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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 2

(MARK ONE)    

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

or

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                        to                       

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-11656

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  42-1283895
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

110 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

60606
(Zip Code)

(312) 960-5000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $.01 par value
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES  o     NO  ý

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. YES  o     NO  ý

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES  ý     NO  o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES  ý     NO  o

         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of "accelerated filer" and "large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ý   Accelerated filer  o   Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company  o

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YES  o     NO  ý

         On June 30, 2009, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second quarter, the aggregate market value of the shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $522.6 million based upon the closing price of the common stock on such date.

         As of April 15, 2010, there were 317,306,922 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding.

         This Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 is being filed to provide the additional information required by Part III of Form 10-K and amend the Exhibit Index contained in Part IV. This Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A does not change the previously reported financial statements or any of the other disclosures contained in Part I or Part II of the Form 10-K, filed on March 1, 2010, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed on March 2, 2010.



Part III of Form 10-K

Item 10.     Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Director Information

        Our Board of Directors is currently comprised of ten members. Our bylaws divide the Board into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with each class of directors serving a three-year term. The terms of office of the classes of directors expire in rotation so that one class is elected at each annual meeting for a full three-year term.

    Class III Directors—Terms Expiring at the Next Annual Meeting

         John Bucksbaum, 53, has served as a director of the Company since 1992, and was elected Chairman of the Board in August 2007 and served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 1999 to October 2008. Mr. Bucksbaum is a member of the board of trustees and the Executive Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers ("ICSC") and was Chairman of the ICSC for the 2006 - 2007 term. Mr. Bucksbaum is a trustee of the University of California Real Estate Center, the University of Chicago Hospitals, the Urban Land Institute ("ULI"), the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), and The Field Museum, and is a member of the National Realty Roundtable. Mr. Bucksbaum is on the executive committee of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bucksbaum also serves on the national boards of World T.E.A.M Sports, the United States Ski & Snowboard Team and USA Cycling. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization. Mr. Bucksbaum is a member of the family that started the Company. He has extensive experience in the real estate and shopping center industry and detailed knowledge of the Company's history and operations.

         Debra Cafaro , 52, has served as a director of the Company since March 2010. Since 1999 Ms. Cafaro has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Ventas, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare real estate investment trust, and became its Chairman in 2003. From 1997 to 1998, she served as President and a director of Ambassador Apartments, Inc., a multifamily real estate investment trust (" REIT "). Ms. Cafaro is also the Chair of NAREIT; a director of Weyerhaeuser Company, an integrated forest products company; a director of World Business Chicago, Chicago's not-for-profit economic development corporation; and a member of the Real Estate Roundtable. Ms. Cafaro has substantial executive, operational and legal experience and broad knowledge of real estate and corporate finance, capital markets, strategic planning and other public company matters.

         Anthony Downs, 79, has served as a director of the Company since 1993. Since 1977, Mr. Downs has been a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, a private, non-profit policy research center, and a self-employed speaker and writer. Mr. Downs is a life trustee of the ULI and is a director of the NAACP Legal and Education Defense Fund, Inc. He is currently a member of the ULI, the Counselors of Real Estate, the Anglo-American Real Property Institute, the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, the American Economics Association, the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Downs has been a director of the Company for more than 15 years and has an important historical perspective on the Company and its business.

    Class II Directors—Terms Expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting

         Alan Cohen, 49, has served as a director of the Company since 2001. Since March 2005, Mr. Cohen has been Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, of Cisco Systems, Inc., a provider of Internet networking solutions. From October 2002 through March 2005, Mr. Cohen served as Vice President, Marketing of Airespace, Inc., a developer of wireless local area networks, which was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr. Cohen has operational and technological expertise.

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         John Haley, 59, has served as a director of the Company since September 2009. From 1988 through September 2009, Mr. Haley was a partner of the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, where he worked for more than 30 years. Mr. Haley served nearly 20 years in Ernst & Young's audit practice and from 1998 until his retirement in 2009 served in a number of leadership roles in the firm's transaction advisory services group. Mr. Haley has financial expertise and experience in the audit and transaction services industry. The Board has determined that Mr. Haley is an audit committee financial expert under the SEC rules.

         Sheli Rosenberg , 68, has served as a director of the Company since April 2010. Ms. Rosenberg has been an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business since 2003, and is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairwoman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a privately held real estate investment firm, having held those titles at various times from 1999 through 2003. Ms. Rosenberg is currently a director of CVS Caremark, a health care services and drugstore chain company, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a manufactured home community real estate investment trust, Ventas, Inc., a health care real estate investment trust, and Nanosphere, Inc., a molecular diagnostics products company, and is a trustee of Equity Residential, a real estate investment trust. She was formerly a director of Avis Budget Group, Inc., a vehicle rental company, until April 2008. Ms. Rosenberg is a recognized leader in the real estate industry, with experience in the legal and real estate fields, including operational and REIT industry experience, as well as many years of service on multiple public company boards and committees.

         Beth Stewart, 53, has served as a director of the Company since 1993. Since 1993, she has been a private investor and was formerly with Goldman Sachs, holding various positions from 1982 to 1992. Ms. Stewart has served as Chief Executive Officer since August 2001 and Chairman since October 1999 of Storetrax.com, a real estate internet company; and Co-managing member of Trewstar, LLC, an investment partnership, since 1998. Ms. Stewart is a director and a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of Avatar Holdings Inc., a Florida-based public home builder, and a director and member of the Audit Committee of CarMax, Inc., a public new and used car retailer. Ms. Stewart has been a director of the Company since it initially became a public company in 1993. She has financial and transactional expertise, and the Board has determined that Ms. Stewart is an audit committee financial expert under the SEC rules.

    Class I Directors—Terms Expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting

         Adam Metz, 48, has served the Company as Chief Executive Officer since October 2008, director since November 2005 and Lead Director from June 2007 through October 2008. From late 2002 through October 2008, Mr. Metz was an active partner of Polaris Capital LLC, which is in the business of owning retail real estate assets throughout the United States. Prior to the formation of Polaris Capital, Mr. Metz was Executive Vice President of Rodamco, N.A. from November 2000 through May 2002 when the assets of Rodamco, N.A. were sold. From 1993 to 2000, before it was acquired by Rodamco, Mr. Metz held various positions with Urban Shopping Centers, including Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and President. Mr. Metz has financial expertise and industry experience.

         Thomas Nolan, Jr., 52, has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since March 2009, President of the Company since October 2008 and director of the Company since April 2005. Prior to becoming President of the Company, Mr. Nolan was a private real estate investor since February 2008. From July 2004 through February 2008, Mr. Nolan served as a Principal and as Chief Financial Officer of Loreto Bay Company, the developer of the Loreto Bay master planned community in Baja, California. From October 1984 through July 2004, Mr. Nolan held various financial positions with AEW Capital Management, L.P., a national real estate investment advisor, and from 1998 through 2004 he served as Head of Equity Investing and as President and Senior Portfolio Manager of The AEW Partners Funds. Mr. Nolan has financial expertise in various segments of the real estate industry.

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         John Riordan, 72, has served as a director of the Company since May 2003. Mr. Riordan is an ex-officio life trustee of the ICSC, the global trade association of the shopping center industry. From May 2001 through July 2003, Mr. Riordan was the Vice Chairman of the ICSC and, from January 1986 through May 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the ICSC. He is a past Chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate, where he was employed from January 2001 to July 2003. He is a director of Ivanhoe Cambridge, a private company which owns, manages and develops shopping centers and which is one of the Company's joint venture partners. Mr. Riordan is a shopping center industry expert.

    Committees of the Board of Directors

        The Board of Directors has three standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Nominating & Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. The table below shows current membership for each of the standing Board committees. Ms. Rosenberg is the Board's Lead Director.

Audit Committee(1)
  Nominating &
Governance Committee(2)
  Compensation Committee(3)
Anthony Downs   Alan Cohen   Alan Cohen
John Haley   Anthony Downs   John Haley
Beth Stewart   John Riordan   John Riordan
    Beth Stewart    

(1)
The Board has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the requirements for independence and expertise, including financial literacy, under applicable NYSE listing standards and SEC rules. Mr. Haley and Ms. Stewart are "audit committee financial experts" under applicable SEC rules, and Ms. Stewart is chair of the Audit Committee.

(2)
Mr. Riordan is chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee.

(3)
Mr. Cohen is chair of the Compensation Committee.

        Each of the committees operates under a written charter, except the Executive Committee whose duties are established by the Board of Directors from time to time. Copies of these charters can be obtained from our website at www.ggp.com in the "Investment" section under the "Corporate Governance" heading or by writing to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices.

        In 2010 the Board formed an ad hoc committee, the Capital Committee, to review the Company's capital raising alternatives in conjunction with its emergence from bankruptcy. Participants in Capital Committee processes include Messrs. Haley, Metz and Nolan and Mses. Cafaro, Stewart and Rosenberg. No compensation is paid for participation on this ad hoc committee.

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Executive Officer Information

        The executive officers of the Company are elected annually by the Board and are currently as follows:

Name
  Position

Adam Metz

  Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Nolan, Jr. 

  President & Chief Operating Officer

Joel Bayer

  Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

James Brewster

  Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Ronald Gern

  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Edmund Hoyt

  Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Robert Michaels

  Vice Chairman

Sharon Polonia

  Executive Vice President, Asset Management

Hugh Zwieg

  Executive Vice President, Finance

        Please see above for biographical information concerning Messrs. Adam Metz and Thomas Nolan. Biographical information concerning our other executive officers is set forth below.

         Joel Bayer , 46, joined the Company in September 1993 and has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since 2001, and Senior Vice President, Acquisitions of the Company from 1998 to 2001.

         James Brewster , 49, joined the Company in March 1995 and has served as Senior Vice President since March 2001, and Vice President Corporate Communications of the Company from 1999 to 2001.

         Ronald Gern , 51, joined the Company in December 1997 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company and has served as Secretary of the Company since October 2008. Mr. Gern served as Assistant Secretary of the Company from December 1997 to October 2008. In addition, Mr. Gern has served and continues to serve as an officer of various of our subsidiaries and joint ventures.

         Edmund Hoyt , 58, joined the Company in November 1986 and has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2008, and Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since 2000. During his time with the Company, Mr. Hoyt has held several positions in the financial planning, accounting and controllership areas. In addition, Mr. Hoyt has served and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of various of our subsidiaries.

         Robert Michaels, 66, joined the Company in September 1972 and has served as Vice Chairman since March 2009. Prior to being named Vice Chairman, Mr. Michaels served as Chief Operating Officer since 1995. Mr. Michaels also served as a director and President of the Company from 1995 to October 2008. In addition, Mr. Michaels has served and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of various of our subsidiaries and joint ventures. Mr. Michaels is an ex-officio trustee of the ICSC and a director of the Center for Urban Land Economics Research at the School of Business of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

         Sharon Polonia , 47, joined the Company in May 1998 and has served as Executive Vice President since March 2009. Prior to being named Executive Vice President, Ms. Polonia served as Senior Vice President, Asset Management of the Company since 2000. Ms. Polonia has held several positions in the areas of asset management and leasing.

         Hugh Zwieg , 50, joined the Company in March 2010 as Executive Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zwieg had been Chief Executive Officer of Wind Realty Partners since January 2007. Windy Realty Partners provides advisory, operating and disposition services in connection

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with the marketing and sale of office property portfolios. From 1989 to December 2006, Mr. Zwieg held various positions with CMD Realty Investors, L.P., including President and Chief Financial Officer since 2004. CMD Realty Investors was a privately held real estate operating company focused on the acquisition and development of office and industrial properties throughout the United States, with average assets under management of approximately $1 billion.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

        Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports of holdings and transactions in our common stock with the SEC. Based solely on our review of the reports furnished to us, we believe that all of our directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, except that one Form 4, covering one transaction, was untimely filed by Mr. Glenn Rufrano, who served as a non-employee director in 2009.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

        We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics prohibits conflicts of interest, which are broadly defined to include any situation where a person's private interest interferes in any way with the interests of the Company. In addition, this Code prohibits direct or indirect personal loans to executive officers and directors to the extent required by law and stock exchange regulation. The Code does not attempt to cover every issue that may arise, but instead sets out basic principles to guide all of our employees, officers, and directors. Any waivers of the Code for any executive officer, principal accounting officer, or director may be made only by the Board or a Board committee and will be promptly disclosed to stockholders. The Code includes a process and a toll-free telephone number for anonymous reports of potentially inappropriate conduct or potential violations of the Code.

        The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the Corporate Governance page of our website at www.ggp.com and we will provide a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics without charge to any person who requests it in writing to: General Growth Properties, Inc., 110 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606, Attn: Corporate Secretary. We will post on our website amendments to or waivers of our Code of Ethics for executive officers, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

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Item 11.     Executive Compensation

Compensation of Directors

        Directors who are our employees receive no fees for their services as directors. Non-employee directors receive an annual fee for their service on the Board, a fee for each Board and committee meeting attended and reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending meetings. The chart below sets forth the fee structure for non-employee directors as of December 31, 2009.

Annual fee paid to:

       

All non-employee Directors, except Chairman

  $ 50,000  

Non-employee Chairman of the Board of Directors

  $ 225,000 (1)

Audit Committee Chair

  $ 25,000  

Compensation Committee Chair

  $ 15,000  

Nominating & Governance Committee Chair

  $ 10,000  

Other Committee Chairs

  $ 20,000   maximum(2)

Lead Director

  $ 20,000 (3)

Fee for each meeting attended:

       

Board meetings attended in person

  $ 1,500  

Board meetings attended telephonically

  $ 1,000  

Audit Committee meetings

  $ 1,500  

Other Committee meetings attended in person

  $ 1,500  

Other Committee meetings, other than Audit, attended telephonically

  $ 1,000  

(1)
The non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, John Bucksbaum, does not receive any meeting fees or retainers. Mr. Bucksbaum is also entitled to receive health benefits under the health benefit plans provided to employees of the Company, without paying a participation fee.

(2)
An annual fee not to exceed $20,000 may be paid to the Chair of each Committee that may be established from time to time, other than the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee.

(3)
The annual fee paid to the Lead Director is $20,000.

        In addition to receiving fees for their services as directors, our non-employee directors receive annual equity awards under our 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the " 2003 Plan "). All non-employee directors are entitled to receive, on the earlier of (i) the tenth day of each May, or the first business day thereafter, or (ii) the certification of the director election results for each annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, an annual restricted stock award of 10,000 shares (" Annual Award "). In addition, upon initial election or appointment to the Board, each new non-employee director is entitled to receive a restricted stock award of 10,000 shares (" Initial Award "); provided however that if a non-employee director is first elected to the Board at an annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, then the non-employee director shall receive only an Annual Award, not an Initial Award. The restricted stock awards vest one-third on the grant date and one-third on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date (" RSU Awards "). If the RSU Awards have a value of less than $90,000, as such value is determined for financial statement purposes, then the difference is paid to each non-employee director in cash (" Restricted Stock Cash Adjustment ") in four equal quarterly payments. Each recipient of restricted stock possesses all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote and receive dividends.

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        The following table summarizes the compensation paid to or earned by each of our non-employee directors during 2009.

2009 Director Compensation

Name(1)
  Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash ($)(2)
  Stock
Awards ($)(3)(4)
  Restricted
Stock Cash
Adjustment(6)
  Total($)  

William Ackman(5)

  $ 29,071   $ 48,500   $ 41,500   $ 119,071  

John Bucksbaum

  $ 225,000           $ 225,000  

Alan Cohen

  $ 122,000   $ 11,000   $ 79,000   $ 212,000  

Anthony Downs

  $ 105,000   $ 11,000   $ 79,000   $ 195,000  

John Haley

  $ 13,587   $ 40,600   $ 49,400   $ 103,587  

John Riordan

  $ 126,500   $ 11,000   $ 79,000   $ 216,500  

Glenn Rufrano(5)

  $ 29,935   $ 13,900   $ 76,100   $ 119,935  

Beth Stewart

  $ 140,000   $ 11,000   $ 79,000   $ 230,000  

(1)
Adam Metz and Thomas Nolan, are not included in this table because they are employees of the Company and thus receive no compensation for their services as directors. The compensation received by Messrs. Metz and Nolan as employees of the Company is shown in the Summary Compensation Table set forth below. Debra Cafaro and Sheli Rosenberg are not included in this table because they became directors of the Company effective March 29 th and April 13, 2010, respectively.

(2)
Consists of annual retainer fees and meeting fees in accordance with the fee structure described above. The following fees earned prior to the Company's bankruptcy filing are included in the fee amounts provided, but have not been paid: Mr. Cohen, $1,000; Mr. Downs, $3,000; Ms. Stewart, $1,000; and Mr. Riordan, $1,000.

(3)
This amount represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (" FASB ASC Topic 718 ").

(4)
Each of Messrs. Ackman, Haley and Rufrano held an aggregate of 6,667 shares of unvested restricted stock as of December 31, 2009. Mr. Cohen, Mr. Downs, Mr. Riordan and Ms. Stewart held an aggregate of 7,167 shares of unvested restricted stock as of December 31, 2009. In addition, as of December 31,2009, the following are the aggregate number of shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding option awards granted to each of our non-employee directors prior to 2009: Mr. Ackman, 0; Mr. Bucksbaum, 0; Ms. Cafaro, 0; Mr. Cohen, 10,000; Mr. Downs, 2,500; Mr. Haley, 0; Mr. Riordan, 7,000; Ms. Rosenberg, 0; Mr. Rufrano, 0; and Ms. Stewart, 2,500. No amount related to these previously issued options was recognized for financial statement purposes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

(5)
Mr. Ackman resigned from the Board, effective March 8, 2010. Mr. Rufrano resigned from the Board, effective March 19, 2010.

(6)
This amount represents the Restricted Stock Cash Adjustment earned in 2009 in connection with the May 2009 restricted stock grant.

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

    Introduction

        This Compensation Discussion and Analysis ("CD&A") describes the Company's compensation philosophy and policies for executive officers of the Company, and how this philosophy is applied to the compensation of the named executive officers, those officers of the Company required to be discussed in this CD&A (" NEOs "). For 2009, NEOs received base salary and (except for NEOs with employment agreements) short term incentive compensation pursuant to the Company's incentive plan for all full-time employees, the Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation Plan (the "CVA Plan"). In addition, 47 employees, including the NEOs, became eligible to receive long term incentive compensation in accordance with the terms of the Company's new key employee incentive plan (the "KEIP"). The overall goal of the Compensation Committee is to assure that compensation paid to the NEOs is fair, reasonable and competitive, and is linked to increasing the Company's long-term enterprise value. The NEOs are:

    Adam Metz, Chief Executive Officer
    Thomas Nolan, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer
    Edmund Hoyt, Interim Chief Financial Officer
    Joel Bayer, Chief Investment Officer
    Robert Michaels, Vice Chairman

    Compensation Philosophy and Policies

        The primary objective of the Company's executive compensation philosophy is to attract, motivate and retain executives who possess the high quality skills and talent necessary to lead and, where appropriate, transform the Company's business. Our policy also seeks to foster a performance-oriented environment by directly linking a significant part of each executive officer's total compensation to short-term operating performance, long-term enterprise value, and, during 2009 and 2010, the Company's successful reorganization in Chapter 11. The following compensation policies have been developed and implemented in order to ensure that the objectives of the compensation philosophy of the Company are attained.

        Total Compensation Should Be Competitive.     Competitiveness of the Company's compensation is a significant factor considered in establishing compensation. The compensation of the executive officers was benchmarked against the Benchmark Companies and the Survey Benchmarks (each as described below). The Compensation Committee specified the market median of the Benchmark Companies as the Company's competitive pay objective when establishing total compensation for the executive officers.

        Alignment of Interests with GGP Stakeholders.     Executive officers should act in the interests of all GGP stakeholders, including our creditors and stockholders. We believe that incentives aligning the interests of executive officers and GGP stakeholders provide proper motivation for enhancing value to all stakeholders.

        Compensation Must Be Commensurate With the Employee's Value to the Company.     Total compensation is higher for individuals with greater responsibility and greater ability to influence the Company's achievement of targeted results and stakeholder recoveries.

        Compensation Must Be Transparent.     Our compensation program is intended to be transparent and easily identifiable.

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    Compensation Committee Process

        Overview.     In early 2009, the Compensation Committee and management began to consider changing the Company's compensation structure to incentivize employees and align employee goals with those of the Company's reorganization efforts. As a result of the Company's entry into Chapter 11, the decision was made to modify the existing CVA Plan and, given the uncertainty related to equity incentives in a Chapter 11 environment, modify the form of the Company's long-term incentive compensation from equity to cash.

        Engagement of Hewitt.     The Company engaged Hewitt Associates, LLC (" Hewitt "), a compensation committee advisory firm, in May 2009 to assist with four principal tasks:

    determining whether continuation of the CVA Plan and/or implementation of a key employee incentive program was necessary to provide market competitive compensation;

    preparing a comparative analysis to assist in analyzing the need for incentive plans and the appropriate levels of compensation of any such plans;

    developing the terms and conditions of any such plans; and

    assisting with other executive compensation needs as they arise.

        Benchmark Analysis.     Compensation paid by the Benchmark Companies was a significant factor considered by the Compensation Committee in establishing compensation of the executive officers for 2009 and designing incentive compensation plans for 2009 and 2010. The compensation practices of the Benchmark Companies were reviewed to assess whether our compensation practices were competitive in, and reasonable as compared to, the marketplace.

        In 2009, the Benchmark Companies were 18 publicly-traded companies in the real estate industry, including ten which were used as Benchmark Companies in prior years and eight additional companies included in the group recommended by Hewitt. The Compensation Committee agreed that the 2009 Benchmark Companies represent an appropriate peer group for benchmarking Company pay levels and pay practices because the component companies are in the same industries as the Company. The " Benchmark Companies " are:

    Boston Properties Inc.
    CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
    Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
    Equity Residential
    Federated Realty Investment Trust
    Glimcher Realty Trust
    HCP, Inc.
    Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
    Kimco Realty Corporation
    Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
    Prologis
    Regency Centers Corp
    Simon Property Group, Inc.
    SL Green Realty Corp
    Taubman Centers, Inc.
    The Macerich Company
    Vornado Realty Trust
    Weingarten Realty Investors

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        The Compensation Committee also reviewed executive compensation data from real estate and general industry surveys from the following sources (the " Survey Benchmarks "): Hewitt Total Compensation Measurement (TCM) Survey; NAREIT Compensation Survey; Mercer Real Estate Compensation Survey; US Mercer Benchmark Database—Executive Survey; and Watson Wyatt Data Services: Survey Report on Top Management Compensation.

        The actual and target salary, total cash compensation (base salary and short-term incentive compensation) and total direct compensation (total cash compensation and long-term incentive compensation) for our executive officers were compared to the compensation paid by the Benchmark Companies, as well as companies included in the Survey Benchmarks.

        In addition, the Compensation Committee reviewed benchmarking data prepared by Hewitt regarding incentive compensation plans from companies involved in recent Chapter 11 proceedings. These companies were used to confirm the appropriate metrics and structures of incentive plans in restructuring organizations.

        Modifications to Incentive Compensation Programs for 2009 and 2010.     Hewitt reviewed the incentive compensation practices of the Company and the Benchmark Companies. Hewitt concluded that, from a market perspective, the Benchmark Companies had both short and long term incentive programs for their key employees. Therefore, Hewitt recommended continuation of some form of the CVA Plan, the Company's short term incentive plan, as it was an essential part of employee compensation. Specifically, without the CVA Plan, the Company would fall well below the market median for compensation paid to its executive officers. In addition, to remain competitive and ensure the alignment of key employees and stakeholders in the restructuring, Hewitt recommended that the Company implement the KEIP to provide eligible employees long-term performance cash incentive opportunities in lieu of the Company's prior equity award practices.

        After receiving Hewitt's recommendations and proposals on modifying the CVA Plan and implementing the KEIP, management presented these recommendations to the Compensation Committee, which authorized management to continue to develop the plans in consultation with various stakeholders in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the official unsecured creditors' committee, the official equity committee and the United States Trustee.

        The Compensation Committee determined that implementing these employee incentive programs was important to create incentives based on meaningful defined financial goals to motivate the Company's employees and executives to work hard and to undertake and deliver on important tasks to enhance the value of the Company. These incentive programs are designed to tie an employee's incentive award with operating and financial performance, as well as, where applicable, value creation based on stakeholder recoveries. If none of the minimum performance goals are satisfied under the modified CVA Plan (the " Modified CVA Plan ") or the KEIP, then there is no payout under the applicable employee incentive program.

        After significant dialogue and negotiation with the various constituencies, the Compensation Committee and the full Board approved the Modified CVA Plan and the KEIP. The plans were approved by the Bankruptcy Court in October 2009 based on the support and recommendation of the official unsecured creditors' committee, the official equity committee and the United States Trustee.

        Role of Messrs. Metz and Nolan in Establishing Compensation.     Messrs. Metz and Nolan play a significant role in the compensation setting process. The most significant aspects of their role include: recommending performance targets for the Company's CVA Plan, advising the Compensation Committee with respect to attainment of such performance targets, evaluating the performance of the other executive officers and recommending the base salary and individual CVA and KEIP target incentive awards of the other executive officers. Messrs. Metz and Nolan regularly participate in Compensation Committee meetings to provide this information.

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        Conclusion.     The Compensation Committee concluded that the payments of cash and grants of incentive awards to the NEOs discussed below under "Elements of Compensation" and the payments of cash and grants of incentive awards made to the other executive officers were reasonable and consistent with the Company's philosophy and policies for 2009.

    Elements of Compensation

        The Compensation Committee designed each of the elements of compensation for executive officers to further the philosophy and policies set forth above and to support and enhance the business strategy of the Company. Base salary is designed to provide a minimum level of guaranteed pay. Short-term incentives reward short-term operating and financial performance, and long-term incentives align management interests with the interests of the stakeholders of the Company.

        The Compensation Committee does not have a formula for establishing a specified percentage of total compensation that each of the Company's elements of compensation should represent. In addition, there is no formula for allocating between currently paid-out compensation and long-term compensation. However, when considering any individual element of an executive officer's total compensation, the Compensation Committee took into consideration the aggregate amounts and mix of the executive officer's compensation as compared to the Benchmark Companies.

        Base Salary.     The base salaries for Messrs. Metz and Nolan were established pursuant to their October 2008 employment agreements. These base salaries are applicable until December 31, 2010, the expiration of the current term of the employment agreements.

        In light of the Company's financial situation in early 2009, the Company did not conduct its annual base wage adjustment process for all employees, nor did the Compensation Committee perform its typical annual review of executive officer salaries. However, in July 2009, based on a review of the Benchmark Companies, Survey Benchmarks, and the recommendations of Messrs. Metz and Nolan, it was determined that certain executive officer salaries should be adjusted in light of the desired total compensation result. Mr. Bayer was the only NEO affected by the adjustment and his salary was revised from $500,000 to $600,000.

        In March 2010, Mr. Hoyt's salary was adjusted to $535,000 (from $710,000) when a new Executive Vice President—Finance was hired to undertake responsibilities which include some that Mr. Hoyt, as interim Chief Financial Officer, previously undertook.

        Cash Bonus Awards.     Pursuant to their employment agreements, for service through October 25, 2009, Messrs. Metz and Nolan were entitled to fixed cash bonuses of $2,000,000 and $1,600,000, respectively, payable quarterly in equal installments on each of February 2, 2009, May 2, 2009, August 2, 2009 and October 25, 2009. Messrs. Metz and Nolan both elected to reduce their February 2, 2009 fixed cash bonus to one-half of the amount payable pursuant to their respective employment agreements in light of the Company's financial circumstances at the time. Pursuant to their employment agreements, Messrs. Metz and Nolan were also entitled to discretionary cash bonuses of up to $1,000,000 and $800,000, respectively, payable in October 2009, which the Compensation Committee determined to pay Messrs. Metz and Nolan in full based on the success of Messrs. Metz and Nolan in leading the Company through the restructuring process while maintaining sound operations and performance.

        From and after October 26, 2009, pursuant to their employment agreements, Messrs Metz and Nolan were to participate in the Company's then applicable bonus plans in a manner commensurate with their respective positions. However, under the Company's annual bonus plan, Messrs. Metz and Nolan could not participate in such plan until January 1, 2010. As a result, following negotiations with the various stakeholders and approval of the Bankruptcy Court, in lieu of such participation,

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Messrs. Metz and Nolan received an additional prorated quarterly bonus payment of $364,130 and $291,304, respectively, for the period from October 26, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

        Modified CVA Plan.     The annual cash incentive has been and continues to be paid pursuant to the CVA Plan, which is designed to reward participants for their contribution to the achievement of annual corporate performance goals. Annual equity awards in connection with the CVA Plan were made for performance through 2007; however, such awards were eliminated with respect to 2008 and later performance periods for all employees, including the NEOs.

        The Compensation Committee is authorized to designate participants in the CVA Plan and, in addition to our executive officers (other than Messrs. Metz and Nolan), approximately 2,700 of the Company's employees participated in the Modified CVA Plan in 2009. The establishment of the target incentive awards for the participating executive officers was broadly designed to achieve aggregate market median compensation assuming 100% CVA Plan payout, based on a review of total compensation at the Benchmark Companies and Survey Benchmarks. The Compensation Committee and the other stakeholders believe this is appropriate in light of the Company's Chapter 11 circumstances. The targets for Messrs. Metz and Nolan for 2010 and Messrs. Hoyt, Bayer and Michaels for 2009 and 2010 are as follows:

Executive
  Modified CVA Plan
Target Incentive Awards
(as a percent of base salary)
 

Metz*

    133 %

Nolan*

    128 %

Hoyt

    50 %

Bayer

    75 %

Michaels

    25 %

*
Target applicable to 2010 only.

        The Modified CVA Plan award for executive officers is equal to base salary times their target incentive award times the applicable payout percentage (see schedule below), subject to discretionary adjustment by Messrs. Metz and Nolan based on individual executive officer performance. The payout percentage under the Modified CVA Plan is determined based on achievement of the Company EBITDA target and using the payout curve illustrated below:

Modified CVA Plan Payouts

 
  Performance Level (EBITDA)   Payout Percentage of CVA
Target Opportunity

Maximum

  109% and above   200% of Target

Target

  100%   100% of Target

Low Performance

  92%   11.1% of Target

Threshold

  91% or below   No Payout

        For NEOs (inclusive of, beginning in 2010, Messrs. Metz and Nolan), the Company performance target under the Modified CVA Plan is based on EBITDA, which is defined as NOI plus property management revenue less corporate overhead (excluding restructuring costs) and capitalized costs. "NOI" means the aggregate operating revenues of the Company's and its subsidiaries' real estate properties and master planned communities less the aggregate property and related expenses of such properties and communities (excluding interest, depreciation, amortization, reorganization and extraordinary expenses, and impairment charges).

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        The Company performance targets for 2009 were recommended by management, approved by the Compensation Committee, agreed to by the various stakeholders in the Chapter 11 Cases and approved by the Bankruptcy Court. For 2009, target EBITDA was $2.116 billion, which was designed to reflect estimated Company performance so that the goal of providing market median compensation would be achieved if Company performance met expectations. In 2009, the Company achieved EBITDA performance of 100.726% of target, resulting in an applicable payout percentage of 108.06%.

        The calculated awards under the Modified CVA Plan for 2009 were reviewed and modified based on each executive officer's relative individual performance at the recommendation of Messrs. Metz and Nolan as follows:

Executive
  CVA Award Based upon 2009
EBITDA Performance Level
  Modified Award Based upon
CEO/COO Adjustment

Hoyt

  $383,613     $300,000  

Bayer

  $486,270     $475,000  

Michaels

  $324,180     $300,000  

        KEIP.     The KEIP was designed to provide long-term incentive compensation for the duration of the Chapter 11 Cases. The NEOs, including Messrs. Metz and Nolan, are included in the 46 employees eligible to participate in the KEIP. These 46 participants were chosen either because they are essential to the Company's operations or integral to the bankruptcy reorganization process and/or creating long-term enterprise value.

        KEIP target opportunities were broadly designed to provide median aggregate market compensation on a two-year annualized basis, assuming Chapter 11 plan recoveries are at the "Objective 1" level in the "KEIP Payouts" chart below. The KEIP target opportunities for the NEOs are:

Executive
  KEIP Target Incentive Awards
(as a percent of base salary)
 

Metz

    225 %

Nolan

    200 %

Hoyt*

    99.35 %

Bayer

    125 %

Michaels

    40 %

*
Mr. Hoyt's KEIP target opportunity was revised from 75% to 99.35% in March 2010 to maintain his original participation level in the KEIP notwithstanding the change in his base salary.

        The KEIP payout formula is based on plan recoveries in the Chapter 11 Cases to all unsecured creditors and third party equity holders of General Growth Properties, Inc., GGP Limited Partnership, GGPLP L.L.C., and The Rouse Company Limited Partnership (collectively, the " Parent Level Debt and Equity "). The payout opportunity increases as recoveries increase and, therefore, maximizes enterprise value creation. The KEIP performance metrics are the recovery value to the Parent Level Debt and Equity based on the value in the plan of reorganization calculated on emergence from bankruptcy (the " Plan Recovery Value "), and based on the market value of the consideration distributed to the Parent Level Debt and Equity 90 days after emergence from bankruptcy (the " Market Recovery Value "). Each of these performance metrics is then applied to the executive officers' KEIP target opportunities using a payout curve to calculate their payouts under the KEIP. The executive officers' payouts will be based 40% on the Plan Recovery Value and 60% on the Market Recovery Value.

        Payout level under the KEIP are determined based on the plan recovery metrics using a payout curve with a threshold level and no maximum, as illustrated in the chart below. Payout levels will be

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interpolated between the illustrated threshold and objective levels and above based upon the payout curve. As shown below, after an 85% recovery has been reached, every increase of 10% in the recovery percentage yields an increase of 100% in the payout percentage. If, pursuant to the plan of reorganization, the Parent Level Debt is paid in full in cash and the Parent Level Equity receives no distribution, the recovery percentage would be 100%. Payout percentages will continue to increase beyond the highest objective level shown at the same rate if achieved recovery percentages are greater than 105%. A recovery percentage above 100% would be the result of a distribution pursuant to the plan of reorganization to the Parent Level Equity. Each one dollar per share distribution to the Parent Level Equity results in a 4.86% increase in the recovery percentage, weighted between the Plan Recovery Value and the Market Recovery Value. The plan recovery of the KEIP was left without a maximum to incentivize management to maximize the recovery to the Parent Level Debt and Equity. Maximum payout levels under the KEIP are not determinable at this time.

