UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2006
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Maryland   001-13545   94-3281941
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, California 94111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
415-394-9000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 8.01.     Other Events.
     On August 10, 2006, AMB Property, L.P., of which we are the sole general partner, commenced a medium-term note program for the possible issuance, from time to time, of up to $500,000,000 of its medium-term notes, Series C, which will be guaranteed by us, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-135210, declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2006, and supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated August 10, 2006. The medium-term notes are issuable pursuant to an Indenture by and among AMB Property, L.P., U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee, and us, dated as of June 30, 1998, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2006. The Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The forms of the fixed rate note and floating rate note are attached as exhibits to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and incorporated herein by reference.
     On August 10, 2006, we entered into a Distribution Agreement (which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference) with AMB Property, L.P., 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 and PNC Capital Markets LLC, pursuant to which AMB Property, L.P. appointed each of them as its agent for the purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase the medium-term notes. In addition, any agent may also purchase medium-term notes as principal pursuant to a terms agreement relating to the applicable sale.
Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)     Exhibits
           
Exhibit No.   Description
1.1   Distribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2006, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation, 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 and PNC Capital Markets LLC.
 
4.1   Indenture, dated as of June 30, 1998, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee.
 
4.2   Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2006, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee, including the Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note, Series C, attaching the Form of Parent Guarantee, and the Form of Floating Rate Medium-Term Note, Series C, attaching the Form of Parent Guarantee.
 
25.1   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  AMB Property Corporation
          (Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: August 10, 2006  By:   /s/ Tamra D. Browne    
    Tamra D. Browne   
    Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary 
 

 


 

         
Exhibit Index
           
Exhibit No.   Description
1.1   Distribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2006, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation, 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 and PNC Capital Markets LLC.
 
4.1   Indenture, dated as of June 30, 1998, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee.
 
4.2   Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2006, by and among AMB Property, L.P., AMB Property Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee, including the Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note, Series C, attaching the Form of Parent Guarantee, and the Form of Floating Rate Medium-Term Note, Series C, attaching the Form of Parent Guarantee.
 
25.1   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

 

 

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 Company’s 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 Guarantor’s or the Operating Partnership’s 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 Guarantor’s or the Operating Partnership’s 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 Guarantor’s or the Operating Partnership’s 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 management’s 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 Guarantor’s 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 Agent’s 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:
     
Term   Commission Rate
From 9 months to less than 1 year
  .125%
From 1 year to less than 18 months
  .150%
From 18 months to less than 2 years
  .200%
From 2 years to less than 3 years
  .250%
From 3 years to less than 4 years
  .350%
From 4 years to less than 5 years
  .450%
From 5 years to less than 6 years
  .500%
From 6 years to less than 7 years
  .550%
From 7 years to less than 10 years
  .600%
From 10 years to less than 15 years
  .625%
From 15 years to less than 20 years
  .700%
From 20 years to less than 30 years
  .750%
From 30 years and beyond
  To be Negotiated
     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 Agent’s 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 Agent’s 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 Agent’s 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 Guarantor’s 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 Company’s 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 Partnership’s and the Guarantor’s 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 Partnership’s and the Guarantor’s 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 Partnership’s or the Guarantor’s 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 Company’s 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 Agent’s 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 Agent’s obligation to solicit offers to purchase Notes as agent of the Operating Partnership, each Agent’s 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 Company’s 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 Agent’s obligation to solicit offers to purchase Notes, at the time of such solicitation, and, in the case of an Agent’s or any other purchaser’s 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 Company’s 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 officer’s 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 Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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:
     
to Morgan Stanley at:
  1585 Broadway, 4th Floor
 
  New York, New York, 10036
 
  Attention: Manager, Financing Products Group
 
  Telefax number: 212-761-1928
 
   
with a copy to:
  1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
 
  New York, New York, 10036
 
  Attention: Investment Banking Department
 
  Telefax number: 212-761-6691
 
   
 
   
to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. at:
  Joyce Opinsky
 
  A.G. Edwards
 
  One North Jefferson
 
  St. Louis, MO 63103
 
   
to Banc of America Securities LLC at:
  Banc of America Securities LLC
40 West 57th Street
NY1-040-27-03
 
  New York, NY 10019
 
  Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal
 
 
 
   
to Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. at:
  Scotia Capital
 
  One Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway-25th Floor
 
  New York, NY 10006
 
   
to Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. at:
  Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
 
  Attn: Debt Capital Markets
 
  2 World Financial Center, 31st fl.
New York, NY 10028
 
   
to Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC at:
  Wachovia Securities
 
  Attn: Debt Capital Markets
 
  301 S. College St.

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  NC0602
 
  Charlotte, NC 28288
 
   
to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at:
  270 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
 
  New York, NY 10017
 
  Attn: Transaction Executive Group
 
   
to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at:
  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
  600 California St., Ste. 1600
 
  San Francisco, CA 94107
 
   
to PNC Capital Markets LLC at:
  PNC Capital Markets LLC
 
  249 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Mr. Andrew J. Alexander
 
 
   
if to an Agent, with a copy to:
  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
 
  One Montgomery Street
 
  31 st Floor
 
  San Francisco, CA 94104
 
  Attention: Douglas D. Smith, Esq.
 
