERNING LAW. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 206. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall
for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 207. COUNTERPARTS. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 208. HEADINGS. The headings used for Articles and Sections herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, in each case as of the day and year first above written.
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AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
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AMB Property Corporation,
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its sole general partner
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
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Name: Michael P. Brown
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Title: Vice President, Capital Markets
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AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
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Name: Michael P. Brown
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Title: Vice President, Capital Markets
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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/s/ Beverly A. Freeney
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Name: Beverly A. Freeney
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Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
(FACE OF NOTE)
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
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REGISTERED
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(FIXED RATE)
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REGISTERED
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UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY,
A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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Exchange Rate Agent:
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(if other than U.S. Bank National Association)
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Redemption:
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The Note cannot be redeemed prior to
maturity
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The Note may be redeemed at the option of
the
Operating Partnership prior to maturity
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Redemption Commencement Date:
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Initial Redemption Percentage:
%
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Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:
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Addendum Attached:
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Yes
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Form:
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Book-Entry
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Interest Rate:
% per annum
Repayment:
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The Note cannot be repaid prior to maturity
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The Note may be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the Holder of the Note
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Optional Repayment Date(s):
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Repayment Price:
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Principal Financial Center:
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(if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars or Euro)
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Discount Notes:
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AMB Property, L.P.
, a Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter called the Operating
Partnership, which term includes any successor under the Indenture referred to below), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Holder specified on the face hereof, or
registered assigns (Holder), upon presentation and surrender of this Note, on the Maturity Date
specified on the face hereof (except to the extent repaid or redeemed prior to the Maturity Date)
the Principal Amount specified on the face hereof in the Specified Currency specified on the face
hereof, and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate per annum specified on the face hereof,
until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Operating Partnership will pay interest
(other than defaulted interest) on each Interest Payment Date (as defined below), commencing with
the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified on the face
hereof, to the person who is the Holder of this Note on the applicable Regular Record Date (as
defined below); provided that if the Original Issue Date occurs between a Regular Record Date and
an Interest Payment Date, the Operating Partnership will make the first payment of interest on the
Interest Payment Date following the next Regular Record Date to the registered owner on that
Regular Record Date.
The Operating Partnership will pay interest due on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date (as
defined on the reverse hereof) or Repayment Date (as defined on the reverse hereof), as applicable,
to the same person to whom it is paying the principal amount; provided that if the Operating
Partnership would have made a regular interest payment on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment Date, as the case may be, it will make that regular interest payment to the Holder as of
the applicable Regular Record Date, even if it is not the same person to whom it is paying the
principal amount.
Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (Defaulted Interest) will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on any Regular Record Date, and shall be paid, at the
election of the Operating Partnership, to either (i) to the Holder at the close of business on a
special record date (the Special Record Date) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee (as defined on the reverse hereof), notice whereof shall be given to the
Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date
or (ii) at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, all as more fully provided for in the Indenture.
Unless specified on the face hereof, payments of interest on this Note with respect to any
Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable, will
include interest accrued from and including each immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or
from and including the Original Date of Issue if no interest has been paid or duly provided for),
to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as
the case may be.
If an Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable,
falls on a day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), interest (or interest and principal)
will be paid on the next Business Day; provided that interest on the payment will not accrue for
the period from the original Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment
Date, as the case may be, to the date of such payment on the next Business Day.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Interest Payment Dates shall be June 30
and December 30 of each year. The Regular Record Dates shall be June 15 for a June 30 interest
payment date, December 15 for a December 30 interest payment date and the date that is 15 calendar
days before any other interest payment date, whether or not those dates are Business Days.
Business Day as used herein means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (a) that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law
or regulation to close (x) in The City of New York or (y) for notes denominated in a specified
currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or euro, in the principal financial center of
the country of the specified currency or (z) for notes denominated in Australian dollars, in
Sydney, and (b) for notes denominated in euro, that is also a day on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System, which is commonly referred to as
TARGET, is operating.
Payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note on any day, if the
Holder of this Note is DTC (or its nominee or other depository, a Depository), will be made in
accordance with any applicable provisions of such written agreement between the Operating
Partnership, the Trustee and the Depository (or its nominee) as may be in effect from time to time.
Otherwise payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note on any day shall
be payable and this Note may be surrendered for the registration of transfer or exchange at the
corporate trust office of the Trustee at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005,
unless the Holder of this Note is notified otherwise; provided, however, that at the option of the
Operating Partnership, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Operating Partnerships Security Register or by wire
transfer, if proper wire instructions are on file with the Trustee or are received at presentment,
to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. Unless the Holder of this Note
is notified otherwise, the place where notices or demands to or upon the Operating Partnership in
respect of this Note and the Indenture may be served shall be the corporate trust office of the
Trustee at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005.
To receive payment of a U.S. dollar denominated Note upon redemption (if applicable) or at
maturity, a Holder must make presentation and surrender of such Note on or before the Redemption
Date or Maturity Date, as applicable. To receive payment of a Note denominated in a Foreign
Currency (as defined on the reverse hereof) or composite currency upon redemption or at maturity, a
Holder must make presentation and surrender of such Note not less than two Business Days prior to
the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as applicable. Upon presentation and surrender of a Note
denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency at any time after the date two Business
Days prior to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as applicable, the Operating Partnership will
pay the principal amount (and premium, if any) of such Note, and any interest due upon redemption
or at maturity (unless the Redemption Date or Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date), two
Business Days after such presentation and surrender.
For procedures relating to the receipt of payment upon repayment, if applicable, see the
reverse hereof.
The Operating Partnership will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection
with sending payments by wire transfer, but any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon
payments will be borne by the Holders of the Notes in respect of which payments are made.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof and, if so specified on the face hereof, in the Addendum hereto, which further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same force and effect as though fully set forth on the face hereof.
This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication
hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Addendum is attached hereto or Other/Additional
Provisions apply to this Note as specified on the face hereof, this Note shall be subject to the
terms set forth in such Addendum or such Other/Additional Provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Operating Partnership has caused this Instrument to be duly executed.
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AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
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AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION,
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its sole general partner
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated
and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF NOTE)
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
(FIXED RATE)
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Operating Partnership
(hereinafter called the Securities) of the series hereinafter specified, unlimited in aggregate
principal amount, all issued or to be issued under or pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 30,
1998, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 10, 2006 (herein
collectively called the Indenture), among the Operating Partnership, AMB Property Corporation, a
Maryland corporation and sole general partner of the Operating Partnership (the Guarantor), and
U. S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of
California, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee); to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a
specification of the rights and limitation of rights thereunder of the Holders of the Securities,
the rights and obligations thereunder of the Operating Partnership and the rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which
different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different
times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption or
repayment provisions (if any), may be subject to different covenants and defaults and may otherwise
vary as provided in the Indenture. This Note is one of a series designated as Series C
Medium-Term Notes (hereinafter referred to as the Notes) of the Operating Partnership, of up to
$500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. All terms used in this Note which are defined in the
Indenture and which are not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made a
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Notes are
subject to all such terms, and the Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a
statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of
the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Unless stated to the contrary on the face hereof, this Note is issuable only in registered
form without coupons in Book-Entry form represented by one or more global notes (each a Global
Note) recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depository. If specified on the face
hereof, this Note is issuable in certificated form issued to, and registered in the name of, the
beneficial owner or its nominee (a Certificated Note).
Unless a different minimum Authorized Denomination is set forth on the face hereof, this Note
is issuable in minimum denominations of (i) if the Specified Currency of this Note is U.S. dollars,
U.S. $1,000 and in any larger amount in integral multiples of $1,000 and (ii) if the Specified
Currency of this Note is a currency other than U.S. dollars (a Foreign Currency) or is a
composite currency, the equivalent in such Foreign Currency or composite currency determined in
accordance with the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) for such Foreign Currency or composite
currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the Operating Partnership
accepts an offer to purchase a Note, of U.S. $1,000 (rounded to an integral multiple of 1,000 units
of the Foreign Currency or composite currency), and in any larger amount in integral multiples of
1,000 units.
If this is a Global Note representing Book-Entry Notes, this Note may be transferred or
exchanged only through DTC. In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture, if this is a Certificated Note, it may be transferred or exchanged, without charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in relation thereto, for other Notes of
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the
Operating Partnership in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York, or, at the option of the
Holder, such office or agency, if any, maintained by the Operating Partnership in the city in which
the principal executive offices of the Operating Partnership are located or the city in which the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located.
The principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note is payable by the Operating
Partnership in the Specified Currency.
If this Note is denominated in a Foreign Currency, in the event that the Foreign Currency is
not available for payment at a time at which any payment is required hereunder due to the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Operating
Partnership or is no longer used by the government of the
country issuing such currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions
within the international banking community, the Operating Partnership may, in full satisfaction of
its obligation to make such payment, make instead a payment in an equivalent amount of U.S.
dollars, determined by the Exchange Rate Agent, as specified on the face hereof, on the basis of
the Market Exchange Rate for such Foreign Currency on the second Business Day prior to such payment
date or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently
available Market Exchange Rate; provided, however, that if such Specified Currency is replaced by a
single European currency, the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
this Note denominated in such currency shall be effected in the new single European currency in
conformity with legally applicable measures taken pursuant to, or by virtue of, the treaty
establishing the European Community, as amended by the treaty on European Unity. The Market
Exchange Rate for the Specified Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York
for cable transfers for the Specified Currency as certified for customs purposes by (or if not so
certified, as otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made
under such circumstances in U.S. dollars or a new single European currency where the required
payment is in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars or such single European currency,
respectively, will not constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture).
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and if such composite currency is
unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of
the Operating Partnership, then the Operating Partnership will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of this Note by making such payment in U.S. dollars. The amount of each
payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent
of the composite currency in U.S. dollars. The component currencies of the composite currency for
this purpose (collectively, the Component Currencies and each, a Component Currency) shall be
the currency amounts that were components of the composite currency as of the last day on which the
composite currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency in U.S. dollars shall be
calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalents of the Component Currencies. The U.S. dollar
equivalent of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on
the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency, or
as otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or
subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a
single currency, the amounts of those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an
amount in such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is divided into two or
more currencies, the amount of the original Component Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of
such two or more currencies, the sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at its sole
discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding
on the Holder of this Note.
If a Redemption Commencement Date is specified on the face hereof, this Note may be redeemed,
whether or not any other Note is concurrently redeemed, at the option of the Operating Partnership,
in whole, or from time to time in part, on any Business Day on or after such Redemption
Commencement Date and prior to the Maturity Date, upon mailing by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the actual
date of redemption (Redemption Date), to the Holder of this Note at such Holders address
appearing in the Security Register, as provided in the Indenture (provided that, if the Holder of
this Note is a Depository or a nominee of a Depository, notice of such redemption shall be given in
accordance with any applicable provisions of such written agreement between the Operating
Partnership, the Trustee and such Depository (or its nominee) as may be in effect from time to
time), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together in each case with interest accrued to
the Redemption Date (subject to the right of the Holder of record on a Regular Record Date to
receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date). The Redemption Price shall be equal to (i)
the Initial Redemption Percentage specified on the face of this Note, as adjusted downward on each
anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual Redemption Price Reduction, if any,
specified on the face hereof, multiplied by (ii) the unpaid Principal Amount of this Note to be
redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, and of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Optional Repayment Date(s) is specified on the face hereof, this Note will be subject to
repayment by the Operating Partnership at the option of the Holder hereof on such Optional
Repayment Date(s), in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or other increments specified
on the face hereof (as long as any remaining principal is at least $1,000 or another specified
minimum denomination), at the Repayment Price specified on the face hereof, together with unpaid
interest accrued hereon to the date of repayment (Repayment Date). For this Note to be repaid,
this Note must be received, together with the form hereon entitled Option to Elect Repayment duly
completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York,
New York 10005 (or at such other address of which the Operating Partnership shall from time to time
designate and notify Holders of the Notes) at least 30 but not more than 60 days prior to the
Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder hereof will be irrevocable. In
the event of repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion
hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If this is a Global Note representing Book-Entry Notes, only the Depository may exercise the
repayment option in respect of this Note. Accordingly, if this is a Global Security representing
Book-Entry Notes and the beneficial owner desires to have all or any portion of the Book-Entry Note
represented by this Global Security repaid, the beneficial owner must instruct the participant
through which he owns his interest to direct the Depository to exercise the repayment option on his
behalf by delivering this Note and duly completed election form to the Trustee as aforesaid.
If this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note, as specified on the face hereof, the amount
payable to the Holder of this Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of
maturity will be equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (increased by
any accruals of the Discount, as defined below) multiplied, in the event of any redemption or
repayment of this Note (if applicable), by the Redemption Price or Repayment Price, as the case may
be, and (ii) any unpaid interest on this Note accrued from the Original Issue Date to the
Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The
difference between the Issue Price, as specified on the face hereof, and 100% of the principal
amount of this Note is referred to herein as the Discount.
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any Redemption Date,
Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of this Note, such Discount will be accrued so
as to cause the yield on the Note to be constant. The constant yield will be calculated using a
30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as
defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates (with ratable
accruals within a compounding period) and an assumption that the maturity of this Note will not be
accelerated. If the period from the Original Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date (the
Initial Period) is shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of
the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than
the compounding period, then such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a
short period, with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.
In case a default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be continuing with respect to
the Notes, the principal amount of all Notes then outstanding under the Indenture may be declared
or may become due and payable upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. The Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be annulled by
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding.
To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Indenture, the Operating Partnership may
enter into one or more supplements to the Indenture for the purpose of modifying or altering the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Notes, for the limited purposes described in the
Indenture.
To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Indenture, the Operating Partnership may
enter into one or more supplements to the Indenture for the purpose of modifying or altering the
rights and obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Holders of the Securities (as defined
in the Indenture) with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of all Outstanding Securities (as defined in the Indenture) of any series affected, evidenced as
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for legal defeasance and covenant defeasance with respect to
the Notes, in each case, upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to the Notes.
The Operating Partnership, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent and any
Security registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof
(whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or other
writing hereon by anyone other than the Operating Partnership or any Security registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof (and premium, if any), and
interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and none of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee, an
Authenticating Agent, a paying agent nor the Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability
upon this Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture or of this
Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, partner, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or of any successor entity, either directly or through the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that the Indenture and this Note are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by the incorporators, partners,
stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or of
any successor entity, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the
Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the
Indenture or this Note or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either
at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, or any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, partner, stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of
the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or this Note or implied therefrom,
are, by acceptance of this Note, hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as
consideration for, the issue of this Note. In the event of any sale or transfer of its assets and
liabilities substantially as an entirety to a successor entity, the predecessor entity may be
dissolved and liquidated as more fully set forth in the Indenture.
All U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from calculations referred to in this Note shall
be rounded to the nearest cent (with one half cent being rounded upwards).
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
PARENT GUARANTEE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby, jointly and severally with the Subsidiary
Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the accompanying Series C
Medium-Term Note (the Note) issued by AMB Property, L.P. (the Operating Partnership) under an
Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as
of August 10, 2006 (herein collectively called the Indenture), among the Operating Partnership,
AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation and sole general partner of the Operating
Partnership (the Guarantor), and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), (a) the full
and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on such Note when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date (as defined in the Note), by acceleration, by
redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of the interest on such
Note when and as the same shall become due and payable, according to the terms of such Note and of
the Indenture. In case of the failure of the Operating Partnership punctually to pay any such
principal, premium or interest, the undersigned hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, upon
acceleration, by redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the
Operating Partnership. The undersigned hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Subsidiary
Guarantors, if any, that its obligations hereunder shall be as principal and not merely as surety,
and shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected, modified or impaired by the
following: (a) the failure to give notice to the Guarantors of the occurrence of an Event of
Default under the Indenture; (b) the waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release or
termination of the payment, performance or observance by the Operating Partnership or the
Guarantors of any or all of the obligations, covenants or agreements of either of them contained in
the Indenture or any Note; (c) the acceleration, extension or any other changes in the time for
payment of any principal of or interest or any premium on any Note or for any other payment under
the Indenture or of the time for performance of any other obligations, covenants or agreements
under or arising out of the Indenture or any Note; (d) the modification or amendment (whether
material or otherwise) of any obligation, covenant or agreement set forth in the Indenture or any
Note; (e) the taking or the omission of any of the actions referred to in the Indenture and in any
of the actions under any Note; (f) any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the Trustee
to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on the Trustee in the
Indenture, or any other action or acts on the part of the Trustee or any of the Holders from time
to time of any Note; (g) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition with creditors or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings affecting
the Guarantors or the Operating Partnership or any of the assets of any of them, or any allegation
or contest of the validity of this Parent Guarantee in any such proceeding; (h) to the extent
permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Guarantors from the
performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture; (i)
to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Operating
Partnership from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture; (j) the default or failure of the Operating Partnership or the Trustee fully to
perform any of its obligations set forth in the Indenture or any Note; (k) the invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of the Indenture or any Note or any part of any thereof; (l) any
judicial or governmental action affecting the Operating Partnership or any Note or consent or
indulgence granted to the Operating Partnership by the Holders or by the Trustee; or (m) the
recovery of any judgment against the Operating Partnership or any action to enforce the same or any
other circumstance which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
The undersigned hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a
court in the event of merger, sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets,
insolvency or bankruptcy of any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, any right to require a
proceeding first against any other Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, protest or notice with
respect to such Note or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and
covenants that this Parent Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in such Note and in this Parent Guarantee.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Parent Guarantee or of such
Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the undersigned, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the full and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on the Note.