KEIP Payouts

 
  Recovery Percentage
Calculated Using Plan
Recovery Value & Market
Recovery Value
  Payout Percentage of KEIP
Target Opportunity

Threshold

  45% or below   No Payout

Low Performance

  46%   5% of Target

Objective 1

  65%   100% of Target

Objective 2

  85%   200% of Target

Objective 3

  95%   300% of Target

Objective 4

  105%   400% of Target

Uncapped

  â   â

        In addition to the plan recovery metrics based on Plan Recovery Value and Market Recovery Value, there is an emergence incentive pool specifically designed to incentivize executive officers and other KEIP participants to expeditiously emerge from Chapter 11 as set forth in the table below. This pool will be allocated by the Compensation Committee, if applicable. All KEIP participants are eligible for a distribution from the pool, including the NEOs.

Emergence Date
  Pool
June 30, 2010 or earlier   $10 million
July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010   $5 million
October 1, 2010 or later   $0

        All payments under the KEIP are to be made in cash promptly upon satisfaction of the relevant payment conditions.

        Equity Awards.     Periodic discretionary grants of stock, stock options and restricted stock under the 2003 Plan were previously an important element of our executive compensation program; however, no discretionary equity awards were made in 2009. The Compensation Committee does not expect to make equity awards to the NEOs prior to the Company's emergence from bankruptcy. As discussed above, the KEIP is intended to replace our historic equity grants for 2009 and 2010.

    Stock Ownership Guidelines

        The Company does not have an executive officer stock ownership policy or guideline specifying any targeted ownership levels for executive officers. The Company's insider trading policy prohibits aggressive or speculative transactions with respect to the Company's securities, including short sales and the purchase or writing of put or call options. In addition, under the policy employees may not pledge

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or otherwise use Company securities as collateral for a margin loan or any other loan where the obligation to repay such loan is affected by the value of the Company's securities.

    Retirement Benefits

        The Company provides no defined benefit pension benefits or supplemental pension benefits to executive officers.

    Perquisites

        Except in very limited circumstances, our executive officers do not receive perquisites or other benefits that are not available to all of our employees.

    Termination Compensation

        If the Company terminates either Mr. Metz's or Mr. Nolan's employment without "cause" during the term of the employment agreements, then the terminated executive is eligible (subject to execution of a release in favor of the Company) to receive a lump sum severance payment equal to the executive's base salary through the end of the term and continuation of medical and dental benefits for the remainder of the term. The employment agreements also provide for a gross-up payment for certain excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to stated limits in the agreements.

        The Company does not have any employment contracts, severance agreements, or change-in-control agreements with any other NEOs.

    Impact of Regulatory Requirements on Compensation

        Section 162(m).     The Compensation Committee has considered the anticipated tax treatment to the Company and our executive officers of various payments and benefits.

        The Committee has determined not to limit executive compensation to that deductible under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Compensation Committee will monitor the impact to the Company and consider whether any changes in the Company's programs are warranted. However, the Compensation Committee may continue to approve compensation that does not meet the requirements of Section 162(m) if necessary to ensure competitive levels of total compensation for the executive officers.

Compensation Committee Report

        We, the undersigned members of the Compensation Committee, have reviewed and discussed the foregoing Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on our review and discussion with management, we have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Amendment to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

    Respectively submitted by the Compensation Committee,

 

 

 

 

Alan Cohen (Chair)
John Haley
John Riordan

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

        During all or part of the year ending December 31, 2009, William Ackman, Alan Cohen, John Riordan, Glenn Rufrano and Beth Stewart served as members of the Company's Compensation Committee. John Haley joined the Compensation Committee on March 18, 2010. None of these directors is or has been an officer or an employee of the Company. In addition, during 2009, none of the Company's executive officers served on the board of directors or compensation committee (or committee performing equivalent functions) of any other company that had one or more executive officers serving on the Board or Compensation Committee.

Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation

        The following tables set forth information regarding the compensation of the NEOs, who are our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and our three other most highly compensated officers, during the year ended December 31, 2009.

Summary Compensation Table

Name and Principal Position
  Year   Salary
($)(1)
  Bonus
($)
  Stock
Awards
($)(2)
  Option
Awards
($)(2)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(3)
  All Other
Compensation
($)
  Total
($)
 

Adam Metz

    2009   $ 1,557,692   $ 3,114,130 (4)             $ 43,622 (5) $ 4,715,444  
 

Chief Executive Officer

    2008   $ 230,769       $ 63,870 (5) $ 1,938,000       $ 213,147 (5) $ 2,445,786  

    2007           $ 90,345 (5)         $ 77,000 (5) $ 167,345  

Edmund Hoyt

   
2009
 
$

741,346
   
   
   
 
$

300,000
 
$

12,250

(7)

$

1,053,596
 
 

Interim Chief Financial

    2008   $ 485,000       $ 149,622       $ 105,010   $ 15,478 (7) $ 755,110  
 

Officer

    2007   $ 390,000   $ 50,000 (6)     $ 466,089   $ 198,508   $ 11,250 (7) $ 1,115,847  

Joel Bayer

   
2009
 
$

578,846
   
   
   
 
$

475,000
 
$

12,250

(8)

$

1,066,096
 
 

Senior Vice President and

    2008   $ 500,000       $ 161,850       $ 94,830   $ 16,071 (8) $ 772,751  
 

Chief Investment Officer

    2007   $ 486,000           $ 164,983   $ 247,372   $ 11,250 (8) $ 909,605  

Robert Michaels

   
2009
 
$

1,269,231
   
   
   
 
$

300,000
 
$

12,250

(9)

$

1,581,481
 
 

Vice Chairman

    2008   $ 1,200,000       $ 127,235       $ 125,000   $ 32,578 (9) $ 1,484,813  

    2007   $ 1,000,000   $ 1,000,000 (6)     $ 1,391,802   $ 508,996   $ 51,893 (9) $ 3,952,691  

Thomas Nolan, Jr. 

   
2009
 
$

1,298,077
 
$

2,491,304

(4)
 
   
   
 
$

113,080

(10)

$

3,902,461
 
 

President and Chief

    2008   $ 192,308       $ 63,870 (10) $ 1,550,400       $ 135,547 (10) $ 1,942,125  
 

Operating Officer

    2007           $ 90,345 (10)         $ 77,500 (10) $ 167,845  

(1)
These amounts reflect the 27 pay periods in 2009 plus an amount equal to one week of compensation for each of Messrs. Hoyt, Bayer and Michaels, as a result of the termination, by the Company, of a vacation accrual plan.

(2)
These amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of awards and options pursuant to the Company's 1993 Plan, 1998 Incentive Stock Plan ("1998 Plan") and 2003 Plan.

(3)
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation represents amounts earned under the CVA Plan for the year shown that are paid in the following year. See the above "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" for a description of the CVA Plan.

(4)
These amounts represent cash bonus payments pursuant to employment agreements.

(5)
The "Stock Awards" amounts relate to restricted stock grants that Mr. Metz received as a non-employee director. The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2009 represents the sum of the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($12,250) and amounts paid by the Company for medical insurance for Mr. Metz and his family that Mr. Metz had in place prior to joining the Company ($31,372). The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2008 represents the sum of the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($5,769) and the sum of fees that Mr. Metz received as a non-employee director ($207,378). The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2007 represents the sum of fees that Mr. Metz received as a non-employee director.

(6)
These amounts represent cash bonuses earned for the year shown that were paid in the following year.

(7)
This amount represents the sum of the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($12,250 in 2009, $11,250 in 2008, and $11,250 in 2007). The amount for 2008 also includes the sum of dividends on restricted stock ($4,228).

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(8)
This amount represents the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($12,250 in 2009, $11,500 in 2008, and $11,250 in 2007). The amount for 2008 also includes the sum of dividends on restricted stock ($4,571).

(9)
This amount represents the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($12,250 in 2009, $11,500 in 2008, and $11,250 in 2007), the sum of dividends on restricted stock ($3,569 in 2008 and $15,332 in 2007) and reimbursements of certain travel expenses deemed to be personal expenses ($17,509 in 2008 and $25,311 in 2007).

(10)
The "Stock Awards" amounts relate to restricted stock that Mr. Nolan received as a non-employee director. The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2009 represents the sum of the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($12,250) and relocation expenses ($100,830). The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2008 represents the sum of the Company's 401(k) matching contribution ($4,808) and the sum of fees that Mr. Nolan received as a non-employee director ($130,739). The "All Other Compensation" amount for 2007 represents the sum of fees that Mr. Nolan received as a non-employee director.

Plan Based Awards

        The following table provides information on incentive awards made to the NEOs in 2009. These incentive awards were made pursuant to the Modified CVA Plan and the KEIP, which are both described above under "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" in Item 11. No equity awards were made to the NEOs in 2009.

        In the following table, threshold, target and maximum estimated possible payouts are provided. Under the terms of the Modified CVA Plan, no payments will be made if the performance target achievement level is 91% or below. As a result, the threshold payout under the Modified CVA Plan in the following table is estimated assuming a 92% performance level, the lowest whole percentage at which payment would be made under the plan. The target payout is estimated assuming a 100% performance level, while the maximum payout is estimated assuming a performance level of 109% or above (resulting in a payment of 200% of the executive's target award, which is the cap on potential awards under the Modified CVA Plan). All three payout scenarios assume that no discretion is exercised to increase or decrease the executive's payout.

        For potential payouts under the KEIP in the following table, threshold awards are estimated assuming a 46% plan recovery percentage, the lowest whole percentage at which payments will be made under the KEIP. Target award estimates assume a 65% plan recovery percentage, which is the performance level at which 100% of the target payouts are due. Because payments under the KEIP are not capped, no estimates of maximum payout amounts are included.

2009 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 
   
  Estimated Possible Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
 
Name
  Grant Date   Threshold ($)   Target ($)   Maximum ($)  

Adam Metz

    7/28/2009 (1) $ 168,750   $ 3,375,000     uncapped  

Edmund Hoyt

   
7/28/2009

(2)

$

39,405
 
$

355,000
   
$710,000
 

    7/28/2009 (1) $ 26,576   $ 531,523     uncapped  

Joel Bayer

   
7/28/2009

(2)

$

49,950
 
$

450,000
   
$900,000
 

    7/28/2009 (1) $ 37,500   $ 750,000     uncapped  

Robert Michaels

   
7/28/2009

(2)

$

33,300
 
$

300,000
   
$600,000
 

    7/28/2009 (1) $ 24,000   $ 480,000     uncapped  

Thomas Nolan, Jr

   
7/28/2009

(1)

$

125,000
 
$

2,500,000
   
uncapped
 

(1)
Incentive award under the KEIP.

(2)
Incentive award under the Modified CVA Plan for 2009. Note that actual amounts paid under the Modified CVA Plan for 2009 are set forth above in the Summary Compensation Table.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

        The following table provides information on outstanding stock options and restricted stock held by the NEOs at December 31, 2009.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2009 Fiscal Year-End Table

 
  Option Awards   Stock Awards  
Name
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
  Option
Exercise
Price ($)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested (#)
  Market
Value of
Shares of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)(1)
 

Adam Metz

                    500 (2) $ 5,780  

    1,000,000       $ 3.73     11/3/2013 (3)        

Edmund Hoyt

   
   
   
   
   
3,171
 
$

36,657
 

    75,000       $ 35.41     02/9/2010 (4)        

    20,000     5,000   $ 50.47     02/6/2011 (4)        

        15,014   $ 50.47     02/6/2011 (5)        

    18,000     12,000   $ 65.81     2/22/2012 (4)        

        13,819   $ 65.81     2/22/2012 (6)        

Joel Bayer

   
   
   
   
   
3,429
 
$

39,639
 

    10,000       $ 35.41     02/9/2010              

        18,917   $ 50.47     02/6/2011 (5)            

        17,292   $ 65.81     2/22/2012 (6)            

Robert Michaels

   
   
   
   
   
2,677
 
$

30,946
 

    120,000       $ 35.41     2/09/2010 (4)        

    300,000       $ 50.47     2/06/2011 (4)        

        34,317   $ 50.47     2/06/2011 (5)        

    100,000       $ 65.81     2/22/2012              

        33,613   $ 65.81     2/22/2012 (6)        

Thomas Nolan, Jr. 

   
   
   
   
   
500

(2)

$

5,780
 

    7,500       $ 34.75     4/1/2010 (2)            

    2,500       $ 47.26     1/3/2011 (2)            

    800,000       $ 3.73     11/3/2013 (3)            

(1)
This amount represents the value of the shares of common stock that have not vested based on the closing price per share of our common stock on December 31, 2009 ($11.56).

(2)
The award relates to compensation Messrs. Metz or Nolan previously received as a director of the Company and does not relate to any compensation as an officer or employee of the Company.

(3)
The option grants listed were issued in connection with Messrs. Metz and Nolan's employment agreements and vested in full on October 25, 2009.

(4)
The option grant listed was granted pursuant to either the 1993 Plan or the 2003 Plan and vests in increments of one-fifth on each of the grant date and the first through the fourth anniversaries of the grant date.

(5)
The option grant listed represents TSOs granted pursuant to the 1998 Plan which vest if shares of our common stock attain and sustain a threshold market price of $70.79 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days at any time over the five years following the date of grant.

(6)
The option grant listed represents TSOs granted pursuant to the 1998 Plan which vest if shares of our common stock attain and sustain a threshold market price of $92.30 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days at any time over the five years following the date of grant.

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

        The following table provides information on restricted stock that vested under all plans during 2009 by each of the NEOs during 2009. There were no option exercises by any of the NEOs during 2009.

2009 Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table

 
  Stock Awards
Name
  Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)
  Value Realized on
Vesting ($)(1)

Adam Metz

  1,000(2)   $1,045

Edmund Hoyt

 

1,057

 

$447

Joel Bayer

 

1,142

 

$490

Robert Michaels

 

892

 

$455

Thomas Nolan, Jr. 

 

1,000(2)

 

$1,045


(1)
This amount represents the closing price per share of our common stock on the vesting date, multiplied by the number of shares vested.

(2)
The restricted shares which vested in 2009 all relate to compensation Messrs. Metz and Nolan previously received as directors of the Company and do not relate to any compensation as officers or employees of the Company.

Change in Control Payments

        None of our NEOs are entitled to payment of any benefits upon a change in control of GGP, except that our 1993 Plan, 1998 Plan and 2003 Plan each provide that upon a change in control all unvested restricted stock and unvested options shall immediately become vested (unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise).

        As of December 31, 2009, the NEOs hold the following shares of unvested restricted stock and unvested options that would become vested upon a change in control. The unrealized value of the shares of unvested restricted stock and the unvested options was calculated by multiplying the closing price per share of our common stock on December 31, 2009 ($11.56) times the number of shares of unvested restricted stock. No value was ascribed to unvested options because the applicable exercise prices exceeded the closing price per share of our common stock on December 31, 2009.

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Unvested Restricted Stock and Options Table

Name
  Number of
Shares
Underlying
Unvested
Restricted
Stock (#)
  Number of
Shares
Underlying
Unvested
Options (#)
  Unrealized Value
of Unvested Stock
and Options ($)
 

Adam Metz

    500 (1)     $ 5,780  

Edmund Hoyt

   
3,171
   
45,833
 
$

36,657
 

Joel Bayer

   
3,429
   
36,209
 
$

39,639
 

Robert Michaels

   
2,677
   
67,930
 
$

30,946
 

Thomas Nolan, Jr. 

   
500

(1)
 
 
$

5,780
 

(1)
These restricted shares relate to compensation Messrs. Metz and Nolan previously received as directors of the Company and do not relate to any compensation as officers or employees of the Company.

Item 12.     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Equity Compensation Plans

        The following table sets forth certain information with respect to shares of our common stock that may be issued under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2009.

Plan Category
  (a)
Number of securities to
be Issued upon Exercise
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
  (b)
Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
  (c)
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a))
 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(1)

    4,407,025   $ 53.82     4,309,195 (2)

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(3)

   
1,800,000
 
$

3.73
   
n/a
 
               

    6,207,025   $ 39.29     4,309,195  
               

(1)
Includes shares of common stock under the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (which terminated on April 4, 2003), the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (which terminated December 31, 2008) and the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan.

(2)
Reflects shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan.

(3)
Represents shares of common stock under employment agreements dated November 2, 2008 with Adam S. Metz, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer (the "Agreements"). Pursuant to the Agreements, the Company granted each of Messrs. Metz and Nolan an employment inducement award of options to acquire 1,000,000 and 800,000 shares, respectively, of the Company's common stock (the "Option Grants"). The Option Grants were awarded in accordance with the Exchange employment inducement grant exemption and were therefore not awarded under any of the Company's stockholder approved equity plans. These stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing

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    price of the Company's common stock on November 3, 2008 and vested in their entirety on October 25, 2009.

Stock Ownership

        The following two tables set forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by certain persons. The information presented in these tables is based upon the most recent filings with the SEC by these persons or upon other information that they have provided to us. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person possesses sole or shared voting or investment power and options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Unless otherwise noted, we believe that the beneficial owners of common stock listed below have sole voting and investment power for all shares shown. The tables list the applicable percentage ownership based on 317,306,922 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 15, 2010. Shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 15, 2010 are deemed outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of the person holding these options, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of any other person.

    Common Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

        The following table sets forth, as of April 15, 2010, certain information concerning each stockholder who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock.

Name and Address
  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Approximate
Percent of Class
 

General Trust Company, as trustee

    66,888,612 (1)   20.9 %

M.B. Capital Partners III

             

M.B. Capital Units L.L.C.

             
 

300 North Dakota Avenue
Suite 202
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104

             

Elliott Associates, L.P and affiliates

   
16,738,695

(2)
 
5.3

%
 

712 Fifth Avenue
36 th  Floor
New York, NY 10019

             

Morgan Stanley

   
16,000,020

(3)
 
5.0

%

Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc.

             
 

1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

             

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. and affiliates

   
23,953,782

(4)
 
7.5

%
 

888 Seventh Avenue, 42 nd  Floor
New York, NY 10019

             

(1)
Based on the holders' Schedule 13D/A dated March 5, 2009. The shares held by General Trust Company (" GTC ") are held by GTC solely in its capacity as trustee of trusts, the beneficiaries of which are members of the Bucksbaum family which, for purposes hereof, include the spouses and descendents of Martin, Matthew and Maurice Bucksbaum, including John Bucksbaum, Chairman of the Board of the Company. GTC is a general partner of M.B. Capital Partners III (" M.B. Capital ") and M.B. Capital is the sole member of M.B. Capital Units L.L.C. (" Units L.L.C. "). GTC has sole beneficial ownership of 10,368,092 shares of common stock. GTC, M.B. Capital and Units L.L.C. share beneficial ownership of 45,212,231 shares of common stock. GTC and M.B.

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    Capital share beneficial ownership of 56,520,520 shares of common stock. Included in the number of shares beneficially owned by GTC, M.B. Capital, and Units L.L.C. are 2,862,221 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of limited partnership units in GGP Limited Partnership, the Company's operating partnership (the " Operating Partnership "), as described under "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions." The number of shares issuable upon conversion, as contained in the holder's Schedule 13D/A, has been adjusted to reflect the change in the conversion ratio as a result of the Company's 2009 stock dividend.

(2)
Based on the holder's Schedule 13G dated March 18, 2010, which reports the beneficial ownership of 16,738,695 shares. Elliott Associates, L.P. ("Elliott") has sole power to vote and dispose of 6,886,300 of those shares. Elliott's wholly-owned subsidiaries, Elliott International, L.P. and Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc., share the power to vote and dispose of 9,852,395 shares.

(3)
Based on the holder's Schedule 13G dated February 12, 2010, which reports the beneficial ownership of 16,000,020 shares, with sole power to vote and dispose of all such shares.

(4)
Based on holder's Schedule 13D/A dated April 2, 2010, which reports beneficial ownership of 23,953,782 shares. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. ("PSCM"), PS Management GP, LLC ("PSMGP") and William A. Ackman ("Ackman") share the power to vote 23,953,782 shares and Pershing Square GP, LLC ("PSGP") shares the power to vote 8,601,425 of those shares along with PSCM, PSMGP and Ackman. PSCM, PSMGP and Ackman share power to dispose of all 23,953,782 shares and PSGP shares the power to dispose of only 8,601,425 along with PSCM, PSMGP and Ackman. The holder's Schedule 13D/A further discloses that these reporting persons also have additional economic exposure to approximately 54,907,669 shares under certain cash-settled total return swaps, bringing their aggregate economic exposure to 78,861,451 shares of common stock.

Equity Ownership of Management

        The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 15, 2010 by each of our directors, each of the NEOs and all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

Directors and Executive Officers
  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Approximate
Percent of Class
 

John Bucksbaum

    2,691,823 (1)(2)   *  

Debra Cafaro

    10,000     *  

Alan Cohen

    24,082 (3)   *  

Anthony Downs

    59,669 (3)(4)   *  

John Haley

    10,116     *  

Adam Metz

    1,096,389 (3)   *  

Thomas Nolan

    819,673 (3)   *  

John Riordan

    24,233 (3)   *  

Sheli Rosenberg

    10,000 (3)   *  

Beth Stewart

    18,509 (3)   *  

Edmund Hoyt

    103,528 (3)   *  

Joel Bayer

    51,685 (3)   *  

Robert Michaels

    598,593 (3)(5)   *  

All directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons)

    5,932,293 (6)   1.9 %

*
Represents less than 1% of our outstanding common stock.

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(1)
This amount does not include shares of common stock beneficially owned by General Trust Company, M.B. Capital Partners III, or M.B. Capital Units L.L.C. (see "Common Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners" above).

(2)
This amount includes: 20,859 shares of commons stock beneficially owned by Mr. Bucksbaum's spouse; 805,388 shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation, of which Mr. Bucksbaum is a director and officer; 866,115 shares of common stock beneficially owned (including 138,284 shares issuable upon conversion of Operating Partnership units) by Mr. Bucksbaum's father, Matthew Bucksbaum (a former director and officer of the Company); and 43,688 shares of common stock beneficially owned (including 25,350 shares issuable upon conversion of Operating Partnership units) by Mr. Bucksbaum's mother. Mr. Bucksbaum disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares referenced in the preceeding sentence.

(3)
This amount includes shares of our common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days after April 15, 2010 pursuant to stock options awarded under our incentive stock plans. These amounts are as follows: Mr. Cohen, 2,539 shares; Mr. Downs, 2,539 shares; Mr. Metz, 1,015,761 shares; Mr. Nolan, 815,147 shares; Mr. Riordan, 2,539 shares; Ms. Stewart, 2,539 shares; Mr. Hoyt, 49,772 shares; and Mr. Michaels, 406,304 shares. This amount also includes shares of restricted stock which have not vested as of April 15, 2010 and of which the holder has the right to vote but not the right to dispose. These amounts are as follows: Ms. Cafaro: 6,667; Mr. Cohen: 7,167; Mr. Downs: 7,167; Mr. Haley: 6,667; Mr. Metz: 500; Mr. Nolan: 500; Mr. Riordan: 7,167; Ms. Rosenberg: 6,667; Ms. Stewart: 7,167; Mr. Hoyt: 2,114; Mr. Bayer: 2,286 and Mr. Michaels: 1,785.

(4)
This amount includes 10,404 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Downs as trustee of a trust for the benefit of his spouse.

(5)
This amount includes 1,200 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Michaels' spouse as trustee for the benefit of their grandchildren.

(6)
This amount includes an aggregate of 2,596,689 shares of common stock that our directors and executive officers have the right to acquire within 60 days after April 15, 2010 pursuant to stock options awarded under our incentive stock plans, 163,634 shares issuable upon conversion of Operating Partnership units beneficially owned by Mr. Bucksbaum's parents and 80,347 shares of restricted stock which have not vested as of April 15, 2010 and of which the holder has the right to vote but not the right to dispose.

Item 13.     Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Related Party Transactions Policy

        Our Related Party Transactions Policy is designed to assist with the proper identification, review and disclosure of related party transactions. Under this policy, management of the Company is required to disclose to the Audit Committee any transaction between the Company and related parties, and the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving them. The Audit Committee may only approve a transaction between the Company and a related party if the transaction is on terms that are comparable to terms the Company could obtain in an arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party, and either the term of the transaction does not exceed one year or the Company can terminate the agreement evidencing the transaction upon reasonable notice to the related party. A related party for purposes of this policy means:

    an officer or director of the Company;

    a stockholder directly or indirectly beneficially owning in excess of five percent of the Company;

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    a person who is an immediate family member of, or shares a household with, an officer or director; or

    an entity that is either wholly or substantially owned or controlled by someone listed above.

This policy does not apply to transactions of a type in which all Company employees may participate, a transaction that involves compensation for services rendered to the Company as an employee or director, or a transaction that involves the conversion or redemption of outstanding interests in the Operating Partnership.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

        The Company is the general partner of the Operating Partnership, and is currently the owner of approximately 96% of the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. Several entities, the owners or beneficiaries of which are members of the Bucksbaum family (including John Bucksbaum) are limited partners of the Operating Partnership which currently own, in the aggregate, approximately 1% of the partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. This interest is convertible into 3,025,856 shares of our common stock. In addition, on January 2, 2009, one of these entities converted a majority of its limited partnership interest into 42,350,000 shares of our common stock.

Director Independence

        The Board consists of ten directors, a majority of which are independent within the meaning of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the " NYSE "). The Board affirmatively determined that each of the following directors, Debra Cafaro, Alan Cohen, Anthony Downs, John Haley, John Riordan, Sheli Rosenberg and Beth Stewart, is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards. The Board reviewed all relevant information and concluded that none of the directors listed above possess any of the bright-line relationships set forth in the NYSE listing standards that prevent independence, nor do they possess any other relationship with the Company (either directly or as a partner, significant shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company), other than Board membership.

Item 14.     Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Auditor Fees and Services

        The following table presents the fees paid by the Company to its independent auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP, for the audits of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 and fees billed for other services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP and its affiliates for those periods. Audit services consisted principally of the audits of the Company's annual financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, audits of certain affiliates of the Company, including The Rouse Company LP, reviews of the financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, consents and other services related to SEC matters. Audit-related services consisted principally of audits in connection with operating expense audits required by tenants of several of the Company's properties. Tax services consisted principally of preparation and compliance.

 
  2008   2009  

Audit Fees

  $ 3,954,700   $ 3,997,750  

Audit-Related Fees

  $ 15,000      

Tax Fees

  $ 488,050   $ 511,807  

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Audit Committee's Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

        The Audit Committee charter requires the Audit Committee to pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services (including the fees and terms associated with such services) to be provided by the Company's independent auditors, subject to certain de minimis exceptions for non-audit services which are approved by the Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. Pre-approval is typically provided at regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, but the Audit Committee has delegated to its Chair the authority to grant pre-approval for specified matters between meetings as necessary, provided the matter is then presented to the full Audit Committee at the next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee has granted pre-approval for routine and recurring audit, non-audit and tax services, in each case with fees less than $10,000, so long as the services are directly related to the performance of specifically pre-approved services and the performance and cost of each such service is promptly reported to the Audit Committee. Under the policies adopted by the Audit Committee, if the invoice for a previously approved service materially exceeds the estimated fee or range of fees, the Committee or its Chair must approve such excess amount prior to payment of the invoice and the Company's independent auditors have been informed of this policy.

        In pre-approving the services generating fees in 2009, the Audit Committee has not relied on the de minimis exception to the SEC pre-approval requirements applicable to audit related, tax and all other permitted non-audit services.

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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.

    GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

/s/ EDMUND HOYT

Edmund Hoyt
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: April 30, 2010

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
*

John Bucksbaum
  Director and Chairman of the Board   April 30, 2010

*

Adam Metz

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

April 30, 2010

*

Thomas Nolan, Jr.

 

Director, President and Chief
Operating Officer

 

April 30, 2010

 

Debra Cafaro

 

Director

 

 

*

Alan Cohen

 

Director

 

April 30, 2010

*

Anthony Downs

 

Director

 

April 30, 2010

*

John Haley

 

Director

 

April 30, 2010

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
*

John Riordan
  Director   April 30, 2010

  

Sheli Rosenberg

 

Director

 

 

*

Beth Stewart

 

Director

 

April 30, 2010

*By:

 

/s/ EDMUND HOYT

Edmund Hoyt
Attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

  3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of General Growth Properties, Inc. filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on February 10, 2006 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of General Growth Properties, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3(ii).1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 18, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 21, 2008).

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Increasing Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on February 26, 2007 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2007).

 

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.2

 

Rights Agreement dated July 27, 1993, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and certain other parties named therein (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.3

 

Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of February 1, 2000, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and certain other parties named therein (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B which was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2010).

 

4.4

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated July 13, 1995, by and among GGP Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), General Growth Properties, Inc. and the persons listed on the signature pages thereof (previously filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.5

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated December 6, 1996, among the Operating Partnership, Forbes/Cohen Properties, Lakeview Square Associates, and Jackson Properties (previously filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.6

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated June 19, 1997, among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc., and CA Southlake Investors, Ltd. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.7

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated October 23, 1997, among General Growth Properties, Inc., the Operating Partnership and Peter Leibowits (previously filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.8

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated April 2, 1998, among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and Southwest Properties Venture (previously filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

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  4.9   Redemption Rights Agreement dated July 21, 1998, among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc., Nashland Associates, and HRE Altamonte, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.10

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated October 21, 1998, among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and the persons on the signature pages thereof (previously filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.11

 

Redemption Rights Agreement (Common Units) dated July 10, 2002, by and among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and the persons listed on the signature pages thereof (previously filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008) .

 

4.12

 

Redemption Rights Agreement (Series B Preferred Units) dated July 10, 2002, by and among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and the persons listed on the signature pages thereof (previously filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

4.13

 

Redemption Rights Agreement (Common Units) dated November 27, 2002, by and among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and JSG, LLC (previously filed as Exhibit 4.13 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

4.14

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated December 11, 2003, by and among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and Everitt Enterprises, Inc. (filed herewith).

 

4.15

 

Redemption Rights Agreement dated March 5, 2004, by and among the Operating Partnership, General Growth Properties, Inc. and Koury Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 4.15 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

4.16

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated April 15, 1993, between General Growth Properties, Inc., Martin Bucksbaum, Matthew Bucksbaum and the other parties named therein (previously filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

4.17

 

Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated February 1, 2000, among General Growth Properties, Inc. and certain other parties named therein (filed herewith).

 

4.18

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated April 17, 2002, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and GSEP 2002 Realty Corp (previously filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

4.19

 

Rights Agreement dated November 18, 1998, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., as Rights Agent (including the Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Form of Right Certificate attached thereto as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares attached thereto as Exhibit C) (previously filed as Exhibit 4.19 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

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  4.20   First Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of November 10, 1999, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.20 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.21

 

Second Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of December 31, 2001, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B which was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2010).

 

4.22

 

Third Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2008, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and BNY Mellon Shareholder Services (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 18, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 21, 2008).

 

4.23

 

Letter Agreement concerning Rights Agreement dated November 10, 1999, between the Operating Partnership and NYSCRF (previously filed as Exhibit 4.22 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

4.24

 

The Rouse Company and The First National Bank of Chicago (Trustee) Indenture dated as of February 24, 1995 (filed herewith).

 

4.25

 

The Rouse Company LP, TRC Co-Issuer, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (Trustee) Indenture dated May 5, 2006 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.24 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2007).

 

4.26

 

Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 24, 2006 among General Growth Properties, Inc., Operating Partnership and GGPLP L.L.C., as Borrowers; the several lenders from time to time parties thereto; Banc of America Securities LLC, Eurohypo AG, New York Branch ("Eurohypo") and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Arrangers; Eurohypo, as Administrative Agent; Bank of America, N.A., and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agents; and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Documentation Agent (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 24, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on March 2, 2006).

 

4.27

 

Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2007, between the Operating Partnership and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 16, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on April 19, 2007).

 

10.1

 

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership dated April 1, 1998 (the "LP Agreement") (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.2

 

First Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of June 10, 1998 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.3

 

Second Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of June 29, 1998 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

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  10.4   Third Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of February 15, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.5

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of April 24, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.6

 

Fourth Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of July 10, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.7

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement dated as of November 27, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.8

 

Sixth Amendment to the LP Agreement and Exhibit A to the Amendment dated as of November 20, 2003 (filed herewith).

 

10.9

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement and Exhibit A to the Amendment dated as of December 11, 2003 (filed herewith).

 

10.10

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement dated March 5, 2004 (filed herewith).

 

10.11

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement dated November 12, 2004 (filed herewith).

 

10.12

 

Amendment to the LP Agreement dated September 30, 2006 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2007).

 

10.13

 

Twelfth Amendment to the LP Agreement dated December 31, 2006 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2007).

 

10.14

 

Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of GGPLP L.L.C. dated April 17, 2002 (the "LLC Agreement") (previously filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.15

 

First Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated April 23, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.16

 

Second Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated May 13, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.17

 

Third Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated October 30, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.18

 

Fourth Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated April 7, 2003 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.19

 

Fifth Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated April 11, 2003 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.20

 

Sixth Amendment to the LLC Agreement dated November 12, 2004 (filed herewith).

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  10.21   Operating Agreement dated November 10, 1999, between the Operating Partnership, NYSCRF, and GGP/Homart II L.L.C. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.22

 

Amendment to the Operating Agreement of GGP/Homart II L.L.C. dated November 22, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.23

 

Letter Amendment to the Operating Agreement of GGP/Homart II L.L.C. dated January 31, 2003 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.24

 

Second Amendment to the Operating Agreement of GGP/Homart II L.L.C. dated January 31, 2003 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.25

 

Third Amendment to the Operating Agreement of GGP/Homart II L.L.C. dated February 8, 2008 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.26

 

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of GGP-TRS L.L.C. dated August 26, 2002, between the Operating Partnership, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois and GGP-TRS L.L.C. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.27

 

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of GGP-TRS L.L.C. dated December 19, 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.28

 

Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of GGP-TRS L.L.C. dated November 1, 2005 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006).

 

10.29

*

Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (previously filed as Exhibit 10.29 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

10.30

 

Contingent Stock Agreement, effective January 1, 1996, by The Rouse Company and in favor of and for the benefit of the Holders and the Representatives (as defined therein) (previously filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008).