  Telefax number: (415) 986-5309
 
   
to the Company at:
  Pier 1, Bay 1
 
  San Francisco, California 94111
 
  Attention: General Counsel
 
  Telefax number: (415) 394-9000
 
   
with a copy to:
  Latham & Watkins LLP
 
  505 Montgomery St. Suite 2000
 
  San Francisco, California 94111
 
  Attention: Laura L. Gabriel and
 
  Keith Benson
 
  Telefax number: (415) 395-8095
     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 . 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 . 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 . 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.
             
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    AMB PROPERTY L.P.
 
           
    By:   AMB Property Corporation,
        its sole general partner
 
           
 
      By:   /s/ Michael P. Brown
 
           
 
          Name: Michael P. Brown
 
          Title: Vice President, Capital Markets
 
           
    AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael P. Brown    
         
 
      Name: Michael P. Brown    
 
      Title: Vice President, Capital Markets    
[Signature page to Distribution Agreement]

 


 

The foregoing Distribution Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
         
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Michael Fusco    
 
 
 
Name:  Michael Fusco
    
 
  Title:    Executive Director    
 
       
A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Douglas D. Rubenstein     
 
 
 
Name:  Douglas D. Rubenstein
   
 
  Title:    Managing Director    
 
       
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Peter J. Carbone     
 
 
 
Name:  Peter J. Carbone
   
 
  Title:    Vice President    
 
       
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Greg Woynarski     
 
 
 
Name:  Greg Woynarski
   
 
  Title:    Managing Director    
 
       
COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Katja Boerger     
 
 
 
Name:  Katja Boerger
   
 
  Title:    Head of Capital Markets, North America    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Robert Lord     
 
 
 
Name:  Robert Lord
   
 
  Title:    General Counsel and Secretary    
[Signature page to Distribution Agreement]

 


 

         
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Teresa Hee    
 
 
 
Name: Teresa Hee
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
       
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner    
 
 
 
Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
       
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Erik Lai    
 
 
 
Name: Erik Lai
   
 
  Title:   VP, Compliance Officer    
 
       
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Andrew J. Alexander    
 
 
 
Name: Andrew J. Alexander
   
 
  Title:   Director    
[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.
     
All Notes:    
 
Principal Amount:
  Settlement Date and Time
 
  (Original Issue Date):
 
   
Specified Currency:
  Maturity Date:
 
   
Principal Financial Center:
  Trade Date:
 
   
Form:
  Agent’s Commission or Discount:
 
   
Exchange Rate Agent:
  Net Proceeds to Issuer:
 
   
Interest Payment Dates:
  Authorized Denomination:
 
   
Redemption:
   
   Redemption Commencement Date:
   
   Initial Redemption Percentage:
   
   Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:
  Regular Record Dates:
 
   
Discount Note:
  Repayment:

 


 

     
All Notes:    
 
   Issue Price:
   
   Total Amount of OID:
   
   Yield to Maturity:
  Optional Repayment Date(s):
   Initial Accrual Period:
  Repayment Price:
Exhibit A – Page 2

 


 

     
Fixed Rate Notes:   Floating Rate Notes:
Interest Rate:
  Initial Interest Rate:
Other/Additional Terms:
  Calculation Agent:
Price to Public:
  Interest Rate Basis:
 
  Index Maturity:
 
  Interest Reset Frequency:
 
  Initial Interest Reset Date:
 
  Interest Reset Date(s):
 
  Interest Determination Date(s):
 
  Maximum Interest Rate:
 
  Minimum Interest Rate:
 
  Spread:
 
  Spread Multiplier:
 
  Interest Category:
 
  Other/Additional Terms:
     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:                     
         
    [ NAME OF RELEVANT AGENT(S) ]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
             
Accepted:    
 
           
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.    
 
           
By:   AMB Property Corporation,    
    its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
Name:
   
 
      Title:    
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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 DTC’s 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 DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System (“ SDFS ”).
     
Issuance:
  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.
 
   
Denominations:
  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.
 
   
Preparation of
   
Pricing
   
Exhibit B – Page 2

 


 

     
Supplement:
  If any offer to purchase a Book-Entry Note is accepted by or on behalf of
 
  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.
 
   
 
  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.
 
   
Settlement:
  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.
 