THIS PARENT GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
This Parent Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication on the Note shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred
to above by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. The validity and
enforceability of this Parent Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to
any particular Note.
An Event of Default under the Indenture or any Note shall constitute an event of default under
this Parent Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holder of the Note to accelerate the obligations of
the undersigned hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the
Operating Partnership.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Parent Guarantee to the contrary, the undersigned
hereby waives any claims or other rights which it may now have or hereafter acquire against any
other Guarantor or the Operating Partnership that arise from the existence or performance of its
obligations under this Parent Guarantee (all such claims and rights are referred to as Guarantors
Conditional Rights), including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, or indemnification, any right to participate in any claim or remedy
against any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, whether or not such claim, remedy or right
arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, by any payment made hereunder or
otherwise, including without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Guarantor or the
Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by setoff or in any
other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. The undersigned hereby
agrees not to exercise any rights which may be acquired by way of contribution under this Parent
Guarantee or any other agreement, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the right to take or receive from any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash
or other property or by setoff or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such
contribution rights. If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any amount shall be paid to the
undersigned on account of the Guarantors Conditional Rights and either (i) such amount is paid to
such undersigned party at any time when the indebtedness shall not have been paid or performed in
full, or (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to such undersigned party, any payment made by
any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership to a Holder that is at any time determined to be a
Preferential Payment (as defined below), then such amount paid to the undersigned shall be held in
trust for the benefit of such Holder and shall forthwith be paid such Holder to be credited and
applied upon the indebtedness, whether matured or unmatured. Any such payment is herein referred
to as a Preferential Payment to the extent any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership makes any
payment to such Holder in connection with the Note, and any or all of such payment is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid or paid
over to a trustee, receiver or any other entity, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise.
To the extent that any of the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall not be
enforceable, the undersigned agrees that until such time as the indebtedness has been paid and
performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by any
Guarantor, the Operating Partnership or the undersigned to a Holder may be determined to be a
Preferential Payment, Guarantors Conditional Rights to the extent not validly waived shall be
subordinate to Holders right to full payment and performance of the indebtedness and the
undersigned shall not enforce any of Guarantors Conditional Rights until such time as the
indebtedness has been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which
any payment made by any Guarantor, the Operating Partnership or the undersigned to Holders may be
determined to be a Preferential Payment.
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holder of the Note and to the Trustee pursuant to
this Parent Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 14 of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of this Parent Guarantee and all of
the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Parent Guarantee relates.
Capitalized terms used in this Parent Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Parent Guarantee to be duly executed.
Dated:
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AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee, including postal zip code of assignee)
this Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing:
Attorney, to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
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Dated:
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The signature(s) on this Assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written upon
the face of this Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby requests and irrevocably instructs the Operating Partnership to repay
the within Note on the Optional Repayment Date specified on the face hereof occurring at least 30
but not more than 60 days after the date of receipt of the within Note by the Trustee at its
corporate trust office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005 (or at such other
addresses of which the Operating Partnership shall notify the registered holders of the Note of
this series).
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In whole
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In part equal to $
(must be a whole multiple of $1,000 and
the remaining principal amount must be at least $1,000; or if the Note is denominated
in a Foreign Currency or composite currency, rounded integrals of 1,000 units of the
Foreign Currency or composite currency and the remaining principal amount must be at
least 1,000 units of the Foreign Currency or composite currency)
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at a price equal to the Repayment Price, determined in accordance with the terms of the Note.
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Signature:
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The signature on this Option to Elect
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Repayment must correspond with the
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name as written upon the face of the
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within instrument in every particular
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without alteration or enlargement or any
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change whatever.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
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TEN COMas tenants in common
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
EXHIBIT B
(FACE OF NOTE)
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
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UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY,
A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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EURIBOR
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Federal Funds Rate
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LIBOR
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Designated LIBOR Page:
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LIBOR Reuters Page:
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Prime Rate
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Treasury Rate
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Other (see attached)
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Index Maturity:
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Daily
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5 Year
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1 Month
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7 Year
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3 Months
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10 Year
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6 Months
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20 Year
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1 Year
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30 Year
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2 Year
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Other
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3 Year
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Spread:
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Basis Points
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and /or
Spread Multiplier
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Interest Reset Frequency:
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Daily
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Monthly
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Weekly
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Quarterly
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Semi-annually during the months of:
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Annually during the month of
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Initial Interest Reset Date:
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Interest Determination Date(s):
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Redemption:
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The Note cannot be redeemed prior to
maturity
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The Note may be redeemed at the option of the
Operating Partnership prior to maturity
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Redemption Commencement Date:
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Initial Redemption Percentage:
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%
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Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:
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%
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Repayment:
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The Note cannot be repaid prior to maturity
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The Note may be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the Holder of the Note
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Optional Repayment Date(s):
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Interest Category:
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Regular Floating Rate Note
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Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
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Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
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Inverse Floating Rate Note
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Discount Notes:
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Yes
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No
Addendum Attached:
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Yes
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No
Other/Additional Provisions:
AMB Property, L.P.
, a Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter called the Operating
Partnership, which term includes any successor under the Indenture referred to below), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Holder specified on the face hereof or
registered assigns (Holder), upon presentation and surrender of this Note, on the Maturity Date
specified on the face hereof (except to the extent repaid or redeemed prior to the Maturity Date)
the Principal Amount specified on the face hereof in the Specified Currency specified on the face
hereof, and to pay interest thereon at the Initial Interest Rate per annum specified on the face
hereof until the Initial Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof and, thereafter, at the
rate determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof, depending on the Interest
Rate Basis specified on the face hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available
for payment.
The Operating Partnership will pay interest (other than defaulted interest) on each Interest
Payment Date, (as defined below) commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding
the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof, to the person who is the Holder of this Note
on the applicable Regular Record Date (as defined below); provided that if the Original Issue Date
occurs between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the Operating Partnership will
make the first payment of interest on the Interest Payment Date following the next Regular Record
Date to the registered owner on that Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified on the face
hereof, the Regular Record Date with respect to this Note shall be the fifteenth calendar day
immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date or Dates, whether or not such date shall be
a Business Day (as defined below).
The Operating Partnership will pay interest due on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date (as
defined on the reverse hereof) or Repayment Date (as defined on the reverse hereof), as applicable,
to the same person to whom it is paying the principal amount; provided that if the Operating
Partnership would have made a regular interest payment on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment Date, as the case may be, it will make that regular interest payment to the Holder as of
the applicable Regular Record Date, even if it is not the same person to whom it is paying the
principal amount.
Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (Defaulted Interest) will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on any Regular Record Date, and shall be paid, at the
election of the Operating Partnership, to either (i) to the Holder at the close of business on a
special record date (the Special Record Date) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee (as defined on the reverse hereof), notice whereof shall be given to the
Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date
or (ii) at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, all as more fully provided for in the Indenture.
Unless specified on the face hereof, payments of interest on this Note with respect to any
Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable, will
include interest accrued from and including each immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or
from and including the Original Date of Issue if no interest has been paid or duly provided for),
to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as
the case may be. However, in case the interest rate on this Note is reset daily or weekly, unless
otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest payments will include interest accrued only
from, but excluding, the Regular Record Date through which interest has been paid (or from and
including the Original Issue Date, if no interest has been paid with respect to this Note) through
and including the Regular Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, except
that the interest payment on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as applicable,
will include interest accrued to, but excluding, the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment
Date, as the case may be.
Payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note on any day, if the
Holder of this Note is DTC (or its nominee or other depository, a Depository), will be made in
accordance with any applicable provisions of such written agreement between the Operating
Partnership, the Trustee and the Depository (or its nominee) as may be in effect from time to time.