 

10.31

 

Assumption Agreement dated October 19, 2004 by General Growth Properties, Inc. and The Rouse Company in favor of and for the benefit of the Holders and the Representatives (as defined therein) (previously filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (No. 333-120373) which was filed with the SEC on December 23, 2004).

 

10.32

 

Indemnity Agreement dated as of February 2006 by the Company and The Rouse Company, LP. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on May 10, 2006).

 

10.33

*

General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (filed herewith).

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  10.34 * Amendment dated November 8, 2006 and effective January 1, 2007 to General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on November 8, 2006).

 

10.35

*

Form of Option Agreement pursuant to 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (filed herewith).

 

10.36

*

General Growth Properties, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, effective December 18, 2008 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.36 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009).

 

10.37

*

Amendment to General Growth Properties, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, effective March 1, 2010 (filed herewith).

 

10.38

*

Form of Option Agreement pursuant to Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (filed herewith).

 

10.39

*

Form of Employee Restricted Stock Agreement pursuant to Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006 which was filed with the SEC on August 9, 2006).

 

10.40

*

Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Agreement pursuant to Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (filed herewith).

 

10.41

*

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement pursuant to Second Amended and Restated. 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on May 8, 2008).

 

10.42

*

Employment Agreement dated as of November 2, 2008 by and among General Growth Properties, Inc., GGP Limited Partnership and Adam S. Metz (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 2, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008).

 

10.43

*

Employment Agreement dated as of November 2, 2008 by and among General Growth Properties, Inc., GGP Limited Partnership and Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 2, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008).

 

10.44

*

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2009 by and among the Company, GGP Limited Partnership and Adam S. Metz (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 10, 2009).

 

10.45

*

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2009 by and among the Company, GGP Limited Partnership and Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 10, 2009).

 

10.46

*

Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of November 3, 2008 by and between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Adam S. Metz (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 2, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008).

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  10.47 * Non-Qualified Option Agreement dated as of November 3, 2008 by and between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 2, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008).

 

10.48

*

General Growth Properties, Inc. Key Employee Incentive Plan dated October 2, 2009 and effective October 15, 2009 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.47 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

10.49

 

Loan Agreement dated as of July 11, 2008, among the borrowers named therein; the lenders from time to time party thereto; Eurohypo, as Administrative Agent; Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, Eurohypo and ING Real Estate Finance (USA) LLC ("ING"), as Joint Lead Arrangers and Book Managers; the Documentation Agents, as defined therein; and Wachovia Bank, National Association and ING, as Co-Syndication Agents (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 11, 2008 which was filed with the SEC on July 18, 2008).

 

10.50

 

Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement dated May 15, 2009 among General Growth Properties, Inc., as co-borrower, GGP Limited Partnership, as co-borrower, certain subsidiaries of the co-borrowers, as guarantors, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as agent, and the lenders party thereto (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on August 10, 2009).

 

10.51

*

General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation plan dated June 9, 1999 (filed herewith).

 

10.52

*

Amendment to General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation plan, effective January 1, 2007 (filed herewith).

 

10.53

*

2009 and 2010 Subplan to General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation plan (filed herewith).

 

21

 

List of Subsidiaries (previously filed as Exhibit 21 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (previously filed as Exhibit 23.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP (previously filed as Exhibit 23.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 31.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 31.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

31.3

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to this Amendment No. 2 (filed herewith).

 

31.4

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to this Amendment No. 2 (filed herewith).

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  32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 32.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (previously filed as Exhibit 32.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

32.3

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to this Amendment No. 2 (filed herewith).

 

32.4

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to this Amendment No. 2 (filed herewith).

 

99.1

 

Financial Statements of TRCLP, a wholly owned subsidiary of GGPLP (previously filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010).

 

101

 

The financial information from General Growth Properties, Inc's. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (1) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (2) Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income, (3) Consolidated Statements of Equity, (4) Conso1idated Statements of Cash Flows and (5) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not otherwise subject to liability under these sections.

(*)
A compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed.

        Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K, the registrant has not filed debt instruments relating to long-term debt that is not registered and for which the total amount of securities authorized thereunder does not exceed 10% of total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of December 31, 2009. The registrant agrees to furnish a copy of such agreements to the Commission upon request.

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SIGNATURES
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Exhibit 4.14

 

REDEMPTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Redemption Rights Agreement, dated December 11, 2003, among GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and assigns, the “Partnership”), General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “General Partner”), and Everitt Enterprises, Inc, a Colorado corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Contributing Party”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, the General Partner is the general partner of the Partnership;

 

WHEREAS, shares of common stock of the General Partner (the “Common Stock”) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of November 26, 2003 (as the same has been amended and may be further amended from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Partnership, Contributing Partner and the other parties thereto, the Contributing Party is being admitted as a limited partner of the Partnership and the Partnership is issuing to it 6.5% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units of limited partnership in the Partnership (such units that are being issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or any other securities issued in substitution therefor pursuant to the Series D Preferred Unit Designation, the “Series D Preferred Units”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Series D Preferred Unit Designation, the Series D Preferred Units may be converted into common units of limited partnership in the Partnership (such units into which Series D Preferred Units have been converted or any other securities issued in substitution therefor (other than pursuant to this Agreement), the “Common Units”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to set forth herein the terms and conditions upon which the Contributing Party may cause the Partnership to redeem its Common Units.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Acts” shall mean the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, collectively.

 

“Affiliates” shall mean “affiliates” as defined pursuant to the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day upon which commercial banks are open for business in Chicago, Illinois.

 

“Cash Purchase Price” shall mean, with respect to any redeemed or purchased Common Units, an amount of cash equal to the value of the Share Purchase Price (computed as of the Computation Date and equal to the Current Per Share Market Price on such Computation Date

 



 

multiplied by the number of Shares included in the Share Purchase Price) that would be payable with respect to such Common Units assuming the Share Purchase Price were paid in full satisfaction of the Purchase Price for such Common Units. In the event that the Share Purchase Price includes securities and/or other property other than Shares, then the value of such other securities and/or property shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of the closing prices of securities if listed on a nationally recognized exchange and otherwise on the basis of such quotations and other information as the General Partner considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.

 

“Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Certificate of Incorporation of the General Partner, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor code.

 

“Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Common Units” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Computation Date” shall mean the date on which the applicable Notice is received by the Partnership or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

 

“Conversion Factor” shall mean 100%, provided that such factor shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 6(a).

 

“Current Per Share Market Price” shall have the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust or other entity.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute.

 

“Exchange Act Reporting Company” shall mean any corporation or other entity which is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

“Liens” shall mean liens, pledges, security interests, mortgages, encumbrances and other claims of any type or kind.

 

“Major Transaction Event” shall mean, with respect to the General Partner, (a) a reclassification, capital reorganization or other similar change regarding or affecting outstanding Shares (other than a change addressed in Section 6(a)); (b) a merger or consolidation of the General Partner with one or more other corporations or entities, other than a merger pursuant to which the General Partner is the surviving corporation and the outstanding Shares are not

 

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affected, (c) a sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the General Partner’s assets or (d) the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the General Partner.

 

“Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

“Partnership Agreement” shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated April 1, 1998, as previously amended and as the same may be further amended from time to time.

 

“Person” shall mean any natural person or Entity.

 

“Preferred Units” shall mean preferred units of limited partnership in the Partnership that have been issued prior hereto or are issued hereafter.

 

“Prospectus” shall mean, with respect to the Resale Registration Statement, the prospectus constituting a part thereof, as amended or supplemented.

 

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Purchase Price” shall mean the Cash Purchase Price or the Share Purchase Price, or a combination thereof.

 

“Redemption Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

“REIT” shall mean real estate investment trust as such term is defined under the Code.

 

“REIT Requirements” shall have the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement, as the same may change from time to time.

 

“Resale Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

 

“Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute.

 

“Series D Preferred Units” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“Series D Preferred Unit Designation” shall mean Schedule A to the amendment to the Partnership Agreement that is being executed and delivered concurrently herewith.

 

“Share Purchase Price” shall mean, with respect to the exercise of any Redemption Rights and subject to the provisions of Section 6(c), a number of Shares equal to the product of (a) the number of Common Units being redeemed or purchased multiplied by (b) the Conversion Factor; provided, however, that, in the event the General Partner, after the date of this Agreement, issues to all holders of Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders to subscribe for or purchase Shares (other than

 

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Rights referred to in Section 6(b) that have been issued pursuant thereto) or any other securities or property (other than distributions paid in cash), then the Share Purchase Price also shall include such rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities or other securities or property that a holder of that number of Shares would have been entitled to receive had such holder held such Shares immediately prior to the time holders of Shares became entitled thereto (except to the extent that provision otherwise has been made for such holder to receive such rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities or other securities or property or similar rights,  options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities in respect of Common Units or adjustment otherwise has been made in respect thereof).

 

“Shares” shall mean shares of the Common Stock.

 

2.          Grant of Redemption Rights.

 

(a)  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Partnership does hereby grant to the Contributing Party, and the Contributing Party does hereby accept, the right, but without obligation on the part of the Contributing Party, to require the Partnership to redeem from time to time part or all of the Common Units of the Contributing Party for the Cash Purchase Price with respect to such Common Units (“Redemption Rights”).

 

(b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(a), the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, assume and satisfy the obligation of the Partnership with respect to the Contributing Party’s exercise of a Redemption Right by paying to the Contributing Party, at the General Partner’s election (which may be exercised in the General Partner’s sole discretion),  either the Cash Purchase Price or the Share Purchase Price (or a combination thereof) with respect to the Common Units for which the Contributing Party exercised its Redemption Rights. If the General Partner assumes such obligations with respect to the exercise by the Contributing Party of a Redemption Right as to certain Common Units and makes the required payment of the Share Purchase Price, the Cash Purchase Price or any combination thereof, then the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the Contributing Party with respect to the exercise of a Redemption Right for such Common Units, and any Common Units purchased shall be owned by the General Partner for all purposes.

 

(c)  If the General Partner shall assume and satisfy the obligations of the Partnership with respect to the exercise of a Redemption Right by the Contributing Party, the Partnership, the Contributing Party and the General Partner each shall treat the transaction between the General Partner and the Contributing Party as a sale of the Contributing Party’s Common Units (or a portion thereof) to the General Partner for federal income tax purposes.

 

(d)  Upon the redemption or purchase of part or all of the Contributing Party’s Common Units and the payment of the Purchase Price with respect thereto,  such Person shall be deemed withdrawn as a Partner in the Partnership to the extent of the Common Units redeemed or purchased and shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement with respect to such redeemed or purchased Common Units; provided, however, that the Contributing Party’s rights under this Agreement with regard to any other Common Units will continue in full force and effect.

 

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(e)  No fractional Shares shall be issued hereunder. In lieu of fractional Shares, the General Partner shall pay cash based on the Current Per Share Market Price on the relevant Computation Date.

 

3.          Exercise of Redemption Rights.

 

3.1      Time for Exercise of Redemption Rights. The Contributing Party may exercise its Redemption Rights in whole or in part and at any time and from time to time on or after the first anniversary of the date hereof; provided,  however, that the Redemption Rights may not be exercised at any one time by the Contributing Party with respect to less than 1,000 Common Units (or all the Common Units then owned by the Contributing Party if the Contributing Party owns less than 1,000 Common Units) or in the event that such exercise of Redemption Rights (or the assignment of Common Units or delivery of either the Cash Purchase Price or the Share Purchase Price with respect thereto) violates the Partnership Agreement or applicable law. Once given, a Notice shall be irrevocable subject to the payment of the Purchase Price for the Common Units specified therein in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

3.2      Method of Exercise. The Redemption Rights shall be exercised by delivery to the Partnership of (a) written notice (the “Notice”) in the form of Exhibit A specifying the number of the Common Units to be redeemed and the name or names (with address) in which any Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be registered if different than the Contributing Party and (b) the certificates, if any, representing such Common Units.

 

3.3      Closing. The closing of the redemption or purchase and sale pursuant to an exercise of the Redemption Rights by the Contributing Party shall occur within 30 days following the giving of the Notice. The Contributing Party shall execute such other documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with the closing of such redemption or purchase and sale.

 

3.4      Payment of Cash or Issuance of Shares. At the closing of the redemption or purchase and sale of Common Units pursuant to an exercise of Redemption Rights by the Contributing Party, the Partnership shall deliver to the Contributing Party the Cash Purchase Price by check or, in the event that the General Partner has assumed the obligations of the Partnership with respect to such exercise of Redemption Rights, the General Partner shall deliver to the Contributing Party, at the election of the General Partner (which may be exercised in the General Partner’s sole discretion) either (a) the Cash Purchase Price by check or (b) certificates representing the Shares and any other securities and/or other property constituting the Share Purchase Price, together with cash in lieu of the issuance of any fraction of a Share as provided in Section 2(e), or a combination thereof.

 

4.        Matters Relating to Shares.

 

4.1      Registration.

 

(a)  Within 15 days after the first issuance of any Shares pursuant hereto, the General Partner shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 or other appropriate registration form with the SEC covering the resale by Contributing Party of such Shares and all other Shares issuable by the General Partner upon exercise of the Redemption Rights assuming

 

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full conversion of the Series D Preferred Units and full satisfaction of the Redemption Rights by delivery of Shares and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) to become effective as soon as practicable thereafter. Following the effective date of the Resale Registration Statement and until the Shares covered by the Resale Registration Statement have been sold or are eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act (without regard to the period that the Series D Preferred Units or Common Units were held prior to the exchange thereof for Shares pursuant to the Redemption Rights), the General Partner shall keep the Resale Registration Statement current, effective and available for the resale by Contributing Party of the Shares delivered to it pursuant hereto.

 

(b)  During the time period when the Resale Registration Statement is required to be current, effective and available under this Section 4.1, the General Partner also shall:

 

(i)      promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus relating thereto, as may be necessary to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale of the Shares covered by the Resale Registration Statement whenever Contributing Party shall desire to sell or otherwise dispose of the same but in no event beyond the period in which the Registration Statement is required to be kept in effect. Upon ten (10) business days’ notice, the General Partner shall file any supplement or post-effective amendment to the Resale Registration Statement with respect to the plan of distribution or a Contributing Party’s ownership interests in its Shares that is reasonably necessary to permit the sale of such Contributing Party’s Shares pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement;

 

(ii)     furnish to Contributing Party, without charge, such number of authorized copies of the Prospectus relating thereto, and any amendments or supplements to such Prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as Contributing Party may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Shares owned by Contributing Party;

 

(iii)    register or qualify the securities covered by the Resale Registration Statement under state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are reasonably required to effect a sale thereof and do any and all other acts and things which may be necessary or appropriate under such state securities or blue sky laws to enable Contributing Party to consummate the public sale or other disposition in such jurisdictions of such securities;

 

(iv)     before filing any amendments or supplements to the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating thereto, furnish copies of all such documents proposed to be filed to the Contributing Party, who shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon; provided, however, that all such documents shall be subject to the approval of the Contributing Party insofar as they relate to information concerning the Contributing Party (including, without limitation, the proposed method of distribution of Contributing Party’s securities);

 

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(v)      notify Contributing Party promptly (A) when the Resale Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (B)  of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus relating thereto or for additional information, and (C) of the happening of any event during the period the Resale Registration Statement is effective which in the judgment of the General Partner makes any statement made in the Resale Registration Statement or such Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in the Resale Registration Statement or such Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(vi)     cooperate with Contributing Party to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Shares being sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends provided the Shares evidenced thereby have been sold in a manner permitted by the Prospectus relating to the Resale Registration Statement;

 

(vii)    upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (v)(C) above, promptly prepare and file a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating thereto or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Shares, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the obligation to prepare and file any such supplement or post-effective amendment shall be suspended if the General Partner, relying upon advice of counsel, determines that disclosure of any information required to be included therein would be adverse to its interests, but such suspension (A) shall not extend beyond sixty (60) days with respect to any such specified event and (B)  shall not occur more than twice during any period of twelve (12)  consecutive months; and

 

(viii)   promptly notify each Contributing Party of,  and confirm in writing, (A) the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, or (ii) if, between the effective date of any the Resale Registration Statement and the sale of the Shares to which it relates, the General Partner receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares or initiation of any proceeding for such purpose. The General Partner shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement at the earliest practicable time.

 

(c)  The General Partner hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Contributing Party and each person, if any, who controls Contributing Party (within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (“Claims”) to which Contributing Party or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact

 

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contained in the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating thereto or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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, and shall reimburse such Contributing Party and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Contributing Party in connection with investigating or defending any such loss as such expenses are incurred;  provided, however, that the General Partner shall not be liable insofar as any such losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to the General Partner by any Contributing Party expressly for use therein. Each Contributing Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner and each person, if any, who controls the General Partner (within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) from and against any and all Claims to which the General Partner or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon such information furnished in writing to the General Partner by such Contributing Party.

 

(d)  Each Contributing Party agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the General Partner of the happening of any event of the kind described in clause (b)(v)(C) above and without waiving any rights under clause (b)(vii)  above, such Contributing Party will forthwith discontinue disposition of securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement until Contributing Party’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by clause (b)(vii) above.

 

(e)  The General Partner shall bear all expenses relating to filing the Resale Registration Statement and keeping the Resale Registration Statement current, effective and available; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not be responsible for any brokerage fees or underwriting commissions due and payable in connection with the sale of Shares or any legal fees of Contributing Party.

 

(f)  The General Partner shall use reasonable best efforts to cause all Shares to be listed or otherwise eligible for full trading privileges on the principal national securities exchange (currently the New York Stock Exchange)  on which shares of Common Stock are then listed on or before the date on which the Resale Registration Statement covering the Shares becomes effective or the Shares are issued by the General Partner to a Contributing Party, whichever is later. The General Partner will use reasonable best efforts to continue the listing or trading privilege for all Shares on the exchange on which shares of Common Stock are then listed. The General Partner will promptly notify the Contributing Party of, and confirm in writing, the delisting of the Shares.

 

(g)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the General Partner shall have no obligation to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective if the status of the General Partner (or its successor) as an Exchange Act Reporting Company is terminated.

 

4.2      Reservation of Shares. At all times while the Redemption Rights are outstanding, the General Partner shall reserve for issuance such number of Shares as may be necessary to enable the General Partner to issue Shares in full satisfaction of all Redemption Rights which are

 

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from time to time outstanding (assuming that there are no limitations as to the ownership of such Shares under the Certificate of Incorporation which relate to compliance with the REIT Requirements, that all Series D Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units and that the General Partner elected to pay the Share Purchase Price with respect to all such Redemption Rights).

 

4.3     Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. All Shares which may be issued upon exercise of the Redemption Rights shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

5.       Transfer and Similar Taxes. The General Partner shall pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property in a name other than that of the holder of the Common Units to be exchanged, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the General Partner the amount of any such tax or established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the General Partner, that such tax has been paid.

 

6.       Anti-Dilution and Adjustment Provisions.

 

(a)  The Conversion Factor shall be adjusted in the event that the General Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend or distribution on its outstanding Shares in Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding Shares in Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding Shares, or (iii)  combines its outstanding Shares into a smaller number of Shares. In such event,  the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Shares issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if none, the effective date) for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time) and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if none, the effective date) for such dividend, distribution,  subdivision or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the opening of business on the day next following the record date, if any, for such event. In addition, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted in the event that the Partnership (i)  declares or pays a dividend or distribution on its outstanding Common Units in Common Units, (ii) subdivides its outstanding Common Units, or (iii) combines its outstanding Common Units into a smaller number of Common Units. In such event, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the actual number of Common Units issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if none, the effective date) for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (determined without the below assumption) and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Units issued and outstanding on such record date (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time) or effective date. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall become effective on the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.

 

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(b)  If at any time the holders of Common Stock are entitled to any right (a “Right”) to subscribe pro rata for additional securities of the General Partner, whether Common Stock or other classifications, or for any other securities or interests that the Contributing Party would have been entitled to subscribe for if, immediately prior to such grant, the Contributing Party had exercised its Redemption Rights and received the Share Purchase Price in payment thereof, in lieu of any adjustment under any other subsection of this Section 6 or other provision of this Agreement and except to the extent that provision otherwise has been made for the Contributing Party to receive such Right or a similar right in respect of the Common Units or adjustment otherwise has been made in respect thereof, the Contributing Party also shall receive from the General Partner, prior to or concurrent with the time such Right becomes exercisable, the same Right that the Contributing Party would have been entitled to if the Contributing Party had exercised its Redemption Rights in full and received the Share Purchase Price in satisfaction thereof immediately prior to the time holders of Common Stock became entitled to such Right.

 

(c)  Upon the occurrence of a Major Transaction Event, the General Partner shall cause effective provision to be made so that, upon full conversion of the Series D Preferred Units of the Contributing Party into Common Units,  exercise of the Redemption Rights by the Contributing Party in respect thereof and the election of the General Partner to pay the Purchase Price at any time following such Major Transaction Event by means of the Share Purchase Price, the Contributing Party shall have the right to acquire, in lieu of the Shares which otherwise would have been issued to the Contributing Party, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (and the provisions contained in Section 4.1 shall apply anew to the extent that such securities are of a class of securities of the General Partner or its successor that are registered under the Exchange Act) and interests as would be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for the number of Shares constituting the Share Purchase Price as if all Series D Preferred Units of the Contributing Party had been converted into Common Units, such Redemption Rights had been exercised and the General Partner had satisfied the Redemption Rights by delivery of the Share Purchase Price immediately before such Major Transaction Event.

 

(d)  The Partnership shall give written notice to the Contributing Party of any Major Transaction Event promptly after such Major Transaction Event is announced to the public.

 

(e)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the adjustment provisions contained in this Agreement shall be applied so that there is no duplication of adjustments made pursuant to any other document or other section hereof and (ii) no adjustment under any provision hereof shall be made on account of (A) the stock split approved by the stockholders of the General Partner on November 20, 2003 or (B) the split of the Common Units provided for in the Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of November 20, 2003. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply to successive events that may occur from time to time but only shall apply to a particular event if it occurs prior to the exercise in full of the Redemption Rights or the liquidation of the Partnership. Nothing contained herein shall prevent or otherwise limit the liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, as amended from time to time.

 

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(f)  Whenever the Conversion Factor is adjusted as herein provided, the General Partner shall compute the adjusted Conversion Factor in accordance with this Section 6 and shall prepare a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the General Partner setting forth the adjusted Conversion Factor and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed at the offices of the General Partner.

 

(g)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (but subject to the first sentence of Section 6(e) hereof), the General Partner and the Partnership agree that they will apply the provisions of this Section 6, the definition of Share Purchase Price and any related provisions as if the Common Units were issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. Thus, for example, if an event were to occur on December 31, 2003 that would adjust the number of Shares into which the Common Units would be exchangeable had such Common Units been outstanding as of such date, but the Common Units were not actually issued until December 31, 2004, then such adjustment would be applied so that, upon such issuance (but subject to further adjustment for subsequent events), the Common Units would be exchangeable in accordance with the other terms hereof for the number of Shares for which the Common Units would have been exchangeable had such Common Units been outstanding on December 31, 2003.

 

7.        Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

7.1      Notices. All notices or other communications given pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation any Notice, shall be sent to the party to whom or to which such notice is being sent, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, commercial overnight delivery service or delivered by hand with receipt acknowledged in writing and otherwise as set forth in this Section 7.1. All notices and other communications (a) shall be deemed given when received and (b) may be given either by a party or by such party’s attorneys. For purposes of this Section 7.1, the addresses of the parties shall be, in the case of the Partnership and the General Partner, 110 N.  Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, facsimile number (312) 960-5463,  Attention: Bernard Freibaum (with a copy to Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 2200, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attn: Marshall E.  Eisenberg, facsimile number (312) 269-1747), and, in the case of the Contributing Party, as set forth on the records of the Partnership. The address of any party may be changed by a notice in writing given in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

7.2      Assignment. The rights of the Contributing Party hereunder (including the Redemption Rights) shall automatically devolve upon any Person to the extent that such Person holds Common Units or Series D Preferred Units, and becomes a substituted partner with respect to such Common Units or Series D Preferred Units, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and delivers to the Partnership a written instrument, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership, pursuant to which such Person agrees to be bound by the terms hereof (but the rights of the Contributing Party hereunder are not otherwise assignable). All references herein to Contributing Party shall be deemed to be references to each assignee pursuant to this paragraph. Subject to the provisions of Section 6, the General Partner may assign this Agreement in connection with any Major Transaction Event without the consent of the Contributing Party, provided that no such assignment shall relieve the General Partner of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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7.3      Binding Effect. Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

7.4      Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended only with the written consent of the Partnership, the General Partner and the holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding Common Units (assuming that all of the issued and outstanding Series D Preferred Units were converted into Common Units in accordance with the Partnership Agreement immediately prior to the execution of such amendment).

 

7.5      Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to its conflicts of law principles).

 

7.6      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one document.

 

7.7      Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior written or oral understandings and/or agreements among them with respect thereto.

 

7.8      Pronouns; Headings; Etc. As used herein, all pronouns shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and all terms shall include the singular and plural thereof wherever the context and facts require such construction. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. Any references in this Agreement to a “Section” or “Exhibit” shall refer to a Section or Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

7.9      Survival. The representations, warranties and covenants contained herein or made pursuant hereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the closing of any redemption or purchase and sale pursuant to an exercise of Redemption Rights hereunder.

 

7.10     Further Assurances. Each of the parties shall hereafter execute and deliver such other instruments and documents and do such further acts and things as may be required or useful to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

CONTRIBUTING PARTY:

 

 

 

EVERITT ENTERPRISES, INC., a Colorado corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan C. Line

 

 

Alan C. Line

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

PARTNERSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware

 

limited partnership

 

 

 

 

 

By:

General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware

 

 

corporation, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joel Bayer

 

 

 

Joel Bayer, Senior Vice President

 

 

 

and Chief Investment Officer

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joel Bayer

 

 

Joel Bayer, Senior Vice President

 

 

and Chief Investment Officer

 

 




Exhibit 4.17

 

AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”), dated as of February 1, 2000, among General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “REIT”), General Growth Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “New Investor”) and the other parties whose names are set forth under the caption “Existing Investors” on the signature pages hereto.

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, the REIT and the Existing Investors and/or their predecessors in interest have entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 15, 1993 (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which the Existing Investors have certain registration rights;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Partnership is issuing to the New Investor common units of limited partnership in the Partnership (the “New Units”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to reflect that the New Limited Partner is entitled to the rights of an “Investor” under the Agreement as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.           Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

2.           Section 1.2 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and the following is hereby inserted in lieu thereof:

 

“1.2       `Eligible Securities’ means all or any portion of the Investor Shares and any shares of Common Stock acquired by Investors upon conversion or exchange of the LP Interests.”

 

3.           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement, the parties hereby agree that the New Investor is deemed to be an “Investor” for purposes of the Agreement and, as such, is entitled to all of the rights of an Investor thereunder and is subject to all of the limitations thereon and that the New Units are deemed to be “LP Interests” for purposes of the Agreement. The New Investor hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

4.           Except as set forth herein, the terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the benefit of the Existing Investors and the New Investor.

 

5.           This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all which together shall constitute the same document.

 

6.           This Amendment, to the extent executed by any person or entity in his or its capacity as trustee of a trust, is executed by such person or entity solely as such trustee and not in an individual capacity. The execution by such person or entity of this Amendment in his or its

 



 

capacity as trustee shall not create any liability on, or require the performance of any covenant by, any such trustee individually nor subject the individual property of any trustee to any liability.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.

 

 

REIT:

 

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC., a

 

Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jon Batesole

 

 

Name:

Jon Batesole

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

EXISTING INVESTOR:

 

 

 

 

MB CAPITAL PARTNERS III, a South

 

Dakota general partnership

 

 

 

 

By:

MBA Trust, a partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

General Trust Company,

 

 

 

not individually but solely as trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Greaves

 

 

 

 

Name:

Michael Greaves

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

NEW INVESTOR:

 

 

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH COMPANIES, INC., a

 

Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Bucksbaum

 

 

Name:

John Bucksbaum

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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Exhibit 4.24

 


 

THE ROUSE COMPANY

 

AND

 

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO

 

Trustee

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of February 24, 1995

 


 



 

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to

Sections 310 through 318, inclusive of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

 

Trust Indenture

 

 

Act Section

 

Indenture Section

 

 

 

Section 310

(a)(1)

 

609

 

(a)(2)

 

609

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

 

(b)

 

608

 

 

 

610

Section 311

(a)

 

613

 

(b)

 

613

Section 312

(a)

 

701

 

 

 

702

 

(b)

 

702

 

(c)

 

702

Section 313

(a)

 

703

 

(b)

 

703

 

(c)

 

703

 

(d)

 

703

Section 314

(a)

 

704

 

(a)(4)

 

101

 

 

 

1004

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

 

(c)(1)

 

102

 

(c)(2)

 

102

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

(d)

 

Not Applicable

 

(e)

 

102

Section 315

(a)

 

601

 

(b)

 

602

 

(c)

 

601

 

(d)

 

601

 

(e)

 

514

Section 316

(a)

 

101

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

502

 

 

 

512

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

513

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

 

(b)

 

508

 

(c)

 

104

Section 317

(a)(1)

 

503

 

(a)(2)

 

504

 

(b)

 

1003

Section 318

(a)

 

107

 

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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Page

Paying Agent

9

Person

9

Place of Payment

9

Predecessor Security

9

Principal Property

10

Ratio Calculation

10

Redemption Date

11

Redemption Price

11

Regular Record Date

11

Remaining Life

11

Required Filing Date

11

Restricted Subsidiary

11

Sale/Leaseback Transaction

11

Securities

11

Security Register

11

Significant Subsidiary

11

Special Record Date

11

Stated Maturity

11

Subsidiary

12

Treasury Yield

12

Trustee

12

Trust Indenture Act

13

U.S. Government Obligations

13

Vice President

13

 

 

Section 102.

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

13

Section 103.

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

14

Section 104.

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

14

Section 105.

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

16

Section 106.

Notice to Holders; Waiver

17

Section 107.

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

17

Section 108.

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

17

Section 109.

Successors and Assigns

18

Section 110.

Separability Clause

18

Section 111.

Benefits of Indenture

18

Section 112.

Governing Law

18

Section 113.

Legal Holidays

18

Section 114.

Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations

18

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

Security Forms

 

 

 

Section 201.

Form Generally

19

Section 202.

Form of Face of Security

19

Section 203.

Form of Reverse of Security

21

Section 204.

Form of Legend for Global Securities

24

 

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Page

Section 205.

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

24

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

The Securities

 

 

 

Section 301.

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

25

Section 302.

Denominations

28

Section 303.

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

28

Section 304.

Temporary Securities

30

Section 305.

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

31

Section 306.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

33

Section 307.

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

34

Section 308.

Persons Deemed Owners

35

Section 309.

Cancellation

35

Section 310.

Computation of Interest

36

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

 

 

Section 401.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

36

Section 402.

Application of Trust Money

38

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

Remedies

 

 

 

Section 501.

Events of Default

38

Section 502.

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

41

Section 503.

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

43

Section 504.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

44

Section 505.

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

44

Section 506.

Application of Money Collected

45

Section 507.

Limitation on Suits

45

Section 508.

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

46

Section 509.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

46

Section 510.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

46

Section 511.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

47

 

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Page

 

 

Section 512.

Control by Holders

47

Section 513.

Waiver of Past Defaults

48

Section 514.

Undertaking for Costs

48

Section 515.

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws

48

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

The Trustee

 

 

 

Section 601.

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

49

Section 602.

Notice of Defaults

49

Section 603.

Certain Rights of Trustee

49

Section 604.

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

51

Section 605.

May Hold Securities

51

Section 606.

Money Held in Trust

51

Section 607.

Compensation and Reimbursement

51

Section 608.

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

52

Section 609.

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

52

Section 610.

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

53

Section 611.

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

55

Section 612.

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

56

Section 613.

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

56

Section 614.

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

56

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

 

 

 

Section 701.

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

59

Section 702.

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

59

Section 703.

Reports by Trustee

60

Section 704.

Reports by Company

60

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

 

 

 

Section 801.

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

60

Section 802.

Successor Substituted

62

 

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ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

Supplemental Indentures

 

 

 

Section 901.

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

62

Section 902.

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

64

Section 903.

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

65

Section 904.

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

65

Section 905.

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

65

Section 906.

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

66

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

Covenants

 

 

 

Section 1001.

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

66

Section 1002.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

66

Section 1003.

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

67

Section 1004.

Statement by Officers as to Default

68

Section 1005.

Existence

68

Section 1006.

Maintenance of Properties

69

Section 1007.

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

69

Section 1008.

Limitation on the Incurrence of Debt

69

Section 1009.

Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions

70

Section 1011.

Provision of Financial Information

71

Section 1012.

Waiver of Certain Covenants

72

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

Redemption of Securities

 

 

 

Section 1101.

Applicability of Article

72

Section 1102.

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

72

Section 1103.

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

73

Section 1104.

Notice of Redemption

73

Section 1105.

Deposit of Redemption Price

74

Section 1106.

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

74

Section 1107.

Securities Redeemed in Part

75

 

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ARTICLE TWELVE

 

 

 

Sinking Funds

 

 

 

Section 1201.

Applicability of Article

75

Section 1202.

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

76

Section 1203.

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

76

 

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

 

 

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

 

 

 

Section 1301.

Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

76

Section 1302.

Defeasance and Discharge

77

Section 1303.

Covenant Defeasance

77

Section 1304.

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

78

Section 1305.

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

81

Section 1306.

Reinstatement

81

 

 

TESTIMONIUM

83

 

 

SIGNATURES AND SEALS

84

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

84

 

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PARTIES

 

INDENTURE, dated as of February 24, 1995, between The Rouse Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Maryland 21044-3456, and The First National Bank of Chicago, a National Banking Association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, 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 agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, 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 Trust Indenture Act,

 



 

either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as reflected in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for such period;

 

(4) the words “Article” and “Section” refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture; and

 

(5) 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 sub-division.

 

“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.

 

“Asset” means, with respect to one or more transactions occurring within any 12-month period, any asset or group of assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, all balance sheet items and all intangible assets including management contracts, goodwill and trade secrets) with a fair market or book value, whichever is larger, greater than 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets on the date of such transaction.