   
Settlement
Procedures:
  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:
  A.   The relevant Agent will advise the Operating Partnership by telephone that such Note is a Book-Entry Note and of the following settlement information:
  1.   Principal amount.
 
  2.   Settlement date and time (Original Issue Date).
 
  3.   Specified Currency and Principal Financial Center.
 
  4.   Maturity Date.
 
  5.   Trade Date.
Exhibit B – Page 3

 


 

  6.   Exchange Rate Agent (if other than and U.S. Bank National Association)
 
  7.   Agent’s commission or discount (if any) determined as provided in the Distribution Agreement.
 
  8.   Net Proceeds to Issuer.
 
  9.   Authorized Denomination (if other than $1,000 or integral multiples thereof).
 
  10.   Interest Payment Date(s).
 
  11.   Regular Record Dates.
 
  12.   Redemption or repayment provisions (if any).
 
  13.   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.
 
  14.   In the case of a Fixed Rate Note:
  (a)   the Interest Rate.
  15.   In the case of a Floating Rate Note:
  (a)   the Initial Interest Rate (if known at such time).
 
  (b)   Calculation Agent (if other than and U.S. Bank National Association).
 
  (c)   Interest Rate Basis which may include:
    CD Rate
 
    Commercial Paper Rate
 
    CMT Rate
 
    EURIBOR
 
    Federal Funds Rate
 
    LIBOR
 
    Prime Rate
 
    Treasury Rate
 
    Other
  (d)   Index Maturity.
 
  (e)   Interest Reset Frequency.
Exhibit B – Page 4

 


 

  (f)   Maximum Interest Rate.
 
  (g)   Minimum Interest Rate.
 
  (h)   Initial Interest Reset Date.
 
  (i)   Interest Reset Date(s).
 
  (j)   Interest Determinations Date.
 
  (k)   Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (if any).
 
  (l)   whether the Note is:
    a Regular Floating Rate Note
 
    a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note (in which case the fixed rate commencement date and the fixed interest rate shall be specified) or
 
    an Inverse Floating Rate Note (in which case the fixed interest rate shall be specified).
  16.   Any other applicable terms including the applicability of an Addendum or Other Additional Provisions.
B.   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.
C.   The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through DTC’s Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement information to DTC, the relevant Agent and Standard & Poor’s Corporation:
  1.   The information set forth in Settlement Procedure “A”.
 
  2.   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.
 
  3.   The CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Note.
 
  4.   Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Note (to the extent known at such time).
Exhibit B – Page 5

 


 

  5.   The number of participant accounts to be maintained by DTC on behalf of the relevant Agent and the Trustee.
D.   The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security representing such Note.
 
E.   DTC will credit such note to the Trustee’s participant account at DTC.
 
F.   The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s participant Terminal System instructing DTC to (i) debit such Note to the Trustee’s participant account and credit such Note to the relevant Agent’s participant account and (ii) debit such Agent’s settlement account and credit the Trustee’s settlement account for an amount equal to the price of such Note less such Agent’s 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.
 
G.   Unless the relevant Agent is the end purchaser of such Note, such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to such Agent’s 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.
 
H.   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.
 
I.   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 , 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”.
 
J.   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 DTC’s institutional delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser.
 
K.   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.
     
Settlement
Procedures
Timetable:
  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
Exhibit B – Page 6

 


 

     
 
  “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:
     
Settlement    
Procedure   Time
A
  11:00 A.M. on sale date
B
  12:00 Noon on sale date
C
  2:00 P.M. on sale date
D
  9:00 A.M. on settlement date
E
  10:00 A.M. on settlement date
F-G
  2:00 P.M. on settlement date
H
  4:45 P.M. on settlement date
I-J
  5:00 P.M. on settlement date
     
 
  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.
 
   
 
  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 DTC’s 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.
 
   
 
  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 DTC’s Participant Terminal System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing DTC to debit such Note to the Trustee’s participant account, provided that the Trustee’s 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 Trustee’s 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 & Poor’s Corporation, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to
Exhibit B – Page 7

 


 

     
 
  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.
 
   
 
  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 DTC’s 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.
 
   
 
  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.
 
   
 
  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.
Exhibit B – Page 8

 


 

PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES
     The Trustee will serve as Registrar in connection with the Certificated Notes.
     
Issuance:
  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.
 
   
Preparation of Pricing Supplement:
  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.
 
   
 
  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.
 
   
Settlement:
  The receipt by the Operating Partnership of immediately available funds in exchange for an authenticated Certificated Note delivered to the relevant Agent and such Agent’s 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.
 