Otherwise payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note on any day shall
be payable and this Note may be surrendered for the registration of transfer or exchange at the
corporate trust office of the Trustee at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005,
unless the Holder of this Note is notified otherwise; provided, however, that at the option of the
Operating Partnership, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Operating Partnerships Security Register or by wire
transfer, if proper wire instructions are on file with the Trustee or are received at presentment,
to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States. Unless the Holder of this Note
is notified otherwise, the
place where notices or demands to or upon the Operating Partnership in respect of this Note
and the Indenture may be served shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 100 Wall
Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005.
To receive payment of a U.S. dollar denominated Note upon redemption (if applicable) or at
maturity, a Holder must make presentation and surrender of such Note on or before the Redemption
Date or Maturity Date, as applicable. To receive payment of a Note denominated in a Foreign
Currency (as defined on the reverse hereof) or composite currency upon redemption or at maturity, a
Holder must make presentation and surrender of such Note not less than two Business Days prior to
the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as applicable. Upon presentation and surrender of a Note
denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency at any time after the date two Business
Days prior to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as applicable, the Operating Partnership will
pay the principal amount (and premium, if any) of such Note, and any interest due upon redemption
or at maturity (unless the Redemption Date or Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date), two
Business Days after such presentation and surrender.
For procedures relating to the receipt of payment upon repayment, if applicable, see the
reverse hereof.
The Calculation Agent (which shall be U.S. Bank National Association unless otherwise
specified on the face hereof, and which may be changed by the Operating Partnership from time to
time) will generally determine the Initial Interest Rate as if the Original Issue Date of the Note
were an Interest Reset Date. The Interest Reset Dates and Interest Payment Dates, each specified
on the face hereof, are determined by the frequency with which the interest rate resents (the
Interest Reset Frequency). Interest will be payable, in the case of Notes which reset daily,
weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of each March,
June, September and December of each year, as specified on the face hereof; in the case of Notes
which reset quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year;
in the case of Notes which reset semi-annually, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each
year specified on the face hereof; and in the case of Notes which reset annually, on the third
Wednesday of the month specified on the face hereof (each an Interest Payment Date), and in each
case, on the Maturity Date.
The Calculation Agent will compute the interest for each day in the applicable interest period
by dividing the interest rate applicable to each such day by (i) 360 in the case of CD Rate Notes,
Commercial Paper Rate Notes, EURIBOR Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes or Prime Rate
Notes, or (ii) by the actual number of days in the year in the case of CMT Rate Notes or Treasury
Rate Notes. The interest factor for Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with reference
to two or more Interest Rate Bases (as described below) will be calculated in each period in the
same manner as if only the lowest of the applicable Interest Rates Bases applied.
Except as specified on the face hereof, the Interest Reset Frequency on this Note will be
daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, as specified on the face hereof.
Except as specified on the face hereof, if this Note resets daily, the Interest Reset Date will be
each Business Day; if this Note resets weekly, the Interest Reset Date will be the Wednesday of
each week (with the exception of weekly reset Treasury Rate Notes, which reset Tuesday of each week
except as provided below); if this Note resets monthly, the Interest Reset Date will be the third
Wednesday of each month; if this Note resets quarterly, the Interest Reset Date will be the third
Wednesday of each March, June, September and December of each year; if this Note resets
semi-annually, the Interest Reset Date will be the third Wednesday of each of the two months of
each year specified on the face hereof; and if this Note resets annually, the Interest Reset Date
will be the third Wednesday of the month of each year as specified on the face hereof.
The interest rate in effect on each day that is not an Interest Reset Date will be the
interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date (as specified on the face hereof)
pertaining to the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date and the interest rate in effect on any
day that is an Interest Reset Date will be the interest rate determined as of the Interest
Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest
rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset
Date will be the Initial Interest Rate; provided, further, that if this Note is a Floating
Rate/Fixed Rate Note the interest rate in effect for the period commencing on the Fixed Rate
Commencement Date specified on the face hereof to the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest
Rate specified on the face hereof or, if no interest rate is specified, the interest rate in effect
on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest
Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that in the
case of a LIBOR Note or a Note for which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and such
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date will be the
immediately preceding Business Day. In addition, if the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest
Rate Basis and an auction falls on the day that would be an Interest Reset Date, then the Interest
Reset Date will be postponed to the first Business Day after the auction.
If an Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date)
for this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date will be
postponed to the next Business Day. However, if the postponement would cause the Interest Payment
Date for a LIBOR-based or a EURIBOR-based Note to be in the next calendar month, the Interest
Payment Date will be moved to the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date or
Redemption Date or Repayment Date, if any, for a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day,
principal and interest will be paid on the next Business Day; provided that interest on the payment
will not accrue for the period from the original Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption
Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be, to the date of such payment on the next Business Day.
Business Day as used herein means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (a) that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law
or regulation to close (x) in The City of New York or (y) for notes denominated in a specified
currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or euro, in the principal financial center of
the country of the specified currency or (z) for notes denominated in Australian dollars, in
Sydney, and (b) for notes denominated in euro, that is also a day on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System, which is commonly referred to as
TARGET, is operating.
The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate on this Note on or before each
Calculation Date (as defined below) and, upon request, provide the Holder of this Note the interest
rate (the Floating Interest Rate) then in effect and, if different, the Floating Interest Rate
which will become effective as a result of a determination made for the next Interest Reset Date
with respect to this Note. The Calculation Agents determination of any Floating Interest Rate
will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. Unless otherwise specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto, the Calculation Date, where applicable, pertaining to any
Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of (a) the tenth calendar day after such
Determination Date, or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or
(b) the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date,
as the case may be.
Interest on this Note will be calculated by reference to the Interest Rate Basis or Bases,
specified on the face hereof, (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof,
and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof. The Interest
Rate Basis may be one or more of: (1) the CD Rate, (2) the CMT Rate, (3) the Commercial Paper
Rate, (4) EURIBOR, (5) the Federal Funds Rate, (6) LIBOR, (7) the Treasury Rate, (8) the Prime Rate
or (9) such other Interest Rate Basis or interest rate formula as is specified on the face hereof.
The Index Maturity is the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation with respect to
which the related Interest Rate Basis or Bases are calculated. Except as otherwise provided
herein, all percentages resulting from any interest rate calculation will be rounded, if necessary,
to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a
percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or
.0987655)), and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation with be rounded
to the nearest cent or, in the case of a foreign currency or composite currency, to the nearest
unit (with one-half cent being rounded upward).
Notwithstanding the other provisions herein, the Floating Interest Rate hereon which may
accrue during any interest period shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or
less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, each as set forth on the face hereof, and, in
addition, the Floating Interest Rate shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by
New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:
(i) Unless the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof as a
Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note or an Inverse Floating Rate Note, this Note shall be
designated as a Regular Floating Rate Note and, except as set forth below or on the face
hereof, shall bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread,
if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified on
the face hereof. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest
on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Rate Date specified on the
face hereof; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any,
from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial
Interest Rate.
(ii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof as a
Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note, then, except as set forth below or on the face hereof, this
Note shall bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate
Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread
Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date;
provided, however, that (y) the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the
Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate
and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement
Date specified on the face hereof to the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate
specified on the face hereof or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the interest
rate in effect hereon on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
(iii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof as an
Inverse Floating Rate Note, then, except as set forth below or on the face hereof, this
Note shall bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate minus the rate determined by reference
to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or
(b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified on the face hereof, the interest rate hereon shall not be less than zero.
Commencing on the Initial Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note shall be
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest
rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest
Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
Determination of CD Rate.
CD rate means, for any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for negotiable
certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected
Interest Rates, or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (H.15(519)) under the heading CDs (Secondary Market).
The following procedures will be followed if the CD rate cannot be determined as described
above:
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If the above rate is not published in H.15(519) by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the Calculation Date, the CD rate will be the rate on that Interest Determination Date
set forth in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the world wide website of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at
http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication,
which is commonly referred to as the H.15 Daily Update, for the Interest
Determination Date for certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof, under the caption CDs (Secondary Market).
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If the above rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update
by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Calculation Agent will
determine the CD rate to be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates
as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date of three
leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City
of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Operating
Partnership, for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money center
banks of the highest credit standing in the market for negotiable certificates of
deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at
that time.
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If the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above,
the CD rate will remain the CD rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset
Period, or, if there was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be
the Initial Interest Rate.
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Determination of CMT Rate.