 

“Attributable Debt” shall mean, as to any particular lease under which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is at the time liable, at any date as of which

 

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the amount thereof is to be determined, the lesser of (i) the fair value of the property subject to such lease (as certified in an Officers’ Certificate) or (ii) the total new amount of rent required to be paid by the Company under such lease during the remaining term thereof, discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at the rate of interest per annum equal to 8.5%, compounded semi-annually. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.

 

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

 

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company 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”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in that Place of Payment, the State of Maryland or the City of New York.

 

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other Debt arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property of such Person which are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such

 

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lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the 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 at such time.

 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

 

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President, one of its Senior or Executive Vice Presidents, or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Consolidated Coverage Ratio” of any Person means for any period the ratio of (i) EBDT for such period plus Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period for such Person to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period for such Person.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period the Consolidated Interest Expense included in a consolidated income statement (without deduction of consolidated interest income) of such Person for such period (based on the accounting principles reflected in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for such period), including, without limitation or duplication (or, to the extent not so included; with the addition of), (i) the portion of any rental obligation in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation allocable to interest expense in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (ii) the amortization of Debt discounts; (iii) any payments or fees (other than up-front fees) with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities; (iv) fees (other than up-front fees) with respect to interest rate swap or similar agreements, or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar agreements; (v) the interest portion of any rental obligation with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction (determined as if such obligations were treated as a Capital Lease Obligation); and

 

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(vi) any dividends attributable to any equity security which may be converted into a debt security of the Company at any time or is mandatorily redeemable for cash within 20 years from its initial issuance.

 

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” shall mean the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other property deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities (excluding any thereof which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed and excluding current maturities of long-term indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations) and (ii) all goodwill, all as shown in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter for which consolidated Financial Statements are available.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in Chicago, Illinois or such other place provided by the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.

 

“Corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

 

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

 

“Day Count Fraction” means, the number of days from the Redemption Date to (but excluding) the next scheduled Interest Payment Date divided by 360 (which assumes a year composed of twelve 30-day months).

 

“Debt” means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, excluding any trade payments and other accrued current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (iii) every currently due reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such

Person, (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue by more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith), (v) every Capital Lease Obligation of such Person, (vi) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of any equity security which may be converted into a debt security of such

 

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Person at any time or is mandatorily redeemable for cash within twenty years from its initial issuance, and (vii) every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed or for which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

 

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

 

“Defeasible Series” has the meaning specified in Section 1301.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“EBDT” shall mean Earnings Before Depreciation and Deferred Taxes from Operations for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries based on the accounting principles reflected in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 contained in the Company’s Form 10-Q for such period, and assuming that any dividends paid on any equity security shall not be deducted in calculating EBDT unless such equity security may be converted into a debt security at any time or is mandatorily redeemable for cash within 20 years from its initial issuance.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any statute successor thereto.

 

“Financial Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 1011.

 

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.

 

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“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

 

“Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles or otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of any such Person (and “incurrence,” “incurred,” “incurrable” and “incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that a change in generally accepted accounting principles that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an incurrence of such Debt.

 

“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, including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” has the meaning specified in Section 203.

 

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 

“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 provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4) or (5).

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President, one of its

 

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Senior or Executive Vice Presidents, or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means a Security, including any Security that does not provide for the payment of interest prior to Maturity, which is issued at a price lower than the principal amount thereof and which provides that upon redemption or acceleration of the Stated Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 an amount less than the principal amount thereof shall become due and payable.

 

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such 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;

 

(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and

 

(4) Securities which have been replaced pursuant to 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

 

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it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

 

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, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company 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 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 Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified herein or as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of

 

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the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for 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 shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

 

“Principal Property” shall mean any land, and any building, structure or other facility, together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part thereof, in each case the net book value of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at such date; provided, however, that Principal Property shall not include (i) any building, structure or facility which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors as evidenced by a Board Resolution, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety or (ii) any portion of a particular building, structure or facility which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors as evidenced by a Board Resolution, is not of material importance to the use or operation of such building, structure or facility.

 

“Ratio Calculation” shall mean that, immediately after either the Incurrence of such Debt or the sale of or other disposal of such Asset, as the case may be, the Company, or its agent, shall calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the four full fiscal quarter period preceding such Incurrence, sale or disposal for which consolidated Financial Statements are available. In making such calculation, (a) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any Debt to be Incurred bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period and (b) with respect to any Debt which bears, at the option of the Company, a fixed or floating rate of interest, the Company shall apply the same rate for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Coverage Ratio as it chooses to apply to the Debt. In addition, such calculation shall be performed using the consolidated Financial Statements which shall be reformulated on a pro forma basis as if such Debt had been incurred or such Asset had been sold or otherwise disposed of, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four fiscal quarter period. Such reformulation shall give effect, as if the relevant event had occurred at the beginning of such four fiscal quarter period, to any actual use of proceeds of such Debt being Incurred or Asset being sold or disposed of and to any Incurrences or repayments of Debt and other sales, disposals or acquisitions of Assets occurring after the end of the last quarter for which there are consolidated Financial Statements available. If any

 

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portion of the proceeds has not been used, it shall be assumed that such portion of the proceeds was invested in one-year Treasury bills on the first day of such four fiscal quarter period.

 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Remaining Life” means, for any Security, as of any Determination Date, the number of years calculated to the nearest one-twelfth obtained by subtracting such Determination Date from the Maturity Date of such Security.

 

“Required Filing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1011.

 

“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company which has a 50% or greater ownership interest in a Principal Property or properties.

 

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

 

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” is any Subsidiary of the Company that holds assets that had a value, on a current value basis, in excess of 3% of the Company’s Total Common Stock and Other Shareholders’ Equity, on a current value basis, as reported in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Annual Report to Shareholders.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest 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 or interest

 

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thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

 

“Treasury Yield” means either (x) in the case of a Security having a Maturity Date less than one year after the applicable redemption date, the average yield to maturity on a government bond equivalent basis of the applicable United States Treasury Bill due the week of the Maturity Date of such Security or (y) in the case of a Security having a Maturity Date one year or more after the applicable Redemption Date, the weekly average yield to maturity of United States Treasury Notes having a constant maturity as set forth in the most recent weekly statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates” (the “H.15 Statistical Release”), corresponding to the Remaining Life; such yield described in this clause (y) to be calculated by the Company or, if applicable, an Independent Investment Banker, by interpolation (unless the Remaining Life equals a constant maturity set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release) on a straight line basis, between the weekly average yields (rounded, if necessary, to four decimal places) on (i) the United States Treasury Notes with a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Life and (ii) the United States Treasury Notes with a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Life, or if such weekly average yields are not available, by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Company or, if applicable, the Independent Investment Banker.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument 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, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean each Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

 

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“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

 

“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

 

Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

 

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include

 

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition 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 covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been 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 with respect 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 Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel 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 Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect 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; Record Dates.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise 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 Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders

 

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signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

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 manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

 

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 to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no

 

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such action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder (or any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from, any action given or taken, or purported to have been given or taken, hereunder by a Holder on or prior to such date, in which event the Company may set a record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any action to be given or taken by Holders pursuant to Section 501, 502 or 512.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.

 

Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

 

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 Company shall be sufficient 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 Administrator, or

 

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

 

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Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), 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 and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. 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.

 

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

 

Section 108. 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.

 

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Section 109. Successors and Assigns.

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 110. Separability Clause.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 111. Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 112. Governing Law.

 

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

Section 113. Legal Holidays.

 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

 

Section 114. Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations.

 

To the extent permissible by law, no recourse for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security or for any claim based on any

 

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Security or on this Indenture, shall be had against any director, officer or stockholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Company. Any such claim against any such Person is expressly waived as a condition of, and as consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

Security Forms

 

Section 201. Forms Generally.

 

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

Section 202. Form of Face of Security.

 

The Rouse Company

 

                 % Notes due         ,

 

No.                                    

$                                    

 

The Rouse Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Maryland (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

 

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                                                                                                                                                                , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                                                                 Dollars on                                ,                  and to pay interest thereon from                                ,                  or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on                                 and                                 in each year, commencing                                  ,                  at the rate of         % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will; as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                      or                  (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be

 

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entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

The Rouse Company

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                            , 1995 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $             .

 

The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, at any time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. Such redemption shall be at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (i) 100% of the outstanding principal amount of each Security to be so redeemed, (ii) the accrued but unpaid interest thereon from the most recent Interest Payment Date to (but excluding) the Redemption Date (computed on the basis of a 360 day year composed of twelve 30 day months), and (iii) the Make-Whole Premium. The “Make-Whole Premium” is equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the present values, discounted for all full semi-annual periods at a discount rate equal to one-half multiplied by the Treasury Yield, provided, however, that the discount rate for the period from the Redemption Date to the next Interest Payment Date shall equal the result of multiplying the

 

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Treasury Yield by the Day Count Fraction, of (i) the remaining payments of interest on such Security (not including any accrued interest as of the Redemption Date), and (ii) the payment of such principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on such Security on the Maturity Date; over (b) the unpaid principal amount of the Security to be redeemed. The Make-Whole Premium for any Security to be redeemed will be calculated by the Company, provided, however, that the Trustee in its discretion may appoint an independent investment banking institution of national standing (“Independent Investment Banker”), and the calculation shall then be performed by the Independent Investment Banker. However, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Trustee shall appoint an Independent Investment Banker to perform the calculation. Such redemption shall be made with moneys deposited by the Company with the Trustee.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities 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.

 

No sinking fund has been provided for the Securities.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (1) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or

 

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waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities

 

Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

 

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

 

As Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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 may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

 

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

 

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which 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 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

 

(3) the Person to whom any interest on a 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;

 

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(4) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

 

(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

 

(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;

 

(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;

 

(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any

 

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Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;

 

(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

 

(14) if applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be defeasible as provided in Article Thirteen;

 

(15) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered;

 

(16) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to the Securities;

 

(17) the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities will be made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of

 

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the Company, and the definition of any such Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(18) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901 (5)).

 

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. In addition, all Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.

 

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

Section 302. Denominations.

 

The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.

 

Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold

 

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such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any Series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

 

(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

 

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

No Security 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 executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, 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 Company may execute, and upon Company 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 and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company 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 Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation

 

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of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. 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 and tenor.

 

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

 

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company 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 and tenor.

 

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, 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 shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be

 

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accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company 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 not involving any transfer.

 

The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such transfer may be registered, unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so transferable, registrable and exchangeable, and such transfers shall be registrable, (3) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global Security or (4) there shall exist such other circumstances, if any, as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the preceding sentence shall have ceased to apply may be transferred only to, and may be registered and exchanged for Securities registered only in the name or names of, such Person or Persons as the Depositary for such Global Security shall have directed and no transfer thereof other than such a transfer may be registered.

 

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the first sentence of the preceding paragraph shall apply, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security.

 

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security 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 Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company 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 exchange for any mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, 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.

 

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Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

 

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which 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.

 

Any interest on any Security of any series which 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 Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1) The Company 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 Company 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, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money 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 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 Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of

 

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such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, 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 Company 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 Company 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, 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 Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company 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 any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 309. Cancellation.

 

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against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company 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 Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.

 

Section 310. Computation of Interest.

 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(1) either

 

(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

 

(i) have become due and payable, or

 

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii) 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 Company,

 

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium 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 Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

(3) the Company 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 have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

 

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Section 402. Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to 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 (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

Remedies

 

Section 501. Events of Default.

 

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether 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 upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or

 

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

 

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of 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,

 

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by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company 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 it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor) (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $10,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company 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 and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of

 

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the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

(7) the commencement by the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by them to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against them, or the filing by them of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by them to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their property, or the making by them of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by them in writing of their inability to pay their debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries in furtherance of any such action; or

 

(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

 

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Upon receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant to this Section 501 with respect to Securities of any series, a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such Notice of Default, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such Notice of Default. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such Notice of Default shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such Notice of Default shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a Notice of Default contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, a Notice of Default that has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph.

 

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 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 amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

 

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(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

 

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor 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 non-payment of the principal of 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.

 

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any declaration of acceleration, or any rescission and annulment of any such declaration, pursuant to this Section 502 with respect to Securities of any series, a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after

 

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such record date; provided that, unless such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a declaration of acceleration, or a rescission and annulment of any such declaration, contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, a declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, that has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph.

 

Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

The Company covenants that if

 

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security 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 at the Maturity thereof,

 

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, 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 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 by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,

 

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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 any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized 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 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

 

No provision of this Indenture 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 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; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

 

Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities 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 in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

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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 any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities 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 under Section 607; and

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities 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 amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.

 

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;

 

(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 reasonable indemnity 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

 

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(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 of such Holders.

 

Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium 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 any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and 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, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall 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 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

 

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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 of any Securities 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 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 a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, 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, and

 

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction with respect to Securities of any series, a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such direction, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such direction. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such direction shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such direction shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this

 

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paragraph shall prevent Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, a direction that has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph.

 

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 any premium or interest on 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 impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.

 

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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

 

Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

 

The Company 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

 

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affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (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.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

The Trustee

 

Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

 

The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of 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. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

Section 602. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501 with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 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 Securities of such series.

 

Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

 

(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,

 

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direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness 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 Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order 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 written 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 pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity 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, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be

 

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entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and

 

(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.

 

Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

Section 605. May Hold Securities.

 

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

Section 606. 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 with the Company.

 

Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

 

The Company agrees

 

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as agreed upon in writing

 

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with the Company (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 the 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 bad faith; and

 

(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its 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 against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.

 

Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

 

There shall at all times be one or more Trustees hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, at least one of which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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

 

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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 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

 

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 611.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 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 with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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 Company.

 

If at any time:

 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

 

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, 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, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all securities,

 

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or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself 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.

 

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 Company, by 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) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 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 Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any Series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, 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.

 

The Company 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 any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided 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.

 

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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company 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 the request of the Company 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.

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, 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 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 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

 

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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 Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and 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.

 

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company 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) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

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.

 

Section 612. 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 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.

 

Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

 

Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

 

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities

 

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which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, 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. 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 Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 (except that such capital and surplus requirement shall not apply to the First Chicago Trust Company of New York) and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said 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. If 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 Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

 

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a

 

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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 may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. 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. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

 

The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section as agreed to in writing from time to time with the Company, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 607.

 

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 the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

 

,

 

As Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

,

 

As Authenticating Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

 

Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

 

Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

 

(1) semi-annually, not later than May 15 and November 15 in each year, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding April 30 or October 31, as the case may be, and

 

(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company 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;

 

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.

 

Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

 

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 703. Reports by Trustee.

 

The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

 

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

Section 704. Reports by Company.

 

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

 

Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:

 

(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States

 

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of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

 

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

 

(3) the Company or such successor entity shall, immediately after giving effect to such consolidation or merger, or such sale, conveyance or lease, have a Ratio Calculation of 1.1 to 1 or more;

 

(4) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and

 

(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

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Section 802. Successor Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

Supplemental Indentures

 

Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

 

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, 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 Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

 

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company 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 Company; or

 

(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or

 

(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate

 

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the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

 

(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

 

(6) to secure the Securities; or

 

(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

 

(8) 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, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or

 

(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

 

(10) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by Section 905 or otherwise.

 

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Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by 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 modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

 

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, 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 thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), 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 (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

 

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1012, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

 

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provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1012, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).

 

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.

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) 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, 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 of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

 

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 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 Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

Covenants

 

Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company will 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, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company 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 may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also 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 such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designa tion

 

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or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company 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.

 

Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

 

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities 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) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

 

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company 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 Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,

 

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such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company’s Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company 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 Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, 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 Company.

 

Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.

 

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

Section 1005. Existence.

 

Subject to Article Eight, the Company 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 Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.

 

The Company will cause all material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Significant 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 Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from (i) discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Significant Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders or (ii) selling any properties or taking any action in accordance with Article 8.

 

Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

 

The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,

 

before the same shall become delinquent, (l) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Significant 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 Company or any Significant Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall 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 1008. Limitation on the Incurrence of Debt.

 

The Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries may not Incur any Debt if, after giving effect to such Incurrence, the Ratio Calculation is less than 1.1 to 1.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries may Incur the following additional Debt without regard to the foregoing limitation (although the additional Debt so Incurred will be included in the determination of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio thereafter): (i) the Securities issued under the Indenture not to exceed an aggregate issue price of $150,000,000; (ii) intercompany Debt (representing Debt to which the only parties are the Company and any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (but only so long as such Debt is

 

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held solely by any of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries)); (iii) any drawings or redrawings under lines of credit existing on the date hereof and any new lines of credit or replacements, amendments or extensions of existing lines of credit, provided, however, that the maximum amount that may be drawn under all lines of credit pursuant to this clause (iii) may not at any time exceed the maximum amount that may be drawn under all lines of credit that exist as of the date hereof; (iv) refinancings, renewals, refundings or extensions of any Debt, in any case in an amount not to exceed the principal amount of the Debt so refinanced plus any prepayment premium or accrued interest, provided that (a) such refinancing Debt is either (I) Debt of the Company that ranks pari passu with or junior to the Debt being refinanced, (II) Debt of a Subsidiary that the Company or another Subsidiary guarantees or (III) Debt of a Subsidiary and (b) such refinancing Debt (giving effect to any right of the holder thereof to require, directly or indirectly, an early repayment, defeasance or retirement of such Debt) either has a weighted average life equal to or longer than the remaining weighted average life of the Debt being refinanced or has a minimum term of five years; (v) third party Debt of a Subsidiary, including Debt of a Subsidiary that carries a Company guarantee of repayment, directly relating to the development of projects or the expansion, renovation or improvement of existing properties; (vi) third party Debt of a Subsidiary directly relating to the acquisition of assets; (vii) reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities, provided that at the time of Incurring any additional obligations pursuant to this clause (vii) the amount of all such obligations, whether or not currently due, aggregate at any time less than 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at such date; (viii) Debt that by its terms is subordinate in right of payment to any of the other Debt of the Company, provided, however, that, pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix), the aggregate issue price of such subordinated Debt may not at any time exceed the aggregate principal amount of such subordinated Debt as of the date hereof plus $100,000,000; (ix) Attributable Debt; and (x) in addition to Debt referred to in clauses (i) through (ix) above, Debt in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 which is to be used only for working capital purposes.

 

Section 1009. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.

 

The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor (not including the Company or any consolidated Subsidiary) or to which any such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary for a period, including renewals, in excess of three years,

 

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of any Principal Property owned by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, which has been or is to be sold or transferred more than one year after either the acquisition thereof or the completion of construction and commencement of full operation thereof by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such Principal Property (herein referred to as a “Sale/Leaseback Transaction”) unless (A) the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt for the proposed and all existing Sale/Leaseback Transactions is less than 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (B) if the Ratio Calculation is less than l.l to 1 after giving effect to the proposed Sale/Leaseback Transaction, the Company and its Subsidiaries, within 270 days after the sale or transfer shall have been made by the Company or by any such Restricted Subsidiary, must apply an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property sold and leased back pursuant to such arrangement to either (or a combination of) (x) the purchase of property, facilities or equipment (other than the property, facilities or equipment involved in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction) or (y) the retirement of Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, including the Securities, which either has an initial term of greater than 12 months or is a bona fide acquisition loan or a construction or bridge loan entered in connection with a construction project or other real estate development.

 

Section 1010. [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 1011. Provision of Financial Information.

 

Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) (“Financial Statements”) if the Company were so subject, such documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Company would have been required so to file such documents if the Company were so subject.

 

The Company will also in any event (x) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date (i) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders and (ii) file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Company

 

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would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such Sections and (y) if filing such documents by the Company with the Commission is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to any prospective Holder.

 

Section 1012. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

 

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1005 to 1011, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

Redemption of Securities

 

Section 1101. Applicability of Article.

 

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

 

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or

 

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elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

 

Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

 

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor 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, 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. If less than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor 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 and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company 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 Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1) the Redemption Date,

 

(2) the Redemption Price,

 

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(3)  if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

 

(4)  that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(5)  the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

 

(6)  that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

 

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.

 

Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities 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, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and 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 Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of

 

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business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

 

Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company 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 and of like tenor, 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

 

Sinking Funds

 

Section 1201. Applicability of Article.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

 

Section 1301. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

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series designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to this Article Thirteen (hereinafter called a “Defeasible Series”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.

 

Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1301 to have this Section 1302 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities of such series when payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option provided in Section 1301 to have this Section 1302 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option provided in Section 1301 to have Section 1303 applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1301 to have this Section 1303 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1005 though 1011, inclusive, Section 801, and such other obligations as shall be set forth in any supplemental indenture for the Securities, (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(3), 501(4) (with respect to any of Sections 1005 through 1011, inclusive, and Section 801, and such other obligations as shall be set forth in any

 

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supplemental indenture for the Securities), 501(5) and 501(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series:

 

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee that satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust 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 Outstanding Securities of such series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations that 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, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, 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 any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of

 

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such series. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation 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 (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation specified in Clause (x) and held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation, 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

 

(2) In the case of an election under Section 1302, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date first set forth hereinabove, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

 

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(3) In the case of an election under Section 1303, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

 

(4) No Event of Default or event that (after notice or lapse of time or both) would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any Event of Default or any such event specified in Sections 501(6) and (7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).

 

(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be qualified under

 

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such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder.

 

Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of the Securities of any Defeasible Series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of such series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Securities of such series, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

 

Anything in this Article Thirteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to Securities of any Defeasible Series that, 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 that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

Section 1306. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article Thirteen with respect to the Securities of any series by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this

 

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Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Thirteen with respect to Securities of such series until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to Securities of such series in accordance with this Article Thirteen; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

 

This instrument 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 instrument.

 

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TESTIMONIUM

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

The Rouse Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Patricia H. Dayton

 

 

 

Patricia H. Dayton

 

 

 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illegible

 

 

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The First National Bank of Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

Illegible

 

 

 

Vice President

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illegible

 

 

Assistant Vice President

 

 

And

 

 

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES AND SEALS

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

STATE OF MARYLAND

)

 

)    ss.:

COUNTY OF HOWARD

)

 

On the 24th day of February, 1995, before me personally came PATRICIA H. DAYTON, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she is Vice President & Treasurer of The Rouse Company, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.

 

 

 

/s/ RHODENA D. BRUNSTROM

 

My Commission Expires: 1/1/96

 

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

 

)    ss.:

COUNTY OF COOK

)

 

On the 22nd day of February, 1995, before me personally came R. D. Manella, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

 

 

/s/ NILDA SIERRA

 

[OFFICIAL SEAL]

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

SIXTH AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of November 20, 2003, by and among the undersigned parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, a Delaware limited partnership known as GGP Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) exists pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GGP Limited Partnership dated as of April 1, 1998, as amended (the “Second Restated Partnership Agreement”), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;

 

WHEREAS, General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the close of business on the date hereof, the certificate of incorporation of the General Partner was amended to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of the General Partner, change the par value of such shares from $0.10 to $0.01 per share and divide each outstanding share of common stock into three shares of common stock (the “Stock Split “); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, being the sole general partner of the Partnership and the holders of a Majority-in-Interest of the Common Units, desire to amend the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to set forth their understandings regarding the Stock Split and certain other matters.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to such terms in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

2.             AMENDED DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)           The definition of “Common Stock” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

‘“Common Stock’ shall mean the shares of common stock of the General Partner.”

 



 

(b)           The definition of “Closing Price” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

‘“Closing Price’ on any day shall mean the average of the intra-day high and low for such day as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotations system that may then be in use or, if the Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock as such person is selected from time to time by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.”

 

(c)           The definition of “Current Per Share Market Price” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

‘“Current Per Share Market Price’ shall mean, as of any date, the average of the Closing Price for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on such date or the average of the Closing Price for any other period of Trading Days that the General Partner deems appropriate with respect to any transaction or other event for which “Current Per Share Market Price” is determined (other than a redemption pursuant to any Rights Agreement unless otherwise provided therein); provided, however, that the Closing Price for any Trading Day or Trading Days that are included in any calculation of Current Per Share Market Price shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, dividend, subdivision, combination and the like if General Partner deems such adjustment to be appropriate).”

 

(d)           The definition of “Rights Agreements” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

‘“Rights Agreements’ shall mean the Bucksbaum Rights Agreement and those certain Redemption Rights Agreements entered into before, on or after the date hereof by the Partnership, the General Partner and certain other Persons in connection with the issuance of Units to such other Persons, as the same may be amended from time to time.”

 

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3.             DIVISION OF COMMON UNITS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, (a) effective at the close of business on the date hereof, each Common Unit shall be deemed to be three Common Units, so that, as of such time, each holder of record of Common Units, automatically and without further action, shall be deemed to be the holder of two additional Common Units for each Common Unit held immediately prior to such time (the “Unit Split”) and (b) there shall be no adjustment of the Conversion Factor on account of the Stock Split; provided, however, that (x) if the rights under any Specified Rights Agreement are exercised as to one or more Common Units, then, effective immediately prior to the redemption or purchase of such Common Units pursuant to such Specified Rights Agreement, the Unit Split shall be completely reversed as to such Common Units and each such Common Unit, automatically and without further action, shall be deemed to be one-third of a Common Unit and (y) if such Common Units are transferred to the General Partner (rather than the Partnership) pursuant to such Specified Rights Agreement, then, effective immediately following such transfer, the Unit Split shall be completely reinstated as to such Common Units and each such Common Unit, automatically and without further action, shall be deemed to be three Common Units. For purposes hereof, a “Specified Rights Agreement” is any Rights Agreement pursuant to which the “Conversion Factor” (or the equivalent) referred to therein is adjusted as the result of the Stock Split and such adjustment is not completely reversed as the result of the Unit Split. The purpose of the proviso contained in the first sentence of this paragraph is to ensure that there are not duplicative adjustments on account of the Stock Split, and this Section 3 shall be interpreted and applied consistently therewith.

 

4.             NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, no provision of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement requiring notice of any event prior to the occurrence thereof shall apply to the Stock Split, any of the matters contained herein or stock splits, subdivisions, dividends, combinations or any other similar event occurring after the date hereof.

 

5.             NEW EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A to the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, identifying the Partners, the number and class or series of Units owned by them and their respective Percentage Interests, if any, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit A in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

6.             AMENDMENT TO SECTION 13.12 Section 13.12 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

“13.12 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, issue a certificate setting forth the name of any Partner and the number of Units owned by such Partner and, in such event, the General Partner shall establish such rules and regulations relating to issuances and reissuances of certificates upon transfer of Units, the division of Units among multiple certificates and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of certificates as the General Partner reasonably deems appropriate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any certificate, (a) no certificate issued by the Partnership shall constitute a certificated security under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code or an instrument, (b) the issuance or existence of certificates shall not create any rights on the part of the holders of such certificates or other Persons that would not exist if such certificates had not been issued, (c) the Partnership shall have no liability

 

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to holders of certificates or other Persons that it would not have had if it had not issued such certificates, and (d) only those Persons shown on the Partnership’s book and records as the registered owner of any particular Unit shall have any rights as a Limited Partner or otherwise with respect thereto.”

 

7.             OTHER PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Second Restated Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the day and year first above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

By:

/s/ Bernard Freibaum

 

 

Bernard Freibaum, Executive Vice President

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:

 

M.B. CAPITAL PARTNERS III, a South

Dakota general partnership

 

By:

GENERAL TRUST COMPANY, not

 

 

individually but solely as Trustee

 

 

of Martin Investment Trust G, a partner

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marshall E. Eisenberg

 

 

 

Marshall E. Eisenberg, President

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

PARTNERS

 

See attached.

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

General Partner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

 

216,208,419.5826

 

79.3788

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Partners:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.B. Capital Partners III

 

46,690,280.8905

 

17.1419

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Stanley Richards Revocable Trust

 

449,119.1814

 

0.1649

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joe W. Lowrance

 

172,860.0000

 

0.0635

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

LWLDA Limited Partnership

 

135,669.0000

 

0.0498

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Brent M. Milgrom

 

172,860.0000

 

0.0635

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

GDC/A&B Limited Partnership

 

135,669.0000

 

0.0498

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Edward S. Brown

 

75,000.0000

 

0.0275

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lawrence A. Brown

 

52,941.0000

 

0.0194

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Merrill H.J. Roth

 

87,072.0000

 

0.0320

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Roth Family Limited Partnership

 

66,924.0000

 

0.0246

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joseph Straus, Jr.

 

234,051.0000

 

0.0859

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Warren Weiner and Penny Weiner, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

47,566.5000

 

0.0175

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick

 

47,566.5000

 

0.0175

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

167,010.0000

 

0.0613

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Warren and Penny Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Robyn Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Kimberly Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Sidney Forbes

 

1,789,587.0000

 

0.6570

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Frankel Group

 

346,797.0000

 

0.1273

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Avern Cohn

 

173,397.0000

 

0.0637

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Rita Haddow

 

173,397.0000

 

0.0637

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

G. Thomas York

 

17,781.0000

 

0.0065

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Michael Hartz

 

44,454.0000

 

0.0163

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Wilson M. Carter

 

31,818.7500

 

0.0117

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James W. Beale

 

53,031.0000

 

0.0195

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Daniel B. Rather

 

108,606.0000

 

0.0399

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James B. Carson, Jr.

 

104,046.0000

 

0.0382

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

William A. Mitchell, Jr.

 

10,605.0000

 

0.0039

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

MP, Ltd.

 

163,440.0000

 

0.0600

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Peter D. Leibowits

 

1,556,499.0000

 

0.5715

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James Carpenter

 

65,838.0000

 

0.0242

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

John Hachen

 

8,190.0000

 

0.0030

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Robert Klausner

 

32,748.0000

 

0.0120

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Donald B. May

 

16,572.0000

 

0.0061

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonnie Primack

 

162,063.0000

 

0.0595

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Samuel Primack

 

97,278.0000

 

0.0357

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Sheldon Silverman

 

73,980.0000

 

0.0272

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lindsay Faith May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Tustee

 

48,639.0000

 

0.0179

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Cyd Primack

 

162,063.0000

 

0.0595

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Donald Kay

 

8,286.0000

 

0.0030

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Benjamin May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Trustee

 

48,639.0000

 

0.0179

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Jordan Perlmutter

 

197,286.0000

 

0.0724

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Essie Perlmutter

 

98,643.0000

 

0.0362

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Carol R. Berka

 

7,500.0000

 

0.0028

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Robert W. Specht, Jr.

 

11,025.0000

 

0.0040

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Kathryn M. Burke (Palmer) Trust

 

12,036.0000

 

0.0044

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Specht

 

13,500.0000

 

0.0050

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Grandchildren’s Trust, William S. Silverman Trustee

 

65,754.0000

 

0.0241

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Realty Investors II, L.P.

 

34,224.0000

 

0.0126

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

J.W. O’Connor & Co., Incorporated

 

47,661.0000

 

0.0175

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Associates L.P.

 

1,134,822.0000

 

0.4166

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Estate of Edward J. DeBartolo

 

84,381.0000

 

0.0310

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glenn J. Rufrano

 

66,138.0000

 

0.0243

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

B.C.O.P. Associates L.P.

 

78,174.0000

 

0.0287

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

CMS/Valley Forge Real Estate Opportunity Fund, L.P.

 

22,557.0000

 

0.0083

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Harry J. Butler, Jr.

 

235,206.0000

 

0.0864

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy

 

32,181.0000

 

0.0118

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Mark P. Sealy

 

17,466.0000

 

0.0064

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gwen B. Sealy

 

4,599.0000

 

0.0017

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Scott P. Sealy

 

921.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Laura Celeste Sealy Curtis

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Mark P. Sealy

 

921.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Lisa Wood Sealy Hollier

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Sue Sealy Geren

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Cache Valley Mall Partnership, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

165,224.4840

 

0.0000

 

Burke Cloward

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

18,510.1200

 

0.0000

 

Alan Cordano

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

399.3300

 

0.0000

 

James Cordano

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

799.1820

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Curtis

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

1,370.2500

 

0.0000

 

Fairfax Holding, LLC

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

926,920.0980

 

0.0000

 

G. Rex Frazier

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

16,576.6320

 

0.0000

 

Michael Frei

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

8,044.5420

 

0.0000

 

Hall Investment Company

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

13,016.0700

 

0.0000

 

Kenneth Hansen

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

2,663.2440

 

0.0000

 

 

2



 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King American Hospital, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

26,485.7580

 

0.0000

 

Florence King

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

8,465.7960

 

0.0000

 

Warren P. King

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

3,392.4780

 

0.0000

 

Paul K. Mendenhall

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

3,751.6140

 

0.0000

 

Tom Mulkey

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

1,717.9020

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Plains Development Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

9,935.2260

 

0.0000

 

North Plains Land Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

917.6760

 

0.0000

 

Carl E. Olson

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

2,174.6520

 

0.0000

 

Martin G. Peterson

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

10,428.5160

 

0.0000

 

Pine Ridge Land Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

2,701.8720

 

0.0000

 

Price Fremont Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

82,364.8140

 

0.0000

 

Deirda Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

226.0260

 

0.0000

 

John Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

766.2960

 

0.0000

 

Steven Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

1,446.9840

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cliffs Mall Investment Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

76,910.9580

 

0.0000

 

Taycor, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

17,226.0000

 

0.0000

 

Jennifer Wallin

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

226.0260

 

0.0000

 

Keith Whatcott

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

18,510.1200

 

0.0000

 

Lena Wilcher as Trustee of the Lena Wilcher Revocable Trust

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

5,220.0000

 

0.0000

 

JSG, LLC

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

822,626.0284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Units:

 

272,375,543.4045

 

100.0000

 

0.0000

 

1,426,392.6660

 

822,626.0284

 

 

3


 



Exhibit 10.9

 

AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into on December 11, 2003, by and among the undersigned parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, a Delaware limited partnership known as GGP Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) exists pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GGP Limited Partnership dated as of April 1, 1998, as amended (the “Second Restated Partnership Agreement”), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;

 

WHEREAS, General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”);

 

WHEREAS, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated pursuant to that certain Contribution and Sale Agreement dated as of November 26, 2003, among the Partnership, Everitt Enterprises, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “New Limited Partner”), Westcor Limited Partnership, an Arizona limited partnership, Foothills Mall, LLP, a Colorado limited liability partnership and the other parties thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”), the New Limited Partner is to receive Series D Preferred Units (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, being the sole general partner of the Partnership, the holders of a Majority-in-Interest of the Common Units and the New Limited Partner, desire to amend the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to effect the creation and issuance of the Series D Preferred Units and to reflect certain other understandings among them as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                          CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not defined  herein (including without limitation in attached Schedule A) shall have the  definitions assigned to such terms in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement,  as amended hereby.