   
Settlement
Procedures:
  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:
  A.   The relevant Agent will advise the Operating Partnership by telephone that such Note is a Certificated Note and of the following settlement information:
Exhibit B – Page 9

 


 

  1.   Name in which such Note is to be registered (“ Registered Holder ”).
 
  2.   Address of the Registered Holder and address for payment of principal and interest.
 
  3.   Taxpayer identification number of the Registered Holder (if available).
 
  4.   Principal amount.
 
  5.   Settlement date and time (Original Issue Date).
 
  6.   Specified Currency and Principal Financial Center.
 
  7.   Maturity Date.
 
  8.   Trade Date.
 
  9.   Exchange Rate Agent (if other than and U.S. Bank National Association).
 
  10.   Agent’s commission or discount (if any) determined as provided in the Distribution Agreement.
 
  11.   Authorized Denomination (if other than $1,000 or integral multiples thereof).
 
  12.   Interest Payment Date(s).
 
  13.   Regular Record Dates
 
  14.   Redemption or repayment provisions (if any).
 
  15.   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.
 
  16.   In the case of a Fixed Rate Note:
  (a)   the Interest Rate.
  17   In the case of a Floating Rate Note:
  (a)   the Initial Interest Rate (if known at such time).
 
  (b)   Calculation Agent (if other than U.S. Bank National Association).
 
  (c)   Interest Rate Basis which may include:
    CD Rate
 
    Commercial Paper Rate
Exhibit B – Page 10

 


 

    CMT Rate
 
    EURIBOR
 
    Federal Funds Rate
 
    LIBOR
 
    Prime Rate
 
    Treasury Rate
 
    Other
  (d)   Index Maturity.
 
  (e)   Interest Reset Frequency.
 
  (f)   Maximum Interest Rate.
 
  (g)   Minimum Interest Rate.
 
  (h)   Initial Interest Reset Date.
 
  (i)   Interest Reset Date(s).
 
  (j)   Interest Determinations Date.
 
  (k)   Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (if any).
 
  (l)   whether the Note is:
    a Regular Floating Rate Note
 
    a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note (in which case the fixed rate commencement date and the fixed interest rate shall be specified) or
 
    an Inverse Floating Rate Note (in which case the fixed interest rate shall be specified).
  (m)   Any other applicable terms including the applicability of an Addendum or Other/Additional Provisions.
B.   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.
C.   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:
  1.   Note with customer confirmation.
 
  2.   Stub One — For the Trustee.
Exhibit B – Page 11

 


 

  3.   Stub Two — For the relevant Agent.
 
  4.   Stub Three — For the Operating Partnership.
D.   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 Agent’s 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.
 
E.   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.
 
F.   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.
     
Settlement
Procedures
Timetable:
  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:
     
Settlement    
Procedure   Time
A
  2:00 P.M. on day before settlement date
B
  3:00 P.M. on day before settlement date
C-D
  2:15 P.M. on settlement date
E
  3:00 P.M. on settlement date
F
  5:00 P.M. on settlement date
     
Failure to Settle:
  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
Exhibit B – Page 12

 


 

     
 
  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 Trustee’s records and send such Note to the Operating Partnership.
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
             
        Page
ARTICLE ONE
 
           
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
 
           
SECTION 101.
  DEFINITIONS     1  
SECTION 102.
  COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS     10  
SECTION 103.
  FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE     11  
SECTION 104.
  ACTS OF HOLDERS     11  
SECTION 105.
  NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP     13  
SECTION 106.
  NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER     13  
SECTION 107.
  EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS     14  
SECTION 108.
  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS     14  
SECTION 109.
  SEPARABILITY CLAUSE     14  
SECTION 110.
  BENEFITS OF INDENTURE     14  
SECTION 111.
  GOVERNING LAW     14  
SECTION 112.
  LEGAL HOLIDAYS     14  
SECTION 113.
  COUNTERPARTS     14  
 
           
ARTICLE TWO
 
           
SECURITY FORMS
 
           
SECTION 201.
  FORM OF SECURITIES     15  
SECTION 202.
  FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION     15  
SECTION 203.
  SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM     16  
 
           
ARTICLE THREE
 
           
THE SECURITIES
 
           
SECTION 301.
  AMOUNT UNLIMITED, ISSUABLE IN SERIES     17  
SECTION 302.
  DENOMINATIONS     18  
SECTION 303.
  EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING     18  
SECTION 304.
  TEMPORARY SECURITIES     19  
SECTION 305.
  REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE     20  
SECTION 306.
  MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES     22  
SECTION 307.
  PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED     23  
SECTION 308.
  PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS     24  
SECTION 309.
  CANCELLATION     25  
SECTION 310.
  COMPUTATION OF INTEREST     25  

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ARTICLE FOUR
 
           
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
 
           
SECTION 401.
  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE     25  
SECTION 402.
  APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS     26  
 