The CMT rate means, for any Interest Determination Date, the rate displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page, as defined below, under the caption ... Treasury Constant Maturities
... Federal Reserve Board Release H.15(519)... Mondays Approximately 3:00 p.m., under the column
for the Designated CMT Maturity Index, as defined below, for:
(1) the rate on that Interest Determination Date, if the Designated CMT Telerate Page
is 7051; and
(2) the week or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which
the related Interest Determination Date occurs, if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052.
The following procedures will be followed if the CMT rate cannot be determined as described
above:
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If that rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT rate will
be the Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as
published in the relevant H.15(519).
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If the rate described in the immediately preceding sentence is no longer published,
or if not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
then the CMT rate will be the Treasury Constant Maturity rate for the Designated CMT
Maturity Index or other United States Treasury rate for the Designated CMT Maturity
Index on the Interest Determination Date as may then be published by either the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the
Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly
displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the relevant H.15(519).
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If the information described in the immediately preceding sentence is not provided
by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Calculation
Agent will determine the CMT rate to be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic
mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Interest Determination Date, reported, according to their
written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers,
which is referred to as a reference dealer, in The City of New York, which may
include an agent or other affiliates of ours, selected by the Calculation Agent as
described in the following sentence. The Calculation Agent will select five reference
dealers, after consultation with the Operating Partnership, and will eliminate the
highest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the highest, and the lowest
quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest, for the most recently issued
direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States, which are commonly
referred to as Treasury notes, with an original maturity of approximately the
Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity of not less than that
Designated CMT Maturity Index minus one year. If two Treasury notes with an original
maturity as described above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the
Designated CMT Maturity Index, the quotes for the Treasury note with the shorter
remaining term to maturity will be used.
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If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three Treasury notes quotations as described
in the immediately preceding sentence, the Calculation Agent will determine the CMT
rate to be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market
offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Interest
Determination Date of three reference dealers in The City of New York, selected using
the same method described in the immediately preceding sentence, for Treasury notes
with an original maturity equal to the number of years closest to but not less than the
Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity closest to the
Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at least $100,000,000.
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If three or four (and not five) of the reference dealers are quoting as described
above, then the CMT rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the offer prices
obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of those quotes will be eliminated.
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If fewer than three reference dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting
as described above, the CMT rate will be the CMT rate for the immediately preceding
Interest Reset Period, or, if there was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest
payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.
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Designated CMT Telerate Page means the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc., or any successor
service, on the page designated on the face hereof or any other page as may replace that page on
that service for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519).
If no page is specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page will be 7052, or its
successor, for the most recent week.
Designated CMT Maturity Index means the original period to maturity of the U.S. Treasury
securities, which is either one, two, three, five, seven, ten, 20 or 30 years, specified on the
face hereof for which the CMT rate will be calculated. If no maturity is specified on the face
hereof, the Designated CMT Maturity Index will be two years.
Determination of Commercial Paper Rate.
The commercial paper rate means, for any Interest Determination Date, the money market
yield, calculated as described below, of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the
Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, as that rate is published in H.15(519), under the
heading Commercial Paper Nonfinancial.
The following procedures will be followed if the commercial paper rate cannot be determined as
described above:
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If the above rate is not published by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date, then the commercial paper rate will be the money market yield of the
rate on that Interest Determination Date for commercial paper of the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof as published in the H.15 Daily Update under the heading
Commercial Paper Nonfinancial.
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If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on that Calculation Date the rate is not yet
published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation Agent will
determine the commercial paper rate to be the money market yield of the arithmetic mean
of the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that Interest
Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Operating Partnership,
for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, placed for an
industrial issuer whose bond rating is AA, or the equivalent, from a nationally
recognized statistical rating agency.
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If the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above,
the commercial paper rate for that Interest Determination Date will remain the
commercial paper rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period, or, if there
was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest
Rate.
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The money market yield will be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula
and expressed as a percentage:
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Money Market Yield =
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where D refers to the applicable per year rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount
basis and expressed as a decimal and M refers to the actual number of days in the interest period
for which interest is being calculated.
EURIBOR Notes
EURIBOR means, for any Interest Determination Date, the rate for deposits in euros as
sponsored, calculated and published jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI The
Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of
compiling and publishing those rates, for the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as that
rate appears on the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc., or any successor
service, on page 248 or any other page as may replace page 248 on that service, which is
commonly referred to as Telerate Page 248, as of 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time).
The following procedures will be followed if the rate cannot be determined as described above:
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If the above rate does not appear, the Calculation Agent will request the principal
Euro-zone office of each of four major banks in the Euro-zone interbank market, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Operating Partnership,
to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered rate for deposits in euros, at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the interest determination date, to prime
banks in the Euro-zone interbank market for the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof on the applicable Interest Reset Date, and in a principal amount not less than
the equivalent of U.S.$1 million in euro that is representative of a single transaction
in euro, in that market at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations.
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If fewer than two quotations are provided, EURIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of
the rates quoted by four major banks in the Euro-zone, as selected by the Calculation
Agent, after consultation with the Operating Partnership, at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(Brussels time), on the applicable Interest Reset Date for loans in euro to leading
European banks for a period of time equivalent to the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof commencing on that Interest Reset Date in a principal amount not less than
the equivalent of U.S.$1 million in euro.
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If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
the previous bullet point, the EURIBOR rate in effect for the applicable period will be
the same as EURIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period, or, if there
was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest will be the Initial Interest Rate.
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Euro-zone means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt the
single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by
the treaty on European Union.
Determination of Federal Funds Rate.
The federal funds rate means, for any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for
federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading Federal Funds (Effective) as displayed
on Bridge Telerate, Inc., or any successor service, on page 120 or any other page as may replace
the applicable page on that service, which is commonly referred to as Telerate Page 120.
The following procedures will be followed if the federal funds rate cannot be determined as
described above:
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If the above rate is not published by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date, the federal funds rate will be the rate on that Interest
Determination Date as published in the H.15 Daily Update under the heading Federal
Funds/Effective Rate.
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If that rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Calculation Agent will
determine the federal funds rate to be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight federal funds by each of three leading brokers of federal
funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after
consultation with the Operating Partnership, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time,
on that Interest Determination Date.
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If the brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above,
the federal funds rate relating to that Interest Determination Date will remain the
federal funds rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period, or, if there
was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest
Rate.
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Determination of LIBOR.
The Calculation Agent will determine LIBOR for each Interest Determination Date as follows:
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As of the Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be either:
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if LIBOR Reuters is specified on the face hereof, the arithmetic mean of the
offered rates for deposits in the index currency having the Index Maturity designated
on the face hereof, commencing on the second London banking day immediately following
that Interest Determination Date, that appear on the Designated LIBOR Page, as defined
below, as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at least
two offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR Page; except that if the specified
Designated LIBOR Page, by its terms provides only for a single rate, that single rate
will be used; or
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if LIBOR Telerate is specified on the face hereof, the rate for deposits in the
index currency having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on
the second London banking day immediately following that Interest Determination Date
or, if pounds sterling is the index currency, commencing on that Interest Determination
Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on that Interest Determination Date.
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If (1) fewer than two offered rates appear and LIBOR Reuters is specified on the
face hereof, or (2) no rate appears and the face hereof specifies either (x) LIBOR
Telerate or (y) LIBOR Reuters and the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides
only for a single rate, then the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as
selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Operating Partnership, to
provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the index
currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof commencing
on the second London banking day immediately following the Interest Determination Date
or, if pounds sterling is the index currency, commencing on that Interest Determination
Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on that Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is
representative of a single transaction in that index currency in that market at that
time.
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If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on that Interest
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations. If fewer than two
quotations are provided, LIBOR will be determined for the applicable interest reset
date as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, or some other time specified on the face hereof, in the applicable principal
financial center for the country of the index currency on that interest reset date, by
three major banks in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent,
after consultation with the Operating Partnership, for loans in the index currency to
leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof and in a
principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in that index currency
in that market at that time.
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If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
the previous bullet point, LIBOR in effect for the applicable period will be the same
as LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period, or, if there was no
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.
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The index currency means the currency specified on the face hereof as the currency for which
LIBOR will be calculated, or, if the euro is substituted for that currency, the index currency will
be the euro. If that currency is not specified on the face hereof, the index currency will be U.S.
dollars.