 

2.                                          ESTABLISHMENT AND ISSUANCE OF SERIES D PREFERRED UNITS. A new  series of Preferred Units designated as the “6.5% Series D Cumulative  Convertible Preferred Units” (the “Series D Preferred Units”) is hereby  established and shall have such rights, preferences, limitations and  qualifications as are described on Schedule A, attached hereto and by this  reference made a part hereof (in addition to the rights, preferences,  limitations and qualifications contained in the Second Restated Partnership  Agreement to the extent applicable). Pursuant to

 



 

the Purchase Agreement, the Partnership hereby issues to the New Limited Partner the number of Series D Preferred Units set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. The Capital Contribution made by the New Limited Partner shall be deemed to be $50 per Series D Preferred Unit. The New Limited Partner is hereby admitted as a Limited Partner in respect of the Series D Preferred Units issued to it, and the New Limited Partner hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as the same is amended hereby and as the same may be amended from time to time, with respect to such Series D Preferred Units (including without limitation the provisions of Sections 8.2, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 thereof).

 

3.                                          NEW EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A to the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, identifying the Partners, the number and class or series of Units owned by them and their respective Percentage Interests, if any, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit A in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

4.                                          ALLOCATIONS. Exhibit C of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, describing the allocations of the Net Income, Net Loss and/or other Partnership items, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit C in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

5.                                          OTHER PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Second Restated Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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2



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the day and year first above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

By:

/s/ Joel Bayer

 

 

Joel Bayer, Senior Vice President and

 

 

Chief Investment Officer

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:

 

M.B. CAPITAL PARTNERS III, a South

Dakota general partnership

 

By:

GENERAL TRUST COMPANY, not

 

 

individually but solely as Trustee

 

 

of Martin Investment Trust G, a partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marshall E. Eisenberg

 

 

 

Marshall E. Eisenberg, President

 

 



 

NEW LIMITED PARTNER:

 

EVERITT ENTERPRISES, INC., a Colorado

corporation

 

By:

/s/ Alan C. Line

 

 

Name:

Alan C. Line

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

PARTNERS

 

SEE ATTACHED

 

A-1



 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

General Partner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

 

216,658,419.5826

 

79.5440

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Partners:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.B. Capital Partners III

 

46,690,280.8905

 

17.1419

 

0.0000

 

Stanley Richards Revocable Trust

 

449,119.1814

 

0.1649

 

0.0000

 

Joe W. Lowrance

 

172,860.0000

 

0.0635

 

0.0000

 

LWLDA Limited Partnership

 

135,669.0000

 

0.0498

 

0.0000

 

Brent M. Milgrom

 

172,860.0000

 

0.0635

 

0.0000

 

GDC/A&B Limited Partnership

 

135,669.0000

 

0.0498

 

0.0000

 

Edward S. Brown

 

75,000.0000

 

0.0275

 

0.0000

 

Lawrence A. Brown

 

52,941.0000

 

0.0194

 

0.0000

 

Merrill H.J. Roth

 

87,072.0000

 

0.0320

 

0.0000

 

The Roth Family Limited Partnership

 

66,924.0000

 

0.0246

 

0.0000

 

Joseph Straus, Jr.

 

234,051.0000

 

0.0859

 

0.0000

 

Warren Weiner and Penny Weiner, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

47,566.5000

 

0.0175

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick

 

47,566.5000

 

0.0175

 

0.0000

 

Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

167,010.0000

 

0.0613

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Warren and Penny Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Robyn Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Kimberly Weiner

 

55,671.0000

 

0.0204

 

0.0000

 

Sidney Forbes

 

1,789,587.0000

 

0.6570

 

0.0000

 

The Frankel Group

 

346,797.0000

 

0.1273

 

0.0000

 

Avern Cohn

 

173,397.0000

 

0.0637

 

0.0000

 

Rita Haddow

 

173,397.0000

 

0.0637

 

0.0000

 

G. Thomas York

 

17,781.0000

 

0.0065

 

0.0000

 

Michael Hartz

 

44,454.0000

 

0.0163

 

0.0000

 

Wilson M. Carter

 

31,818.7500

 

0.0117

 

0.0000

 

James W. Beale

 

53,031.0000

 

0.0195

 

0.0000

 

Daniel B. Rather

 

108,606.0000

 

0.0399

 

0.0000

 

James B. Carson, Jr.

 

104,046.0000

 

0.0382

 

0.0000

 

William A. Mitchell, Jr.

 

10,605.0000

 

0.0039

 

0.0000

 

MP, Ltd.

 

163,440.0000

 

0.0600

 

0.0000

 

Peter D. Leibowits

 

1,556,499.0000

 

0.5715

 

0.0000

 

James Carpenter

 

65,838.0000

 

0.0242

 

0.0000

 

John Hachen

 

8,190.0000

 

0.0030

 

0.0000

 

Robert Klausner

 

32,748.0000

 

0.0120

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

SERIES D

 

 

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

General Partner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Partners:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.B. Capital Partners III

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Stanley Richards Revocable Trust

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joe W. Lowrance

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

LWLDA Limited Partnership

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Brent M. Milgrom

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

GDC/A&B Limited Partnership

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Edward S. Brown

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lawrence A. Brown

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Merrill H.J. Roth

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Roth Family Limited Partnership

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joseph Straus, Jr.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Warren Weiner and Penny Weiner, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Marvin Rounick and Judy Rounick, Husband and Wife, as Tenants-by-the Entirety

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Joint Revocable Trust of Warren and Penny Weiner

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Robyn Weiner

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Irrevocable Trust of Warren Weiner dated January 24, 1978 F/B/O Kimberly Weiner

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Sidney Forbes

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Frankel Group

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Avern Cohn

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Rita Haddow

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

G. Thomas York

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Michael Hartz

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Wilson M. Carter

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James W. Beale

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Daniel B. Rather

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James B. Carson, Jr.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

William A. Mitchell, Jr.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

MP, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Peter D. Leibowits

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James Carpenter

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

John Hachen

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Robert Klausner

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

1



 

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBEROF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

Donald B. May

 

16,572.0000

 

0.0061

 

0.0000

 

Bonnie Primack

 

162,063.0000

 

0.0595

 

0.0000

 

Samuel Primack

 

97,278.0000

 

0.0357

 

0.0000

 

Sheldon Silverman

 

73,980.0000

 

0.0272

 

0.0000

 

Lindsay Faith May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Tustee

 

48,639.0000

 

0.0179

 

0.0000

 

Cyd Primack

 

162,063.0000

 

0.0595

 

0.0000

 

Donald Kay

 

8,286.0000

 

0.0030

 

0.0000

 

Benjamin May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Trustee

 

48,639.0000

 

0.0179

 

0.0000

 

Jordan Perlmutter

 

197,286.0000

 

0.0724

 

0.0000

 

Essie Perlmutter

 

98,643.0000

 

0.0362

 

0.0000

 

Carol R. Berka

 

7,500.0000

 

0.0028

 

0.0000

 

Robert W. Specht, Jr.

 

11,025.0000

 

0.0040

 

0.0000

 

Kathryn M. Burke (Palmer) Trust

 

12,036.0000

 

0.0044

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Specht

 

13,500.0000

 

0.0050

 

0.0000

 

The Grandchildren’s Trust, William S. Silverman Trustee

 

65,754.0000

 

0.0241

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Realty Investors II, L.P.

 

34,224.0000

 

0.0126

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Associates L.P.

 

732,483.0000

 

0.2689

 

0.0000

 

Estate of Edward J. DeBartolo

 

84,381.0000

 

0.0310

 

 

 

Glenn J. Rufrano

 

66,138.0000

 

0.0243

 

0.0000

 

B.C.O.P. Associates L.P.

 

78,174.0000

 

0.0287

 

0.0000

 

CMS/Valley Forge Real Estate Opportunity Fund, L.P.

 

22,557.0000

 

0.0083

 

0.0000

 

Harry J. Butler, Jr.

 

235,206.0000

 

0.0864

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy

 

32,181.0000

 

0.0118

 

0.0000

 

Mark P. Sealy

 

17,466.0000

 

0.0064

 

0.0000

 

Gwen B. Sealy

 

4,599.0000

 

0.0017

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Scott P. Sealy

 

921.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Laura Celeste Sealy Curtis

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Mark P. Sealy

 

921.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Lisa Wood Sealy Hollier

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Sue Sealy Geren

 

924.0000

 

0.0003

 

0.0000

 

Cache Valley Mall Partnership, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Burke Cloward

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Alan Cordano

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James Cordano

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Curtis

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Fairfax Holding, LLC

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

G. Rex Frazier

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Michael Frei

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

SERIES D

 

 

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

Donald B. May

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Bonnie Primack

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Samuel Primack

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Sheldon Silverman

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lindsay Faith May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Tustee

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Cyd Primack

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Donald Kay

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Benjamin May Trust, Ian D. Gardenswartz Trustee

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Jordan Perlmutter

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Essie Perlmutter

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Carol R. Berka

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Robert W. Specht, Jr.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Kathryn M. Burke (Palmer) Trust

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Specht

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

The Grandchildren’s Trust, William S. Silverman Trustee

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Realty Investors II, L.P.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

O’Connor Associates L.P.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Estate of Edward J. DeBartolo Glenn J. Rufrano

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

B.C.O.P. Associates L.P.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

CMS/Valley Forge Real Estate Opportunity Fund, L.P.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Harry J. Butler, Jr.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Mark P. Sealy

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gwen B. Sealy

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Scott P. Sealy

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Laura Celeste Sealy Curtis

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Mark P. Sealy

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Lisa Wood Sealy Hollier

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Scott P. Sealy, Trustee for the J. Pollard
Sealy Trust for Sue Sealy Geren

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Cache Valley Mall Partnership, Ltd.

 

165,224.4840

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Burke Cloward

 

18,510.1200

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Alan Cordano

 

399.3300

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

James Cordano

 

799.1820

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Gregory Curtis

 

1,370.2500

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Fairfax Holding, LLC

 

926,920.0980

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

G. Rex Frazier

 

16,576.6320

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Michael Frei

 

8,044.5420

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

PERCENTAGE

 

SERIES A

 

 

 

COMMON UNITS

 

INTEREST

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

Hall Investment Company

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Kenneth Hansen

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

King American Hospital, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Florence King

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Warren P. King

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Paul K. Mendenhall

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Tom Mulkey

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Plains Development Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

North Plains Land Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Carl E. Olson

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Martin G. Peterson

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Pine Ridge Land Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Price Fremont Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Deirda Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

John Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Steven Price

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cliffs Mall Investment Company, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Taycor, Ltd.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Jennifer Wallin

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Keith Whatcott

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lena Wilcher as Trustee of the Lena Wilcher Revocable Trust

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

JSG, LLC

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Everitt Enterprises, Inc.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Total Units:

 

272,375,543.4045

 

100.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

SERIES B

 

SERIES C

 

SERIES D

 

 

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

PREFERRED UNITS

 

Hall Investment Company

 

13,016.0700

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Kenneth Hansen

 

2,663.2440

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

King American Hospital, Ltd.

 

26,485.7580

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Florence King

 

8,465.7960

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Warren P. King

 

3,392.4780

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Paul K. Mendenhall

 

3,751.6140

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Tom Mulkey

 

1,717.9020

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Plains Development Company, Ltd.

 

9,935.2260

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

North Plains Land Company, Ltd.

 

917.6760

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Carl E. Olson

 

2,174.6520

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Martin G. Peterson

 

10,428.5160

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Pine Ridge Land Company, Ltd.

 

2,701.8720

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Price Fremont Company, Ltd.

 

82,364.8140

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Deirda Price

 

226.0260

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

John Price

 

766.2960

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Steven Price

 

1,446.9840

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cliffs Mall Investment Company, Ltd.

 

76,910.9580

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Taycor, Ltd.

 

17,226.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Jennifer Wallin

 

226.0260

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Keith Whatcott

 

18,510.1200

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

Lena Wilcher as Trustee of the Lena Wilcher Revocable Trust

 

5,220.0000

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

JSG, LLC

 

0.0000

 

822,626.0284

 

0.0000

 

Everitt Enterprises, Inc.

 

0.0000

 

0.0000

 

532,749.6574

 

Total Units:

 

1,426,392.6660

 

822,626.0284

 

532,749.6574

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

ALLOCATIONS

 

1.                                                                Allocation of Net Income and Net Loss.

 

(a)                                     Net Income. Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Income for any fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated in the following order and priority:

 

(1)                                                  First, to the General Partner to the extent the cumulative Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to subparagraph (b)(5) below exceeds the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(1);

 

(2)                                                  Second, to each Partner in proportion to and to the extent of the amount by which the cumulative Net Loss allocated to such Partner pursuant to subparagraph (b)(4) exceeds the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(2);

 

(3)                                                  Third, to the General Partner until the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(3) equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to subparagraph (b)(3);

 

(4)                                                  Fourth, to each holder of Preferred Units other than the Series D Preferred Units to the extent of and in proportion to the excess of (I) the cumulative amount of distributions made in respect of such Preferred Units, reduced by in the case of the Series B Preferred Units the cumulative Common Unit Reallocated Amounts, and increased by in the case of the Series B Preferred Units the cumulative Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amounts, pursuant to the provisos below, over (II) the cumulative amount of Net Income allocated to each holder of Preferred Units pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(4) and subparagraph (a)(5) for such period and all prior periods reduced by the cumulative amount of Net Loss allocated to such holder of Preferred Units pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2) below for all prior periods; provided, however, that in the event the cumulative Net Income allocable to the holders of the Common Units pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(4) and subparagraph (a)(5) below for such period and all prior periods (before application of this proviso for such period) exceeds the cumulative distributions made to the holders of Common Units with respect to such Units for such period and all prior periods, the Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amount shall be reallocated pro rata to the holders of Series B Preferred Units; and

 

(5)                                                  Thereafter, to the holders of Common Units pro rata in accordance with their Percentage Interests; provided, however, that in the event the cumulative distributions made to the holders of Common Units with respect to such Units for such period and all prior periods exceed the cumulative Net Income allocable to the holders of the Common Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(4) and this subparagraph (a)(5) for such period and all prior periods (before application of this proviso for such period), the Common Unit Reallocated Amount shall be reallocated pro rata to the holders of Common Units.

 

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The term “Common Unit Reallocated Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the difference between (I) the amount of Net Income allocable to the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(4) with respect to such fiscal year or other period, and (II) the product obtained by multiplying (A) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of the Common Units into which the Series B Preferred Units are convertible and the denominator of which is the sum of the number of Common Units into which the Series B Preferred Units are convertible plus the number of Common Units and (B) the sum of (i) the Net Income allocable to the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(4) with respect to such fiscal year or other period and (ii) the Net Income allocable to the Common Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(5) with respect to such fiscal year or other period. The Common Unit Reallocated Amount shall be calculated based on the amounts of Net Income allocable under subparagraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) prior to the application of the provisos contained in such subparagraphs with respect to such fiscal year or other period.

 

The term “Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amount” shall mean the difference between (I) the amount of Net Income allocable to the Common Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(5) with respect to such fiscal year or other period, and (II) the product obtained by multiplying (A) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Units and the denominator of which is the sum of the number of Common Units into which the Series B Preferred Units are convertible plus the number of Common Units and (B) the sum of (i) Net Income allocable to the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to subparagraph (a)(4) with respect to such fiscal year or other period and (ii) the Net Income allocable to the Common Units pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(5) with respect to such fiscal year or other period; provided, however, that to the extent the allocation of the Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amount to the holders of Series B Preferred Units would cause such holders on a cumulative basis to have been allocated Net Income in excess of distributions, the Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amount shall be reduced by such excess. The Series B Preferred Unit Reallocated Amount shall be calculated based on the amounts of Net Income allocable pursuant to subparagraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) prior to the application of the provisos contained in such subparagraphs with respect to such fiscal year or other period.

 

It is the intention of the parties that the application of subparagraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) above will result in corresponding return of capital distributions (per Unit) to the Series B Preferred Units (on an as-converted basis) and Common Units on a cumulative basis and shall be applied and interpreted consistently therewith.

 

In allocating Net Income for each fiscal year or period, for all purposes of this Section 1(a) (including for purposes of determining the “Percentage Interests” of the holders of both the Common Units and the Series D Preferred Units), the holders of the Series D Preferred Units shall be treated as though they held that number of Common Units into which their Series D Preferred Units were convertible, as determined from time to time during such fiscal year or period.

 

(b)                                    Net Loss. Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Loss of the Partnership for each fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated as follows:

 

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(1)                                                 First, to the holders of Common Units, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests provided that the Net Loss allocated to a holder of Common Units pursuant to this Section (b)(1) shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Loss that can be allocated without causing a holder of Common Units to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (excluding for this purpose any increase to such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit for a holder’s actual obligation to fund a deficit Capital Account balance, including the obligation of an Obligated Partner to fund a deficit Capital Account Balance pursuant to Section 7.8 hereof and also excluding for this purpose the balance of such holder’s Capital Account attributable to such holder’s Preferred Units, if any);

 

(2)                                                 Second, to the holders of Preferred Units in proportion to each such holder’s Capital Account balance in such Preferred Units, provided that the Net Loss allocated to a holder of Preferred Units pursuant to this Section (b)(2) shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Loss that can be allocated without causing any holder of Preferred Units to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (excluding for this purpose any increase to such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit for a holder’s actual obligation to fund a deficit Capital Account balance, including the obligation of an Obligated Partner to fund a deficit Capital Account Balance pursuant to Section 7.8 hereof);

 

(3)                                                 Third, to the General Partner, until the General Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (excluding for this purpose any increase to such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit for the obligation of the General Partner to actually fund a deficit Capital Account balance, including any deemed obligation pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-(1)(b)(2)(ii)(c)) equals the excess of (i) the amount of Recourse Liabilities over (ii) the Aggregate Protected Amount;

 

(4)                                                 Fourth, to the Obligated Partners, in proportion to their respective Protected Amounts, until such time as the Obligated Partners have been allocated an aggregate amount of Net Loss pursuant to this subparagraph (b)(4) equal to the Aggregate Protected Amount; and

 

(5)                                                 Thereafter, to the General Partner.

 

2.                                                               Special Allocations.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions of paragraph 1 of this Exhibit C, the following special allocations shall be made in the following order:

 

(a)                                    Minimum Gain Chargeback (Nonrecourse Liabilities). If there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain for any Partnership fiscal year (except as a result of conversion or refinancing of Partnership indebtedness, certain capital contributions or revaluation of the Partnership property as further outlined in Regulation Sections 1.704-2(d)(4), (f)(2) or (f)(3)), each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to that Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(f). This paragraph (a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in said section of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently

 

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therewith. Allocations pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.

 

(b)                                    Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt. If there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any fiscal year (other than due to the conversion, refinancing or other change in the debt instrument causing it to become partially or wholly nonrecourse, certain capital contributions, or certain revaluations of Partnership property as further outlined in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4)), each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to that Partner’s share of the net decrease in the Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and (j)(2). This paragraph (b) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement with respect to Partner Nonrecourse Debt contained in said section of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.

 

(c)                                     Qualified Income Offset. In the event a Limited Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), and such Limited Partner has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly as possible. This paragraph (c) is intended to constitute a “qualified income offset” under Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(d)                                    Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any fiscal year or other applicable period shall be specially allocated to the Partner that bears the economic risk of loss for the debt (i.e., the Partner Nonrecourse Debt) in respect of which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable (as determined under Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4) and (i)(1)).

 

(e)                                     Allocations With Respect to Preferred Unit Redemptions. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth above, Net Income of the Partnership shall be allocated to the holders of Preferred Units, at the time of redemption of such Preferred Units (other than in the case of a redemption occurring pursuant to a final liquidation of the Partnership), in an amount equal to the portion of any redemption distribution that exceeds the Liquidation Preference Amount (other than any accrued but unpaid distribution thereon) per Preferred Unit established for such Preferred Unit in the applicable Preferred Unit designation. The character of the items of Net Income allocated to the holders of Preferred Units pursuant to this subparagraph (e) shall proportionately reflect the relative amounts of the items of Partnership income and gain as determined for federal income tax purposes under Section 703(a) of the Code.

 

(f)                                      Tax Treatment of Conversion of Preferred Units. Upon conversion of a Preferred Unit(s) into Common Unit(s), the Company will specially allocate to the converting Partner any Net Income or Net Loss attributable to an adjustment of Gross Asset Values under subparagraph (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” until the portion of such Partner’s Capital Account attributable to each Common Unit received upon conversion equals the Capital

 

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Account attributable to a Common Unit at the time of conversion. To the extent that such allocation is insufficient to bring the portion of the Capital Account attributable to each Common Unit received upon conversion by the converting Partner to the Capital Account attributable to a Common Unit at the time of conversion, a portion of the Capital Account of the non-converting Partners will be shifted, pro rata in accordance with their relative Capital Account balances, to the converted Partner and such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the Converting Partner as a transaction defined in Section 721 of the Code.

 

(g)                                     Curative Allocations. The Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss, and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the cumulative net amount of allocations of Partnership items under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Exhibit C shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Partner if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred. This subparagraph (g) is intended to minimize to the extent possible and to the extent necessary any economic distortions which may result from application of the Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith. For purposes hereof, “Regulatory Allocations” shall mean the allocations provided under subparagraphs 2(a) through (d).

 

3.                                                               Tax Allocations.

 

(a)                                    Generally. Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) hereof, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to be allocated for income tax purposes (collectively, “Tax Items”) shall be allocated among the Partners on the same basis as their respective book items.

 

(b)                                    Sections 1245/1250 Recapture. If any portion of gain from the sale of property is treated as gain which is ordinary income by virtue of the application of Code Sections 1245 or 1250 (“Affected Gain”), then (A) such Affected Gain shall be allocated among the Partners in the same proportion that the depreciation and amortization deductions giving rise to the Affected Gain were allocated and (B) other Tax Items of gain of the same character that would have been recognized, but for the application of Code Sections 1245 and/or 1250, shall be allocated away from those Partners who are allocated Affected Gain pursuant to Clause (A) so that, to the extent possible, the other Partners are allocated the same amount, and type, of capital gain that would have been allocated to them had Code Sections 1245 and/or 1250 not applied. For purposes hereof, in order to determine the proportionate allocations of depreciation and amortization deductions for each fiscal year or other applicable period, such deductions shall be deemed allocated on the same basis as Net Income and Net Loss for such respective period.

 

(c)                                     Allocations Respecting Section 704(c) and Revaluations; Curative Allocations Resulting from the Ceiling Rule. Notwithstanding paragraph (b) hereof, Tax Items with respect to Partnership property that is subject to Code Section 704(c) and/or Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) (collectively “Section 704(c) Tax Items”) shall be allocated in accordance with said Code section and/or Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i), as the case may be. The allocation of Tax Items shall be in accordance with the “traditional method” set forth in Treas. Reg. ss.1.704-3(b)(1), unless otherwise determined by the General Partner, and shall be subject to the ceiling rule stated in Regulation Section 1.704-3(b)(1). The General Partner is authorized to specially allocate Tax Items (other than Section 704(c) Tax Items) to cure for the effect of the ceiling rule. The intent of this Section 3(c) is that each Partner who contributed to the capital of the

 

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Partnership a partnership interest in an existing Property Partnership will bear, through reduced allocations of depreciation and increased allocations of gain or other items, the tax detriments associated with any precontribution gain and this Section 3(c) shall be interpreted consistently with such intent.

 

4.                                                               Allocations Upon Final Liquidation.

 

With respect to the fiscal year in which the final liquidation of the Partnership occurs in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Agreement, and notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 1, 2, or 3 hereof, items of Partnership income, gain, loss and deduction shall be specially allocated to the Partners in such amounts and priorities as are necessary so that the positive capital accounts of the Partners shall, as closely as possible, equal the amounts that will be distributed to the Partners pursuant to Section 7.2.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

1.                                         DEFINITIONS. As used in this Schedule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

“Common Unit Value” shall mean, with respect to any trading day, the trading price of a share of Common Stock (calculated based on the average of the intra-day high and low and subject to adjustment in the event that the exchange ratio between Common Units and shares of Common Stock is not one-to-one or other adjustments if the kind or amount of securities into which Common Units can be converted or exchanged (as provided in the Redemption Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof) changes after the date hereof).

 

“Distribution Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Period, the payment date for the distribution declared by the General Partner on its Common Units for such Distribution Period or, if no such distribution payment date is established, the last business day of the first full month following such Distribution Period.

 

“Distribution Period” shall mean the quarterly period that is then the distribution period with respect to the Common Units or, if no such distribution period is established, the calendar quarter shall be the Distribution Period; provided that (a) the initial Distribution Period shall commence on date hereof and end on and include December 31, 2003 and (b) the Distribution Period in which the final liquidation payment is made pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement shall commence on the first day following the immediately preceding Distribution Period and end on the date of such final liquidation payment.

 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean the average of the daily Closing Price during the ten consecutive Trading Days ending on the business day immediately preceding the day in question with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event that the exchange ratio between Common Units and shares of Common Stock is not one-to-one).

 

“Relevant Distribution Periods” shall mean (i) each of the three (3) consecutive Distribution Periods the last of which ends during the 90-day period referred to in the last paragraph of Section 7(b) and (ii) the next immediately following Distribution Period after the third Distribution Period described in clause (i) above.

 

“Tenth Anniversary Date” shall mean the tenth anniversary of the date hereof.

 

2.                                         DESIGNATION AND NUMBER; ETC. The Series D Preferred Units have been established and shall have such rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications as are described herein (in addition to the rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications contained in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to the extent applicable). The authorized number of Series D Preferred Units shall be 532,749.6574. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Schedule A and any other provision of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, the provisions of this Schedule A shall control.

 

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3.                                         RANK. The Series D Preferred Units shall, with respect to the payment of distributions and the distribution of amounts upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, rank as follows:

 

(a) senior to all classes or series of Common Units and to all Units the terms of which provide that such Units shall rank junior to the Series D Preferred Units;

 

(b) on a parity with the Series B Preferred Units, Series C Preferred Units and each other series of Preferred Units issued by the Partnership which does not provide by its express terms that it ranks junior or senior in right of payment to the Series D Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions or amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; and

 

(c) junior to any class or series of Preferred Units issued by the Partnership that ranks senior to the Series D Preferred Units and has been approved in accordance with Section 4 of this Schedule A.

 

4.                                         VOTING.

 

(a) Holders of Series D Preferred Units shall not have any voting rights, except as required by applicable law or as described below in this Section 4.

 

(b) So long as any Series D Preferred Units remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Series D Preferred Units outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (such series voting separately as a class), (i) authorize, create, issue or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of partnership interests in the Partnership ranking senior to the Series D Preferred Units with respect to the payment of distributions or the distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or reclassify any Common Units into such partnership interests, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase any such partnership interests; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, whether by merger or consolidation or otherwise (an “Event”), so as to negate the provisions of clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph or so as to materially and adversely affect any special right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series D Preferred Units or the holders thereof that is contained in this Schedule A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each of the following shall be deemed not to (i) materially and adversely affect any such special right, preference, privilege or voting power or (ii) otherwise require the vote or consent of the holders of the Series D Preferred Units: (X) the occurrence of any merger, consolidation, entity conversion, unit exchange, recapitalization of the Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, so long as either (1) the Partnership is the surviving entity and the Series D Preferred Units remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or (2) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity in such transaction, interests in an entity having substantially the same rights and terms with respect to rights to distributions, voting, redemption and conversion as the Series D Preferred Units are exchanged or substituted for the Series D Preferred Units without any income, gain, or loss expected to be recognized by the holder upon the exchange or substitution for federal income tax purposes (and with the terms of the Common Units or such other securities for which the Series D Preferred

 

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Units (or the substitute or exchanged security therefor) are convertible or redeemable materially the same with respect to rights to distributions, voting, and redemption), (Y) any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Units or Common Units or the creation or issuance of any other series or class of Preferred Units or Common Units or any increase in the amount of Common Units or any other series of Preferred Units, in each case so long as such Units rank on a parity with or junior to the Series D Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions and the distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership and (Z) the dissolution, liquidation and/or winding up of the Partnership.

 

The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding Series D Preferred Units shall have been converted or redeemed.

 

For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, each Series D Preferred Unit shall have one (1) vote.

 

Except as otherwise required by applicable law or as set forth herein, the Series D Preferred Units shall not have any voting rights or powers and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any action.

 

5.                                         DISTRIBUTIONS.

 

(a) With respect to each Distribution Period and subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Units ranking senior to or on parity with the Series D Preferred Units, the holders of Series D Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the General Partner, out of assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of distributions, quarterly cumulative cash distributions in an amount per Series D Preferred Unit equal to the greater of (i) $0.8125 (the “Base Quarterly Distribution”) and (ii) the amount of the regular quarterly cash distribution for such Distribution Period upon the number of Common Units (or portion thereof) into which such Series D Preferred Unit is then convertible in accordance with Section 7 of this Schedule A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the amount of distributions described under each of clause (i) and (ii) of this paragraph for the initial Distribution Period, or any other period shorter than a full Distribution Period, shall be prorated and computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. Such distributions shall, with respect to each Series D Preferred Unit, accrue from its issue date, whether or not in, or with respect to, any Distribution Period or Periods (A) the distributions described above are declared, (B) the Partnership is contractually prohibited from paying such distributions or (C) there shall be assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of such distributions. The distributions upon the Series D Preferred Units for each Distribution Period shall, if and to the extent declared or authorized by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, be paid in arrears (without interest or other amount) on the Distribution Payment Date with respect thereto, and, if not paid on such date, shall accumulate, whether or not in, or with respect to, any Distribution Period or Periods (X) the distributions are declared, (Y) the Partnership is contractually prohibited from paying such distributions or (Z) there shall be assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of such distributions. The record date for distributions upon the Series D Preferred Units for any Distribution Period shall be the same as the record date for the distributions upon the Common Units for such Distribution Period (or, if

 

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no such record date is set for the Common Units, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which the applicable Distribution Payment Date falls if prior to such Distribution Payment Date; otherwise, the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding calendar month). Accumulated and unpaid distributions for any past Distribution Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any Distribution Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, not exceeding 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the General Partner. Any distribution payment made upon the Series D Preferred Units shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid distributions due with respect to such Units which remains payable. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be owing or payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Series D Preferred Units, whether or not in arrears.

 

(b) No distribution on the Series D Preferred Units shall be declared by the General Partner or paid or set apart for payment by the Partnership at such time as the terms and provisions of any bona fide agreement of the Partnership, including any agreement relating to bona fide indebtedness, prohibits such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or provides that such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof, or a default thereunder, or if such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law (and such failure to pay distributions on the Series D Preferred Units shall prohibit other distributions by the Partnership as described in Sections 5(c) or (d) of this Schedule A). Notwithstanding the foregoing, distributions on the Series D Preferred Units shall accumulate as provided herein whether or not any of the foregoing restrictions exist.

 

(c) Except as provided in Section 5(d) of this Schedule A, so long as any Series D Preferred Units are outstanding, (i) no distributions (other than in Common Units or other Units ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Units as to payment of distributions and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Units or any other class or series of partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking, as to payment of distributions or amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, on a parity with or junior to the Series D Preferred Units, for any period and (ii) no Common Units or other Units ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Units as to payment of distributions or amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership shall be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Units) by the Partnership (except by conversion into or exchange for other Units ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Units as to payment of distributions and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or by redemptions pursuant to Rights Agreements) unless, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), full cumulative distributions have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on the Series D Preferred Units for all Distribution Periods ending on or prior to the distribution payment date for the Common Units or such other class or series of Unit or the date of such redemption, purchase or other acquisition.

 

(d) When distributions are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not set apart for such payment) upon the Series D Preferred Units and any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking on a parity as to payment of distributions with the Series D Preferred Units, all distributions declared upon the Series D Preferred Units and any

 

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other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking on a parity as to payment of distributions with the Series D Preferred Units shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of distributions declared per Unit of Series D Preferred Units and such other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid distributions per Unit on the Series D Preferred Units and such other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid distributions for prior distribution periods if such Units do not have cumulative distributions) bear to each other.

 

(e) Holders of Series D Preferred Units shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, property or Units, in excess of the cumulative distributions described in Section 5(a) above.

 

(f) For any quarterly period, any amounts paid with respect to the Series D Preferred Units in excess of the amount that would have been paid with respect to such Units for such period had they been converted into Common Units in accordance with the terms of Section 7 of this Schedule A are intended to constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of allocating Net Income and Net Loss or otherwise maintaining Capital Accounts.

 

6.                                         LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE.

 

(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Common Units or any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking junior to the Series D Preferred Units as to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the holders of the Series D Preferred Units shall, with respect to each such Unit, be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to Partners after payment or provision for payment of all debts and other liabilities of the Partnership and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Units ranking senior to or on parity with the Series D Preferred Units with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, an amount equal to $50, plus an amount equal to all distributions (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution (including all accumulated and unpaid distributions). If, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the Series D Preferred Units are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid on the Series D Preferred Units and liquidating payments on any other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership of any class or series ranking, as to payment of distributions and amounts upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, on a parity with the Series D Preferred Units, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of Series D Preferred Units and any such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series D Preferred Units and such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 6, none of (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership with or into another entity, (ii) a merger of another entity with or into the Partnership or (iii) a sale, lease or

 

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conveyance of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, properties or business shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership.

 

(b) Written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage pre-paid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder of the Series D Preferred Units at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the transfer records of the Partnership.

 

(c) After payment of the full amount of liquidating distributions to which they are entitled as provided in Section 6(a) of this Schedule A, the holders of Series D Preferred Units shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Partnership.

 

7.                                         CONVERSION. Holders of Series D Preferred Units shall have the right to convert all or a portion of such Units into Common Units, as follows:

 

(a) A holder of Series D Preferred Units shall have the right, at such holder’s option, at any time, to convert any whole number of Series D Preferred Units into fully paid and non-assessable Common Units; provided, however, that the conversion right may not be exercised at any one time by a holder of Series D Preferred Units with respect to less than 1,000 Series D Preferred Units (or all the Series D Preferred Units then owned by such holder if such holder owns less than 1,000 Series D Preferred Units). Each Series D Preferred Unit shall be convertible into the number of Common Units determined by dividing (i) the $50 base liquidation preference per Series D Preferred Unit, plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions (whether or not earned or declared) with respect thereto by (ii) a conversion price of $33.151875 per Common Unit (equivalent to an initial conversion rate of 1.508210 Common Units for each Series D Preferred Unit), subject to adjustment as described in Section 7(c) hereof (the “Conversion Price”).