           
ARTICLE FIVE
 
           
REMEDIES
 
           
SECTION 501.
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT     26  
SECTION 502.
  ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT     28  
SECTION 503.
  COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE     29  
SECTION 504.
  TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM     30  
SECTION 505.
  TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES     31  
SECTION 506.
  APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED     31  
SECTION 507.
  LIMITATION ON SUITS     31  
SECTION 508.
  UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST     33  
SECTION 509.
  RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES     33  
SECTION 510.
  RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE     33  
SECTION 511.
  DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER     33  
SECTION 512.
  CONTROL BY HOLDERS     33  
SECTION 513.
  WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS     34  
SECTION 514.
  WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS     35  
SECTION 515.
  UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS     35  
 
           
ARTICLE SIX
 
           
THE TRUSTEE
 
           
SECTION 601.
  NOTICE OF DEFAULTS     35  
SECTION 602.
  CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE     35  
SECTION 603.
  NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES     37  
SECTION 604.
  MAY HOLD SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES     37  
SECTION 605.
  MONEY HELD IN TRUST     37  
SECTION 606.
  COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT     37  
SECTION 607.
  CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS     38  
SECTION 608.
  RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR     38  

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SECTION 609.
  ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR     40  
SECTION 610.
  MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS     42  
SECTION 611.
  APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT     42  
 
           
ARTICLE SEVEN
 
           
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
 
           
SECTION 701.
  DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS     44  
SECTION 702.
  REPORTS BY TRUSTEE     44  
SECTION 703.
  OPERATING PARTNERSHIP TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS     44  
 
           
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
    45  
SECTION 802.
  RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR PERSON     45  
SECTION 803.
  OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL     45  
 
           
ARTICLE NINE
 
           
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
 
           
SECTION 901.
  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS     46  
SECTION 902.
  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS     47  
SECTION 903.
  EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES     49  
SECTION 904.
  EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES     49  
SECTION 905.
  CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT     49  
SECTION 906.
  REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES     49  
 
           
ARTICLE TEN
 
           
COVENANTS
 
           
SECTION 1001.
  PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST     49  
SECTION 1002.
  MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY     50  

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SECTION 1003.
  MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST     50  
SECTION 1004.
  AGGREGATE DEBT TEST     52  
SECTION 1005.
  DEBT SERVICE TEST     52  
SECTION 1006.
  SECURED DEBT TEST     53  
SECTION 1007.
  MAINTENANCE OF TOTAL UNENCUMBERED ASSETS     53  
SECTION 1008.
  EXISTENCE     53  
SECTION 1009.
  MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES     53  
SECTION 1010.
  INSURANCE     53  
SECTION 1011.
  PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS     54  
SECTION 1012.
  PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION     54  
SECTION 1013.
  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES     55  
SECTION 1014.
  WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS     55  
SECTION 1015.
  STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE     55  
 
           
ARTICLE ELEVEN
 
           
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
 
           
SECTION 1101.
  APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE     55  
SECTION 1102.
  ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE     56  
SECTION 1103.
  SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED     56  
SECTION 1104.
  NOTICE OF REDEMPTION     56  
SECTION 1105.
  DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE     57  
SECTION 1106.
  SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE     57  
SECTION 1107.
  SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART     58  
 
           
ARTICLE TWELVE
 
           
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
 
           
SECTION 1201.
  OPERATING PARTNERSHIP’S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE     58  
SECTION 1202.
  DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE     58  
SECTION 1203.
  COVENANT DEFEASANCE     59  
SECTION 1204.
  CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE     59  
SECTION 1205.
  DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS     61  
SECTION 1206.
  REINSTATEMENT     62  

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
 
           
MEETING OF HOLDERS
 
           
SECTION 1301.
  PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED     62  
SECTION 1302.
  CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS     62  
SECTION 1303.
  PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS     63  
SECTION 1304.
  QUORUM; ACTION     63  
SECTION 1305.
  DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS     64  
SECTION 1306.
  COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS     65  
 
           
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
 
           
THE GUARANTEES
 
           
SECTION 1401.
  GUARANTEES     65  
SECTION 1402.
  PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE GUARANTORS     68  
SECTION 1403.
  GUARANTEES FOR BENEFIT OF HOLDERS     69  
SECTION 1404.
  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF GUARANTORS     69  
SECTION 1405.
  ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS     69  

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AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
     Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “TIA”) and Indenture dated as of June 30, 1998.
         