Designated LIBOR Page means either (a) if LIBOR Reuters is designated on the face hereof,
the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service, or any successor service, on the page
specified on the face hereof (or any other page as may replace the page on the service) for the
purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the applicable index currency,
or (b) if LIBOR Telerate is designated on the face hereof or neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR
Telerate is designated on the face hereof, the display on Bridge Telerate Inc., or any successor
service, on the page specified on the face hereof, or any other page as may replace that page
on that service, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable index currency.
Determination of Prime Rate.
The prime rate means, for any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date as
published in H.15(519) under the heading Bank Prime Loan.
The following procedures will be followed if the prime rate cannot be determined as described
above:
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If the rate is not published prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date, then the prime rate will be the rate on that Interest Determination
Date as published in H.15 Daily Update under the heading Bank Prime Loan.
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If the rate is not published prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation
Agent will determine the prime rate to be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest
publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page, as
defined below, as that banks prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for that
Interest Determination Date.
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If fewer than four rates appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page for that
Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the prime rate to be
the arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days
in the year divided by 360 as of the close of business on that Interest Determination
Date by at least three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent, after consultation with the Operating Partnership.
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If the banks selected are not quoting as mentioned above, the prime rate will remain
the prime rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period, or, if there was no
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.
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Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page means the display designated as page USPRIME 1 on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service, or any successor service, or any other page as may replace the
USPRIME 1 Page on that service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of
major United States banks.
Determination of Treasury Rate.
Treasury rate means:
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the rate from the auction held on the applicable Interest Determination Date, which
is referred to as the auction, of direct obligations of the United States, which are
commonly referred to as Treasury Bills, having the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof as that rate appears under the caption INVESTMENT RATE on the display on
Bridge Telerate, Inc., or any successor service, on page 56 or any other page as may
replace page 56 on that service, which is referred to as Telerate Page 56, or page 57
or any other page as may replace page 57 on that service, which is referred to as
Telerate Page 57, or
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if the rate described in the first bullet point is not published by 3:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Calculation Date, the bond equivalent yield of the rate for the
applicable Treasury Bills as published in the H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the
caption U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High, or
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if the rate described in the second bullet point is not published by 3:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the bond equivalent yield of the
auction rate of the applicable Treasury Bills, announced by the United States
Department of the Treasury, or
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in the event that the rate referred to in the third bullet point is not announced by
the United States Department of the Treasury, or if the auction is not held, the bond
equivalent yield of the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date of Treasury
Bills having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof published in H.15(519)
under the caption U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market, or
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if the rate referred to in the fourth bullet point is not so published by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the applicable
Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily
Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the
applicable rate, under the caption U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary
Market, or
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if the rate referred to in the fifth bullet point is not so published by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the applicable
Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the bond equivalent
yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately
3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, of three
primary United States government securities dealers, which may include the agent or its
affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a
remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, or
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if the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in the
sixth bullet point, the Treasury rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset
Period, or, if there was no Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable will be
the Initial Interest Rate.
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The bond equivalent yield means a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula
and expressed as a percentage:
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Bond Equivalent Yield =
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360 (D * M)
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where D refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount
basis, N refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and M refers to the actual number of days in
the interest period for which interest is being calculated.
The Operating Partnership will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection
with sending payments by wire transfer, but any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon
payments will be borne by the Holders of the Notes in respect of which payments are made.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof and, if so specified on the face hereof, in the Addendum hereto, which further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same force and effect as though fully set forth on the face hereof.
This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication
hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Addendum is attached hereto or Other/Additional
Provisions apply to this Note as specified on the face hereof, this Note shall be subject to the
terms set forth in such Addendum or such Other/Additional Provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Operating Partnership has caused this Instrument to be duly executed.
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Dated:
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AMB PROPERTY L.P.
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By: AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION,
as Sole General Partner
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By:
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated
and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
, as Trustee
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By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE)
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
(FLOATING RATE)
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Operating Partnership
(hereinafter called the Securities) of the series hereinafter specified, unlimited in aggregate
principal amount, all issued or to be issued under or pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 30,
1998, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 10, 2006 (herein
collectively called the Indenture), among the Operating Partnership, AMB Property Corporation, a
Maryland corporation and sole general partner of the Operating Partnership (the Guarantor), and
U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of
California, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee); to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a
specification of the rights and limitation of rights thereunder of the Holders of the Securities,
the rights and obligations thereunder of the Operating Partnership and the rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which
different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different
times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption or
repayment provisions (if any), may be subject to different covenants and defaults and may otherwise
vary as provided in the Indenture. This Note is one of a series designated as Series C
Medium-Term Notes (hereinafter referred to as the Notes) of the Operating Partnership, of up to
$500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. All terms used in this Note which are defined in the
Indenture and which are not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made a
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Notes are
subject to all such terms, and the Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a
statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of
the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Unless stated to the contrary on the face hereof, this Note is issuable only in registered
form without coupons in Book-Entry form represented by one or more global notes (each a Global
Note) recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depository. If specified on the face
hereof, this Note is issuable in certificated form issued to, and registered in the name of, the
beneficial owner or its nominee (a Certificated Note).
Unless a different minimum Authorized Denomination is set forth on the face hereof, this Note
is issuable in minimum denominations of (i) if the Specified Currency of this Note is U.S. dollars,
U.S. $1,000 and in any larger amount in integral multiples of $1,000 and (ii) if the Specified
Currency of this Note is a currency other than U.S. dollars (a Foreign Currency) or is a
composite currency, the equivalent in such Foreign Currency or composite currency determined in
accordance with the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) for such Foreign Currency or composite
currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the Operating Partnership
accepts an offer to purchase a Note, of U.S. $1,000 (rounded to an integral multiple of 1,000 units
of the Foreign Currency or composite currency), and in any larger amount in integral multiples of
1,000 units.
If this is a Global Note representing Book-Entry Notes, this Note may be transferred or
exchanged only through DTC. In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture, if this is a Certificated Note, it may be transferred or exchanged, without charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in relation thereto, for other Notes of
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the
Operating Partnership in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York, or, at the option of the
Holder, such office or agency, if any, maintained by the Operating Partnership in the city in which
the principal executive offices of the Operating Partnership are located or the city in which the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located.
The principal (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note is payable by the Operating
Partnership in the Specified Currency.
If this Note is denominated in a Foreign Currency, in the event that the Foreign Currency is
not available for payment at a time at which any payment is required hereunder due to the
imposition of exchange controls or
other circumstances beyond the control of the Operating Partnership or is no longer used by
the government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions within the international banking community, the Operating Partnership may, in full
satisfaction of its obligation to make such payment, make instead a payment in an equivalent amount
of U.S. dollars, determined by the Exchange Rate Agent, as specified on the face hereof, on the
basis of the Market Exchange Rate for such Foreign Currency on the second Business Day prior to
such payment date or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Market Exchange Rate; provided, however, that if such Specified Currency is
replaced by a single European currency, the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on this Note denominated in such currency shall be effected in the new single
European currency in conformity with legally applicable measures taken pursuant to, or by virtue
of, the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the treaty on European Unity.
The Market Exchange Rate for the Specified Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in The City
of New York for cable transfers for the Specified Currency as certified for customs purposes by (or
if not so certified, as otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment
made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars or a new single European currency where the required
payment is in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars or such single European currency,
respectively, will not constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture).
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and if such composite currency is
unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of
the Operating Partnership, then the Operating Partnership will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of this Note by making such payment in U.S. dollars. The amount of each
payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent
of the composite currency in U.S. dollars. The component currencies of the composite currency for
this purpose (collectively, the Component Currencies and each, a Component Currency) shall be
the currency amounts that were components of the composite currency as of the last day on which the
composite currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency in U.S. dollars shall be
calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalents of the Component Currencies. The U.S. dollar
equivalent of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on
the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency, or
as otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or
subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a
single currency, the amounts of those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an
amount in such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is divided into two or
more currencies, the amount of the original Component Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of
such two or more currencies, the sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at its sole
discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding
on the Holder of this Note.