 

(b) To exercise the conversion right, the holder of each Series D Preferred Unit to be converted shall execute and deliver to the General Partner, at the principal office of the Partnership, a written notice (the “Conversion Notice”) indicating that the holder thereof elects to convert such Series D Preferred Unit and containing representations and warranties of such holder that (i) such holder has good and marketable title to such Series D Preferred Unit, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, (ii) such holder is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that such holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of receiving and owning the Common Units that may be issued to it in exchange for such Series D Preferred Unit, (iii) such holder is able to bear the economic risk of such ownership and (iv) such Common Units to be acquired by such holder pursuant to this Agreement would be acquired by such holder for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to, and with no present intention of, selling or distributing the same in violation of federal or state securities laws. Unless the Units issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such Series D Preferred Unit is registered, each Series D Preferred Unit surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership, duly executed by the holder or such

 

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holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).

 

As promptly as practicable after delivery of the Conversion Notice as aforesaid, the Partnership shall amend the Partnership Agreement to reflect the conversion and the issuance of Common Units issuable upon the conversion of such Series D Preferred Units in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7. In addition, the Partnership shall deliver to the holder at its address as reflected on the records of the Partnership, a copy of such amendment.

 

A holder of Series D Preferred Units at the close of business on the record date for any Distribution Period shall be entitled to receive the distribution payable on such Units on the corresponding Distribution Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Series D Preferred Units following such record date and prior to such Distribution Payment Date and shall have no right to receive any distribution for such Distribution Period in respect of the Common Units into which such Series D Preferred Units were converted. Except as provided herein, the Partnership shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid distributions, whether or not in arrears, on converted Series D Preferred Units or for distributions on the Common Units that are issued upon such conversion. In the event that a holder of Series D Preferred Units converts its Series D Preferred Units into Common Units on or prior to the record date for the initial Distribution Period, the distribution for such Distribution Period in respect of such Common Units shall be prorated and computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year.

 

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the Conversion Notice is received by the Partnership as aforesaid, and the person or persons in whose name or names any Common Units shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Units at such time on such date, and such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect at such time and on such date unless the transfer books of the Partnership shall be closed on that date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become such holder or holders of record at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date on which such Units have been surrendered and such notice received by the Partnership.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all holders of Preferred Units shall be deemed to have delivered a Conversion Notice (and therefore exercised their conversion rights effective as of the time specified in the next sentence) as to all Series D Preferred Units if (a) with respect to any period of 90 consecutive calendar days following the Tenth Anniversary Date, the Common Unit Value exceeds on each trading day during such 90-day period the Conversion Price then in effect and (b) the amount of the distribution (as calculated in accordance with Section 5(a)(ii) of this Schedule A) for each of the four (4) Relevant Distribution Periods upon the number of Common Units (or portion thereof) into which a Series D Preferred Unit is then convertible in accordance with this Section 7 exceeds the Base Quarterly Distribution. The forced conversion referred to in this paragraph shall be effective at the close of business on the Distribution Payment Date for the last Relevant Distribution Period.

 

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(i)                                                     If the Partnership shall, after the date on which the Series D Preferred Units are first issued (the “Issue Date”), (A) pay or make a distribution to holders of its partnership interests or Units in Common Units, (B) subdivide its outstanding Common Units into a greater number of Units or distribute Common Units to the holders thereof, (C) combine its outstanding Common Units into a smaller number of Units, or (D) issue any partnership interests or Units by reclassification of its Common Units, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of holders entitled to receive such distribution or at the opening of business on the day next following the day on which such subdivision, combination or reclassification becomes effective, as the case may be, shall be adjusted so that the holder of any Series D Preferred Unit thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of Common Units or other partnership interests or securities that such holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had such Series D Preferred Unit been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the record date in the case of a distribution or the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (i) shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day next following the record date (except as provided in subsection (g) below) in the case of a distribution and shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day next following the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

 

(ii)                                                  If the Partnership shall issue after the Issue Date rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Units entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Units (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Units) at a price per Unit less than the Fair Market Value per Common Unit on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants, then the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day next following such record date shall be adjusted to equal the price determined by multiplying (I) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the day fixed for such determination by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of Common Units outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and (B) the number of Common Units that the aggregate proceeds to the Partnership from the exercise of such rights, options or warrants for Common Units would purchase at such Fair Market Value, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of Common Units outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and (B) the number of additional Common Units offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to such rights, options or warrants. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day next following such record date (except as provided in subsection (g) below). In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Units to subscribe for or purchase Common Units at less than the Fair Market Value, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Partnership upon issuance and upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of the General Partner.

 

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(iii)                                               If the Partnership shall distribute after the Issue Date to all holders of Common Units any other securities or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding those rights, options, warrants, securities and other assets referred to in and treated under subsection (i) or (ii) above, and excluding distributions paid exclusively in cash) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter in this subsection (iii) called the “Securities”), then in each case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying (I) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to receive such distribution by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market Value per Common Unit on the record date mentioned below less the then fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of the General Partner) of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one Common Unit, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value per Common Unit on the record date mentioned below. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately at the opening of business on the business day next following (except as provided in subsection (g) below) the record date for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to receive such distribution. For the purposes of this subsection (iii), a distribution in the form of a Security, which is distributed not only to the holders of the Common Units on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to such distribution of such Security, but also is distributed with each Common Unit delivered to a person converting a Series D Preferred Unit after such determination date (together with distributions thereon paid to the holders of Common Units prior thereto), shall not require an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this subsection (iii); provided that on the date, if any, on which a person converting a Series D Preferred Unit would no longer be entitled to receive such Security with a Common Unit, a distribution of such Securities shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Conversion Price shall be adjusted as provided in this subsection (iii) (and such day shall be deemed to be “the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Units entitled to receive such distribution” and “the record date” within the meaning of the two preceding sentences).

 

(iv)                                              Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to the preceding clauses (ii) and (iii) that would result in an increase in the Conversion Price. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require a cumulative increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this subsection (iv) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment until made; and provided, further, that any adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 (other than this subsection (iv)) not later than such time as may be required in order to preserve the tax-free nature of a distribution to the holders of Common Units. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 7, the Partnership shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price for the issuance of (i) any Common Units pursuant to any plan providing for the reinvestment of distributions or interest payable on securities of the Partnership and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Units under such plan or (ii) any options, rights or Common Units pursuant to or on account of any unit or stock option, unit or stock purchase or any unit or stock-based compensation plan maintained by the Partnership or the General Partner. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to

 

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the nearest cent (with $.005 being rounded upward) or to the nearest one-tenth of a Unit (with .05 of a Unit being rounded upward), as the case may be.

 

(d) If the Partnership shall be a party to any transaction (including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation, entity conversion, unit exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all of the Common Units, sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets or recapitalization of the Common Units or other business combination or reorganization and excluding any transaction as to which subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7 applies) (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “Transaction”), in each case as a result of which Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into partnership interests, shares, stock, securities or other property (including cash or any combination thereof), each Series D Preferred Unit which is not converted into the right to receive partnership interests, shares, stock, securities or other property in connection with such Transaction (and thus remains outstanding) shall thereafter be convertible into the kind and amount of partnership interests, shares, stock, securities and other property (including cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of that number of Common Units into which one Series D Preferred Unit (including all distributions (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated and unpaid thereon) was convertible immediately prior to such Transaction, assuming such holder of Common Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “Constituent Person”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each Series D Preferred Unit holder of such election, and each Series D Preferred Unit holder shall also have the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each Series D Preferred Unit held by such holder following consummation of such Transaction. If a holder of Series D Preferred Units fails to make such an election, such holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each Series D Preferred Unit held by such holder (or by any of its transferees) the same consideration that a holder of that number of Common Units into which one Series D Preferred Unit was convertible immediately prior to such Transaction would receive if such Common Unit holder failed to make such an election. The Partnership shall not be a party to any Transaction unless the terms of such Transaction are consistent with the provisions of this subsection (d), and it shall not consent or agree to the occurrence of any Transaction until the Partnership has entered into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders of the Series D Preferred Units that will contain provisions enabling the holders of Series D Preferred Units that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert into the consideration received by holders of Common Units at the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Transaction (with the holder having the option to elect the type of consideration if a choice is offered in the Transaction as specified above). The provisions of this subsection (d) shall similarly apply to successive Transactions.

 

(e) If:

 

(i)                                                     the Partnership shall authorize the granting to the holders of the Common Units of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any Units of any class or any other rights, options or warrants; or

 

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(ii)                                                  there shall be any reclassification of the Common Units (other than as described in clause (c)(i) of this Section 7) or any consolidation or merger to which the Partnership is a party and for which approval of any partners of the Partnership is required, involving the conversion or exchange of Common Units into securities or other property, or a unit exchange involving the conversion or exchange of Common Units into securities or other property, a self tender offer by the Partnership for all or substantially all of the Common Units, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership as an entirety; or

 

(iii)                                               there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, then the Partnership shall cause to be mailed to the holders of the Series D Preferred Units at their addresses as shown on the records of the Partnership, as promptly as possible a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such distribution of rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Units of record to be entitled to such distribution of rights, options or warrants are to be determined or (B) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Units of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Units for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up. Failure to give or receive such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this Section 7.

 

(f) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Partnership shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and the effective date such adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the holder of each Series D Preferred Unit at such holder’s last address as shown on the records of the Partnership.

 

(g) In any case in which subsection (c) of this Section 7 provides that an adjustment shall become effective on the date next following the record date for an event, the Partnership may defer until the occurrence of such event issuing to the holder of any Series D Preferred Unit converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Common Units issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Units issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment.

 

(h) For purposes of this Section 7, the number of Common Units at any time outstanding shall not include any Common Units then owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership. The Partnership shall not make any distribution on Common Units held in the treasury of the Partnership.

 

(i) If any action or transaction would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one subsection of this Section 7, only one adjustment shall be made, and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that has the highest absolute value.

 

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(j) If the Partnership shall take any action affecting the Common Units, other than action described in this Section 7, that in the reasonable judgment of the Partnership would materially affect the conversion rights of the holders of the Series D Preferred Units, the Conversion Price for the Series D Preferred Units may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the General Partner, determines to be equitable in the circumstances.

 

(k) The Partnership covenants that Common Units issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Units shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the holder thereof shall be entitled to rights of a holder of Common Units specified in the Partnership Agreement. Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Partnership shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Units, the Partnership shall endeavor to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations in respect thereof.

 

(l) The Partnership will pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Common Units or other securities or property on conversion of the Series D Preferred Units pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of Common Units or other securities or property in a name other than that of the holder of the Series D Preferred Units to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Partnership the amount of any such tax or established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Partnership, that such tax has been paid.

 

(m) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the adjustment provisions contained in this Section 7 shall be applied so that there is no duplication of adjustments made pursuant to any other document and (ii) no adjustment under any provision hereof shall be made on account of (A) the stock split approved by the stockholders of the General Partner on November 20, 2003 or (B) the split of the Common Units provided for in the Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of November 20, 2003.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.10

 

AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into on March 5, 2004, by and among the undersigned parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, a Delaware limited partnership known as GGP Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) exists pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GGP Limited Partnership dated as of April 1, 1998, as amended (the “Second Restated Partnership Agreement”), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;

 

WHEREAS, General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”);

 

WHEREAS, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) dated as of March 5, 2004, between the Partnership and Koury Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “New Limited Partner”), the New Limited Partner is to receive Series E Preferred Units (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, being the sole general partner of the Partnership, the holders of a Majority-in-Interest of the Common Units and the New Limited Partner, desire to amend the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to effect the creation and issuance of the Series E Preferred Units and to reflect certain other understandings among them as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                                                CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including without limitation in attached Schedule A) shall have the definitions assigned to such terms in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as amended.

 

2.                                                                ESTABLISHMENT AND ISSUANCE OF SERIES E PREFERRED UNITS. A new series of Preferred Units designated as the “7% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units” (the “Series E Preferred Units”) is hereby established and shall have such rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications as are described on Schedule A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof (in addition to the rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications contained in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to the extent applicable). Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Partnership hereby issues to the New Limited Partner the

 



 

 

number of Series E Preferred Units set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. The Capital Contribution made by the New Limited Partner shall be deemed to be $50 per Series E Preferred Unit. The New Limited Partner is hereby admitted as a Limited Partner in respect of the Series E Preferred Units issued to it, and the New Limited Partner hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as the same is amended hereby and as the same may be amended from time to time, with respect to such Series E Preferred Units (including without limitation the provisions of Sections 8.2, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 thereof).

 

3.                                                                ADDITION OF NEW LIMITED PARTNER AS OBLIGATED PARTNER. The New Limited Partner hereby agrees to become an Obligated Partner with a Protected Amount as defined in, and adjusted from time to time pursuant to, that Tax Matters Agreement of even date herewith entered into by the Partnership and the New Limited Partner.

 

4.                                                                NEGATIVE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. Subsection (b) of Section 7.8 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following new subsections (b) and (c) of Section 7.8 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement are hereby inserted in its place and stead:

 

“7.8 NEGATIVE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an Obligated Partner other than Koury Corporation shall cease to be an Obligated Partner upon the earlier of (i) nine months after the death of such Obligated Partner or (ii) six months after (A) any date after the third anniversary date of the date of the Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GGP Limited Partnership dated as of April 1, 1998, which is selected by the Obligated Partner as the date upon which such Obligated Partner’s obligation hereunder shall terminate (and for which notice of such date shall be given at least 60 days prior to such selected date) or (B) an exchange of all of such Obligated Partner’s remaining Units for shares of Common Stock or preferred stock of the General Partner (pursuant to a Rights Agreement) or in an otherwise taxable sale or exchange of all of such Obligated Partner’s Units provided that at the time of, or during such six-month period following such event set forth in (ii)(A) or (B), there has not been: (X) an entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Partnership by a court having jurisdiction over a substantial part of the Partnership’s assets, or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Partnership or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the Partnership’s affairs, in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; or (Y) the commencement against the Partnership of an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; or (Z) the commencement by the Partnership of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,

 

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assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Partnership or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of the Partnership generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or the taking of any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing. Following the passage of the six-month period after the event set forth in clause (ii)(A) or (B) of this paragraph, an Obligated Partner shall cease to be an Obligated Partner at the first time, if any, that all of the conditions set forth in (X) through (Z) above are no longer in existence.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Koury Corporation shall cease to be an Obligated Partner immediately upon the earlier of (i) any date which is selected by Koury Corporation as the date upon which its status as an Obligated Partner hereunder shall terminate (and for which notice of such selected date shall be given at least 60 days prior to such selected date), but only if such selected date is not earlier than the first anniversary date of the last day of the Partnership’s most recent completed tax year in which Koury Corporation’s Protected Amount increased, (ii) an exchange of all of Koury Corporation’s remaining Units for shares of Common Stock of the General Partner (pursuant to a Rights Agreement) or in an otherwise taxable sale or exchange of all of such Obligated Partner’s Units, or (iii) the Partnership’s termination, for a Partnership purpose, of Koury Corporation’s status as an Obligated Partner on any date that follows March 5, 2017.”

 

5.                                                                NEW EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A to the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, identifying the Partners, the number and class or series of Units owned by them and their respective Percentage Interests, if any, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit A in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

6.                                                                NEW EXHIBIT D. Exhibit D to the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, identifying the Obligated Partners and their Protected Amounts, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit D in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

7.                                                                COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute the same document.

 

8.                                                                OTHER PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Second Restated Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the day and year first above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ronald L. Gern

 

 

 

Ronald L. Gern, Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:

 

 

 

 

 

M.B. CAPITAL PARTNERS III, a South

 

 

Dakota general partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

GENERAL TRUST COMPANY, not

 

 

 

individually but solely as Trustee

 

 

 

of Martin Investment Trust G, a partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marshall E. Eisenberg

 

 

 

Marshall E. Eisenberg, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW LIMITED PARTNER:

 

 

 

 

 

KOURY CORPORATION, a North Carolina

 

ATTEST:

corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen D. Showfety

 

By:

Ronald W. Mack

 

Name: Stephen D. Showfety

 

Name: Ronald W. Mack

 

Title: President

 

Title: Secretary

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

1.                                                                DEFINITIONS. As used in this Schedule, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

“Common Unit Value” shall mean, with respect to any trading day, the value of a Common Unit, which shall equal the trading price of a share of Common Stock (calculated based on the average of the intra-day high and low and subject to adjustment in the event that the exchange ratio between Common Units and shares of Common Stock is not one-to-one or other adjustments if the kind or amount of securities into which Common Units can be converted or exchanged (as provided in the Redemption Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof) changes after the date hereof).

 

“Distribution Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Period, the payment date for the distribution declared by the General Partner on its Common Units for such Distribution Period or, if no such distribution payment date is established, the last business day of the first full month following such Distribution Period.

 

“Distribution Period” shall mean the quarterly period that is then the distribution period with respect to the Common Units or, if no such distribution period is established, the calendar quarter shall be the Distribution Period; provided that (a) the initial Distribution Period shall commence on date hereof and end on and include March 31, 2004 and (b) the Distribution Period in which the final liquidation payment is made pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as amended, shall commence on the first day following the immediately preceding Distribution Period and end on the date of such final liquidation payment.

 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any day, the average of the Common Unit Value for the ten consecutive Trading Days ending on the business day immediately preceding the day in question with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation.

 

“Relevant Distribution Periods” shall mean (i) each of the three (3) consecutive Distribution Periods the last of which ends during the 90-day period referred to in the last paragraph of Section 7(b) and (ii) the next immediately following Distribution Period after the third Distribution Period described in clause (i) above.

 

“Tenth Anniversary Date” shall mean the tenth anniversary of the date hereof.

 

2.                                                                DESIGNATION AND NUMBER; ETC. The Series E Preferred Units have been established and shall have such rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications as are described herein (in addition to the rights, preferences, limitations and qualifications contained in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to the extent applicable). The authorized number of Series E Preferred Units shall be 502,657.8128. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Schedule A and any other provision of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, the provisions of this Schedule A shall control.

 

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3.                                                                RANK. The Series E Preferred Units shall, with respect to the payment of distributions and the distribution of amounts upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, rank as follows:

 

(a)                                                           senior to all classes or series of Common Units and to all Units the terms of which provide that such Units shall rank junior to the Series E Preferred Units;

 

(b)                                                          on a parity with the Series B Preferred Units, Series C Preferred Units, Series D Preferred Units and each other series of Preferred Units issued by the Partnership which does not provide by its express terms that it ranks junior or senior in right of payment to the Series E Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions or amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; and

 

(c)                                                           junior to any class or series of Preferred Units issued by the Partnership that ranks senior to the Series E Preferred Units and has been approved in accordance with Section 4 of this Schedule A.

 

4.                                                                VOTING.

 

(a)                                                           Holders of Series E Preferred Units shall not have any voting rights, except as described below in this Section 4.

 

(b)                                                          So long as any Series E Preferred Units remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Series E Preferred Units outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (such series voting separately as a class), (i) authorize, create, issue or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of partnership interests in the Partnership ranking senior to the Series E Preferred Units with respect to the payment of distributions or the distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or reclassify any Common Units or other Preferred Units into such partnership interests, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase any such partnership interests; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as amended, whether by merger or consolidation or otherwise (an “Event”), so as to (A) negate the provisions of clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, (B) materially and adversely affect the right of the holders of Series E Preferred Units to transfer such Units unless the amendment also applies to the holders of all other Units, (C) give the holders of any partnership interest a right to the payment of distributions from the Partnership or a right to the distribution of amounts upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership that ranks senior to the Series E Preferred Units or (D) materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series E Preferred Units or the holders thereof contained in this Schedule A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each of the following shall be deemed not to (i) materially and adversely affect any such right, preference, privilege or voting power or (ii) otherwise require the vote or consent of the holders of the Series E Preferred Units: (X) the occurrence of any merger, consolidation, entity conversion, unit exchange, recapitalization of the Common Units or other business combination or reorganization, so long as either (1) the Partnership is the surviving entity and the Series E Preferred Units remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially

 

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unchanged (including without limitation the terms with respect to distributions, voting, redemption and conversion), or (2) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity in such transaction, interests in an entity having substantially the same rights and terms (including without limitation rights to distributions, voting, redemption and conversion) as the Series E Preferred Units are exchanged or substituted for the Series E Preferred Units (and with the terms of the Common Units or such other securities for which the Series E Preferred Units (or the substitute or exchanged security therefor) are convertible or redeemable materially the same with respect to rights to distributions, voting, and redemption), (Y) any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Units or Common Units or the creation or issuance of any other series or class of Preferred Units or Common Units or any increase in the amount of Common Units or any other series of Preferred Units, in each case so long as such Units rank on a parity with or junior to the Series E Preferred Units with respect to the payment of distributions and the distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership and (Z) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets (by merger or otherwise) if, in connection with such transaction, the holders of Series E Preferred Units have the opportunity to surrender all of the issued and outstanding Series E Preferred Units in exchange for a cash payment equal to the amount that such holders would be entitled to receive in respect thereof upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership (such surrender and payment to be made contemporaneously with the closing of such transaction) and any resulting dissolution, liquidation and/or winding up of the Partnership.

 

The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding Series E Preferred Units shall have been converted or redeemed.

 

For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, each Series E Preferred Unit shall have one (1) vote.

 

Except as otherwise required by applicable law or as set forth herein, the Series E Preferred Units shall not have any voting rights or powers and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any action.

 

5.                                                                DISTRIBUTIONS.

 

(a)                                                           With respect to each Distribution Period and subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Units ranking senior to or on parity with the Series E Preferred Units, the holders of Series E Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the General Partner, out of assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of distributions, quarterly cumulative cash distributions in an amount per Series E Preferred Unit equal to the greater of (i) $0.875 (the “Base Quarterly Distribution”) and (ii) the amount of the regular quarterly cash distribution paid for such Distribution Period upon the number of Common Units (or portion thereof) into which such Series E Preferred Unit is then convertible in accordance with Section 7 of this Schedule A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the amount of distributions described under each of clause (i) and (ii) of this paragraph for the initial Distribution Period, or any other period shorter than a full Distribution Period, shall be prorated and computed based on the actual number of days in such Distribution Period relative to the actual number of days in the calendar quarter of which the Distribution Period is a part. Such

 

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distributions shall, with respect to each Series E Preferred Unit, accrue from its issue date, whether or not in, or with respect to, any Distribution Period or Periods (A) the distributions described above are declared, (B) the Partnership is contractually prohibited from paying such distributions or (C) there shall be assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of such distributions. The distributions upon the Series E Preferred Units for each Distribution Period shall, if and to the extent declared or authorized by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, be paid in arrears (without interest or other amount) on the Distribution Payment Date with respect thereto, and, if not paid on such date, shall accumulate, whether or not in, or with respect to, any Distribution Period or Periods (X) the distributions are declared, (Y) the Partnership is contractually prohibited from paying such distributions or (Z) there shall be assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of such distributions (and shall not constitute accumulated distributions prior to such date). The record date for distributions upon the Series E Preferred Units for any Distribution Period shall be the same as the record date for the distributions upon the Common Units for such Distribution Period (or, if no such record date is set for the Common Units, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which the applicable Distribution Payment Date falls if prior to such Distribution Payment Date; otherwise, the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding calendar month). Accumulated and unpaid distributions for any past Distribution Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any Distribution Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, not exceeding 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the General Partner. Any distribution payment made upon the Series E Preferred Units shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid distributions due with respect to such Units which remains payable. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be owing or payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Series E Preferred Units, whether or not in arrears.

 

(b)                                                          No distribution on the Series E Preferred Units shall be declared by the General Partner or paid or set apart for payment by the Partnership at such time as and to the extent that the terms and provisions of any bona fide agreement of the Partnership, including any agreement relating to bona fide indebtedness, prohibits such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or provides that such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof, or a default thereunder, or to the extent that such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law (and such failure to pay distributions on the Series E Preferred Units shall prohibit other distributions by the Partnership as described in Sections 5(c) or (d) of this Schedule A). Notwithstanding the foregoing, distributions on the Series E Preferred Units shall accumulate as provided herein whether or not any of the foregoing restrictions exist.

 

(c)                                                           Except as provided in Section 5(d) of this Schedule A, so long as any Series E Preferred Units are outstanding, (i) no cash or non-cash distributions (other than in Common Units or other Units ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Units as to payment of distributions and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Units or any other class or series of partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking, as to payment of distributions or amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, on a parity with or junior to the Series E Preferred Units, for any period and (ii) no Common Units or other Units ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series E Preferred Units as to payment of distributions or amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership shall be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any monies be paid to or made

 

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available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Units) by the Partnership (except by conversion into or exchange for other Units ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Units as to payment of distributions and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or by redemptions pursuant to Rights Agreements) unless, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), full cumulative distributions have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment in the next 30 days on the Series E Preferred Units for all Distribution Periods ending on or prior to the distribution payment date for the Common Units or such other class or series of Unit or the date of such redemption, purchase or other acquisition.

 

(d)                                                          When distributions are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not set apart for such payment in the next 30 days) upon the Series E Preferred Units and any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking on a parity as to payment of distributions with the Series E Preferred Units, all distributions declared upon the Series E Preferred Units and any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking on a parity as to payment of distributions with the Series E Preferred Units shall be declared or paid pro rata so that the amount of distributions declared per Unit of Series E Preferred Units and such other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid distributions per Unit on the Series E Preferred Units and such other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid distributions for prior distribution periods if such Units do not have cumulative distributions) bear to each other.

 

(e)                                                           Except as set forth in Section 6 of this Schedule A, holders of Series E Preferred Units shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, property or Units, in excess of the cumulative distributions described in Section 5(a) of this Schedule A.

 

(f)                                                             Distributions with respect to the Series E Preferred Units are intended to qualify as permitted distributions of cash that are not treated as a disguised sale within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.707-4 and the provisions of this Schedule A shall be construed and applied consistently with such Treasury Regulations.

 

6.                                                                LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE.

 

(a)                                                           In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Partnership (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Common Units or any other partnership interests in the Partnership or Units ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Units as to the distribution of assets upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the holders of the Series E Preferred Units shall, with respect to each such Unit, be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to Partners after payment or provision for payment of all debts and other liabilities of the Partnership and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Units ranking senior to or on parity with the Series E Preferred Units with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, an amount equal to the greater of (i) $50, plus an amount equal to all distributions (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution (including all accumulated and unpaid distributions) and (ii) the amount that a holder

 

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of such Series E Preferred Unit would have received upon final distribution in respect of the number of Common Units into which such Series E Preferred Unit (including all accumulated and unpaid distributions (whether or not earned or declared) with respect thereto) was convertible immediately prior to such date of final distribution. If, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the Series E Preferred Units are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid on the Series E Preferred Units and liquidating payments on any other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership of any class or series ranking, as to payment of distributions and amounts upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, on a parity with the Series E Preferred Units, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of Series E Preferred Units and any such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such Series E Preferred Units and such other Units or partnership interests in the Partnership if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 6, none of (i) a consolidation or merger of the Partnership with or into another entity, (ii) a merger of another entity with or into the Partnership or (iii) a sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, properties or business shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership (unless all or substantially all of the proceeds thereof are distributed by the Partnership, in which case a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership shall be deemed to have occurred).

 

(b)                    Written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage pre-paid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder of the Series E Preferred Units at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the transfer records of the Partnership.

 

(c)                    After payment of the full amount of liquidating distributions to which they are entitled as provided in Section 6(a) of this Schedule A, the holders of Series E Preferred Units shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Partnership.

 

7.                      CONVERSION. Holders of Series E Preferred Units shall have the right to convert all or a portion of such Units into Common Units, as follows:

 

(a)                    A holder of Series E Preferred Units shall have the right, at such holder’s option, at any time, to convert any whole number of Series E Preferred Units into fully paid and non-assessable Common Units; provided, however, that the conversion right may not be exercised at any one time by a holder of Series E Preferred Units with respect to less than 1,000 Series E Preferred Units (or all the Series E Preferred Units then owned by such holder if such holder owns less than 1,000 Series E Preferred Units). Each Series E Preferred Unit shall be convertible into the number of Common Units determined by dividing (i) the $50 base liquidation preference per Series E Preferred Unit, plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions (whether or not earned or declared) with respect thereto by (ii) a conversion price of $38.51 per Common Unit (equivalent to an initial conversion rate of 1.298364 Common Units for each Series E Preferred Unit), subject to adjustment as described in Section 7(c) hereof (the “Conversion Price”).

 

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(b)                    To exercise the conversion right, the holder of each Series E Preferred Unit to be converted shall execute and deliver to the General Partner, at the principal office of the Partnership, a written notice (the “Conversion Notice”) indicating that the holder thereof elects to convert such Series E Preferred Unit and containing representations and warranties of such holder that (i) such holder has good and marketable title to such Series E Preferred Unit, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, (ii) such holder is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that such holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of receiving and owning the Common Units that may be issued to it in exchange for such Series E Preferred Unit, (iii) such holder is able to bear the economic risk of such ownership and (iv) such Common Units to be acquired by such holder pursuant to this Agreement would be acquired by such holder for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to, and with no present intention of, selling or distributing the same in violation of federal or state securities laws. Unless the Units issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such Series E Preferred Unit is registered, each Series E Preferred Unit surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership, duly executed by the holder or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).

 

As promptly as practicable after delivery of the Conversion Notice as aforesaid, the Partnership shall amend the Partnership Agreement to reflect the conversion and the issuance of Common Units issuable upon the conversion of such Series E Preferred Units in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7. In addition, the Partnership shall deliver to the holder at its address as reflected on the records of the Partnership, a copy of such amendment.

 

A holder of Series E Preferred Units at the close of business on the record date for any Distribution Period shall be entitled to receive the distribution payable on such Units on the corresponding Distribution Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Series E Preferred Units following such record date and prior to such Distribution Payment Date and shall have no right to receive any distribution for such Distribution Period in respect of the Common Units into which such Series E Preferred Units were converted. Except as provided herein, the Partnership shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid distributions, whether or not in arrears, on converted Series E Preferred Units or for distributions on the Common Units that are issued upon such conversion. In the event that a holder of Series E Preferred Units converts its Series E Preferred Units into Common Units on or prior to the record date for the initial Distribution Period, the distribution for such Distribution Period in respect of such Common Units shall be prorated and computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year.

 

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the Conversion Notice is received by the Partnership as aforesaid, and the person or persons in whose name or names any Common Units shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Units at such time on such date, and such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect at such time and on such date unless the transfer books of the Partnership shall be closed on that date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become such holder or holders of

 

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record immediately prior to the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date on which such Units have been surrendered and such notice received by the Partnership.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all holders of Series E Preferred Units shall be deemed to have delivered a Conversion Notice (and therefore exercised their conversion rights effective as of the time specified in the next sentence) as to all Series E Preferred Units if (a) with respect to any period of 90 consecutive calendar days following the Tenth Anniversary Date, the Common Unit Value exceeds on each trading day during such 90-day period the Conversion Price then in effect and (b) the amount of the distribution (as calculated in accordance with Section 5(a)(ii) of this Schedule A) for each of the four (4) Relevant Distribution Periods upon the number of Common Units (or portion thereof) into which a Series E Preferred Unit is then convertible in accordance with this Section 7 exceeds the Base Quarterly Distribution. The forced conversion referred to in this paragraph shall be effective at the close of business on the Distribution Payment Date for the last Relevant Distribution Period.

 

(c)                    The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(i)             If the Partnership shall, after the date on which the Series E Preferred Units are first issued (the “Issue Date”), (A) pay or make a distribution to holders of its partnership interests or Units in Common Units, (B) subdivide its outstanding Common Units into a greater number of Units or distribute Common Units to the holders thereof, (C) combine its outstanding Common Units into a smaller number of Units, or (D) issue any partnership interests or Units by reclassification of its Common Units, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the conversion rights of the holder of any Series E Preferred Unit are not diluted or expanded thereby.

 

(ii)            If the Partnership shall issue after the Issue Date rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Units entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Units (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Units) at a price per Unit less than the Fair Market Value on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants, then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted to equal the price determined by multiplying (I) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of Common Units outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and (B) the number of Common Units that the aggregate proceeds to the Partnership from the exercise of such rights, options or warrants for Common Units would purchase at a price per Unit equal to the Fair Market Value, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of Common Units outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and (B) the number of additional Common Units offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to such rights, options or warrants. In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Units to subscribe for or purchase Common Units at a price per Unit less than the Fair Market Value, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Partnership upon issuance and upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of the General Partner.

 

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(iii)           If the Partnership shall distribute after the Issue Date to all holders of Common Units any other securities or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding those rights, options, warrants, securities and other assets referred to in and treated under subsection (i) or (ii) above, and excluding distributions paid exclusively in cash) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter in this subsection (iii) called the “Securities”), then in each case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying (I) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the adjustment by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market Value on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to receive such distribution less the then fair market value (as determined in good faith by the General Partner) of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one Common Unit, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value on the record date mentioned above. For the purposes of this subsection (iii), a distribution in the form of a Security, which is distributed not only to the holders of the Common Units on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Units entitled to such distribution of such Security, but also is distributed with each Common Unit delivered to a person converting a Series E Preferred Unit after such determination date (together with distributions thereon paid to the holders of Common Units prior thereto), shall not require an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this subsection (iii); provided that on the date, if any, on which a person converting a Series E Preferred Unit would no longer be entitled to receive such Security with a Common Unit, a distribution of such Securities shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Conversion Price shall be adjusted as provided in this subsection (iii) (and such day shall be deemed to be “the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Units entitled to receive such distribution” and “the record date” within the meaning of the preceding sentence).

 

(iv)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to the preceding clauses (ii) and (iii) that would result in an increase in the Conversion Price. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require a cumulative increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this subsection (iv) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment until made; and provided, further, that any adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 (other than this subsection (iv)) not later than such time as may be required in order to preserve the tax-free nature of a distribution to the holders of Common Units. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 7, the Partnership shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Conversion Price for the issuance of (i) any Common Units on account of any plan providing for the reinvestment of distributions or interest payable on securities of the Partnership or the General Partner and the investment of additional optional amounts under such plan or (ii) any options, rights or Common Units pursuant to or on account of any unit or stock option, unit or stock purchase or any unit or stock-based compensation plan maintained by the Partnership or the General Partner. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent (with $.005 being rounded upward) or to the nearest one-tenth of a Unit (with .05 of a Unit being rounded upward), as the case may be.