TIA SECTION       INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310
  (a)(1)    607
 
  (a)(2)    607
 
  (b)    604, 608
Section 312
  (b)    701
 
  (c)    701
Section 313
  (a)    702
 
  (c)    601, 702, 703
Section 314
  (a)    703
 
  (a)(4)    1012
 
  (c)(1)    102
 
  (c)(2)    102
 
  (e)    102
Section 315
  (a)-(d)    303
 
  (e)    608
Section 316
  (a) (last sentence)    101 (“Outstanding”)
 
  (c)    104
Section 317
  (a)(1)    503
 
  (a)(2)    504
Section 318
  (a)    111
 
  (c)    111
     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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Person’s 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 pledgee’s 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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Subject to Section 611, the Trustee’s 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 within-mentioned Indenture.
         
    [full name of Trustee], as Trustee
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Authorized [Officer] [Signatory]

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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 Partner’s 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.
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Guarantors (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 Trustee’s affiliate’s 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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acting as 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 owner’s 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 Partnership’s 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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any 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 Partnership’s 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.
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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,
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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.
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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 Trustee’s 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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against any 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 Trustee’s 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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deliver to such successor Trustee all 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 Trustee’s 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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Section, 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 Trustee’s 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 within-mentioned Indenture.
         
    [full name of Trustee]
    as Trustee
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      as Authenticating Agent
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Authenticating Officer

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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 Holder’s 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.
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shall approve 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 Trustee’s 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.
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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 Subsidiary’s 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 Partner’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Operating Partnership’s 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 successor’s 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,
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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 PARTNERSHIP’S 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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.
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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.
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effect 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;
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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 Partnership’s 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 Guarantor’s liability (a Subsidiary Guarantor’s “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.
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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 Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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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    AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
 
       
 
  By:   AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION,
 
      as General Partner
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ John T. Robert Jr.
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
         
  AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ John T. Robert Jr.    
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Stephen Rivero    
    Title:Stephen Rivero
Name: Vice President 
 
 

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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 ”), will be made in accordance with any applicable provisions of 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 , 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 Partnership’s 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 ”) or in a composite currency, the equivalent in such Foreign Currency or composite 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 .
     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 .
     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.
             
    AMB PROPERTY, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   AMB Property Corporation,    
 
      its sole general partner    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael P. Brown    
 
     
 
   
    Name: Michael P. Brown    
    Title: Vice President, Capital Markets    
 
           
    AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael P. Brown    
 
     
 
   
    Name: Michael P. Brown    
    Title: Vice President, Capital Markets    
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
         
By:
  /s/ Beverly A. Freeney    
 
 
 
   
Name: Beverly A. Freeney    
Title: Vice President    

 


 

EXHIBIT A
(FACE OF NOTE)
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
         
REGISTERED   (FIXED RATE)   REGISTERED
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.

     
Note No: FXR -
   
 
   
     
Original Issue Date:
   
 
   
     
Maturity Date:
   
 
   
     
Trade Date:
   
 
   
     
Exchange Rate Agent:
   
 
   
(if other than U.S. Bank National Association)
     
 
   
 
   



Redemption:
o   The Note cannot be redeemed prior to maturity
 
o   The Note may be redeemed at the option of the Operating Partnership prior to maturity
 
    Redemption Commencement Date:            
 
    Initial Redemption Percentage:                 %
 
    Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:    %
Addendum Attached:       o   Yes      o   No
     
CUSIP NO.:
   
 
   
     
Registered Holder:
   
 
   
     
Form:
  o Book-Entry
 
  o Certificated


 
     
 
   
 
   
Interest Rate:                                 % per annum



Repayment:
o   The Note cannot be repaid prior to maturity
 
o   The Note may be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the Holder of the Note
 
    Optional Repayment Date(s):                     
 
    Repayment Price:                                           %


Other/Additional Provisions:
     
Principal Amount:
   
 
   
     
Specified Currency:
   
 
   
     
Principal Financial Center:
   
 
   
(if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars or Euro)
     

Authorized Denomination:
   
 
   
(if other than $1,000 or integral multiples thereof)
     

Interest Payment Dates:
   
 
   
     
Regular Record Dates:
   
 
   
     
Discount Notes:
  o   Yes      o   No
     
Issue Price:
   
 
   
     
Total Amount of OID:
   
 
   
     
Yield to Maturity:
   
 
   
     
Initial Accrual Period:
   
 
   



 

      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 Partnership’s 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.
                         
Dated:                            AMB PROPERTY, L.P.    
 
                       
            By:   AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION,    
                its sole general partner    
 
                       
 
              By:        
 
                       
                Name: Michael P. Brown    
                Title: Vice President, Capital Markets    
 
                       
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION                    
This is one of the Securities of the series designated and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.                    
 
                       
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Trustee                    
 
                       
By:
                       
 
                       
 
  Authorized Signatory                    

 


 

(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 Holder’s 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 “Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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, Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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:                     
         
  AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

 


 

ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:
     
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
   
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE:
   
 
   
 
(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.
                 
Dated:
               
             
 
          Notice:   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.