If a Redemption Commencement Date is specified on the face hereof, this Note may be redeemed,
whether or not any other Note is concurrently redeemed, at the option of the Operating Partnership,
in whole, or from time to time in part, on any Business Day on or after such Redemption
Commencement Date and prior to the Maturity Date, upon mailing by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the actual
date of redemption (Redemption Date), to the Holder of this Note at such Holders address
appearing in the Security Register, as provided in the Indenture (provided that, if the Holder of
this Note is a Depository or a nominee of a Depository, notice of such redemption shall be given in
accordance with any applicable provisions of such written agreement between the Operating
Partnership, the Trustee and such Depository (or its nominee) as may be in effect from time to
time), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together in each case with interest accrued to
the Redemption Date (subject to the right of the Holder of record on a Regular Record Date to
receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date). The Redemption Price shall be equal to (i)
the Initial Redemption Percentage specified on the face of this Note, as adjusted downward on each
anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual Redemption Price Reduction, if any,
specified on the face hereof, multiplied by (ii) the unpaid Principal Amount of this Note to be
redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note
in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, and of like tenor, for the unredeemed
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Optional Repayment Date(s) is specified on the face hereof, this Note will be subject to
repayment by the Operating Partnership at the option of the Holder hereof on such Optional
Repayment Date(s), in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or other increments specified
on the face hereof (as long as any remaining principal is at least $1,000 or another specified
minimum denomination), at the Repayment Price specified on the face hereof, together with unpaid
interest accrued hereon to the date of repayment (Repayment Date). For this Note to be repaid,
this Note must be received, together with the form hereon entitled Option to Elect Repayment duly
completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York,
New York 10005 (or at such other address of which the Operating Partnership shall from time to time
designate and notify Holders of the Notes) at least 30 but not more than 60 days prior to the
Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder hereof will be irrevocable. In
the event of repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion
hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If this is a Global Note representing Book-Entry Notes, only the Depository may exercise the
repayment option in respect of this Note. Accordingly, if this is a Global Security representing
Book-Entry Notes and the beneficial owner desires to have all or any portion of the Book-Entry Note
represented by this Global Security repaid, the beneficial owner must instruct the participant
through which he owns his interest to direct the Depository to exercise the repayment option on his
behalf by delivering this Note and duly completed election form to the Trustee as aforesaid.
If this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note, as specified on the face hereof, the amount
payable to the Holder of this Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of
maturity will be equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (increased by
any accruals of the Discount, as defined below) multiplied, in the event of any redemption or
repayment of this Note (if applicable), by the Redemption Price or Repayment Price, as the case may
be, and (ii) any unpaid interest on this Note accrued from the Original Issue Date to the
Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The
difference between the Issue Price, as specified on the face hereof, and 100% of the principal
amount of this Note is referred to herein as the Discount.
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any Redemption Date,
Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of this Note, such Discount will be accrued so
as to cause the yield on the Note to be constant. The constant yield will be calculated using a
30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as
defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates (with ratable
accruals within a compounding period) and an assumption that the maturity of this Note will not be
accelerated. If the period from the Original Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date (the
Initial Period) is shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of
the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than
the compounding period, then such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a
short period, with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.
In case a default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be continuing with respect to
the Notes, the principal amount of all Notes then outstanding under the Indenture may be declared
or may become due and payable upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. The Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be annulled by
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding.
To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Indenture, the Operating Partnership may
enter into one or more supplements to the Indenture for the purpose of modifying or altering the
Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Notes, for the limited purposes described in the
Indenture.
To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Indenture, the Operating Partnership may
enter into one or more supplements to the Indenture for the purpose of modifying or altering the
rights and obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the Holders of the Securities (as defined in the Indenture) with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities (as defined in the Indenture) of any series affected, evidenced as provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for legal defeasance and covenant defeasance with respect to
the Notes, in each case, upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to the Notes.
The Operating Partnership, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent and any
Security registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof
(whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or other
writing hereon by anyone other than the Operating Partnership or any Security registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof (and premium, if any), and
interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and none of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee, an
Authenticating Agent, a paying agent nor the Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability
upon this Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture or of this
Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, partner, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or of any successor entity, either directly or through the
Operating Partnership or the Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that the Indenture and this Note are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by the incorporators, partners,
stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor or of
any successor entity, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the
Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the
Indenture or this Note or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either
at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, or any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, partner, stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of
the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or this Note or implied therefrom,
are, by acceptance of this Note, hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as
consideration for, the issue of this Note. In the event of any sale or transfer of its assets and
liabilities substantially as an entirety to a successor entity, the predecessor entity may be
dissolved and liquidated as more fully set forth in the Indenture.
All U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from calculations referred to in this Note shall
be rounded to the nearest cent (with one half cent being rounded upwards).
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
PARENT GUARANTEE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby, jointly and severally with the Subsidiary
Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the accompanying Series C
Medium-Term Note (the Note) issued by AMB Property, L.P. (the Operating Partnership) under an
Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as
of August 10, 2006 (herein collectively called the Indenture), among the Operating Partnership,
AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation and sole general partner of the Operating
Partnership (the Guarantor), and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), (a) the full
and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on such Note when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date (as defined in the Note), by acceleration, by
redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of the interest on such
Note when and as the same shall become due and payable, according to the terms of such Note and of
the Indenture. In case of the failure of the Operating Partnership punctually to pay any such
principal, premium or interest, the undersigned hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, upon
acceleration, by redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the
Operating Partnership. The undersigned hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Subsidiary
Guarantors, if any, that its obligations hereunder shall be as principal and not merely as surety,
and shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected, modified or impaired by the
following: (a) the failure to give notice to the Guarantors of the occurrence of an Event of
Default under the Indenture; (b) the waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release or
termination of the payment, performance or observance by the Operating Partnership or the
Guarantors of any or all of the obligations, covenants or agreements of either of them contained in
the Indenture or any Note; (c) the acceleration, extension or any other changes in the time for
payment of any principal of or interest or any premium on any Note or for any other payment under
the Indenture or of the time for performance of any other obligations, covenants or agreements
under or arising out of the Indenture or any Note; (d) the modification or amendment (whether
material or otherwise) of any obligation, covenant or agreement set forth in the Indenture or any
Note; (e) the taking or the omission of any of the actions referred to in the Indenture and in any
of the actions under any Note; (f) any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the Trustee
to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on the Trustee in the
Indenture, or any other action or acts on the part of the Trustee or any of the Holders from time
to time of any Note; (g) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition with creditors or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings affecting
the Guarantors or the Operating Partnership or any of the assets of any of them, or any allegation
or contest of the validity of this Parent Guarantee in any such proceeding; (h) to the extent
permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Guarantors from the
performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture; (i)
to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Operating
Partnership from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture; (j) the default or failure of the Operating Partnership or the Trustee fully to
perform any of its obligations set forth in the Indenture or any Note; (k) the invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of the Indenture or any Note or any part of any thereof; (l) any
judicial or governmental action affecting the Operating Partnership or any Note or consent or
indulgence granted to the Operating Partnership by the Holders or by the Trustee; or (m) the
recovery of any judgment against the Operating Partnership or any action to enforce the same or any
other circumstance which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
The undersigned hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a
court in the event of merger, sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets,
insolvency or bankruptcy of any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, any right to require a
proceeding first against any other Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, protest or notice with
respect to such Note or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and
covenants that this Parent Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in such Note and in this Parent Guarantee.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Parent Guarantee or of such
Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the undersigned, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the full and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on the Note.
THIS PARENT GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
This Parent Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication on the Note shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred
to above by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. The validity and
enforceability of this Parent Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to
any particular Note.
An Event of Default under the Indenture or any Note shall constitute an event of default under
this Parent Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holder of the Note to accelerate the obligations of
the undersigned hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the
Operating Partnership.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Parent Guarantee to the contrary, the undersigned
hereby waives any claims or other rights which it may now have or hereafter acquire against any
other Guarantor or the Operating Partnership that arise from the existence or performance of its
obligations under this Parent Guarantee (all such claims and rights are referred to as Guarantors
Conditional Rights), including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, or indemnification, any right to participate in any claim or remedy
against any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, whether or not such claim, remedy or right
arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, by any payment made hereunder or
otherwise, including without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Guarantor or the
Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by setoff or in any
other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. The undersigned hereby
agrees not to exercise any rights which may be acquired by way of contribution under this Parent
Guarantee or any other agreement, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the right to take or receive from any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash
or other property or by setoff or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such
contribution rights. If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any amount shall be paid to the
undersigned on account of the Guarantors Conditional Rights and either (i) such amount is paid to
such undersigned party at any time when the indebtedness shall not have been paid or performed in
full, or (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to such undersigned party, any payment made by
any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership to a Holder that is at any time determined to be a
Preferential Payment (as defined below), then such amount paid to the undersigned shall be held in
trust for the benefit of such Holder and shall forthwith be paid such Holder to be credited and
applied upon the indebtedness, whether matured or unmatured. Any such payment is herein referred
to as a Preferential Payment to the extent any Guarantor or the Operating Partnership makes any
payment to such Holder in connection with the Note, and any or all of such payment is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid or paid
over to a trustee, receiver or any other entity, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise.