 

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(d)                    If the Partnership shall be a party to any transaction (including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation, entity conversion, unit exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all of the Common Units, sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets or recapitalization of the Common Units or other business combination or reorganization and excluding any transaction as to which subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7 applies) (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “Transaction”), in each case as a result of which Common Units shall be exchanged for or converted into partnership interests, shares, stock, securities or other property (including cash or any combination thereof), each Series E Preferred Unit which is not converted into the right to receive partnership interests, shares, stock, securities or other property in connection with such Transaction (and thus remains outstanding) shall thereafter be convertible into the kind and amount of partnership interests, shares, stock, securities and other property (including cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of that number of Common Units into which one Series E Preferred Unit (including all distributions (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated and unpaid thereon) was convertible immediately prior to such Transaction, assuming such holder of Common Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “Constituent Person”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of Common Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each Series E Preferred Unit holder of such election, and each Series E Preferred Unit holder shall also have the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each Series E Preferred Unit held by such holder following consummation of such Transaction. If a holder of Series E Preferred Units fails to make such an election, such holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each Series E Preferred Unit held by such holder (or by any of its transferees) the same consideration that a holder of that number of Common Units into which one Series E Preferred Unit was convertible immediately prior to such Transaction would receive if such Common Unit holder failed to make such an election. The Partnership shall not be a party to any Transaction unless the terms of such Transaction are consistent with the provisions of this subsection (d), and it shall not consent or agree to the occurrence of any Transaction until the Partnership has entered into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders of the Series E Preferred Units that will contain provisions enabling the holders of Series E Preferred Units that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert into the consideration received by holders of Common Units at the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Transaction (with the holder having the option to elect the type of consideration if a choice is offered in the Transaction as specified above). The provisions of this subsection (d) shall similarly apply to successive Transactions.

 

(e)                    If:

 

(i)             the Partnership shall declare a distribution on the Common Units (other than a regular quarterly cash distribution or a distribution in Common Units); or

 

(ii)            the Partnership shall authorize the granting to the holders of the Common Units of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any Units of any class or any other rights, options or warrants; or

 

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(iii)           there shall be any reclassification of the Common Units (other than a distribution in Common Units or a subdivision or combination of Common Units) or any consolidation or merger to which the Partnership is a party and for which approval of any partners of the Partnership is required, involving the conversion or exchange of Common Units into securities or other property, or a unit exchange involving the conversion or exchange of Common Units into securities or other property, a self tender offer by the Partnership for all or substantially all of the Common Units, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership as an entirety; or

 

(iv)   there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership,

 

then the Partnership shall cause to be mailed to the holders of the Series E Preferred Units at their addresses as shown on the records of the Partnership, as promptly as possible a prior notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such distribution or grant, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Units of record to be entitled to such distribution or grant are to be determined or (B) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Units of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Units for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up. Failure to give or receive such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this Section 7.

 

(f)                     Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Partnership shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the holder of each Series E Preferred Unit at such holder’s last address as shown on the records of the Partnership.

 

(g)                    Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 7 with respect to any event shall become effective at such time as is necessary to prevent dilution or expansion of the conversion rights on account of such event.

 

(h)                    For purposes of this Section 7, the number of Common Units at any time outstanding shall not include any Common Units then owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership. The Partnership shall not make any distribution on Common Units held in the treasury of the Partnership.

 

(i)                     If any action or transaction would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one subsection of this Section 7, only one adjustment shall be made, and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that results in the lowest absolute value of the Conversion Price.

 

(j)                     If the Partnership shall take any action affecting the Common Units, other than action described in this Section 7, that in the reasonable judgment of the Partnership would materially affect the conversion rights of the holders of the Series E Preferred Units, the

 

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Conversion Price for the Series E Preferred Units may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the General Partner, determines to be equitable in the circumstances.

 

(k)                    The Partnership covenants that Common Units issued upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Units shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the holder thereof shall be entitled to rights of a holder of Common Units specified in the Partnership Agreement. Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Partnership shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Units, the Partnership shall endeavor to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations in respect thereof.

 

(l)                     The Partnership will pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Common Units or other securities or property on conversion of the Series E Preferred Units pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of Common Units or other securities or property in a name other than that of the holder of the Series E Preferred Units to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Partnership the amount of any such tax or established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Partnership, that such tax has been paid.

 

(m)                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the adjustment provisions contained in this Section 7 shall be applied so that there is no duplication of adjustments made pursuant to any other document.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.11

 

AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into on November 12, 2004, by and among the undersigned parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, a Delaware limited partnership known as GGP Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) exists pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GGP Limited Partnership dated as of April 1, 1998, as amended (the “Second Restated Partnership Agreement”), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act;

 

WHEREAS, General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”);

 

WHEREAS, the Partnership and the General Partner have entered into that certain Contribution Agreement dated the date hereof, pursuant to which the General Partner has agreed to contribute certain property to the Partnership and the Partnership has agreed to issue additional common units of partnership interest to the General Partner and assume certain liabilities of the General Partner (the “Assumed Liabilities”), including certain liabilities in respect of loans owing by the General Partner (the “Loans”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, being the sole general partner of the Partnership and the holders of a Majority-in-Interest of the Common Units, desire to amend the Second Restated Partnership Agreement to (a) reflect such issuance and certain other prior transfers and issuances of partnership units and (b) set forth certain other understandings.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to such terms in the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, as amended.

 

2.  ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL UNITS; ETC. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Partnership hereby (a) issues to the General Partner additional Common Units and (b) agrees that (i) upon issuance by the General Partner of shares of its common stock pursuant to the CSA (as defined in the Contribution Agreement), the Partnership shall issue to the General Partner an equal number of Common Units and (ii) upon issuance by the General Partner of shares of its preferred stock pursuant to the CSA, the Partnership shall issue to the General Partner an equal number of Preferred Units with terms that are equivalent to the terms of such shares of preferred stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Second

 



 

Restated Partnership Agreement, if there are one or more actual or deemed distributions which would otherwise be treated as giving rise to a “disguised sale” under Section 707 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, such distributions shall be treated as having been made in reimbursement of the General Partner’s preformation capital expenditures as described in Reg. 1.707-4(d) and Rev. Rul. 2000-44 to the extent of such preformation capital expenditures.

 

3.  NEW EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A to the Second Restated Partnership Agreement, identifying the Partners, the number and class or series of Units owned by them and their respective Percentage Interests, if any, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Exhibit A in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

4.  COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute the same document.

 

5.  OTHER PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Second Restated Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the day and year first above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bernard Freibaum

 

 

Bernard Freibaum, Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:

 

 

 

M.B. CAPITAL PARTNERS III, a South

 

Dakota general partnership

 

 

 

By:

GENERAL TRUST COMPANY, not

 

 

individually but solely as Trustee

 

 

of Martin Investment Trust G, a partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ E. Michael Greaves

 

 

 

E. Michael Greaves, Vice-President

 

 




EXHIBIT 10.20

 

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF

GGPLP L.L.C.

 

THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into this 12th day of November, 2004, by and among the undersigned parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, a Delaware limited liability company known as GGPLP L.L.C. (the “Company”) exists pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and that certain Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement dated April 17, 2002, as amended (the “Restated Agreement”), among GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), GGP American Properties Inc., a Delaware corporation, Caledonian Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GGPI”), and the other parties thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Company made a distribution to the Operating Partnership of all of its membership interest in GGP Mezzanine One L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and, in connection therewith, the Operating Partnership’s Common Units (as defined in the Restated Agreement) were reduced; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, being all of the holders of Common Units of the Company, desire to amend the Restated Agreement to reflect the reduction in the Operating Partnership’s Common Units described above.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to such terms in the Restated Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

2.  NEW SCHEDULE A. Schedule A to the Restated Agreement, identifying the Members and the number and type of Units owned by them, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the Schedule A in the form attached hereto is hereby inserted in its place and stead.

 

3.  OTHER PROVISIONS UNAFFECTED. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Restated Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on the day and year first above written.

 

 

MANAGING MEMBER:

 

 

 

GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware

 

limited partnership

 

 

 

 

By:

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

 

a Delaware corporation, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bernard Freibaum

 

 

 

Bernard Freibaum, Executive Vice

 

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

CERTAIN OTHER MEMBERS:

 

 

 

CALEDONIAN HOLDING COMPANY, INC., a

 

Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bernard Freibaum

 

 

Bernard Freibaum, Vice President

 

 

 

 

GGP AMERICAN PROPERTIES INC., a

 

Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bernard Freibaum

 

 

Bernard Freibaum, Vice President

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

MEMBERS

 

Member

 

Common Units

 

Preferred Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GGP Limited Partnership

 

825,273

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caledonian Holding Company, Inc.

 

29,600

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GGP American Properties Inc.

 

58,500

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSEP 2000 Realty Corp.

 

0

 

700,000 Series A Preferred Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSEP 2002 Realty Corp.

 

0

 

240,000 Series B Preferred Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA Retail Investments, LLC

 

0

 

20,000 Series C Preferred Units

 

 

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Exhibit 10.33

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
1998 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN, AS AMENDED

 

SECTION 1. Purpose; Definitions.

 

The purpose of the Plan is to give the Company a significant advantage in attracting, retaining and motivating employees (other than Matthew Bucksbaum and John Bucksbaum) and to provide the Company, its Affiliates and Subsidiaries with the ability to provide competitive incentives which are directly linked to the profitability of the Company’s business and increases in stockholder value.

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

Affiliate ” means General Growth Management, Inc. and any other corporation or other entity controlled by the Company and designated by the Committee as such.

 

Award ” means a Threshold-Vesting Stock Option.

 

Award Year ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Cash Incentive Plan.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Cash Incentive Plan ” means the General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

Cause ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(i).

 

Change in Control ” and “ Change in Control Price ” have the meanings set forth in Sections 6(b) and (c) respectively.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

 

Committee ” means the Committee referred to in Section 2.

 

Common Stock ” means common stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company.

 

Company ” means General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 

Employer ” means the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate whose employees are participants in the Plan.

 

Estimated Annual Growth Rate ” means such rate as shall be established by the Committee on the date a Stock Option is granted.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

Fair Market Value ” means, as of any given date, the mean between the highest and lowest reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if not then listed on such exchange, on any other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or on

 



 

NASDAQ. If there is then no regular public trading market for such Common Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Committee in good faith.

 

Measurement Year ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Cash Incentive Plan.

 

Non-Qualified Stock Option ” means a Stock Option that is not an incentive stock option as defined by Section 422 of the Code.

 

Plan ” means the General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as set forth herein and as hereinafter amended from time to time.

 

Retirement ” means retirement from active employment under a pension plan of the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or under an employment contract with any of them, or termination of employment at or after age 65 under circumstances which the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equivalent to retirement.

 

Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3, as promulgated by the Commission under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

 

Subsidiary ” means any corporation, partnership or other entity of which the Company or any Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or a majority of the equity interest and shall not be deemed to be a “subsidiary” for any other purpose.

 

Termination of Employment ” means the termination of the participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. A participant employed by a Subsidiary or an Affiliate shall also be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if the Subsidiary or Affiliate ceases to be such a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, and the participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

Total Disability ” means complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed by an Employer when such total disability commenced, all as determined by the Committee. All determinations as to the date and extent of total disability of any Participant shall be made by the Committee, upon the basis of such evidence, including independent medical reports and data, as the Committee deems necessary and desirable, and all such determinations of the Committee shall be final.

 

Threshold Price ” means the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock multiplied by the Estimated Annual Growth Rate, compounded annually for a five-year period.

 

Threshold-Vesting Stock Option ” or “ Stock Option ” means an option granted under Section 5.

 

In addition, certain other terms used herein have definitions given to them in the first place in which they are used.

 

SECTION 2. Administration.

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Board (the “Committee”). If at any time no Committee shall be in office, the functions of the Committee specified in the Plan shall be exercised by the Board.

 

The Committee shall have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan to participants in the Cash Incentive Plan designated by the Committee.

 

Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms of the Plan:

 



 

(a) to select the participants in the Cash Incentive Plan to whom Awards under the Plan may from time to time be granted;

 

(b) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

 

(c) to determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder (including, but not limited to, subject to Section 5(a), the option price, any vesting restriction or limitation and any vesting acceleration or forfeiture waiver regarding any Award and the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based on such factors as the Committee shall determine);

 

(d) to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award, at any time or from time to time;

 

(e) to determine to what extent and under what circumstances Common Stock and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred; and

 

(f) to determine under what circumstances a Stock Option may be settled in cash or Common Stock under Section 5(k).

 

The Committee shall have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable, to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto) and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

 

The Committee may act with respect to the Plan only by a majority of its members then in office, except that the members thereof may (i) delegate to an officer of the Company the authority to make decisions pursuant to paragraphs (c), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Section 5 (provided that no such delegation may be made that would cause Awards or other transactions under the Plan to cease to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act) and (ii) authorize any one or more of their number or any officer of the Company to execute and deliver documents on behalf of the Committee.

 

Any determination made by the Committee or pursuant to delegated authority pursuant to the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such delegate at the time of the grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or any appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan participants.

 

SECTION 3. Common Stock Subject to Plan.

 

Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the total number of shares of Common Stock available for distribution pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be 11,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or may be treasury shares. If a Stock Option is forfeited, expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated).

 

In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution with respect to the Common Stock or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, the Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the aggregate number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, in the number, kind and option price of shares subject to outstanding Stock Options and/or such other substitution or adjustments in the consideration receivable upon exercise as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

 



 

SECTION 4. Eligibility.

 

Employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who are responsible for or contribute to the management, growth and profitability of the business of the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and who are designated by the Committee are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan.

 

SECTION 5. Threshold-Vesting Stock Options.

 

The Committee shall have the authority each Award Year to grant any optionee Threshold-Vesting Stock Options after the Committee has determined the Annual Bonus Awards under the Cash Incentive Plan based on the financial results in the applicable Measurement Year. The number of Stock Options to be granted to an optionee will be based on the optionee’s Annual Bonus Award under the Cash Incentive Plan in the current Award Year and shall be determined as follows:

 

Step One: the optionee’s Annual Bonus Award under the Cash Incentive Plan shall be multiplied by a percentage, not to exceed 25%, to be determined by the Committee;

 

Step Two: the product obtained under Step One shall be divided by ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant of the Stock Option.

 

Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Committee may from time to time approve and shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option. Stock Options shall be evidenced by option agreements, the terms and provisions of which may differ, to the extent permitted by the Plan. An option agreement shall indicate on its face that it is intended to be a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The grant of a Stock Option shall occur on the date the Committee by resolution selects an individual to be a participant in any grant of a Stock Option, determines the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to such Stock Option to be granted to such individual and specifies the terms and provisions of the Stock Option. The Company shall notify a participant of any grant of a Stock Option, and a written option agreement or agreements shall be duly executed and delivered by the Company to the participant. Such agreement or agreements shall become effective upon execution by the participant.

 

Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem desirable:

 

(a)  Option Price . The option price per share of Common Stock purchasable under a Stock Option shall be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Stock Option on the date of grant.

 

(b)  Option Term . The term of each Stock Option shall be established by the Committee and shall not exceed 10 years from the date the Stock Option is granted.

 

(c)  Exercisability . Threshold-Vesting Stock Options shall be exercisable only after the Stock Option has vested. Vesting in such Stock Options shall occur after the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock has achieved and sustained the Threshold Price for at least 20 consecutive trading days at any time during the five-year period following the date of grant of the Stock Option, or at such time and under such conditions as are determined by the Committee.

 

(d)  Method of Exercise . Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, Stock Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time during the option term by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option to be purchased.

 

The option price of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of any Stock Option shall be paid in full in cash (by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept) or, if and to the extent set forth in the option agreement, may also be paid by one or more of the following: (i) in the form of unrestricted Common Stock already owned by the optionee based in any such instance on the Fair Market

 



 

Value of the Common Stock on the date the Stock Option is exercised; or (ii) by a combination thereof, in each case in the manner provided in the option agreement.

 

In the discretion of the Committee, payment for any shares subject to a Stock Option may also be made by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the purchase price. To facilitate the foregoing, the Company may enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with one or more brokerage firms.

 

No shares of Common Stock shall be issued until full payment therefor has been made. An optionee shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the Common Stock that is subject to such Stock Option (including, if applicable, the right to vote the shares and the right to receive dividends), when the optionee has given written notice of exercise, has paid in full for such shares and, if requested, has given the representation described in Section 9(a).

 

(e)  Non-transferability of Stock Options . No Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or (ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules thereunder). All Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee or by the guardian or legal representative of the optionee or by an alternate payee pursuant to such qualified domestic relations order, it being understood that the terms “holder” and “optionee” include the guardian and legal representative of the optionee named in the option agreement and any person to whom an option is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.

 

(f)  Termination by Death . If an optionee’s employment terminates by reason of death, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised, to the extent then otherwise exercisable, for a period of one year (or such other period as the Committee may specify in the option agreement) from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter.

 

(g)  Termination by Reason of Total Disability . If an optionee’s employment terminates by reason of Total Disability, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised by the optionee, to the extent it was otherwise exercisable at the time of termination, for a period of three years (or such shorter period as the Committee may specify in the option agreement) from the date of such termination of employment or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however, that if the optionee dies within such three-year period (or such shorter period), any unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such three-year (or such shorter) period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter.

 

(h)  Termination by Reason of Retirement . If an optionee’s employment terminates by reason of Retirement, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised by the optionee, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of such Retirement or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, for a period of three years (or such shorter period as the Committee may specify in the option agreement) from the date of such termination of employment or until the expiration of the stated term of the Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however, that if the optionee dies within such three-year (or such shorter) period, any unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such three-year (or such shorter) period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter.

 

(i)  Other Termination . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if there occurs a Termination of Employment for any reason other than death, Total Disability, Retirement or Cause, any Stock Option held by such Optionee shall thereupon terminate, except that such Stock Option, to the extent then exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, may, if such Termination of

 



 

Employment is without Cause, be exercised for one year from the date of such Termination of Employment or the balance of such Stock Option’s term; provided, however, that if the optionee dies within such one-year period, any unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall notwithstanding the expiration of such one-year period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter. In the event of Termination of Employment for Cause, any unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall expire immediately upon the giving to the optionee of notice of such Termination of Employment. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, for the purposes of the Plan, “Cause” shall mean (i) the conviction of the optionee for committing a felony under Federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (ii) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the optionee’s employment duties or (iii) willful and deliberate failure on the part of the optionee to perform his employment duties in any material respect.

 

(j)  Forfeitability and Termination . If a Threshold-Vesting Stock Option does not vest during the five-year period following the date of grant of the Stock Option, the Stock Option shall be forfeited and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan. If an optionee does not exercise his Stock Option within the time period specified in the Plan, the Stock Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(k)  Cashing Out of Stock Option . On receipt of written notice of exercise, the Committee may elect to cash out all or any part of the shares of Common Stock for which a Stock Option is being exercised by paying the optionee an amount, in cash or Common Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock over the option price times the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Stock Option is being exercised on the effective date of such cash out.

 

(l)  Change in Control Cash Out . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, during the 60-day period from and after a Change in Control (the “Exercise Period”), unless the Committee shall determine otherwise at the time of grant, an optionee shall have the right, whether or not the Stock Option is fully exercisable and in lieu of the payment of the exercise price for the shares of Common Stock being purchased under the Stock Option and by giving notice to the Company, to elect (within the Exercise Period) to surrender all or part of the Stock Option to the Company and to receive cash, within 30 days of such notice, in an amount equal to the amount by which the Change in Control Price per share of Common Stock on the date of such election shall exceed the exercise price per share of Common Stock under the Stock Option (the “Spread”) multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock granted under the Stock Option as to which the right granted under this Section 5(l) shall have been exercised; provided, however, that if the Change in Control is within six months of the date of grant of a particular Stock Option held by an optionee who is an officer or director of the Company and is subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act no such election shall be made by such optionee with respect to such Stock Option prior to six months from the date of grant. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if the end of such 60-day period from and after a Change in Control is within six months of the date of grant of a Stock Option held by an optionee who is an officer or director of the Company and is subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, such Stock Option shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment to the optionee, effected on the day which is six months and one day after the date of grant of such Option, equal to the Spread multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock granted under the Stock Option.

 

SECTION 6. Change in Control Provisions.

 

(a)  Impact of Event . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control any Stock Options outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred and not then exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant.

 

(b)  Definition of Change in Control . For purposes of the Plan, a “Change in Control” shall mean the happening of any of the following events:

 



 

(i) An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Voting Securities”); excluding, however, the following: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, or members of the Company’s management, or any combination thereof, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (4) any acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (iii) of this Section 6(b); or

 

(ii) A change in the composition of the Board such that the individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, for purposes of this Section 6(b), that any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to such effective date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; or

 

(iii) The approval by the shareholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (“Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Common Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Common Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors except to the extent that such ownership existed with respect to the Company prior to the Corporate Transaction and (3) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or

 

(iv) The approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

(c)  Change in Control Price . For purposes of the Plan, “Change in Control Price” means the higher of (i) the highest reported sales price, regular way, of a share of Common Stock in any transaction reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or other national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or on NASDAQ, as applicable, during the 60-day period prior to and including the date of a Change in Control and (ii) if the Change in Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a Corporate Transaction, the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in such tender or exchange offer or

 



 

Corporate Transaction; provided, however, that in the case of a Stock Option which (x) is held by an optionee who is an officer or director of the Company and is subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and (y) was granted within 240 days of the Change in Control, then the Change in Control Price for such Stock Option shall be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date such Stock Option is exercised or cancelled. To the extent that the consideration paid in any such transaction described above consists all or in part of securities or other non-cash consideration, the value of such securities or other non-cash consideration shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board.

 

SECTION 7. Term, Amendment and Termination.

 

The Plan will terminate on December 31, 2008. Under the Plan, Awards outstanding as of December 31, 2008 shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of the Plan.

 

The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan, including, without limitation, to provide for the transferability of any or all Stock Option(s) in the event the instructions to Form S-8 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor form, are hereafter amended to permit registration of shares issuable upon the exercise of options such as the Stock Options which are transferable, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made which would impair the rights of an optionee under a Stock Option theretofore granted without the optionee’s consent. In addition, no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent such approval is required by law or agreement.

 

The Committee may amend the terms of any Stock Option theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, including, without limitation, to provide for the transferability of such Stock Option in the event the instructions to Form S-8 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor form, are hereafter amended to permit registration of shares issuable upon the exercise of options such as the Stock Options which are transferable, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of any holder without the holder’s consent except such an amendment made to cause the Option to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3(d). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, Stock Options issued under the Plan will not be repriced, replaced, or regranted through cancellation, or by lowering the exercise price of a previously granted Stock Option.

 

Subject to the above provisions, the Board shall have authority to amend the Plan to take into account changes in law and tax and accounting rules, as well as other developments and to grant Awards which qualify for beneficial treatment under such rules without stockholder approval.

 

SECTION 8. Unfunded Status of Plan.

 

It is presently intended that the Plan constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Common Stock or make payments; provided, however, that, unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan.

 

SECTION 9. General Provisions.

 

(a) The Committee may require each person purchasing or receiving shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to the distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer.

 

All certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed and any applicable Federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 



 

(b) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for its employees.

 

(c) The adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee at any time.

 

(d) No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the participant for Federal income tax purposes with respect to any Award under the Plan, the participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, withholding obligations may be settled with Common Stock, including Common Stock that is part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to the participant. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate, including the making of irrevocable elections, for the settlement of withholding obligations with Common Stock.

 

(e) At the time of grant, the Committee may provide in connection with any grant made under the Plan that the shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of such Option shall be subject to a right of first refusal pursuant to which the participant shall be required to offer to the Company any shares that the participant wishes to sell at the then Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, subject to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may specify at the time of grant.

 

(f) The Committee shall establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable in the event of the participant’s death are to be paid.

 

(g) The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

SECTION 10. Effective Date of Plan.

 

The Plan shall be effective on the later of (a) the date it is approved by the stockholders of the Company and (b) the date, if any, specified by the Board at the time it is approved by the Board.

 




Exhibit 10.35

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of <<Date>> (the “Grant Date”) by and between GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and <<Employee_Name>> (the “Optionee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to reward the Optionee for Optionee’s recent efforts and to incentivize Optionee for future efforts on behalf of the Company by awarding Optionee a stock option to purchase shares of common stock $.10 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Optionee wishes to acquire the right to purchase shares of Common Stock granted hereby.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Grant of Option. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan which are hereby incorporated herein, the Company hereby grants to Optionee a Threshold-Vesting Stock Option (the “Option”) to purchase an aggregate of <<Options>> shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of <<discount price>> per share, the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) per share on the Grant Date, subject to the vesting and exercise requirements set forth in this Agreement. This Option is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option as defined in, and subject to, Section 422 of the Code.

 

2. Exercise of Options.

 

(a) The Option shall be exercisable only after it shall have vested. The Option shall not vest unless and until the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock has been greater than or equal to <<market>> for at least 20 consecutive trading days at any time during the five-year period following the Grant Date. If the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock does not equal or exceed <<market>> for at least 20 consecutive trading days at any time during the five-year period following the Grant Date or if the Participant has a Termination of Employment before the Option vests, the Option will not vest and shall be forfeited in its entirety.

 

(b) The Option must be exercised if at all after it has vested and on or before the 30th day after the date (the “Vesting Date”) on which the Option became vested, as described in Section 2(a) hereof, and only at such time as Optionee is employed by the Company, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary or as provided in Section 3 hereof.

 

(c) The Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a share of the Common Stock.

 

3. Termination of Employment.

 

(a) If Optionee’s employment with the Company, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary terminates, whether by reason of death, Retirement, Total Disability or other reason, on or after

 



 

the Vesting Date, then the Option may thereafter be exercised until the 30th day after the Vesting Date, unless the Optionee’s Termination of Employment is for Cause.

 

(b) In the event Optionee’s Termination of Employment is for Cause, any unexercised portion of the Option shall expire immediately upon the giving to Optionee of notice of such Termination of Employment.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any language to the contrary set forth in Section 5(i) of the Plan, for purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean (i) the conviction of Optionee for committing a felony under Federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (ii) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the Optionee’s employment duties or (iii) the commission by the Optionee of an act of fraud or embezzlement.

 

4. Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, by delivery of written notice (the “Notice”), addressed to the Company, specifying the number of whole shares of Common Stock subject to the Option to be purchased. The Notice shall be accompanied by payment of the aggregate exercise price for all shares to be acquired upon the exercise either in (i) cash, (ii) that number of shares of unrestricted Common Stock which have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date of exercise) equal to the aggregate exercise price for all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such exercise, or (iii) a combination of the foregoing. Payment of the aggregate exercise price may also be made by delivering written notice addressed to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker (with which the Company may have entered into agreements for coordinated procedures) to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the aggregate exercise price. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued until full payment therefor has been made. Optionee agrees, that no later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in Optionee’s gross income for Federal income tax purposes with respect to the Option, Optionee shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Withholding obligations may be settled with shares of Common Stock. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company, its Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to Optionee.

 

5. Delivery of Stock Certificates. The Option shall be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt by the Company of the Notice accompanied by payment in full of the exercise price (the “Exercise Date”) and Optionee shall be treated as the holder of record of the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised as of the Exercise Date for all purposes.

 

6. Adjustment Provisions. If, during the term of this Agreement, there shall be any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution with respect to the Common Stock, or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an appropriate and equitable substitution or adjustment in the aggregate number, kind and option price of shares subject to this Option.

 

7. Non-Transferability. The Option is not transferable or assignable by Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations

 

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order, and is exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by Optionee, Optionee’s guardian or legal representative or by an alternate payee pursuant to such qualified domestic relations order.

 

8. Compliance with Law. By accepting the Option, Optionee agrees for Optionee and Optionee’s guardian or legal representative that no shares of Common Stock shall be delivered pursuant to the Option until qualified for delivery under applicable securities laws and regulations as determined by the Company or its legal counsel.

 

9. Limitations. Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to shares as to which the Option shall not have been exercised and payment made as herein provided and shall have no rights with respect to such shares not expressly conferred by this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to be a contract of employment between the Company, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary and Optionee.

 

10. Construction.

 

(a) Successors. This Agreement and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs and successors, except as expressly herein otherwise provided.

 

(b) Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein. Subject to Section 7 of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended by the Committee.

 

(c) Capitalized Terms; Headings; Pronouns; Governing Law. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are deemed to have the same meanings as in the Plan. The descriptive headings of the respective sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to modify or construe the provisions which follow them. Any use of any masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and vice-versa and any use of a singular, the plural and vice-versa, as the context and facts may require. The construction and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(d) Notices. All communications between the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given as of the date and time of hand delivery or three days after mailing via certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, proper postage prepaid to the following or such other addresses of which the parties shall from time to time notify one another.

 

(1) If to the Company:                                                   General Growth Properties, Inc.

110 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

(2) If to Optionee:                                                                           <<Employee_Name>>

c/o General Growth Properties, Inc.

110 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

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(e) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any party or circumstance shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the minimal extent of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the application of such provision to other parties or circumstances.

 

(f) Counterpart Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute the entire document.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused to be executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OPTION HEREOF IS EARNED BY CONTINUING EMPLOYMENT AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY AND AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THE OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER). OPTIONEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT, NOR IN THE PLAN WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, SHALL CONFER UPON OPTIONEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMPANY, NOR SHALL IT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH OPTIONEE’S RIGHT OR THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE OPTIONEE’S EMPLOYMENT AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

 

Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and provisions thereof. Optionee has reviewed the Plan and this Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing the Option and fully understands all provisions of the Option. Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement. Optionee further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.37

 

AMENDMENT TO

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2010

 

This Amendment to the General Growth Properties, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan effective December 19, 2008 (the “ 2003 Plan ”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the 2003 Plan.

 

1.                                        Section 10(a) of the 2003 Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a)  Automatic Award .  Each Independent Director, on the earlier of the tenth day of each May, or the first business day thereafter, and the certification of the director election results for each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, automatically shall be granted an annual Award of 10,000 shares of Restricted Stock, provided that such Director’s term is continuing following such date.  Each Independent Director, upon initial election or appointment to the Board, shall also be granted an initial Award of 10,000 shares of Restricted Stock; provided however that if an Independent Director is first elected to the Board at an annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, then such Director shall not be entitled to receive such initial Award if an Award is made to such Director based on such annual meeting date.”

 

2.                                        The following sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 10(d):

 

“If an Independent Director resigns from the Board other than in connection with (x) the applicable Director’s Retirement or (y) the applicable Director’s failure to be re-nominated for election upon expiration of such Director’s current term in office, then any or all Shares still subject to Restrictions shall not be forfeited by such Director and such Shares shall remain subject to Restrictions until such time as the Restrictions otherwise lapse pursuant to the provisions of the Plan or the terms of the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement unless the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, that such Shares shall be forfeited.”

 

3.                                        The 2003 Plan is not otherwise modified and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

4.                                        The effective day of this Amendment shall be March 1, 2010.

 

5.                                        This Amendment and the 2003 Plan shall be considered, for all intents and purposes, one instrument.  In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the terms and provisions of the 2003 Plan, the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall, in all instances, prevail.  If any provision of this Amendment or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and this Amendment shall be interpreted as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision did not exist herein.

 




Exhibit 10.38

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the <<Date>> by and between GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and <<Employee_Name>> (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS, in order to retain and motivate the Director as a member of the Board of Directors, the Company hereby desires to grant an option to purchase shares of common stock $.10 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the General Growth Properties, Inc. 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”); the terms and conditions of which are hereby incorporated herein:

 

WHEREAS, the Director wishes to acquire the right to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Grant of Option. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan which are hereby incorporated herein, the Company hereby grants to the Director an option (the “Option”) to purchase <<Options>> shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of <<discount price>> per share, the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) per share on the date hereof. This Option is a Non-Qualified Stock Option and is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option described in Section 422 of the Code.

 

2. Time for Exercise of Options.

 

(a) The Option may be exercised by the Director from and after the date hereof (the “Grant Date”), whether in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

(b) The Option must be exercised if at all on or before the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date and only at such time as the Director is serving as a director of the Company or as provided in Paragraph 3 hereof.

 

3. Termination of Service.

 

(a) If the Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by reason of death, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, the Option may thereafter be exercised for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the term of the Option, whichever period is shorter.

 

(b) If the Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by reason of Retirement or Disability, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, the Option may thereafter be exercised by the Director for a period of three years from the date of such termination of employment or until the expiration of the term hereof, whichever period

 



 

is shorter; provided, however, that if the Director dies within such three-year period, any unexercised portion of this Option shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such three-year period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the term hereof, whichever period is shorter.

 

(c) If the Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement or Cause (as hereinafter defined) then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised for the lesser of one year from the date the Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or the balance of the term of the Option; provided, however, that if the Director dies within such one year period, any unexercised portion of the Option shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such one year period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, whichever period is shorter.

 

(d) In the event the Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Directors by reason of Cause, any unexercised portion of the Option shall expire immediately upon termination of the Director’s service as a member of the Board of Directors or, if earlier, upon the giving to the Director of notice of termination of such service.

 

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) the conviction of the Recipient for committing a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (ii) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the Recipient’s employment duties or (iii) willful and deliberate failure on the part of the Recipient to perform his or her employment duties in any material respect.

 

4. Method of Exercise. The Option may be exercised by written notice (the “Notice”), addressed and delivered to the Company specifying the number of whole shares of Common Stock subject to the Option to be purchased. The Notice shall be accompanied by (i) cash, or (ii) that number of Mature Shares of unrestricted or restricted (if the requirements of Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan are satisfied) Common Stock which has an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date of exercise) equal to the aggregate exercise price for all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such exercise, or (iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii), above, or (iv) subject to Section 17(g) of the Plan, at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of such documentation as the Committee and a qualified broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price. The Director agrees that no later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in his gross income for Federal income tax purposes with respect to the Option, the Director shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, withholding obligations may be settled with Common Stock, including Common Stock that is acquired upon exercise of the Option. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to the Director.