 


 

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).
         
 
  (     )   In whole
 
       
 
  (     )   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)
at a price equal to the Repayment Price, determined in accordance with the terms of the Note.
         
Signature:   Please print or type name and address:
 
       
     
Notice:
  The signature on this Option to Elect    
 
  Repayment must correspond with the    
 
       
 
  name as written upon the face of the    
 
  within instrument in every particular    
 
       
 
  without alteration or enlargement or any    
 
  change whatever.    
 
       

 


 

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:
                     
 
  TEN COM—as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—       Custodian    
 
                   
 
          (Cust)       (Minor)
    TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties   Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act        
                 
 
                  (State)
 
  JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common                
     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
REGISTERED   (FLOATING RATE)   REGISTERED
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.
     
Note No: FLR -
   
 
   
     
Original Issue Date:
   
 
   
     
Maturity Date:
   
 
   
     
Trade Date:
   
 
   
     
Calculation Agent:
   
 
   
(if other than U.S. Bank National Association)
     
Exchange Rate Agent:
   
 
   
(if other than U.S. Bank National Association)
     
CUSIP NO.:
   
 
   
     
Registered Holder:
   
 
   
     
Form:
  o Book-Entry
 
  o Certificated


 
     
 
   
 
   
Initial Interest Rate:                      % per annum
     
Principal Amount:
   
 
   
     
Specified Currency:
   
 
   
     
Principal Financial Center:
   
 
   
(if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars or Euro)
     
Authorized Denomination:
   
 
   
(if other than $1,000 or integral multiples thereof)
     

Interest Payment Dates:
   
 
   
     
Regular Record Dates:
   
 
   

Interest Rate Basis:
 
o CD Rate
o Commercial Paper Rate
o CMT Rate (Telerate Page 7052 unless otherwise designated below)
         
o Designated CMT Telerate Page:
       
 
     
         
o Designated CMT Maturity Index:
       
 
     
(if other than two years)
       
 
o EURIBOR
o Federal Funds Rate
o LIBOR
         
Designated LIBOR Page:
       
o LIBOR Reuters Page:
       
 
     
         
o LIBOR Telerate Page:
       
 
     
         
Index Currency:
       
 
     
 
o Prime Rate
o Treasury Rate
o Other (see attached)
     
Index Maturity:
o Daily
  o 5 Year
o 1 Month
  o 7 Year
o 3 Months
  o 10 Year
o 6 Months
  o 20 Year
o 1 Year
  o 30 Year
o 2 Year
  o Other
o 3 Year
   
 
   
Spread:
o +
   
o                     
  Basis Points
     
and /or Spread Multiplier :
   
 
   
Interest Reset Frequency:
     
o Daily
  o Monthly
o Weekly
  o Quarterly
o Semi-annually during the months of:
                                    and                                    
     
o Annually during the month of
   
 
   
     


Maximum Interest Rate:
  %
 
   
     
Minimum Interest Rate:
  %
 
   
     
Initial Interest Reset Date:
   
 
   
     
Interest Reset Date(s):
   
 
   
     
Interest Determination Date(s):
   
 
   

 
Redemption:
o The Note cannot be redeemed prior to maturity
o The Note may be redeemed at the option of the Operating Partnership prior to maturity
     
Redemption Commencement Date:
   
 
   
     
Initial Redemption Percentage:
  %
 
   
     
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:
  %
 
   
 
Repayment:
o The Note cannot be repaid prior to maturity
o The Note may be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the Holder of the Note
     
Optional Repayment Date(s):
   
 
   
     
Repayment Price:
  %
 
   
 
Interest Category:
o Regular Floating Rate Note
o Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
     
o Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
   
 
   
     
o Fixed Interest Rate:
  %
 
   
     
o Inverse Floating Rate Note
   
 
   
     
o Fixed Interest Rate:
  %
 
   

Discount Notes:       o Yes      o No
     
Issue Price:
   
 
   
     
Total Amount of OID:
   
 
   
     
Yield to Maturity:
   
 
   
     
Initial Accrual Period:
   
 
   
Addendum Attached:       o Yes      o 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 Partnership’s 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 Agent’s 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:
    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).”
 
    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.
 
    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.

 


 

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:
    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).
 
    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).
 
    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.
 
    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.
 
    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.

 


 

    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.
     “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:
    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.”
 
    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.
 
    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.
     The “money market yield” will be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula and expressed as a percentage:
                 
 
  Money Market Yield =   D x 360   * 100    
 
     
 
360 — (D * M)
       
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:
    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.
 
    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.
 
    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.
     “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:
    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.”
 
    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.
 
    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.

 


 

Determination of LIBOR.
     The Calculation Agent will determine “LIBOR” for each Interest Determination Date as follows:
    As of the Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be either:
 
    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
 
    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.
 