To the extent that any of the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall not be
enforceable, the undersigned agrees that until such time as the indebtedness has been paid and
performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by any
Guarantor, the Operating Partnership or the undersigned to a Holder may be determined to be a
Preferential Payment, Guarantors Conditional Rights to the extent not validly waived shall be
subordinate to Holders right to full payment and performance of the indebtedness and the
undersigned shall not enforce any of Guarantors Conditional Rights until such time as the
indebtedness has been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which
any payment made by any Guarantor, the Operating Partnership or the undersigned to Holders may be
determined to be a Preferential Payment.
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holder of the Note and to the Trustee pursuant to
this Parent Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 14 of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of this Parent Guarantee and all of
the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Parent Guarantee relates.
Capitalized terms used in this Parent Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Parent Guarantee to be duly executed.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee, including postal zip code of assignee)
this Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing:
Attorney, to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
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The signature(s) on this Assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written upon
the face of this Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby requests and irrevocably instructs the Operating Partnership to repay
the within Note on the Optional Repayment Date specified on the face hereof occurring at least 30
but not more than 60 days after the date of receipt of the within Note by the Trustee at its
corporate trust office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005 (or at such other
addresses of which the Operating Partnership shall notify the Registered holders of the Note of
this series).
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In part equal to $
(must be a whole multiple of $1,000 and
the remaining principal amount must be at least $1,000; or if the Note is denominated
in a Foreign Currency or composite currency, rounded integrals of 1,000 units of the
Foreign Currency or composite currency and the remaining principal amount must be at
least 1,000 units of the Foreign Currency or composite currency)
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby jointly and severally with the Parent Guarantor
pursuant to the Parent Guarantee and any other Subsidiary Guarantors under their respective
Subsidiary Guarantees, unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the accompanying Series C Medium
Term Note (the
Note
), issued by AMB Property, L.P. (the
Operating Partnership
) under an
Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998, by and among the Operating Partnership, the Parent Guarantor
and the Predecessor Trustee (as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of
August 10, 2006, the
Indenture
), (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, on such Note when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Maturity
Date (as defined in the Note), by acceleration, by redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and (b) the
full and prompt payment of the interest on such Note when and as the same shall become due and
payable, according to the terms of such Note and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of the
Operating Partnership punctually to pay any such principal, premium or interest, the undersigned
hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due
and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, by redemption or repayment or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Operating Partnership. The undersigned hereby
agrees, jointly and severally with the Parent Guarantor pursuant to the Parent Guarantee and any
other Subsidiary Guarantors under their respective Subsidiary Guarantees, that its obligations
hereunder shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional,
and shall not be affected, modified or impaired by the following: (a) the failure to give notice
to the Subsidiary Guarantors of the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture; (b) the
waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release or termination of the payment, performance or
observance by the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiary Guarantors of any or all of the
obligations, covenants or agreements of any of them contained in the Indenture or any Note; (c) the
acceleration, extension or any other changes in the time for payment of any principal of or
interest or any premium on any Note or for any other payment under the Indenture or of the time for
performance of any other obligations, covenants or agreements under or arising out of the Indenture
or any Note; (d) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any obligation,
covenant or agreement set forth in the Indenture or any Note; (e) the taking or the omission of any
of the actions referred to in the Indenture and in any of the actions under any Note; (f) any
failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the Trustee to enforce, assert or exercise any
right, power or remedy conferred on the Trustee in the Indenture, or any other action or acts on
the part of the Trustee or any of the Holders from time to time of any Note; (g) the voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the
assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition with creditors or readjustment
of, or other similar proceedings affecting the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Operating Partnership
or any of the assets of any of them, or any allegation or contest of the validity of this
Subsidiary Guarantee in any such proceeding; (h) to the extent permitted by law, the release or
discharge by operation of law of the Subsidiary Guarantors from the performance or observance of
any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture; (i) to the extent permitted by
law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Operating Partnership from the performance
or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture; (j) the default
or failure of the Operating Partnership Trustee fully to perform any of its
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obligations set forth in the Indenture or any Note; (k) the invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of the Indenture or any Note or any part of any thereof; (l) any judicial or
governmental action affecting the Operating Partnership or any Note or consent or indulgence
granted to the Operating Partnership by the Holders or by the Trustee; or (m) the recovery of any
judgment against the Operating Partnership or any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The
undersigned hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of merger, sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets,
insolvency or bankruptcy of any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, any right to
require a proceeding first against any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership,
protest or notice with respect to such Note or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in such Note and in this Subsidiary Guarantee.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Subsidiary Guarantee or of such
Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the undersigned, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the full and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on the Note.
THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The validity and enforceability of this Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
An Event of Default under the Indenture or any Note shall constitute an event of default under
this Subsidiary Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holder of any Note to accelerate the obligations
of the undersigned hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the
Operating Partnership.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsidiary Guarantee to the contrary, the
undersigned hereby waives any claims or other rights which it may now have or hereafter acquire
against any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership that arise from the existence or
performance of its obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee (all such claims and rights are
referred to as
Guarantors Conditional Rights
), including, without limitation, any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, or indemnification, any right to participate
in any claim or remedy against any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, whether or
not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, by any
payment made hereunder or otherwise, including without limitation, the right to take or receive
from any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, in cash or
other property or by setoff or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or
other rights. The undersigned hereby agrees not to exercise any rights which may be acquired by
way of contribution under this Subsidiary Guarantee or any other agreement, by any payment made
hereunder or otherwise, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any other
guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by setoff or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such contribution rights. If, notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions, any amount shall be paid to the undersigned party on account of any such Guarantors
Conditional Rights and either (i) such amount is paid to such undersigned party at
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any time when the indebtedness shall not have been paid or performed in full, or (ii)
regardless of when such amount is paid to the undersigned, any payment made by any Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Operating Partnership to a Holder that is at any time determined to be a
Preferential Payment (as defined below), then such amount paid to the undersigned shall be held in
trust for the benefit of the Holders and shall forthwith be paid such Holder to be credited and
applied upon the indebtedness, whether matured or unmatured. Any such payment is herein referred
to as a
Preferential Payment
to the extent any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership
makes any payment to Holder in connection with the Note, and any or all of such payment is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be
repaid or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other entity, whether under any bankruptcy act or
otherwise.
To the extent that any of the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall not be
enforceable, the undersigned agrees that until such time as the indebtedness has been paid and
performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership or the undersigned to a Holder may be determined
to be a Preferential Payment, Guarantors Conditional Rights to the extent not validly waived shall
be subordinate to Holders right to full payment and performance of the indebtedness and the
undersigned shall not enforce any of its respective portion of the Guarantors Conditional Rights
until such time as the indebtedness has been paid and performed in full and the period of time has
expired during which any payment made by any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Operating Partnership or
the undersigned to Holders may be determined to be a Preferential Payment.
The undersigneds liability (the
Base Guaranty Liability
) shall be that amount from time to
time equal to the aggregate liability of the undersigned hereunder, but shall be limited to the
lesser of (A) the aggregate amount of the obligation as stated in the second sentence of Section
1401 of the Indenture, and (B) the amount, if any, which would not have (i) rendered the
undersigned
insolvent
(as such term is defined in Section 101(29) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code
and in Section 271 of the Debtor and Creditor Law of the State of New York, as each is in effect at
the date of the Indenture) or (ii) left the undersigned with unreasonably small capital at the time
this Subsidiary Guarantee was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of existing Debt
(as defined in the Indenture) immediately prior to such time, provided that, it shall be a
presumption in any lawsuit or other proceeding in which the undersigned is a party that the amount
guaranteed is the amount set forth in (A) above unless a creditor, or representative of creditors
of the undersigned or a trustee in bankruptcy of the undersigned, as debtor in possession,
otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the undersigned is limited to
the amount set forth in (B). In making any determination as to the solvency or sufficiency of
capital of the undersigned in accordance with the previous sentence, the right of the undersigned
to contribution from the other Subsidiary Guarantors, to subrogation and any other rights the
undersigned may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be taken into account.
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holder of any Note and to the Trustee pursuant to
this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 14 of the Indenture
and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee and
all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Subsidiary Guarantee relates.
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Capitalized terms in this Subsidiary Guarantee which are not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Subsidiary Guarantee to be duly executed.
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