 

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5. Delivery of Stock Certificates. The Option shall be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt by the Company of written notice of exercise accompanied by the exercise price (the “Exercise Date”) and the Director shall be treated as the holder of record of the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised as of the Exercise Date for all purposes.

 

6. Adjustment Provisions. Subject to the terms of the Plan, if, during the term of this Agreement, there shall be any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution with respect to the Common Stock, or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, the Board shall make an appropriate andequitable substitution or adjustment in the aggregate number, kind and option price of shares subject to this Option.

 

7. Non-Transferability. The Option is not transferable or assignable by the Director other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, and is exercisable during the lifetime of the Director only by the Director, his guardian or legal representative or by an alternate payee pursuant to such qualified domestic relations order.

 

8. Compliance with Law. By accepting the Option, the Director agrees for himself and his guardian or legal representative that no shares of Common Stock shall be delivered pursuant to the Option until qualified for delivery under applicable securities laws and regulations as determined by the Company or its legal counsel.

 

9. Limitations. The Director shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to shares as to which the Option shall not have been exercised and payment made as herein provided and shall have no rights with respect to such shares not expressly conferred by this Agreement.

 

10. Construction.

 

(a) Successors. This Agreement and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs and successors, except as expressly herein otherwise provided.

 

(b) Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein. Subject to Section 15(a) of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended by the Committee.

 

(c) Capitalized Terms; Headings; Pronouns; Governing Law. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are deemed to have the same meanings as in the Plan. The descriptive headings of the respective sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to modify or construe the provisions which follow them. Any use of any masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and vice-versa and any use of a singular, the plural and vice-versa, as the context and facts may require. The construction and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(d) Notices. All communications between the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given as of the date and time of hand delivery or three days after mailing via

 

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certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, proper postage prepaid to the following or such other addresses of which the parties shall from time to time notify one another.

 

(1) If to the Company:                                                   General Growth Properties, Inc.

110 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

(2) If to the Director:                                                             <<Employee_Name>>

 

<<Employee_Address>>

<<City, State Zip>>

 

(e) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any party or circumstance shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the minimal extent of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the application of such provision to other parties or circumstances.

 

(f) Counterpart Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute the entire document.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused to be executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

<<C E O>>

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

<<Employee_Name>>

 

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Exhibit 10.40

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of                     , 20     (the “Grant Date”) by and between GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [DIRECTOR’S NAME] (“Director”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to compensate Director for [his/her] service as a non-employee director on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company by awarding [his/her] restricted shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the General Growth Properties, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (the “2003 Plan”) and the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Award of Shares .  In accordance with the terms of the 2003 Plan which are hereby incorporated herein, the Company hereby awards to Director, subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement, 10,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Restricted Shares”) as of the Grant Date.

 

2.              Rights of Stockholder .  Director shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Shares (including the right to vote the Restricted Shares and the right to receive dividends with respect to the Restricted Shares), except as provided in paragraph 3 and paragraph 5 hereof.

 

3.              Restrictions on Transfer .  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Director may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Restricted Shares or the rights granted hereunder (any such disposition or encumbrance being referred to herein as a “ transfer ”) until such portion of the Restricted Shares becomes vested in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement.  Any transfer or purported transfer by Director of any of the Restricted Shares shall be null and void and the Company shall not recognize or give effect to such transfer on its books and records or recognize the person to whom such purported transfer has been made as the legal or beneficial holder of such shares.  The Restricted Shares shall not be subject to sale, execution, pledge, attachment, encumbrance or other process and no person shall be entitled to exercise any rights of Director as the holder of such Restricted Shares by virtue of any attempted execution, attachment or other process until the restrictions imposed herein on the transfer of the Restricted Shares shall lapse as provided in Section 4 hereof.  Any certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall have endorsed thereon the following legend:

 

“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the General Growth Properties, Inc. 2003 Incentive Stock Plan and a Restricted Stock Award Agreement.  Copies of such Plan and Stock Agreement are on file at the office of the Secretary of General Growth Properties, Inc.”

 

 



 

If and when the restrictions imposed herein on the transfer of Restricted Shares shall have lapsed as provided in Section 4 hereof, such shares shall be delivered to Director without any restrictive legend or restrictive notation relating to the 2003 Plan.  Until such restrictions have lapsed, any certificates representing any Restricted Shares may be held in custody by the Company at its election.  Director may request the removal of such legend or notation from any Restricted Shares as to which the restrictions imposed herein on the transfer thereof shall have lapsed as provided in Section 4 hereof.

 

4.              Lapse of Restrictions .

 

(a)            The interest of Director in the Restricted Shares shall vest one-third on the Grant Date and one-third on each of the first and second anniversaries of the Grant Date, so long as Director continues to be a member of the Board on each such date.

 

(b)           If Director ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason, the balance of the Restricted Shares subject to the provisions of this Agreement which have not vested shall continue to vest in accordance with Section 4(a), except as otherwise provided in Section 9(c)(A) or Section 10(d) of the 2003 Plan..

 

(c)            Notwithstanding Sections 4(a) and 4(b) hereof, the restrictions on the transfer of Restricted Shares imposed by Section 3 shall lapse upon (i) a Change in Control, (ii) Director’s Retirement, or (iii) expiration of Director’s term in office if Director is not re-nominated by the Company for an additional term in office.

 

5.              Transferability .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Restricted Shares are not transferable or assignable by Director until the restrictions thereon have lapsed.

 

6.              Adjustment Provisions . If, during the term of this Agreement, there shall be any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution with respect to the Common Stock, or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make or cause to be made an appropriate and equitable substitution or adjustment with respect to the Restricted Shares, including a substitution or adjustment in the aggregate number or kind of shares subject to this Agreement, notwithstanding that the Restricted Shares are subject to the restrictions on transfer imposed by Section 3 above.

 

7.              Taxes .  Director agrees to pay to the Company promptly upon request, and in any event at the time Director recognizes taxable income in respect of the Restricted Shares, an amount equal to the taxes, if any, the Company determines it is required to withhold under applicable tax laws with respect to the Restricted Shares.  The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the 2003 Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company, its Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to Director.

 

8.              Registration .  This grant is subject to the condition that if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto on any securities exchange, or the registration or qualification of such shares under any federal or state law, or the consent or approval of any regulatory body, shall be

 

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necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant, receipt or delivery of shares hereunder, such grant, receipt or delivery will not be effected unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.  The Company agrees to make every reasonable effort to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval.

 

9.              Construction .

 

(a)           Successors .  This Agreement and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs and successors, except as expressly herein otherwise provided.

 

(b)           Entire Agreement; Modification .  This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein.  Subject to Section 15 of the 2003 Plan, this Agreement may be amended by the Committee.

 

(c)           Capitalized Terms; Headings; Pronouns; Governing Law .  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are deemed to have the same meanings as in the 2003 Plan.  The descriptive headings of the respective Sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to modify or construe the provisions which follow them.  Any use of any masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and vice-versa and any use of a singular, the plural and vice-versa, as the context and facts may require.  The construction and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(d)           Notices .  All communications between the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given as of the date and time of hand delivery or three days after mailing via certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, proper postage prepaid to the following or such other addresses of which the parties shall from time to time notify one another.

 

(1)  If to the Company:

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

 

 

110 North Wacker Drive

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

 

(2)  If to Director:

 

[Director’s Name]

 

 

[Director’s Address]

 

(e)           Severability .          Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any party or circumstance shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the minimal extent of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the application of such provision to other parties or circumstances.

 

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(f)            Counterpart Execution .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute the entire document.

 

Dated as of the          day of                   , 20        .

 

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

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Exhibit 10.51

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
CASH VALUE ADDED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 



 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. CASH VALUE ADDED INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN

 

I.                                                                                           PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS

 

The purpose of the Plan is to further the growth in value of the Company. To achieve this purpose, the Plan provides additional incentive compensation to participants based on an increase in the value of the Company to its stockholders.

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth or referenced below:

 

Affiliate ” means General Growth Management, Inc. and any other corporation or other entity controlled by the Company and designated by the Committee as such.

 

Annual Bonus Award ,” for any Participant, means the award established for that Participant pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Plan.

 

Annual Bonus Award Payment ” means the amount of the Annual Bonus Award payable to a Participant after giving effect to the Bonus Bank and other payment provisions of Articles IV and V hereof.

 

Award Year ” means the calendar year which immediately follows the Measurement Year. The first Award Year under the Plan is the 1999 calendar year.

 

Base Salary ” means the basic salary or wages (excluding overtime, bonuses, contributions to or benefits under an employee benefit plan, fringe benefits, and other such forms of compensation) actually paid to a Participant. Base Salary shall include any elective contributions that are paid through a reduction in a Participant’s basic salary and which are not includible in the Participant’s gross income under Sections 125 or 402(e)(3) of the Code.

 

Beneficiary ” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in accordance with Article VII hereof to receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Bonus Bank ” means the account established on the books of an Employer for a Participant in the Plan.

 

Bonus Multiple ” means the sum of the Performance Factor plus one (1).

 



 

Capital ,” for any Unit, means the gross property assets and accounts receivable of such Unit, as determined by the Committee and as adjusted by the Committee to account for acquisitions.

 

Capital Charge ,” for any Unit, means its Capital multiplied by a percentage established from time to time by the Committee to reflect the return on the Company’s Capital expected by the Company’s stockholders, as determined by the Committee.

 

Cash Value Added ” means the Net Operating Income of the Company or a Unit, reduced by the Capital Charge.

 

Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) hereof.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

Committee ” means the Committee referred to in Section 2.1.

 

Company ” means General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 

Disinterested Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in the General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan.

 

Eligible Employee ” means any regular full-time, nonunion employee of an Employer whom the Committee has designated to be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

Employer ” means the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate whose employees are Participants in the Plan.

 

Leverage ” means a Unit’s market value multiplied by a leverage factor, both as established from time to time by the Committee.

 

Measurement Year ” means the calendar year of the Unit which is used to measure Cash Value Added. The first Measurement Year under the Plan is the 1998 calendar year.

 

Net Operating Income ” means the excess of operating revenue over operating expenses for a particular Unit. Net Operating Income shall be computed in a manner consistent with past practices and with industry and professional guidelines.

 

Participant ” means an employee of the Company, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary who is designated by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

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Performance Factor means the quotient obtained by dividing

 

(a)                                   the amount equal to (i) the Cash Value Added for such Measurement Year minus (ii) the Target Cash Value Added for the Measurement Year; by

 

(b)                                  Leverage.

 

Plan means the General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation Plan, as set forth herein and as may be amended from time to time.

 

Retirement means retirement from active employment under a pension plan of the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or under an employment contract with any of them, or termination of employment at or after age 65 under circumstances which the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equivalent to retirement, provided, however, that the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

Subsidiary means any corporation, partnership or other entity of which the Company or any Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or a majority of the equity interests.

 

Target Cash Value Added means the Cash Value Added established as a target by the Committee for a Measurement Year.

 

Target Incentive Award means a Participant’s Base Salary multiplied by an incentive factor which shall be established from time to time by the Committee for that Participant.

 

Termination of Employment means the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, provided that the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate. A Participant employed by a Subsidiary or an Affiliate shall also be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if the Subsidiary or Affiliate ceases to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be.

 

Total Disability means complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation for which a Participant was employed by an Employer when such disability commenced, all as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. All determinations as to the date and extent of disability of any Participant shall be made by the Committee, upon the basis of such evidence, including independent medical reports and data, as the Committee deems necessary and

 

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desirable, and all such determinations of the Committee shall be final.

 

Unit ” means the Company, an Affiliate, a Subsidiary, or one or more mall shopping centers designated as a Unit by the Committee.

 

II.                                                                                       ADMINISTRATION

 

2.1                                  Administration of Plan . The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board composed of at least two Disinterested Persons, each of whom shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board (the Compensation Committee or such other committee, as the case may be, is referred to herein as the “ Committee ”). If, at any time, no Committee shall be in place, the functions of the Committee specified in the Plan shall be exercised by the Board.

 

2.2                                  Authority of Committee . The Committee shall have full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan and to determine the terms of all Annual Bonus Awards and Payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the Target Incentive Award for each Participant, the Bonus Multiple, the factors upon which such variables are based, and whether a portion or all of a Participant’s Annual Bonus Award is discretionary.. All decisions, actions or interpretations of the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all parties. If any person objects to any such interpretation or action formally or informally, the expenses of the Committee and its agents and counsel shall be chargeable against any amounts otherwise payable under the Plan to or on account of the Participant.

 

In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the authority granted by the preceding paragraph, the Committee shall have authority to determine (i) the Participants to whom payments are made, (ii) the Unit with respect to whose performance the Annual Bonus Award is to be granted, (iii) when the Annual Bonus Award Payments shall be made (which payments may, without limitation, be made on a deferred basis or in installments), and (iv) actual dollar amounts to be paid hereunder.

 

III.                                                                                   PARTICIPATION

 

3.1                                  Eligibility . The Committee shall determine the Eligible Employees who shall become Participants in the Plan and shall also have the authority to terminate a Participant’s participation in the Plan. The Committee shall designate whether the Participant’s Annual Bonus Award shall be based, in whole or in part, on the Cash Value Added for the Company or a Unit, and shall identify the

 

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specific Unit used to calculate, the Annual Bonus Award for a Participant, if applicable.

 

IV.                                                                                   BONUS BANK

 

4.1                                  Creation of Bonus Bank . For each Participant in the Plan, a Bonus Bank shall be established to which shall be added or subtracted amounts as set forth in this Article IV. Bonus Bank balances may be less than zero.

 

4.2                                  Crediting and Payment of Excess Annual Bonus Awards . (a) For each Participant who earns an Annual Bonus Award which exceeds 125% of such Participant’s Target Incentive Award, 1/3 of the amount of such excess shall be payable pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof and the remainder shall be allocated to the Participant’s Bonus Bank and paid out in two equal installments, subject to Section 4.3, over the next two Award Years;

 

(b)                                  If an Annual Bonus Award is made to a Participant pursuant to the operation of Section 5.2(b)(i) hereof, the difference between (i) the Participant’s Annual Bonus Award and (ii) the sum of such Participant’s Annual Bonus Award Payment and the amount, if any, of the Annual Bonus Award which is allocated to the Bonus Bank pursuant to Section  4.2(a) (because it exceeds 125% of such Participant’s Target Incentive Award), shall be allocated to the Participant’s Bonus Bank immediately after the Annual Bonus Award Payment is made.

 

(c)                                   A Participant’s Bonus Bank balance shall be reset to zero immediately after any Annual Bonus Award Payment is made pursuant to the operation of Section 5.2(b)(ii) hereof. In addition, the Committee may elect, in its sole discretion, to reset a Participant’s negative Bonus Bank balance to zero.

 

4.3                                  Crediting of Deficit Annual Bonus Awards .  If a Participant’s Annual Bonus Award earned in a Measurement Year is less than zero (occurring when the Bonus Multiple is a negative number), the balance in such Participant’s Bonus Bank shall be reduced, as of January 1 of the Award Year, by the amount of such deficit, beginning with the earliest unpaid amounts allocated to the Participant’s Bonus Bank.

 

4.4                                  Statement of Account .   The Employer shall give each Participant a statement of his or her Bonus Bank once per year. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the interest of each Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary in the Participant’s Bonus Bank is contingent, and subject to forfeiture as provided in Section 6.1(b) hereof, until and except to the extent that all or any portion of the Bonus Bank balance is

 

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paid at the time or times and upon terms expressly set forth in the Plan.

 

4.5                                  No Right, Title, or Interest in Assets of the Employer . The establishment and maintenance of, or allocation and credits to, the Bonus Bank shall not vest in any Participant or Beneficiary any right, title, or interest in or to any specific assets of any Employer.

 

V.                                                                                       PAYMENT DURING EMPLOYMENT

 

5.1                                  Determination of Awards . As soon as practicable after the end of the Measurement Year, the Committee shall determine the Annual Bonus Award and the Annual Bonus Award Payment for each Participant in the Plan.

 

The Annual Bonus Award shall be equal to the Target Incentive Award multiplied by the Bonus Multiple, provided, however, that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate a portion or all of such Annual Bonus Award as discretionary. If the Committee decides to designate a portion of the Annual Bonus Award as discretionary, the amount of a Participant’s Annual Bonus Award shall be equal to the sum of (a) the nondiscretionary component of the Annual Bonus Award, if any, and (b) that amount, if any, of the discretionary component of the Annual Bonus Award which the Committee decides, in its sole discretion, to grant to the Participant.

 

5.2                                  Annual Bonus Award Payments . Annual Bonus Award Payments shall be made as soon as practicable after Annual Bonus Award amounts are determined. A Participant who is actively employed on the last day of the Measurement Year shall receive his or her Annual Bonus Award Payment, if any, as follows:

 

(a)                                   If the Participant’s Bonus Bank balance as of the beginning of the Award Year is zero or greater, the Annual Bonus Award Payment shall equal the Annual Bonus Award (less any amount banked pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) plus such amount as may be payable from the Participant’s Bonus Bank pursuant to Section 4.2; and

 

(b)                                  If the Participant’s Bonus Bank balance as of the beginning of the Award Year is less than zero, the Annual Bonus Award Payment shall equal (i) the Annual Bonus Award up to 75% of the Participant’s Target Incentive Award, or (ii) the Annual Bonus Award reduced by the Participant’s Bonus Bank deficit as of the beginning of the Award Year, whichever amount is greater.

 

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VI.                                                                                   PAYMENT UPON RETIREMENT OR DEATH

 

6.1                                  Payment of Bonus Bank Balance .

 

(a)                                   A Participant or such Participant’s Beneficiary shall be paid the Participant’s Bonus Bank balance (if any) upon the first to occur of the Participant’s (i) Retirement, (ii) death or (iii) Termination of Employment by reason of Total Disability or by the Employer other than for Cause.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Participant or such Participant’s Beneficiary shall have no right to receive any payment of the Bonus Bank balance, and the Bonus Bank balance shall be forfeited to the Employer if the Participant voluntarily terminates his or her employment with the Employer (other than by reason of an event described in Section 6.1(a)) or if the Participant is discharged for Cause. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, for the purposes of the Plan, “ Cause ” shall mean (i) the conviction of the Participant for committing a felony under Federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (ii) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the Participant’s employment duties, or (iii) willful and deliberate failure on the part of the Participant to perform his or her employment duties in any material respect.

 

VII.                                                                               DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES

 

7.1                                  Designation and Change of Designation .  Each Participant shall file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the Beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change a Beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior Beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided , however , that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of the date prior to such receipt.

 

7.2                                  Absence of Valid Designation .  If no Beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Participant’s death, if no designated Beneficiary survives the Participant, or if a designation conflicts with law, the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to have been designated by the Beneficiary and shall receive payment of the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s death. If the Committee is in doubt as to the right of any person to receive such amount, the Committee may retain such

 

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amount, without liability for any interest thereon, until the rights thereto are determined, or the Committee may pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction, and such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Plan and the Employer therefor.

 

VIII.                                                                           NO LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

8.1                                  No Liability of Committee Members . No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on his or her behalf in such member’s capacity as a member of the Committee, nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other officer, employee, or director of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be allocated or delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

 

IX.                                                                                  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

 

9.1                                  Right to Amend, Suspend, or Terminate Plan . The Board reserves the right at any time to amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part and for any reason and without the consent of any Participant or Beneficiary; provided , that no such amendment shall adversely affect rights to receive any amount to which Participants or Beneficiaries have become entitled prior to such amendment.

 

9.2                                  Periodic Review of Plan .  In order to assure the continued realization of the purposes of the Plan, the Board and the Committee shall review the Plan from time to time, and the Committee is authorized to suggest amendments to the Board.

 

9.3                                  Retroactive Amendments . Subject to Section 9.1 hereof, any amendment, modification, suspension, or termination of any provisions of the Plan may be made retroactively.

 

X.                                                                                      GENERAL LIMITATIONS AND PROVISIONS

 

10.1                            No Rights to Continued Employment or Award .  Nothing contained in the Plan shall give any employee the right to be retained in the employment of an Employer or affect the right of the Employer to dismiss any employee. The adoption of the Plan shall not constitute a contract between the Employer and any employee. No Eligible Employee shall receive any right to be

 

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granted an award hereunder nor shall any such award be considered as compensation under any employee benefit plan of the Employer, except as otherwise determined by the Employer.

 

10.2                            Payments to Person Other Than Employee .  If the Committee shall determine that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for such person’s affairs because of illness or accident, or if such person is a minor, or has died, then any payment due such person or such person’s estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative), may, if the Committee so directs the Employer, be paid to such person’s spouse, child or other dependent, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Employer therefor.

 

10.3                            No Alienation of Benefits .  Except insofar as may otherwise be required by law, no amount payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to alienation by anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, bankruptcy, pledge, attachment, charge, or encumbrance of any kind nor in any manner be subject to the debts or liabilities of any person, and any attempt to so alienate or subject any such amount, whether presently or thereafter payable, shall be void and of no effect whatsoever. If any person shall attempt to, or shall, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, attach, charge, or otherwise encumber any amount payable under the Plan, or any part thereof, or if by reason of such person’s bankruptcy or other event happening at any such time such amount would be made subject to such person’s debts or liabilities or would otherwise not inure to the benefit of such person, then the Committee, if it so elects, may direct that such amount be withheld and that such amount or any part thereof be paid or applied to or for the benefit of such person, such person’s spouse, child or other dependents, or any of them, in such manner and proportion as the Committee may deem proper.

 

10.4                            No Right, Title, or Interest in Employer’s Assets . The Participant shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments which an Employer may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Employer and any Eligible Employee or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from an Employer under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Employer. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Employer and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts.

 

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10.5                            Unfunded Plan; Governing Law . The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded bonus program, and all rights thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois, without regard to the conflicts of law principles of such State.

 

10.6                            Tax Withholding . An Employer shall have the right to deduct from all payments under the Plan an amount sufficient to satisfy all withholding tax requirements.

 

10.7                            Severability . In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

 

10.8                            Gender and Number . Except where expressly required by the context of the Plan, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.

 

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Exhibit 10.52

 

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
CASH VALUE ADDED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective January 1, 2007)

 

This Amendment to General Growth Properties, Inc. Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), is effective as of January 1, 2007. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

 

1.              The following definitions in Article I Purpose; Definitions of the Plan are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:

 

“ “Base Salary” means (a) in the case of a salaried employee, the base salary or wages of such employee excluding overtime, bonuses, contributions to or benefits under employee benefit plans, fringe benefits, and other such forms of compensation, paid to such salaried employee as of a date during the Award Year designated by the Committee, and (b) in the case of an hourly employee, the annualized hourly salary or wages of such hourly employee excluding overtime, bonuses, contributions to or benefits under employee benefit plans, fringe benefits, and other such forms of compensation as of a date during the Award Year designated by the Committee. Base Salary shall include any elective contributions that are paid through a reduction in a Participant’s basic salary and which are not includible in the Participant’s gross income under Sections 125 or 402(e)(3) of the Code.”

 

“ “Eligible Employee” means any regular full-time, nonunion employee of an Employer as of a date during the Award Year designated by the Committee who has not received a Final Performance Improvement Plan and whom the Committee has designated to be eligible to participate in the Plan.”

 

“Final Performance Improvement Plan” means a written performance plan, which if not followed could result in termination of employment, issued during the Award Year for which the Committee is determining the Annual Bonus Award.”

 

“Leverage” means a Unit’s target NOI for the Award Year , multiplied by a percentage, both as established from time to time by the Committee.

 

“Unit” means the Company, an affiliate, a subsidiary, an operating property, group of operating properties, business segment, or portion of a business segment designated as a Unit by the Committee.

 



 

2.              Section 2.1 of the Plan shall be amended by adding the following to the end thereof:

 

“The Compensation Committee may delegate administration of the Plan, or administration of portions of the Plan, to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.”

 

3.              The first sentence of Section 2.2 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“The Committee shall have full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan and to determine the terms of all Annual Bonus Awards and Payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the Target Incentive Award for each Participant, the Bonus Multiple, the factors upon which such variables are based, and whether a portion or all of a Participant’s Annual Bonus Award is based on such Participant’s individual performance or is discretionary.”

 

4.              The second paragraph of Section 2.2 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the authority granted by the preceding paragraph, the Committee shall have authority to determine (a) the Participants to whom payments are made, (b) the Unit or Units with respect to whose performance the Annual Bonus Award is to be granted, (c) when the Annual Bonus Award Payments shall be made (which payments may, without limitation, be made on a deferred basis or in installments), (d) whether and when an Annual Bonus Award should be prorated, and (e) actual dollar amounts to be paid hereunder.”

 

5.              The second sentence of Section 3.1 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“The Committee shall designate whether the Participant’s Annual Bonus Award shall be based, in whole or in part, on the Cash Value Added for a Unit, Units or individual performance, and shall identify the specific Unit or Units and the relative weighing of the Unit, Units or individual performance used to calculate the Annual Bonus for a Participant, if applicable.”

 

6.              The first sentence of Section 4.4 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

If a Participant has a Bonus Bank balance, the Employer shall give each Participant a statement of his or her Bonus Bank once each year.”

 



 

7.              The second paragraph of Section 5.1 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“The Annual Bonus Award shall be equal to the Target Incentive Award multiplied by the Bonus Multiple, provided, however, that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate a portion or all of such Annual Bonus Award as based on such Participant’s individual performance or as discretionary. If the Committee decides to designate a portion of the Annual Bonus Award as based on individual performance or as discretionary, the amount of a Participant’s Annual Bonus Award shall be equal to the sum of (a)  the amount, if any, of the Annual Bonus Award, not based on individual performance or identified as discretionary, (b)  the amount, if any, of the individual performance component of the Annual Bonus Award, which the Committee decides, in its sole discretion, has been earned by the Participant, and (c) that amount, if any, of the discretionary component of the Annual Bonus Award which the Committee decides, in its sole discretion, to grant to the Participant.”

 

8.              The first sentence of Section 5.2 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety and a new second sentence is hereby added, both to read as follows:

 

“Annual Bonus Award Payments shall be made as soon as practicable after Annual Bonus Award amounts are determined and approved by the Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, Participants shall not be vested in, or entitled to, any Annual Bonus Award until the Committee has approved such Annual Bonus Award.”

 

9.              The Plan is not otherwise modified and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

10.            This Amendment and the Plan shall be considered, for all intents and purposes, one instrument. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the terms and provisions of the Plan, the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall, in all instances, prevail. If any provision of this Amendment or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and this Amendment shall be interpreted as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision did not exist herein.

 




Exhibit 10.53

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

Cash Value Added Incentive Compensation Plan

 

2009 and 2010 Subplan

 

Purpose:

 

The purpose of this Subplan is to continue to provide incentive compensation to Participants in order the ensure optimal employee performance and the achievement of certain goals deemed critical in maximizing the value of the Company and its assets.

 

 

 

Eligibility:

 

All full time employees of the Employer’s debtor entities, other than leasing representatives, will be eligible to participate. Adam Metz and Tom Nolan shall not participate during the 2009 Measurement Period (as defined below).

 

 

 

Measurement Periods:

 

The Measurement Periods are: (1) January 1, 2009—December 31, 2009, and (2) January 1, 2010—December 31, 2010 (each, a “ Measurement Period ”).

 

 

 

Performance Objectives:

 

The performance objectives are (1) EBITDA for all employees participating in the Key Employee Incentive Plan (“ KEIP ”), (2) Net Operating Income for all employees not participating in the KEIP (each, a “ Performance Objective ”) and, (3) if applicable, individual performance.

 

 

 

Net Operating Income:

 

Net Operating Income ” means the aggregate operating revenues of the Company’s real estate properties and master planned communities less the aggregate property and related expenses of such properties and communities (excluding interest, depreciation, amortization, reorganization and extraordinary expense and impairment charges). In the event of any corporate event or transaction (including, but not limited to, an acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, separation, split up, spin-off, or other like change in capital structure) involving the Company, a Subsidiary and/or an Affiliate, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, adjust the minimum, target, and maximum Net Operating Income Performance Objectives in a manner consistent with and reflective of such corporate event or transaction.

 

 

 

Target Net Operating Income:

 

Target Net Operating Income for the 2009 Measurement Period shall be $2.326 billion. Target Net Operating Income for the 2010 Measurement Period shall be set by the Committee in the ordinary course following consultation with management; provided , however , that, once the Committee has set a proposed target, the Company shall provide notice of the proposed target and all relevant supporting information to the statutory committee of unsecured creditors appointed by the United States Trustee in the Company’s jointly administered chapter 11 cases (the “ Creditors’ Committee ”).

 



 

 

 

If the Company and the Creditors’ Committee reach an agreement on the target within fifteen (15) business days after the date of notice, then such agreed target shall be adopted as the target Net Operating Income for 2010 without the necessity of further order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the honorable Allan L. Gropper presiding (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”). If, however, the Company and the Creditors’ Committee are unable to reach an agreement on the proposed target within such fifteen (15) day period, then the Company shall seek Bankruptcy Court approval of the proposed target.

 

 

 

EBITDA:

 

EBITDA ” means Net Operating Income plus property management revenue less corporate overhead (excluding restructuring costs) and capitalized costs.

 

 

 

Target EBITDA:

 

Target EBITDA for the 2009 Measurement Period shall be $2.116 billion. Target EBITDA for the 2010 Measurement Period shall be set by the Committee in the ordinary course following consultation with management; provided , however , that, once the Committee has set a proposed target, the Company shall provide notice of the proposed target and all relevant supporting information to the Creditors’ Committee. If the Company and the Creditors’ Committee reach an agreement on the target within fifteen (15) business days following the date of notice, then such agreed target will be adopted as the target EBITDA for 2010 without the necessity of further order of the Bankruptcy Court. If, however, the Company and the Creditors’ Committee are unable to reach an agreement on the proposed target within such fifteen (15) day period, then the Company shall seek Bankruptcy Court approval of the proposed target.

 

 

 

Performance Objective Payout Curve:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of
Performance Objective
Achieved

 

Pool
Amount

 

 

 

Maximum

 

109%

 

200% of Target

 

 

 

Target

 

100%

 

100% of Target

 

 

 

Threshold

 

91%

 

0% of Target

 

 

 

Below Threshold

 

Below 91%

 

0% of Target

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Pool:

 

With respect to each Measurement Period, the “ Pool ” shall be the aggregate amount of the Annual Awards distributable to all Participants based upon the achievement of the Performance Objectives, which shall be calculated independently and in accordance with the tables above. “ Annual Award ”, for any Participant, means the award opportunity established for that Participant pursuant to this Subplan. The aggregate amount of the

 



 

 

 

Pool for the applicable Measurement Period shall, if the Performance Objectives are achieved at the target, threshold or maximum levels, equal the sum of each Participant’s target, threshold or maximum Annual Award, as the case may be.

 

 

 

 

 

With respect to each Measurement Period, in the event the Performance Objectives are between the threshold and target levels, or between the target and maximum levels, the aggregate amount of the Pool shall be calculated on a straight line interpolation basis between the two applicable levels.

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Awards may be adjusted during a Measurement Period for changes in compensation in the ordinary course. The aggregate Pool amount shall (1) exclude Participants who terminate employment during the applicable Measurement Period and such Participants will not be eligible to receive an Annual Award payment, and (2) include any newly eligible Participants and such Participants shall be eligible to receive an Annual Award payment.

 

 

 

Allocation of Pool:

 

The distribution of the aggregate Pool will be as follows : (1) (a) those officers of the Company appointed to the Company’s executive committee from time to time (including the Chief Financial Officer), (the “ Executive Officers ”), and (b) those other managing employees designated by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer (with the Executive Officers, the “ First Tier Employees ”), are paid at the attained EBITDA Performance Objective level, unless adjusted by such Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Operating Officer based on individual performance; and (2) all other Participants shall be paid their portion of the Pool based on their applicable Performance Objective pursuant to administrative procedures approved by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, which may include adjustment of such amount based on the Participant’s individual performance.

 

 

 

 

 

The aggregate Annual Award payments with respect to each Measurement Period shall not exceed the amount of the Pool for such Measurement Period.

 

 

 

Annual Awards:

 

The Chief Executive Officer or such delegates as he designates in his sole discretion shall determine (1) the eligibility of each employee (other than First Tier Employees) to participate in the Plan, (2) the amount of the Annual Award for each Participant (other than First Tier Employees), (3) the individual performance objectives, if any, applicable to the Participants for purposes of determining their Annual Award payments, and (4) the adjustment in such Participants’ Annual Award payments based on their individual performance, in each case subject to the terms of the Plan and this Subplan.

 



 

Adjustment of Annual Award Payments:

 


A Participant’s Annual Award payment may not be increased nor decreased by more than 50% by reason of the Participant’s individual performance. Further, the Annual Award payment to a Participant with an individual performance objective shall not exceed in any case 200% of such Participant’s target Annual Award.

 

 

 

Timing of Payment:

 

Annual Award payments will be paid within three (3) business days after such amounts are determined.

 

 

 

Definitions:

 

All capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan.

 

 

 

Terms of the Plan:

 

The terms of the Plan, to the extent not inconsistent with this Subplan, shall govern the Annual Awards for 2009 and 2010, provided , however , that for purposes of this Subplan the term “Net Operating Income” shall be defined herein and not as defined in the Plan, and the Pool shall be determined based on Net Operating Income and EBITDA and not on Cash Value Added. The terms of the Subplan, to the extent they are inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, shall supersede the Plan.

 




Exhibit 31.3

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Adam Metz, certify that:

 

1.                                        I have reviewed this Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A to the annual report on Form 10-K of General Growth Properties, Inc.; and

 

2.                                        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ ADAM METZ

 

Adam Metz
Chief Executive Officer

 




Exhibit 31.4

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Edmund Hoyt, certify that:

 

1.                                        I have reviewed this Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A to the annual report on Form 10-K of General Growth Properties, Inc.; and

 

2.                                        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ EDMUND HOYT

 

Edmund Hoyt
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 




Exhibit 32.3

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report of General Growth Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Adam Metz, in my capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)                                   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

/s/ ADAM METZ

 

Adam Metz
Chief Executive Officer
April 30, 2010

 

 




Exhibit 32.4

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report of General Growth Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Edmund Hoyt, in my capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)                                   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

/s/ EDMUND HOYT

 

Edmund Hoyt
Chief Financial Officer
April 30, 2010