    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.
 
    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.
 
    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.
     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:
    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.”
 
    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 bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for that Interest Determination Date.
 
    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.
 
    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.
     “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:
    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
 
    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
 
    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

 


 

    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
 
    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
 
    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
 
    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.
     The “bond equivalent yield” means a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula and expressed as a percentage:
                 
 
  Bond Equivalent Yield =   D x 360   * 100    
 
     
 
360 — (D * M)
       
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.
             
Dated:   AMB PROPERTY L.P.
 
           
    By: AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION,
as Sole General Partner
 
           
 
      By:    
 
           
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated
and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
         
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Trustee    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
            Authorized Signatory    

 


 

(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.
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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 Holder’s 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.
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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 “Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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, Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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:
                   
 
 
 
               
 
                   
            AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION    
 
                   
 
          By:        
 
                   
 
              Name:    
 
              Title:    

 


 

ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:
         
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
       
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE:
       
 
       
 
(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.
                     
Dated:
                   
                 
 
          Notice:   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.    

 


 

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).
     
(     )  
In whole
   
 
(     )  
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)
at a price equal to the Repayment Price, determined in accordance with the terms of the Note.
             
Signature:   Please print or type name and address:    
 
           
         
Notice:
  The signature on this Option to Elect        
 
  Repayment must correspond with the        
 
           
 
  name as written upon the face of the        
 
  within instrument in every particular        
 
           
 
  without alteration or enlargement or any        
 
  change whatever.        
 
           

 


 

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:
                     
TEN COM—as tenants in common
  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—                          Custodian                           
 
      (Cust)       (Minor)    
             
TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties
  Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                           
 
      (State)    
JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship
                and not as tenants in common
           
     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 “ Guarantor’s 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 Guarantor’s 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, Guarantor’s 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 undersigned’s 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.
Dated:                                          
             
    [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
   

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Exhibit 25.1
 
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER
THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of
a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
31-0841368
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
     
800 Nicollet Mall    
Minneapolis, Minnesota   55402
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Beverly A. Freeney
U.S. Bank National Association
100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(212) 361-(2893)
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
         
AMB Property, L.P.   Delaware   94-3285362
(Exact name of obligor as   (State or other jurisdiction of   (I. R. S. Employer
specified in its charter)   incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
Pier 1, Bay 1
San Francisco, CA 94111
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
AMB Property, L.P. Series C Medium Term Notes guaranteed by AMB Property Corporation
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
 

 


 

FORM T-1
Item 1.   GENERAL INFORMATION . Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.
  a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
     Comptroller of the Currency
     Washington, D.C.
  b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
     Yes
Item 2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.
      None
Items 3-15   Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.
Item 16.   LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.
  1.   A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.*
 
  2.   A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business.*
 
  3.   A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers.*
 
  4.   A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.*
 
  5.   A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.
 
  6.   The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.
 
  7.   Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2004, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.
 
*   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.
 
   

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, State of New York on the 4th of August, 2006.
             
    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Beverly A. Freeney    
 
           
 
      Beverly A. Freeney    
 
      Vice President    

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Exhibit 6
CONSENT
     In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Dated: August 9, 2006
             
    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Beverly A. Freeney    
 
           
 
           Beverly A. Freeney    
 
           Vice President    

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Exhibit 7
U.S. Bank National Association
Statement of Financial Condition
As of 3/31/2006
($000’s)
         
    3/31/2006  
Assets
       
Cash and Due From Depository Institutions
  $ 7,050,967  
Securities
    39,215,391  
Federal Funds
    3,114,744  
Loans & Lease Financing Receivables
    135,184,791  
Fixed Assets
    1,737,385  
Intangible Assets
    11,754,046  
Other Assets
    10,882,988  
 
     
Total Assets
  $ 208,940,312  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Deposits
  $ 132,810,195  
Fed Funds
    12,304,517  
Treasury Demand Notes
    0  
Trading Liabilities
    252,318  
Other Borrowed Money
    28,673,468  
Acceptances
    0  
Subordinated Notes and Debentures
    6,432,494  
Other Liabilities
    6,859,284  
 
     
Total Liabilities
  $ 187,332,276  
 
       
Equity
       
Minority Interest in Subsidiaries
  $ 1,029,155  
Common and Preferred Stock
    18,200  
Surplus
    11,804,040  
Undivided Profits
    8,756,641  
 
     
Total Equity Capital
  $ 21,608,036  
 
       
Total Liabilities and Equity Capital
  $ 208,940,312  
To the best of the undersigned’s determination, as of the date hereof, the above financial information is true and correct.
U.S. Bank National Association
             
By:
  /s/ Beverly A. Freeney        
 
           
 
  Vice President        
Date: August 8, 2006

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